8:10 PM ET The hazy, orange skies hanging above cities in the Western United States this week have cast another layer of pall over an already unsettled sports world. San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan described the scene at practice this week as looking like an “apocalyptic state.” Experts in climate science and epidemiology say
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10:01 AM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Titans first-round pick Isaiah Wilson was arrested Friday night for DUI, the Davidson County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. “We are aware of the situation,” the Titans said in a
2:07 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — John Harbaugh noticed someone had placed a face shield in his office this week, and the Baltimore Ravens coach thought about using it for Sunday’s season opener because his glasses fog up in humid weather. “I dismissed that after last night,” Harbaugh said with a smile after Friday’s
6:03 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Seattle Seahawks special teams coordinator Brian Schneider has left the team indefinitely for personal reasons, a significant development with Seattle’s coaching staff just before Sunday’s season opener. Pete Carroll made the announcement Friday without elaborating on why Schneider is stepping away. Larry Izzo will take over in
11:47 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Reigning NFL Defensive Player of the Year Stephon Gilmore received a $5 million raise from the New England Patriots leading into Sunday’s season opener against the Miami Dolphins, league sources tell ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Gilmore was scheduled to earn a base salary of $10.5 million in 2020, but the
6:40 AM ET Zac Taylor, the second-year coach of the Cincinnati Bengals, was kind enough to return a call last week. His team drafted quarterback Joe Burrow with the No. 1 pick in April’s NFL draft, and I told him we were doing a story about expectations for rookie quarterbacks. His first response was basically
11:01 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The list of legendary hosts for the ESPN+ show Detail has just added another in the form of the San Francisco 49ers‘ forever franchise quarterback: Joe Montana. ESPN+ and Granity Studios will unveil Montana as their newest host Friday when two new episodes of the popular analysis show
6:47 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Beginning Thursday against the Houston Texans, the Kansas City Chiefs are “running it back,” as they like to say, trying to win a second consecutive Super Bowl championship with largely the same roster. It’s easier said than done, but the Chiefs have secured the core of their roster
9:06 AM ET ESPN News Services The New York Jets have signed linebacker Alec Ogletree to their practice squad, the team announced Thursday. Ogletree had been one of the league’s highest-paid inside linebackers with the New York Giants over the past two years at $10 million per season. But Ogletree’s play dropped off during that
7:47 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Drew Brees has not officially declared this his final NFL season. But like the rest of his New Orleans Saints teammates, the quarterback is not shying away from characterizing this as a “Super Bowl or bust” season. “Hey, at this time, man, I’m on borrowed time,” the 41-year-old said