12:45 PM ET ESPN News Services ATLANTA — Pro Football Hall of Famer Claude Humphrey, one of the NFL’s most fearsome pass-rushers during the 1970s with the Atlanta Falcons, has died at the age of 77. Humphrey, who also played for the Philadelphia Eagles, died unexpectedly in Atlanta on Friday night, according to the Hall
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10:04 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Less than a week after he tested positive for COVID-19, Steelers edge rusher T.J. Watt was activated from the reserve/COVID-19 list ahead of Sunday’s game against the Baltimore Ravens. Watt tested positive for COVID-19 on Monday and exited the protocols with a second negative test Saturday morning. Watt’s return is
10:49 AM ET The Seattle Seahawks will activate running back Adrian Peterson off the practice squad for Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. The Seahawks had signed the 36-year-old Peterson to their practice squad earlier this week as a reinforcement for their banged-up backfield. 1 Related Peterson was
6:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — For the majority of their 4½-year marriage, Zach and Julie Ertz didn’t know what it was like to be a “normal married couple.” Their respective careers — Zach a tight end with the Arizona Cardinals and Julie a defender for the U.S. women’s national team and most recently the
7:00 AM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball INGLEWOOD, Calif. — A trumpet blared a vibrant beat as a string ensemble joined along. “I got five on it!” sang the Mariachi Rams as the unexpecting
11:44 PM ET Minnesota Vikings defensive end Everson Griffen announced that he is bipolar in an Instagram post on Friday night and said he will be an advocate for mental health after an incident last week in which he called police to his home and then refused to leave. “It’s true I am bipolar. I
5:07 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints quarterback Taysom Hill will try to play through a mallet finger injury that he suffered in Thursday night’s loss to the Dallas Cowboys without having surgery, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Saints doctors determined that Hill suffered a mallet finger (the name for a ruptured
3:53 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears veteran quarterback Andy Dalton will start instead of rookie Justin Fields (ribs) on Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals, coach Matt Nagy announced on Friday. “As far as for the game, Andy Dalton’s going to start on Sunday, Nick Foles will be the backup,” Nagy said after
4:02 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and running back Darrell Henderson are questionable to play Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars, coach Sean
1:50 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Football Team must try to extend its three-game winning streak without two key players — safety/linebacker Landon Collins and running back J.D. McKissic. Both were ruled out of Sunday’s game at the Las Vegas Raiders because of injuries. Both players were hurt late in Monday’s win over