With all 32 teams set to open training camp over the next week, the NFL on Thursday unveiled new COVID-19 “operating principles’’ for the 2021 season that include significant penalties for teams that suffer outbreaks among unvaccinated players.

The San Francisco 49ers have agreed on a five-year contract extension with Fred Warner that makes him the highest-paid off-ball linebacker in the NFL.

Tom Brady embraced his inner comedian to deliver jokes at old friend Donald Trump’s expense when he and the Super Bowl-winning Tampa Bay Buccaneers visited President Joe Biden at the White House.

Los Angeles Rams running back Cam Akers is out indefinitely after tearing his Achilles tendon in an offseason training session.

The Legion of Boom was the personification of a glorious era of Seattle Seahawks history. They were brash, charismatic and menacing on the football field, one of the best collections of defensive backs ever assembled on one team.

SEATTLE – Former Seattle Seahawks player Richard Sherman pleaded not guilty Friday to five misdemeanors, including driving under the influence, endangering roadway workers, resisting arrest and domestic violence-related counts of malicious mischief and criminal trespass.

SEATTLE – Richard Sherman, a former Seattle Seahawks cornerback and current NFL free agent, on Thursday waived his first court appearance before a King County District Court judge, who ordered Sherman’s release from jail after finding probable cause for four non-felony criminal allegations.

Former Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman was arrested Wednesday morning after crashing his black Mercedes sedan and then trying to force entry into his in-laws’ Redmond residence, according to Redmond police and Washington State Patrol.

Former Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman was arrested Wednesday morning on suspicion of burglary domestic violence, booked into the King County Correctional Facility in Seattle at 6:08 a.m. and denied bail, according to King County court records.

The NFL has fined the Washington Football Team $10 million and owner Dan Snyder is stepping away from day-to-day operations after an independent investigation into the organization's workplace misconduct.

Seahawks fans who have been eagerly hoping they might someday get to see Russell Wilson, DK Metcalf and the rest of the current generation of players wear throwback uniforms once worn by the likes of Dave Krieg and Steve Largent should soon get their wish.

The Seattle Seahawks intend to have full capacity crowds at Lumen Field for the upcoming season after the team received approval from the NFL and local and state health officials to completely reopen the stadium.

One striking element of the Seahawks’ minicamp this past week, and the Organized Team Activities that preceded it, has been the uninterrupted lovefest toward new offensive coordinator Shane Waldron.

The minute minicamp ended Thursday, Seattle Seahawks players went scurrying to their summer vacations.

We don’t really have any idea whether the Seattle Seahawks’ new offensive coordinator, Shane Waldron, is going to lift the emergency brake that halted the team’s offense at the end of last season. But we do know that there was a word that Seahawks receiver Tyler Lockett used repeatedly during his Zoom conference with the media Wednesday: freedom.

Here’s my unsolicited advice to Seahawks fans: Don’t waste too much brainpower obsessing over the still-unresolved contract negotiations between the Seahawks and safety Jamal Adams.

When the Seattle Seahawks hit the field for mandatory minicamp Tuesday afternoon, safety Jamal Adams will not be there, a source confirmed to The Seattle Times.

The Seattle Seahawks’ offense in 2021 figures to be as pored over and picked apart as any offensive or defensive unit in the NFL this season. That’s where new offensive coordinator Shane Waldron comes in.

Just one step remains in the Seattle Seahawks’ offseason — a three-day minicamp that begins Tuesday. When it ends Thursday afternoon, players will head into the summer, not to return until they report July 27 for training camp which starts July 31.