9:00 AM ET It has been 116 days since Jeff Pash, the NFL’s executive vice president and general counsel, announced an unexpectedly bold plan for the 2020 season amid a coronavirus pandemic that was only starting. “All of our discussions,” Pash said, “all of our focus, has been on a normal, traditional season, starting on
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1:20 PM ET Washington’s NFL franchise announced on Thursday that, effective immediately, it will call itself the “Washington Football Team” pending the adoption of a new name, league sources told ESPN. There was plenty of reaction on social media. The temporary name change comes after completing a thorough review that began on July 3. Several
12:48 PM ET Atlanta Falcons players Todd Gurley and Grady Jarrett hope talking candidly about racial injustice will help promote change. But both Gurley and Jarrett are eager to continue to put action behind their words. Speaking on an Instagram Live session Wednesday night hosted by Gurley and moderated by ESPN’s Jalen Rose, Gurley and
12:27 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS – The week leading into the Minnesota Vikings’ NFC wild-card appearance was riddled with speculation surrounding coach Mike Zimmer’s future. The rumor mill was on the verge of spinning out of control, so much so that Vikings co-owner Mark Wilf released a statement 48 hours before his team beat the New
2:53 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Carlton Haselrig, a Pro Bowl right guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the early 1990s who is also the only wrestler in NCAA history to win six individual national championships, died Wednesday. He was 54. Pat Pecora, who coached Haselrig to heavyweight division championships at both the NCAA
8:05 PM ET Edge rusher Markus Golden had his rights revert to the New York Giants at 4 p.m. ET Wednesday, sources told ESPN’s Jordan Raanan. Golden had previously been given the rare May 5 tender. He had until Wednesday, or the start of training camps, to sign a deal with another team. Otherwise his
6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — To say the past year has been a whirlwind for San Francisco 49ers running back Raheem Mostert would be quite the understatement. In roughly 12 months, Mostert signed a three-year contract extension with the Niners, welcomed his first son, returned from a forearm injury, became the team’s best
6:39 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball The Los Angeles Rams are preparing for the possibility that SoFi Stadium, the new $5.5 billion project financed by owner Stan Kroenke, will not host fans in
7:09 PM ET The NFL Players Association is discussing details of the NFL’s latest proposal in an all-players conference call Tuesday night, including a plan to set training camp rosters at 80 players instead of the typical 90, sources told ESPN’s Dan Graziano. The league and the NFLPA are still haggling over the length of
6:45 AM ET Picking an MVP in advance of a typical NFL season is difficult. Remember last year? The trendiest candidates heading into the regular season were Carson Wentz, Baker Mayfield and Mitchell Trubisky. Not ideal. Wentz had a good season without ever seriously getting in the MVP hunt, and Mayfield and Trubisky collapsed. Nobody