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Tony Dungy has been selected at No. 20 on our Greatest Coaches in NFL History list over on our main NFL page. I'd like to say I saw this one coming all the way, but I can't. Truth is, I was covering the Buccaneers for The Tampa Tribune back when D...

TAMPA, Fla. -- Because of the Gulf of Mexico and Tampa Bay, there are a lot of bridges in this area. A new one opened Thursday. This one doesn't span water. Instead, it covers the history of an NFL franchise. That's the picture I got as Ronde B...

Ronde Barber's career is ending exactly the way it should. It's ending on his terms. The 38-year-old cornerback told Fox Sports' Jay Glazer on Wednesday that he's retiring after 16 seasons. Considering that every one of those seasons was spent ...

The defensive line is a position of strength for the Dallas Cowboys. Just ask Jerry Jones. The Cowboys owner/general manager made that declaration after the first round of the draft, when Dallas decided to pass on Florida defensive tackle Sharr...

Time for an afternoon run through some news and notes from around the division: TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS The Bucs did more than make the official announcement that Warren Sapp will be the next inductee into the team's Ring of Honor. The Bucs also a...

Warren Sapp is the newest member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' Ring of Honor.

Time for a cruise through the headlines from around the division: TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS As expected, Warren Sapp confirmed he will be inducted into the team's Ring of Honor at some point during the season. Sapp is the logical choice this year si...

It's been a fairly quiet news day in the NFC South. But there were a few odds and ends, so let's take a run around the division: ATLANTA FALCONS The Georgia World Congress Center Authority board voted to approve the hiring of a Kansas City-base...

With each day that passes without the Tampa Bay Buccaneers trading for Darrelle Revis, the more convinced I become they will trade for the cornerback. New York Jets general manager John Idzik and Buccaneers general manager Mark Dominik, the guys w...

We previously told you former New Orleans player Steve Gleason will announce the Saints' third-round pick in next week's NFL draft. We had a separate post on Gleason because the Saints released that information ahead of the rest of the league. But...

The San Francisco 49ers have fielded an effective, sometimes dominant defensive line recently, even without factoring outside linebacker Aldon Smith into the line equation. That's why it was shocking to see ESPN's NFL scout, Matt Williamson, rank ...

The ESPN Blog Network mock draft is coming next week and I've got some good ideas of what I plan to do for all four teams. But this isn't like the 2011 draft when I knew weeks in advance that I'd be taking Cam Newton for the Carolina Panthers at N...

It's time for the Atlanta Falcons' Class of 2008 to move on past graduate school and get the most advanced of degrees. Almost a year ago, I wrote a column about how the members of that draft class were headed for a crucial season that could define...

How Dwayne Johnson went from being Warren Sapp's college backup to the biggest WWE superstar of his generation to a bona fide Hollywood movie star.

This scouting combine story from Todd Archer tells us that the Dallas Cowboys were planning a switch from a 3-4 defense to a 4-3 defense even before the 2012 season ended. According to coach Jason Garrett, they believe they have the right kind of per...

Walking the corridors of Minnesota Vikings headquarters for the first time since he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame, the memories came flooding back for Cris Carter.