4:50 PM ET The Canadian Football League said Wednesday that its season won’t begin until September at the earliest and if it does resume, the Grey Cup will be hosted by the team with the best regular-season record of the two finalists. The CFL already had canceled the start of training camps — which were
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8:19 AM ET DeVante Parker‘s answer to an Instagram poll Monday night set off Michael Thomas and started a war of words between the wide receivers. The NFL on Fox’s Instagram account asked: Which is tougher? A. Make a catch while guarded by Stephon Gilmore, or B. Break up a pass while guarding Michael Thomas.
6:00 AM ET Not long after he was selected by the Dallas Cowboys with the No. 123 overall pick in the fourth round of the 2020 NFL draft, cornerback Reggie Robinson II was with one of his coaches from high school in Cleburne, Texas, a little more than an hour’s drive from The Star in
9:36 AM ET Steelers running back James Conner is scheduled to be a free agent after this season and says it “would be hard” to play for another team because of how connected he is to the city of Pittsburgh. “It would be hard, it would be hard to put another helmet on. Just because
1:58 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Ed Oliver will continue to participate in the team’s virtual offseason, a league source confirmed Monday, following his arrest over the weekend. The Bills’ virtual offseason program began in April, and Oliver will remain involved as his legal situation unfolds. The news was first reported by
1:59 PM ET Break out the shears. Ben Roethlisberger is throwing footballs to teammates again, and following through on his promise to get a haircut and shave to mark the occasion. “I’m not going to shave or cut my hair until I can throw a football again,” a then-clean-shaven Roethlisberger says to the camera. “Throw
6:45 AM ET With the NFL universe on pause, now seems like a good time to continue our big-picture look into how each organization did during the player-acquisition period of the offseason. Over the next four days, I’m going to run through all 32 teams and rank the work they did from worst to first.
2:45 PM ET The New York Giants have told cornerback DeAndre Baker to stay away from team meetings and focus on his legal issues at this time, a source familiar with the team’s thinking told ESPN. Baker faces four counts of armed robbery and four counts of aggravated assault with a firearm from an incident
6:58 PM ET ESPN News Services Phyllis George, the former Miss America who became a female sportscasting pioneer on CBS’ “The NFL Today” and served as the first lady of Kentucky, has died. She was 70. A family spokeswoman said George died Thursday at a Lexington, Kentucky, hospital after a long fight with a blood
3:29 PM ET Sam Acho said Sunday he doesn’t believe incentives for NFL teams to hire minorities as head coaches and general managers is the answer to solve the league’s diversity problem. Acho, a member of the NFL Players Association’s executive committee, said on ESPN Radio’s Sunday Morning that the solution is about giving deserving