TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS

Last month, cameras captured Antonio Brown taking off his shoulder pads, jersey and undershirt and leaving the field in the middle of a game.

After Brown jogged off the field shirtless in the middle of a game, some speculated he had mental health issues or suffered from CTE.

The Bengals advanced to the AFC championship game for the first time since the 1988 season by beating Tennessee 19-16 on Saturday. Rookie Evan McPherson kicked four field goals, including a 52-yarder as time expired. Cincinnati will travel to the winner of the Bills-Chiefs matchup, which was being played Sunday night.

Brady rallied the Bucs from a 27-3 deficit with help from three LA turnovers, tying the game on Leonard Fournette's 9-yard run with 42 seconds remaining.

Matthew Stafford joined the Rams so he could finally make big plays in meaningful games. Against the Buccaneers, he lived his dream.

Matthew Stafford threw for 366 yards and two touchdowns and Matt Gay’s 30-yard field goal as time expired lifted the Los Angeles Rams to a 30-27 divisional playoff victory over the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Tom Brady threw for 271 yards and two touchdowns, helping the Tampa Bay Buccaneers launch their bid for a return to the Super Bowl with a dominating 31-15 NFC wild-card playoff victory over the Philadelphia Eagles.

An extra week of games, close finishes and a non-election year helped propel the NFL to its highest regular-season ratings in six years.

Tom Brady could have taken a seat in the last game of the season, but demanded to stay in to help Rob Gronkowski get his bonus.

Tom Brady topped 5,000 yards passing for the second time in his career and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers set a franchise record for regular-season victories with a 41-17 win over the Carolina Panthers.

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"At no point during the game did he indicate to our medical personnel that he could not play," the team said.

"At no point during the game did he indicate to our medical personnel that he could not play," the team said.

Tom Brady, Aaron Rodgers and Patrick Mahomes made the NFL’s first 17-game regular season feel a little more normal despite it being played through a pandemic again.

After Sunday's game, Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians told media that Antonio Brown was "no longer a Buc," due to his third-quarter walkout in the team's game against the New York Jets.

Brown claims an MRI revealed "broken bone fragments stuck in my ankle, the ligament torn from the bone and cartilage loss."

Brown claims an MRI revealed "broken bone fragments stuck in my ankle, the ligament torn from the bone and cartilage loss."

The NFL, not surprisingly in the midst of a rise in COVID-19 cases, has looked into other potential sites for next month’s Super Bowl.

On Sunday, head coach Bruce Arians said Antonio Brown "is no longer a Buc." So why is he still on the roster?

Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians said he had not been told that Brown claimed he was too injured to play.

Antonio Brown’s odd departure drew wide-ranging reaction from scorn to concern.

Antonio Brown is no longer a Tampa Bay Buccaneer, says head coach, after the wide receiver left the field during Sunday's 28-24 win against the New York Jets.

Tom Brady has long supported Antonio Brown and said on Sunday that Brown is going through some "very difficult things."

Antonio Brown was kicked off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after a bizarre, shirtless exit from the field before Tom Brady coolly led the Bucs on a 93-yard drive in the final minutes for a 28-24 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday.

Antonio Brown was kicked off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after a bizarre, shirtless exit from the field before Tom Brady coolly led the Bucs on a 93-yard drive in the final minutes for a 28-24 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday. Coach Bruce Arians said after the game that Brown was off the team. Brown's mid-game meltdown came late in the third quarter with Tampa Bay trailing 24-10.

The AFC playoff picture came into focus with four teams clinching postseason berths Sunday.

Kudos to those who wagered correctly on Colts running back Jonathan Taylor and mixed martial artist Rose Namajunas.

Here are some athletes who were money in the bank for sports bettors this year: Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor, Tampa Bay Buccaneers receiver Mike Evans and Los Angeles Angels star Shohei Ohtani.

It was quite a year in the sports world, was it not?

The Indianapolis Cots have placed five players on the COVID-19 list as the virus continues to work its way through NFL locker rooms, even with the vast majority of players in the league vaccinated.

Tom Brady threw for 232 yards and a touchdown, Antonio Brown made a grand return to the lineup after missing the last eight games and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defeated the Carolina Panthers 32-6 on Sunday to clinch their first NFC South title since 2007.

Television viewers were in the mood for competition last week.

The quarterback is listed without a status for Sunday's game against New Orleans with a right shoulder injury, but he did practice Friday.

On social media, her new venture was instantly slammed by detractors as an inappropriate cash-grab and praised by admirers as a clever way to raise money for children.

They're turning fury into generosity after they helped raised tens of thousands for a visual impairment charity over the span of five days.

Tom Brady became the NFL’s all-time completions leader and threw his 700th touchdown pass for the winning score as the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers got a 33-27 overtime victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday.

Tom Brady became the NFL’s all-time completions leader and threw his 700th touchdown pass for the winning score as the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers got a 33-27 overtime victory over the Buffalo Bills on Sunday. Brady threw for 363 yards and two touchdowns, and scored on a quarterback sneak set up by the 7,143rd completion of an unmatched 22-year career that includes seven Super Bowl titles. Tampa Bay won it on Breshad Perriman’s 58-yard catch-and-run with 5:31 left in OT — the 700th TD pass of Brady’s career, including playoffs. Despite blowing a 21-point halftime lead, the Bucs (10-3) won their fourth straight game and moved closer to clinching Tampa Bay’s first NFC South title since 2007.

Tom Brady threw for 368 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the brink of an NFC South title with a 30-17 victory over the Atlanta Falcons.

Tampa Bay coach Bruce Arians would like to see the NFL expand an investigation of the COVID-19 vaccination status of two players on his team to include other rosters around the league.

Tom Brady is a big pro-vaccine advocate in the NFL.

The NFL temporarily suspended Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown and two other players for lying about their Covid-19 vaccination status.

Members of a high school basketball team enjoyed a FaceTime call with Tom Brady after someone typed in the wrong digit into their group text.

Leonard Fournette capped a four-touchdown game with a 28-yard scoring run with 20 seconds left to give Tampa Bay a 38-31 come-from-behind victory at Indianapolis.

The Arizona Cardinals, playing once again without starting quarterback Kyler Murray and star wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins, returned to the top spot of the latest AP Pro32 poll.

The New York Giants have fired offensive coordinator Jason Garrett after a dreadful performance in a nationally televised game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Tom Brady threw for 307 yards and two touchdowns and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the New York Giants 30-10.

Reigning Defensive Rookie of the Year Chase Young suffered a potentially serious right knee injury, putting a damper on Washington’s big win against Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Tom Brady threw two interceptions in the first quarter as part of an implosion by the reigning Super Bowl champions, helping Washington upset the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 29-19 despite losing Chase Young to injury.

Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers appeared to have all of the advantages when Saints quarterback Jameis Winston went down with a second-quarter knee injury.

Jameis Winston and Sam Darnold got hurt running the ball and kicker Chris Boswell was injured throwing it.

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Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy will miss Sunday’s game against San Francisco because of the NFL’s COVID-19 protocol.

Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy says he has tested positive for COVID-19.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady is in a league of his own after throwing his 600th regular season touchdown. Will Brinson, senior football writer for CBS News, joins "CBSN" to talk about the legendary player's new milestone and more headlines from Week 7 of the NFL.

Mike Evans had a priceless reaction to finding out he gave Tom Brady's historic football to a fan.

Tom Brady threw two touchdown passes, Leonard Fournette ran for two scores and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the Philadelphia Eagles 28-22 on Thursday night.

The Arizona Cardinals and the Buffalo Bills are tied for the top spot in the latest AP Pro32 poll.

Tom Brady wins in the television ratings, too.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers beat the New England Patriots 19-17 in the most-watched NFL game since 2012 on NBC's Sunday Night Football.

Tom Brady called his first face-to-face meeting with Bill Belichick in over a year a "personal, private" conversation.

Brady broke Drew Brees' NFL career passing yardage record and became the fourth quarterback with victories against all 32 NFL teams, joining Brees, Brett Favre and Peyton Manning.

Brady broke Drew Brees' NFL career passing yardage record and became the fourth quarterback with victories against all 32 NFL teams, joining Brees, Brett Favre and Peyton Manning.

Tom Brady rallied the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a 19-17 victory over the Patriots on a rainy Sunday night in his return to New England, with Ryan Succop hitting the winning 48-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter.

Playing as a visitor at Gillette Stadium wasn’t the only big change for Tom Brady on Sunday night.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski will miss his return trip to New England because of a rib injury.

Richard Sherman speaks

Without Bill Belichick, Tom Brady won his seventh Super Bowl and is on pace to throw a career-high 53 touchdown passes at age 44.

The Los Angeles Rams are the unanimous top team in the latest AP Pro32 poll.

Sometimes, the abdicating king, or the deposed one, returns to his kingdom.

Matthew Stafford passed for 343 yards and four touchdowns as he outdueled Tom Brady and led the Los Angeles Rams to a 34-24 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

Tom Brady threw for 276 yards and five touchdowns, helping the Tampa Bay Buccaneers extend their winning streak to a franchise-record 10 consecutive games with a 48-25 victory over the Atlanta Falcons.

NBC owes Tom Brady a thank you note.

Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are on top of the first AP Pro32 poll of the season.

Health experts say this fall’s crowded college and professional football stadiums could create ripe conditions for COVID-19 to spread among unvaccinated fans.

The NFL came into kickoff weekend looking for increased audiences over last season.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys kickoff game averaged 26 million total viewers and peaked at 25.4 million, up 20 percent from the 2020 NFL kickoff.

Dak is back and he’s still not enough for the Dallas Cowboys.

Tom Brady threw for 379 yards and four touchdowns, helping the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers kick off the NFL season with a mistake-filled 31-29 victory over the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday night.

When Tom Brady runs out from the tunnel, screaming “Let’s Go!”.

The National Football League and Verizon said their 5G partnership will allow fans to see seven different live camera angles of the season-opening game.

The Tennessee Titans’ COVID-19 outbreak is nearing an end even with two starting offensive linemen still on the reserve list.

Minnesota prosecutors filed a more serious charge Thursday against the former suburban Minneapolis police officer who fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, but it is not the murder charge that activists were seeking.

Former NFL player Keith McCants was found dead Thursday at his home in Florida after a suspected drug overdose, investigators said. He was 53.

Two days after listening to a stirring speech from Tom Brady and receiving glitzy Super Bowl rings during a private ceremony, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers reported to training camp and turned their attention to the challenge ahead. No team has repeated as NFL champions since the Brady-led New England Patriots hoisted the Lombardi Trophy after the 2003 and '04 seasons, yet a compelling argument can be made that no reigning champ since has been more equipped to break the trend than this year’s Bucs. Despite turning 44 early in training camp, Brady is showing no signs of growing old.

NFL executive Anna Isaacson said the league distributed roughly $160 million to date, including over $90 million dedicated in 2020.

Tom Brady threw for 154 yards and a touchdown in just more than a quarter and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers got a 23-16 win over the Houston Texans.

Tennessee coach Mike Vrabel will miss the Titans’ preseason finale a week after testing positive for COVID-19.

Tennessee Titans coach Mike Vrabel says he has tested positive for COVID-19 and has quarantined pending further testing.

The NFL made $1.62 billion in sponsorships for its 2020 season, and wants to grow that while protecting players with better usage of data and analytics.

The top of the ring has 319 diamonds to celebrate the team's 31-to-9 victory.

In a memo sent to clubs, the NFL said games would only be postponed if required by government authorities, medical experts or NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

Why Tom Brady's 'gentle' roast of Trump at Biden's White House was actually 'deeply vicious'

Brady also joked about being given the nickname "Sleepy Tom," mirroring a moniker former President Trump used against President Biden during the 2020 campaign.

President Joe Biden welcomed Tom Brady and the Super Bowl-winning Tampa Bay Buccaneers to the White House on Tuesday, the first visit by the reigning NFL champions since 2017. It was Brady's first visit since 2005 with the New England Patriots when George W. Bush was in office. Brady has won the Super Bowl during four different administrations but skipped visits by the Patriots in 2015 with Barack Obama and 2017 with Donald Trump.

Tom Brady jokes with Biden that half the country doesn't believe the Buccaneers won either

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday that the U.S. military will allow Naval Academy graduate Cameron Kinley to pursue a career in the NFL with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Acting Navy Secretary Tom Harker had denied Kinley's request to delay his commissioning.

The NFL said Wednesday it's exploring strategic options, including selling stakes, for its NFL Media properties, including NFL Network and NFL RedZone.

The Buccaneers' bid for a Super Bowl repeat might have gotten a little bit easier on Wednesday with a favorable setup for their 2021 schedule.

From the Cowboys-Buccaneers opener to the "Monday Night Football" capper, Week 1 of the 2021 NFL schedule has plenty of juicy matchups.

The Buccaneers invested in a possible future replacement for Tom Brady by selecting Florida quarterback Kyle Trask in the NFL draft's second round.