6:42 PM ET Former Los Angeles Rams running back C.J. Anderson has reached agreement on a one-year deal with the Detroit Lions, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Let’s have some fun https://t.co/5skII5wikt — Cj Anderson (@cjandersonb22) April 1, 2019 After a series of injuries to their running back corps, the Rams signed Anderson on
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6:01 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Jarvis Landry cried. Baker Mayfield started screaming. The subject of the emotions sat between Landry and Mayfield at a podium on Monday: receiver Odell Beckham Jr., whose acquisition via trade electrified the city of Cleveland and the Cleveland Browns. To Beckham, the trade was initially a shock to the
12:52 PM ET John Parry, who led the seven-member officiating crew for Super Bowl LIII, is retiring after 19 seasons as an NFL official. The NFL made the announcement Monday in a tweet written by Al Riveron, the league’s head of officiating. “Referee John Parry has announced his retirement after 19 seasons & 3 Super
1:00 AM ET Sam Martin stepped up to the podium in Abu Dhabi, ribbon in hand. In front of him, the athletes were there, waiting. They had come from all over the world to compete in gymnastics. The Detroit Lions punter, halfway across the world watching athletes who were mostly unfamiliar with the sport he
1:18 PM ET Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The city of Nashville won’t cut down 21 ornamental cherry trees to make space for an NFL draft stage, Mayor David Briley said Saturday. In a news release, Briley said he had informed the NFL and Nashville Convention and Visitors Corp. that they will have to remove
11:00 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. Coach Bill Belichick might have been tight-lipped with reporters at the NFL’s annual owners meetings in Arizona last week, but he was especially vocal behind the scenes on one topic he believes would benefit the game. He
7:07 PM ET WACO, Texas — Not even a year after he announced his retirement from the Dallas Cowboys, tight end Jason Witten is back into the routine of being a player once again. “I’m loving it,” Witten said before he was inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco, Texas, on Saturday.
3:51 PM ET Quarterback Johnny Manziel of the Memphis Express left Saturday’s Alliance of American Football (AAF) game against Orlando after suffering a head injury and was later ruled out for the rest of the game. Manziel suffered the injury making a tackle after throwing an interception in the first quarter. Manziel rushed for 18
8:42 PM ET The Oakland Raiders have signed free-agent tight end Luke Willson, the team announced Friday. A fifth-round pick in 2013 by the Seattle Seahawks, Willson will be entering his seventh season in 2019. He spent last season with the Detroit Lions after spending five years with the Seahawks. Willson had 13 receptions for
8:30 PM ET The Arizona Cardinals added another twist to the lead up to next month’s NFL Draft. Cardinals brass spent Friday night dining with Ohio State defensive end Nick Bosa in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., a league source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. After months of chatter linking the Cardinals to Oklahoma quarterback Kyler Murray, Friday’s