6:05 PM ET HOUSTON — Houston Texans chairman and CEO Cal McNair apologized Tuesday following a report that he made an anti-Asian comment at a team charity golf tournament in May. According to Bally Sports, which spoke to several individuals who were present for the remark, McNair said, “I’m sorry that we couldn’t get together
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4:52 PM ET NEW YORK — The NFL scouting combine gets at least one more year in Indianapolis, but starting in 2023 there’s no guarantee it will still be there. Troy Vincent, the NFL’s executive vice president of football operations, said Tuesday at the league’s fall owners meetings that the combine will be in Indianapolis
3:37 PM ET NEW YORK — As the first in-person NFL league meetings since December 2019 kicked off, two former Washington Football Team employees arrived in the lobby of the Intercontinental New York Barclay hotel in midtown Manhattan with a stack of letters multiple pages long, asking for the findings of the report into the
2:45 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Pete Carroll isn’t making a change at quarterback after Geno Smith’s second uneven performance in as many starts as Russell Wilson’s injury replacement. Carroll said as much on his 710 ESPN Seattle radio show Tuesday morning when asked if Smith is still the Seahawks’ starter for this week’s
1:16 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Steelers coach Mike Tomlin emphatically said Tuesday that he’s not contemplating a move to the college coaching ranks — not now, not ever. Tomlin shut down speculation he could be in the mix to fill college coaching vacancies at USC or LSU at the end of his weekly news conference
12:22 PM ET Former New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung was charged Monday with assault and battery against a family member and vandalism, according to court records. Chung appeared in court Tuesday in Quincy, Massachusetts, and pleaded not guilty to charges involving the mother of one of his children, according to The Boston Globe. The
2:02 PM ET New York Jets owner and chairman Woody Johnson, apparently not shaken by his team’s 1-5 start and historic loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday, expressed “unwavering, steadfast confidence” Tuesday in general manager Joe Douglas and coach Robert Saleh. “I’ve been around for, this is going on 22 years, with my
6:45 AM ET NFL NationESPN We’re only seven weeks into the 2021 NFL season, and the 2022 draft remains half a year away. At least 10 games remain for every team, and we won’t know the draft order or what this upcoming prospect class will really look like for quite some time. But it’s never
12:02 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN DETROIT, Mich. — Former Detroit Lions Pro Bowl linebacker Mike Lucci, the team’s defensive MVP from 1969 to 1971, has died, his family confirmed Tuesday. He was 81. Lucci spent nine seasons with the Lions from 1965 to 1973, being named to the Pro Bowl in 1971. “We are deeply
11:41 AM ET The New Orleans Saints will be without Pro Bowl kicker Wil Lutz for the remainder of the season. Lutz, who had been designated to return from injured reserve last week, announced on social media that he had a setback during his recovery from core muscle surgery and has to “shut it down”