4:34 PM ET Nearly four years ago, when I visited Bart Starr in his Birmingham, Alabama, home, he did not remember the five NFL championships he had won, or the Green Bay Packers coach, Vince Lombardi, he had won them for. He could not place Brett Favre or Aaron Rodgers, even though he studied Rodgers
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1:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Fans loved Bart Starr. They loved him because as a quarterback he led the Green Bay Packers to five NFL championships. Because of his sneak in the Ice Bowl. Because he represented everything that was special about the team in the NFL’s smallest market. Because he embodied the
9:42 PM ET Houston Texans linebacker J.J. Watt announced his engagement to professional soccer player Kealia Ohai on Sunday night. Watt, 30, posted photos of the proposal to his social media accounts. The couple first confirmed they were dating in October 2016. Ohai, 27, is the captain of the Houston Dash in the National Women’s
6:27 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots tight end Benjamin Watson wrote on Facebook Sunday that he is facing a four-game suspension for a failed test in March of the NFL’s substances policy. Watson, who had originally planned to retire after the 2018 season, explained the situation in detail on Facebook. “After my
11:41 AM ET Bart Starr, a Hall of Fame quarterback who helped build the Green Bay Packers dynasty in the 1960s and was named the Most Valuable Player of the first two Super Bowls, died Sunday in Birmingham, Ala. He was 85. Starr won an unprecedented five NFL championships as the Packers’ starting quarterback, leading
1:00 AM ET CINCINNATI — Duke Tobin, Cincinnati Bengals player personnel director, knew he had his guy minutes into the interview. It didn’t matter that Rams assistant coach Zac Taylor was only 35 and had no head-coaching experience. Tobin said all of the members of the front office who were in the room felt the
7:00 AM ET No NFL team manages to fill all of its holes during the offseason. Each has a weak point or two that gets revealed by injuries or disappointing play over the course of a season. Even the most successful offseasons of 2018 prove that point. The Bears surrounded Mitchell Trubisky with talent, acquired
7:25 AM ET No NFL team manages to fill all of its holes during the offseason. Each has a weak point or two that gets revealed by injuries or disappointing play over the course of a season. Even the most successful offseasons of 2018 prove that point. The Bears surrounded Mitchell Trubisky with talent, acquired
7:27 PM ET The title of fastest player in the NFL will be on the line as part of a new competition slated for next month. New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara and receiver Ted Ginn Jr. are among a host of NFL players slated to compete in the inaugural “40 Yards of Gold,”
6:07 PM ET Free agent defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, who visited with the Cleveland Browns on Friday, told ESPN’s Josina Anderson that no matter where he lands, the team “is going to be a contender.” “I want to win,” the six-time Pro Bowler said. “I’m not worried about where I’m living. Wherever I got to