11:31 PM ET ESPN staff Football season continued this weekend, as the XFL debuted with Saturday’s game between the Vegas Vipers and Arlington Renegades at Choctaw Stadium in Arlington, Texas. This is the third iteration of the XFL, following the original season in 2001 and a reboot in 2020 that was canceled amid the COVID-19

Feb 17, 2023 ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos coach Sean Payton has hired long-time NFL assistant/special teams coach Mike Westhoff to be the assistant head coach. According to league and team sources, Westhoff, who turned 75 last month, will oversee the Broncos’ special teams with Ben Kotwica having been hired as special teams coordinator. Westhoff

6:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Jonathan Gannon’s journey to becoming the Arizona Cardinals‘ new head coach started long before general manager Monti Ossenfort picked him up at his hotel around 11 a.m. on Monday morning to take Gannon to the Cardinals’ headquarters in Tempe for the start of what became a two-day interview. It

6:00 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars’ surge in the second half of the 2022 season to an AFC South title was a surprise to most people. Not to Trevor, though — both Trevor Lawrence the quarterback and Trevor the ghost. Trevor the ghost is a character on the CBS sitcom “Ghosts”, which

1:53 PM ET Longtime NFL special teams coordinator and former Central Michigan head coach John Bonamego told ESPN on Friday he is retiring from coaching. Bonamego, 59, spent 19 years as a special teams assistant or coordinator in the NFL and another 16 as a college coach, including a four-year stint as the head coach

5:18 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Commanders are working on finalizing a deal to make Eric Bieniemy the team’s new offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN. Washington hopes to have it finalized by Saturday. Bieniemy spent the past five seasons as the Chiefs’ offensive coordinator, helping oversee an offense that powered two Super Bowl

7:13 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Jones‘ run with the Packers will continue after the running back reached an agreement Friday on a reduced salary for the 2023 season, his agents, Drew Rosenhaus and Ryan Matha, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Jones, who was scheduled to make $16 million, agreed to cut that by

5:18 PM ET New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara, Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Chris Lammons and two other men have been indicted by a grand jury for allegedly assaulting a man at a Las Vegas nightclub in February 2022. All four men were indicted on charges of conspiracy to commit battery and battery resulting in

4:14 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Part of why Jonathan Gannon was hired as the Arizona Cardinals‘ new coach was because of his opinion of Kyler Murray. During Gannon’s introductory news conference on Thursday, he said one of his first moves will be to start looking at offensive coaches who he feels are the right

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The Chicago Bears own the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft, thanks to a 3-14 record and the Houston Texans winning in Week 18 of the 2022 season. The Bears are in position to take the best prospect available, or trade the top pick and add draft