Josh McDaniels

SOUTH BEND — Life after Notre Dame has included some hairpin curves for former Irish head football coach Charlie Weis. The latest may take him to Gainesville, Fla. Widespread but unconfirmed reports have Weis aligning with new University of...

The Sports Xchange NFL Team Report - New England Patriots - INSIDE SLANT Neither Tom Brady nor Bill Belichick met with the media at the first open OTA workout of the offseason in New England on May 21. So the spokesman left to talk about the dramatic...

The Sports Xchange Pats' Amendola subs for Welker, Brady, Belichick FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Neither quarterback Tom Brady nor head coach Bill Belichick met with the media at the New England Patriots' first open OTA workout of the offseason on Tuesday....

Getting rid of Lovie Smith does not make the Bears a better team. Only replacing him with a better coach would. Jon Gruden? Hearing he's not coming down from the press box. Bill Cowher has gotten too comfortable wearing makeup. Mike Holmgren? He...

Every morning, Monday through Friday, blogger Matt Vensel will hook you up with reading material -- mostly on the Ravens but with some other Baltimore sports stuff, too -- to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday....

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Phil Emery said the next coach of the Bears needs to be adaptable to win with the personnel available and Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy has done that with disparate parts such as Peyton Manning and Tim Tebow. A year...

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — On a golf cart long ago after Notre Dame football practice, when Lou Holtz could be at his philosophical best, the coach wistfully recalled the time adversity reinforced what Holtz considered his career destiny. "God didn't...

There has never been a player through the years who has put the Dolphins in their place quite like New England quarterback Tom Brady. Go back as far as you want. Bring up any rival you can remember, from Jim Kelly with the great Buffalo teams to...

All around the NFL, this figures to be a landmark week for the men who carry clipboards and draw up Xs and O's. Joe Vitt has returned to the New Orleans Saints as interim coach, his six-game suspension behind him. Carolina's Ron Rivera is facing...

Forbes surveyed NFL fans and this week published lists of the league's most and least popular players, mostly just water-cooler fodder. But it was interesting to note that Tim Tebow wasn't on either of them. That's because Tebow has become irrelevant...

Every morning, Monday through Friday, blogger Matt Vensel will hook you up with reading material -- mostly on the Ravens but with some other Baltimore sports stuff, too -- to skim through as you slug down coffee and slack off at the start of your workday....

Each week, Baltimore Sun reporters Aaron Wilson and Matt Vensel will look back at the Ravens’ previous game and that of their next opponent. Here's a look at the Ravens' 24-23 loss to the Eagles. (For a look at the Patriots' game against Arizona,...