Football News

Tim Tebow, whose stint as a National Football League quarterback briefly sparked "Tebow-mania", spent Monday trying to make a comeback in a workout for the Philadelphia Eagles.

San Francisco 49ers linebacker Chris Borland has made the surprise announcement that he is retiring from the NFL after just one season.

Former National Football League tight end Jerramy Stevens, the husband of U.S. women's soccer goalkeeper Hope Solo, was charged with drunken driving on Monday following his arrest in the Los Angeles area earlier this yea...

Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez looked angry when he and a man who was later slain were at a Boston nightclub a couple of days before the killing, an acquaintance of the victim testified Tuesday.

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The Dallas Cowboys met with free agent defensive end Greg Hardy on Tuesday as they explore ways to improve a shaky pass rush from last season.

The decision by San Francisco 49ers' budding star Chris Borland to walk away from the National Football League over head trauma concerns drew shock and a dose of admiration from fellow players on Tuesday.

Borland, 24, is the youngest and most promising of a number of players to leave the league this off-season as concern over brain injuries roils the sport.

Another star member of San Francisco's vaunted defense is calling it a career.

Longtime New England nose tackle Vince Wilfork has signed with the Houston Texans.

The Matt Schaub experiment in Oakland came to a predictable end Monday when the Raiders cut the former starting quarterback.