12:48 PM ET At least two Tampa Bay Buccaneers players now have tested positive for COVID-19, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. In a statement, the Bucs acknowledged positive tests, but did not state whether the results were for players or staff. “The names of those impacted, as well as any additional information related
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7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN The start of a new decade is upon us with the 2020 NFL season. But before we get rolling with the ’20s, ESPN is taking a look back at the best — and worst — of the 2010s and naming the top players of the decade for all 32 teams.
7:42 AM ET THE STORM HAS finally passed. It’s just before 5 o’clock on an inky-dark morning in mid-February as Marquise and Morgan Goodwin approach Northside Hospital in their black Range Rover. For the past several days, a biblical deluge has soaked everyone and everything in Atlanta, transforming nearby parks into lakes, flooding underpasses and
11:21 PM ET One of Tampa Bay’s assistant coaches has tested positive for the coronavirus and two other Buccaneers assistants have been quarantined, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The one unidentified Buccaneers assistant who tested positive is asymptomatic, sources said. The news comes just days after Tampa Bay coach Bruce Arians and his staff returned
6:00 AM 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 Left tackle Andrew Whitworth chuckled when describing a photograph he dug up to use as his personal, on-screen video conferencing background. “Is that Squints or what?!” an
3:26 PM ET San Francisco 49ers receiver Deebo Samuel, who had a breakout first season in 2019, suffered a broken foot during a throwing session with teammates earlier this week and was set to undergo surgery Thursday, a source told ESPN, confirming an NFL Network report. A team source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that Samuel
5:30 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey doesn’t hide that his father, former NFL wide receiver Ed McCaffrey, played a major role in who he is as a man and a football player. “I always wanted to be like my dad,” McCaffrey said. So the two couldn’t wait when USAA
6:05 AM ET LAS VEGAS — The object of every NFL offseason is to improve, yes? And when you’re a team that is, say, three plays away from being 10-6 and in the heart of the playoff race, rather than the 7-9 the Raiders actually finished, adding pieces through free agency and the draft is
11:57 AM ET The Washington Redskins became the latest NFL team to recognize Juneteenth by giving their employees the day off Friday, joining a growing list that wants to honor the effective ending of slavery in the United States. Redskins coach Ron Rivera sent a memo to the entire organization Wednesday explaining that all employees
7:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN The start of a new decade is upon us with the 2020 NFL season. But before we get rolling with the ’20s, ESPN is taking a look back at the best — and worst — of the 2010s and naming the top players of the decade for all 32 teams.