2:37 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets wide receiver Jamison Crowder is staying away from offseason workouts as he and the team attempt to renegotiate his contract. The Jets are among the league leaders in salary-cap space (about $27 million), but they’re trying to get Crowder to take a pay cut. Crowder,
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10:11 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A heart donor has been found for the 8-year-old son of Greg Olsen, the retired Carolina Panthers tight end announced on social media Friday. The news of a donor comes eight days after Olsen’s son, TJ, was placed on the transplant list. “Today is a day of mixed emotions,”
6:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger proclaimed the team’s 2021 offense would be like nothing ever seen before. The Steelers would throw everything at everybody. But Roethlisberger, speaking for the first time since throwing four interceptions in a 48-37 first-round playoff loss to the Cleveland Browns, said it with his signature
6:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is 22 years old, has just four professional starts under his belt and, like the rest of his teammates, is in the midst of learning a new system under coach Nick Sirianni. But that hasn’t stopped him from switching from student to teacher this spring when
6:00 AM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Buyer’s remorse is not a phrase the Chicago Bears associate with Justin Fields. A shade under five weeks since the Bears moved up in the first round to nab the Ohio State quarterback, coach Matt Nagy held court after the team’s first open OTA workout and said Fields
6:35 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The federal judge presiding over the NFL’s $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims on Thursday invited lawyers for Black players who call the settlement racially-biased to join court-led mediation over the issue. The lawyers have challenged the settlement’s use of “race-norming” in dementia testing since 2018. The
2:09 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant head coach/run game coordinator Harold Goodwin offered his support to Eugene Chung following Chung’s revelation that he was called “not the right type of minority” during an NFL coaching interview. “Being a minority in this league, there’s ups and downs, and we know the process
3:05 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti had been searching for a way to properly salute Ozzie Newsome since he stepped down as the team’s general manager three years ago. Bisciotti came up with an idea that not only impacts the lives of Baltimore students but also touches on Newsome’s
4:02 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes won’t play in his first 2021 regular-season game for more than three months, but the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback said he’s ready for the game now. “If there was a game [today], I’d be able to play in it, I think,” said Mahomes, who had surgery
3:44 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has declared Cam Newton the team’s top quarterback at this time, and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels has already noticed a difference in Newton’s second year with the club. “When he got here, that was a unique situation having really no experience and exposure