7:01 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Ted Ginn Jr. returned to Glenville High School on Friday to announce his NFL retirement. The 36-year-old former Ohio State receiver and returner played for his father, Ted Ginn Sr., at Glenville before moving on to the Buckeyes and the NFL. “I’ve dedicated my entire life to football
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6:07 PM ET Associated Press GREEN BAY, Wis. — Playing home games without spectators because of the pandemic caused the Green Bay Packers‘ operating revenues to drop nearly 27% during the most recent fiscal year. The Packers reported $409.8 million in expenses and $371.1 million in revenues. That’s the first time since 2000 the team
1:53 PM ET ESPN News Services Free-agent cornerback Richard Sherman is facing five charges stemming from his arrest at his in-laws’ home northeast of Seattle earlier this week, according to documents filed by the King County prosecuting attorney’s office on Friday. The charges include two domestic violence counts — criminal trespass in the second degree
10:01 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints defense could be even more depleted to start the 2021 season after standout defensive tackle David Onyemata announced that he is facing a suspension for testing positive for a banned substance. Onyemata, 28, was also suspended for one game to start the 2019 season after
10:23 AM ET Associated Press Two NFL teams remain under 50% vaccinated less than two weeks from the start of training camp, a person familiar with the vaccination rates told The Associated Press. As of Friday, Washington and Indianapolis had the two lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates among the 32 teams in the league, according to
7:05 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN BUFFALO, N.Y. — Lenox, Iowa, isn’t quite the midway point between Des Moines, Iowa, and Omaha, Nebraska. It’s simultaneously on the way and out of the way; venturing off Interstate 80 to stop in the small town of 1,400 people adds about an hour and change onto what is normally
7:03 AM ET Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady played the entirety of last season with a torn medial collateral ligament in his left knee, according to a report in the Tampa Bay Times. Brady suffered the injury in his final season with the New England Patriots and it gradually worsened during his first year
7:05 PM ET A King County (Washington) judge ordered Richard Sherman released from custody on his personal recognizance Thursday under several conditions. Judge Fa’amomoi Masaniai also ordered Sherman not to drink alcohol or do drugs and he is not allowed to have contact with his father-in-law as part of his conditions to be released. Sherman
3:13 PM ET The Carolina Panthers and offensive tackle Taylor Moton agreed to a mammoth four-year, $72 million extension that includes $43 million guaranteed at signing, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. The blockbuster deal, announced by the team only as a multiyear extension, beats Thursday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline for franchise players to
11:39 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Acknowledging that actions will speak louder than his words, New England Patriots quarterback Cam Newton said Thursday that he views the 2021 season as “put up or shut up” time. Newton, who said he will be reporting for training camp July 22 in advance of the team’s first practice