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'I don't know what happened to that relationship': How a gulf formed between Belichick, Kraft
Robert Kraft and Bill Belichick teamed up to win six Super Bowls over 24 seasons. Here's how their professional relationship ran its course.

Why Stephen A. says the timing is right for Bill Belichick, Patriots to part ways

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SABAN RETIRES FROM ALABAMA
Saban attributes retirement to 'grind' of coaching

Saban retires: Top candidates to coach Alabama next
Who wants to follow the GOAT? Dan Lanning is out of the running, but here are seven other candidates.


JOURNEY TO THE TOP
Untold stories from Mike McDaniel's wonder years
Before he became a 40-year-old coaching prodigy with the Miami Dolphins, Mike McDaniel was a struggling 10-year-old kid. Then he went through a decade that laid the groundwork for the NFL's most unlikely rise.


ROAD TO THE SUPER BOWL
Barnwell predicts the NFL playoff bracket: Score picks for all 13 games
Thirteen games, two conferences, but only one Super Bowl LVIII champion. We picked every NFL postseason game.

Matthew Stafford built resiliency with Lions; now he's out to play spoiler against them
The Rams quarterback spent 12 years in Detroit, fighting through injury and setting the standard for teammates.


BELICHICK LEAVES PATRIOTS
Bill Belichick's lasting imprint on the NFL, and why he shouldn't stop coaching just yet
We've closed the book on the greatest dynasty in the history of the NFL, as Bill Belichick is leaving the Patriots.

Market for Belichick: What NFL execs say, how he fits with seven openings
Bill Belichick has 333 wins and is currently without a job. Here's what the market might hold for the legend.

THE PAT MCAFEE SHOW
Pagano, McAfee reflect on Saban's and Belichick's unprecedented coaching success

Lanning tells McAfee he's staying at Oregon: 'I love what we have here'


COLLEGE FOOTBALL'S GREATEST?
Connelly: The numbers that prove Nick Saban is the best
The Alabama coach retires having won titles at two schools in different eras. He won nearly 300 games and along the way changed just about everything about the sport. Let the numbers explain his greatness.

SVP's One Big Thing: Saban leaves Alabama as best to ever do it
Nick Saban retiring -- after all he accomplished -- makes it one of the hardest acts to follow.


WHAT WE'RE HEARING
2024 NBA trade deadline: Latest buzz, news and reports
What are our experts hearing as the NBA trade deadline approaches? We have the latest.


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- Belichick on Patriots exit: 'Going to move on'
- Chiefs' Kelce says he plans on playing in 2024
- Lanning, amid Bama rumors, staying at Oregon
- Docs: UGA staffers routinely drove after drinking
- Hurts on finger: 'Progressing in the right way'
- Ohio St. WR Harrison, likely top 5 pick, to draft
- NBA report: Player rest doesn't limit injury risk
- Embassy throws Ohtani a bone with visa for dog
- NBA mock draft: Watching 21 prospects
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