6:00 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — When George Paton was hired in January to be the Denver Broncos‘ top football decision-maker, he became the first person in four decades to hold the job without previously working for the team. He brings a fresh set of eyes to a franchise that has long preferred its own
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Apr 7, 2021 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers on Wednesday agreed to a deal with free-agent cornerback A.J. Bouye as they attempt to improve their secondary heading into this month’s NFL draft. Bouye, a Pro Bowler in 2017, will be suspended for the first two games of the 2021 season as part of a
6:00 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Football Team focused on quarterbacks during the offseason and still wants to add its signal-caller for the future. It signed a new starting wide receiver (Curtis Samuel) and added a potential solid player in the slot (Adam Humphries) during NFL free agency. It wants to add more
7:00 AM ET Ryan Hockensmith As John Madden turns 85, those who know him best share the stories that capture how he changed the sports we watch, how we watch them, and how our kids — and their kids — will learn football. 1. During the 2006 Super Bowl weekend, Madden was waiting to hear
8:54 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — O.J. Simpson and a Las Vegas hotel-casino have settled a lawsuit alleging that unnamed employees defamed him by telling a celebrity news site he had been banned from the property in November 2017 for being drunk and disruptive. Simpson’s attorney, Malcolm LaVergne, declined Thursday to comment about
11:01 AM ET For 20 seasons, Tom Brady knew only one way — the “Patriot Way” — but it took just one additional season to realize that it wasn’t the only way to achieve success. “When you’re in one place for 20 years, you think that’s the only way,” Brady told ABC’s “Good Morning America”
6:00 AM ET MIAMI — Since the moment Alabama running back Najee Harris leaped over a Notre Dame defender en route to a 53-yard run during January’s Rose Bowl, Miami Dolphins fans have been dreaming of the 6-foot-2, 232-pound playmaker wearing aqua on Sundays. There has been plenty of debate about the Dolphins’ No. 6
10:14 AM ET The Cincinnati Bengals have released veteran running back Giovani Bernard, the team announced on Wednesday. Bernard, 29, has played all of his eight NFL seasons with the franchise that drafted him in the second round in 2013. He has appeared in 115 games and rushed for 3,697 yards and 22 touchdowns. He
Apr 6, 2021 The Atlanta Falcons are “open to moving” out of the No. 4 pick in this month’s NFL draft, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, as the first three picks in the draft appear to be locked in. Quarterbacks are expected to be taken with the first three selections. Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence
9:00 AM ET The Spring League is planning a notable expansion in the coming weeks by adding two teams and two weeks to the structure the developmental football league used in 2020, CEO Brian Woods confirmed this week. Its growth comes at an unstable moment in the industry, as the XFL and CFL remain in