Carolina Panthers

Carolina Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly is retiring from the NFL after eight seasons.
The 28-year-old Kuechly made the surprising announcement Tuesday night in a video posted on the team’s website. He said, “I think now is the right chance to move on.”

The team placed Norton on their reserved/non-football injury list Sunday, ending his season as the team prepares for the start of training camp this week.

Miami Dolphins defensive tackle Kendrick Norton was released from the hospital Thursday weeks after his arm was amputated following a car crash.

At 6-foot-3 and 238 pounds with eye-catching quickness, 17-year-old Sergei Starodoubtsev is, in many ways, exactly what football coaches and recruiters across the United States desire. His only disadvantage? He lives in East London, where opportunities to play the American game are difficult to find. That’s why Starodoubtsev was at soccer power Tottenham Hotspur’s new stadium earlier this month, one...

Kendrick Norton, who played his college football at the University of Miami, is in critical condition at Ryder Trauma Center but is expected to live after being one of two people hospitalized.

On a cool night in Santa Clara, California, on Feb. 7, 2016, John Elway thrust the Lombardi Trophy into the air and hollered, “This one’s for Pat!” It came 18 years after Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen had declared, “This one’s for John!” following the franchise’s first Super Bowl championship, a 31-24 win over Green Bay in San Diego after...

With Super Bowl 50 week upon us, Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning wants to make it clear that the allegations made against him in an Al Jazeera documentary about sports doping are “complete junk.”

Colin Kaepernick and the NFL have resolved their grievances, Kaepernick’s attorneys and the league said Friday in a statement that didn’t go into many details. Attorneys Mark Geragos and Ben Meiselas released the statement on behalf of Kaepernick and his former San Francisco 49ers teammate Eric Reid, who initiated NFL players’ kneeling protests against police brutality during the national anthem....

Jared Goff was only 7 when Tom Brady started his history-making run of five Super Bowl victories. At 24 years and 112 days old, Goff will be the fourth-youngest quarterback to start a Super Bowl game — and the first millennial. Brady is actually fifth on that list, at 24 years, 184 days old. The 17-year age gap is the...

Take a look back at the history of the Los Angeles Rams and New England Patriots ahead of their Super Bowl LIII matchup.

One by one they came forward, more than 150 in all. Fearful yet defiant. Vulnerable but resolute, buoyed by the hope of catharsis and the promise of justice.

Police say Pittsburgh Steelers superstar wide receiver Antonio Brown was stopped for speeding over 100 mph in his Porsche, just hours before the team’s game against the Carolina Panthers.

Rae Carruth is a free man. The former NFL wide receiver was released from prison Monday after serving more than 18 years for conspiring to murder the mother of his unborn child. The Carolina Panthers’ 1997 first-round draft pick was released from Sampson Correctional Institution in Clinton, North Carolina, after completing his sentence of 18 to 24 years. Carruth did...

Eric Reid is getting another shot in the NFL. The Carolina Panthers on Thursday have signed the free agent safety to a one-year contract. Terms of the deal were not announced. Reid filed an official grievance letter with the NFL in May, alleging that team owners and the league colluded to prevent his employment due to his protest activities. Reid,...

Jay Ajayi had a pair of touchdown runs, Nick Foles caught another pass to jump-start a sputtering offense and the defending champion Philadelphia Eagles needed another defensive stand to open the season with an 18-12 victory over the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday night

After 10 goals and a Final-record four lead changes overall in a fantastically entertaining opener, it’s tough to imagine what these unlikely opponents will do for an encore.

The stunningly successful expansion squad is headed to the Stanley Cup Final after beating the Winnipeg Jets 2-1 on Sunday to win the Western Conference final series in five games.

Long shots to even make the playoffs seven months ago, the Vegas Golden Knights are a favorite to hoist the Stanley Cup in June. That puts them in some rare company

Luis Kjeld of the Netherlands may have won the gold medal in the men’s 1000m speedskating competition, but the real highlight of the event was a tutu-wearing streaker that graced the ice. Professional streaker Mark Roberts, who has previously crashed other Olympics and sporting events around the world, dashed onto the ice after the men’s 1000km race and quickly disrobed....

A former NFL lineman who accused teammates of bullying him when he played for the Miami Dolphins was detained in connection with a social media post that led to the closing of a Southern California high school.