5:14 PM ET Pro Football Hall of Famer Floyd Little, known as “the Franchise” during his career with the Denver Broncos, has been diagnosed with cancer. A former teammate of Little’s at Syracuse, Pat Killorin, made the diagnosis public as Killorin created a GoFundMe page called “Friends of Floyd” to aid Little and his family
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8:03 AM ET Roosevelt Taylor, who made two Pro Bowls as a safety with the Chicago Bears during a 12-year NFL career, died Friday at the age of 82. Today we lost a Bears great with the passing of Roosevelt Taylor. Our thoughts are with Rosey’s family and loved ones. — Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) May
6:00 AM ET Kevin Stefanski got his first head-coaching job with the Cleveland Browns just as the world was about to change. The coronavirus pandemic shuttered NFL facilities and forced teams into an unprecedented virtual offseason. Stefanski wasn’t even able to move to the Cleveland area from Minnesota until recently. His offensive and defensive coordinators,
3:44 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN The Seattle Seahawks are counting on some of their younger defensive linemen to improve what was one of the NFL’s least effective pass rushes last season. One of them, 2019 first-round pick L.J. Collier, is eager to prove himself after a disappointing debut. On a Zoom call with reporters Friday,
7:00 AM ET You know how you feel about your NFL team’s starting quarterback. Or maybe you don’t. Maybe your opinion on your QB changes from time to time, depending on whether he’s leading a fourth-quarter touchdown drive or throwing a backbreaking interception. You wouldn’t be alone on this. Opinions vary and change, especially when
1:26 AM ET Living with diabetes might force Arizona Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson to decide whether or not to play should the NFL return to action this season in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. Peterson, who was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes during the 2014 season, said Thursday that if the proper protocols are
5:53 PM ET The Carolina Panthers have agreed to a deal with cornerback Eli Apple, the team announced Thursday. Apple had agreed to a one-year contract with the Las Vegas Raiders on March 18 but the sides could not finalize the deal and he again became a free agent on April 2, sources told ESPN’s
7:45 AM ET The NFL’s half-baked idea to review pass interference is dead. The rule failed so miserably, in the words of league executive vice president Troy Vincent, that it won’t so much as appear on the agenda for an owners conference call Thursday to vote on rule proposals. Writing its epitaph should be quick
3:38 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Jones is like Aaron Rodgers in at least one way: He wants to finish his career with the Packers but doesn’t know whether that can happen. The fourth-year running back, who tied for the NFL lead with 19 touchdowns last season, is entering the final year of
11:17 AM ET There is a decent chance, assuming the NFL plays games this fall, that Tom Brady‘s first season in a Tampa Bay Buccaneers uniform will end up reminding you of something you’ve already seen. Not his 20 years with the Patriots but his golf swing. At times, I predict, he’s going to be