4:37 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After missing the past two-and-a-half games with a high right ankle sprain, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo will return Sunday. Coach Kyle Shanahan announced Friday that Garoppolo made it through the week of practice without issue and will step back into his starting job when the Niners

2:29 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — The Colts will be missing two of their most important players on offense and defense in their biggest game of the season at Cleveland this weekend. Starting left tackle Anthony Castonzo and All-Pro linebacker Darius Leonard have been officially ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Browns, coach Frank Reich

7:44 AM ET Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Nathan Gerry has apologized for using racial slurs on social media in 2011 and 2012, saying he was “disappointed in himself” and “that type of language is never acceptable.” The old posts on Twitter surfaced Thursday and show Gerry using a variation of the N-word on multiple occasions. He

1:26 AM ET With 1:13 to go Thursday night against the Chicago Bears and trailing 20-19 at Soldier Field, Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers got the ball at their own 25-yard line. In Brady’s dazzling, 21-year career, he had orchestrated 59 game-winning drives in the fourth quarter or overtime, the most by any

5:34 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — The Arizona Cardinals have an agreement in place to sign free-agent cornerback Prince Amukamara pending the results of his COVID-19 testing, a source told ESPN’s Dan Graziano. It’s not likely Amukamara, who lives in the Phoenix area, will join the team for this weekend’s game in New York against

7:14 AM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears quarterback Nick Foles‘ list of achievements is admirable, but absent from his résumé is the type of long-term stability enjoyed by the game’s upper-echelon quarterbacks. Foles, 31, has the credentials most professional football players dream of. The Texas native — over the span of a nine-year

6:18 PM ET Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Darius Slay said Wednesday the NFL should not have moved forward with the 2020 season amid the coronavirus pandemic. “My true opinion, I felt like we shouldn’t have even had one because of what was going on. It’s a difficult time,” Slay said when asked about the positive tests

6:09 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — The Seattle Seahawks will be without All-Pro strong safety Jamal Adams for a second straight game when they host the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday night. Coach Pete Carroll made that announcement Wednesday and said linebacker Jordyn Brooks, Seattle’s first-round pick, will also have a hard time making

8:15 AM ET Two Tennessee Titans players have tested positive for COVID-19, a source told ESPN’s Dan Graziano on Wednesday. After two consecutive days with negative tests, coach Mike Vrabel had been hopeful that the Titans could return to their facility on Wednesday. Under NFL rules, that can no longer happen. This puts Sunday’s game

6:03 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers running back Kenjon Barner, who suffered a concussion in Sunday’s 38-31 win over the Los Angeles Chargers, has been suspended without pay for four games for violating the NFL’s policy on performance-enhancing substances, the team announced Tuesday. Barner was already unlikely to participate in Thursday night’s