4:38 PM ET Dallas Cowboys right tackle La’el Collins has been suspended five games for violating the NFL’s policy on substances of abuse, the league announced Friday. Collins, 28, missed all of last season with a hip injury. He had started 47 of 48 games from 2017 to 2019 and was coming off his best
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2:54 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Colts quarterback Carson Wentz will start Sunday’s game against the Seattle Seahawks nearly six weeks after having surgery on his left foot, which could have kept him out well into the regular season, coach Frank Reich said Friday. There was a lot of uncertainty about what Wentz’s availability would be
4:17 PM ET PITTSBURGH — After months of contentious negotiating and a fast-approaching deadline to get a deal done with the Steelers, T.J. Watt on Friday expressed joy that the saga was over. The 26-year-old star edge rusher officially signed a five-year deal with the team Friday to become the NFL’s highest-paid defensive player. The
11:50 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets quarterback Zach Wilson will make his NFL debut Sunday without one of his top receivers. Slot receiver Jamison Crowder, who tested positive last week for COVID-19, was ruled out Friday for the season opener against the Carolina Panthers. He remains on the reserve/COVID-19 list. The
2:49 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. – Arizona Cardinals linebacker Dennis Gardeck‘s return from an ACL injury suffered last season will have to wait. Gardeck was added to the injury report Thursday with a hand injury that will keep him out of Sunday’s game against the Tennessee Titans, coach Kliff Kingsbury said. Kingsbury said the injury
2:11 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh chalked up his team’s latest season-ending injuries to bad luck. In Thursday’s practice, running back Gus Edwards and cornerback Marcus Peters tore their ACLs without making contact with teammates, continuing Baltimore’s awful run on injuries. Both have been placed on injured reserve. Edwards,
1:53 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The Miami Dolphins announced a celebration of the life of late former head coach Don Shula to be held on Oct. 2 at Hard Rock Stadium. The free event is open to the public and will take place the day before the team plays the Indianapolis Colts. This
12:23 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN ALLEN PARK, Mich. — The 40th birthday for Detroit Lions veteran long-snapper Don Muhlbach was not only a milestone — it also marked the day he was being released after 17 seasons in the NFL. First-year Lions coach Dan Campbell, a former teammate of Muhlbach, called himself “an a–hole” for
9:28 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — The Baltimore Ravens reached a one-year agreement with running back Latavius Murray as they quickly scramble to patch up an injury-ravaged backfield before the regular season begins, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Friday. The deal is worth up to $2 million, the source told Schefter. Murray,
9:12 AM ET Free-agent quarterback Cam Newton said he didn’t see his release from the New England Patriots coming in his first remarks since the team cut him 10 days ago. “Did it catch me by surprise being released? Absolutely,” Newton said in a video released Friday morning. Newton’s remarks came in a YouTube Live