1:34 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles chairman and CEO Jeffrey Lurie rolled out a striking stat at the NFL owners meetings a couple of weeks back, noting that 65 percent of the league is composed of first- to third-year players. The league is getting younger. Football Outsiders has a metric called snap-weighted age, which shows
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The Poptoss Batting Tee is a revolutionary hitting aid that develops a player’s swing, hand-eye coordination and timing unlike anything else on the market. It’s also completely self-contained so there is nothing to replace, recharge, or plug in. It uses a pneumatic timer which is adjustable from 4-15 seconds to allow a player to load
7:35 PM ET Ryan Shazier has hit many milestones since he suffered a severe spinal injury that threatened his ability to walk. But the Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker just shared maybe his best yet: executing a box jump, clearing what appears to be about three feet. Asked via text about the viral video on his Instagram,
9:00 PM ET The folding of the Alliance of American Football has opened up AAF players to sign with NFL teams, and a few of them already have made that leap. Here’s a running list of AAF players who have agreed to terms with NFL franchises. Andrew Ankrah, DE Signed with: Washington RedskinsAAF team: Orlando
1:53 AM ET MINNEAPOLIS — No one appeared to be having more fun at the Final Four during Texas Tech‘s 61-51 win over Michigan State than NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes. The Kansas City quarterback, a Texas Tech alum, and his Chiefs teammate Travis Kelce were in attendance at U.S. Bank Stadium to witness the Red
7:51 PM ET Alabama coach Nick Saban warned against all but the top-ranked players leaving early for the NBA draft, saying “the person that loses in that is the player.” Saban watched seven of his underclassmen declare themselves eligible for this month’s NFL draft, the most in his tenure at the school. However, Saban said
2:08 PM ET The Cincinnati Bengals waived Mark Walton on Saturday after the running back was arrested for the third time this offseason earlier in the week. “It’s important for our team to get off to a fresh start as we begin the 2019 season,” coach Zac Taylor said in a statement. “For that reason,
1:00 AM ET PHOENIX — The Washington Redskins haven’t made the playoffs in three years, which means one thing: They need to win now. And though they need a quarterback, finding one in the first round of the NFL draft might not accomplish that desire. That’s why other spots could be higher on their to-do
7:19 PM ET The Dallas Cowboys have agreed to a five-year, $105 million deal with defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence with $65 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN. The Cowboys placed the franchise tag on Lawrence before free agency started that would have guaranteed him $20.5 million, but the idea was to use that as a