Bengals QB Joe Burrow laments loss of privacy following home break-in

CINCINNATI (AP) — Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow kept his comments short Wednesday when addressing the media about having his home broken into two nights earlier while he and the Bengals were on the road against the Dallas Cowboys.

“I feel like my privacy has been violated in more ways than one,” Burrow said. “Way more is out there than I would want out there and that I care to share. So that's all I've got to say about that.”

The NFL and NBA issued security alerts to their players late last month after several homes were broken into while athletes were away for games.

The NFL's alert came after the homes of Kansas City Chiefs stars Partrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce were targeted in October.

“Obviously it’s frustrating, disappointing,” Mahomes said after the alert was issued.

Burglaries of homes owned by Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis and Minnesota Timberwolves guard Mike Conley Jr. prompted the NBA to send out an alert the day after the NFL's.

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa said Wednesday he hired personal security when one of his cars was broken into about a year ago.

”(It was) a little too close for my comfort with my family being in the house,” Tagovailoa said. “So we got personal security to take care of all of that. When we’re on the road, we’ve got someone with my wife, got someone also at the house, surveying the house.”

No one was injured in the break-in at Burrow's home, which was ransacked, according to a report provided by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.

A person employed by Burrow arrived at the Anderson Township home Monday night to find a shattered bedroom window and the home in disarray.

“We live a public life, and one of my least favorite parts of that is the lack of privacy,” Burrow said. “That has been difficult for me to deal with for my entire career. I'm still learning. I understand that's the life that we choose, but it doesn't make it any easier to deal with.”

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Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa (1) speaks during a news conference following an NFL football game against the New York Jets, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)

Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow talks during a news conference after an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Arlington, Texas. The Cincinnati Bengals won 27-20. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Six-time Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick has agreed to become North Carolina's next football coach, a person with knowledge of the decision said Wednesday.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the deal hasn’t been finalized. UNC’s trustees must approve any agreement, though that board hasn’t announced a new meeting as of Wednesday night.

The Tar Heels had been seeking a replacement for Mack Brown. The school announced Nov. 26 that the program’s all-time winningest coach and College Football Hall of Famer wouldn’t return for a seventh season in his second stint in Chapel Hill, a firing that became effective after Brown coached his finale in the Nov. 30 loss to rival N.C. State.

Moving on from the 73-year-old Brown to hire the 72-year-old Belichick means UNC is turning to a coach who has never worked at the college level, yet had incredible success in the NFL alongside quarterback Tom Brady throughout most of his 24-year tenure with the Patriots, which ended last season.

Belichick had been linked to NFL jobs in the time since, notably the Atlanta Falcons in January. That’s why word of Belichick’s conversations with UNC — first reported by Inside Carolina and confirmed by the AP last week — stirred such surprise as an unexpected and unconventional route for both sides to take.

But the two sides had been in discussions for several days working on terms before finally reaching an agreement to cap what seemed an improbable outcome only a week earlier.

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FILE - Then-New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick talks with reporters following an NFL football game against the Buffalo Bills, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

FILE - Then-New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick during the second half of an NFL football game against the New Orleans Saints, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023, in Foxborough, Mass. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

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