6:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — By time the 2004 NFL draft was set to start, former Arizona Cardinals general manager Rod Graves and now-deceased head coach Dennis Green had made their decision: If he was there at No. 3, Larry Fitzgerald was going to be their pick. Fitzgerald, the star wide receiver from Pitt,
NFL
8:07 PM ET Associated Press HENDERSON, Nev. — Mike Davis, the former Raiders defensive back who made one of the most memorable interceptions in team history, has died. He was 65. The Raiders announced Davis’ death Sunday. The team gave no details on the cause of death. The former Colorado star was a second-round pick
Apr 26, 2020 For years, folks in the NFL would often openly wonder if they needed to be in Indianapolis for the entire combine. They would complain about the cold weather, saying they were counting the hours until they could hit the road, as they speed-walked through the convention center to another round of interviews.
6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. Intrigue starts at QB: Coach Bill Belichick might say “the hay is the barn” at this point when it comes to the 2021 NFL draft (April 29-May 1 in Cleveland, on ESPN and the ESPN App). The
6:00 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — A look at what’s happening around the New York Jets: 1. Go O, Joe: By his own admission, general manager Joe Douglas failed to supply former quarterback Sam Darnold with enough help to prosper — a fresh scar for the organization. Now he gets a mulligan with a
6:00 AM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Thursday night’s opening round of the 2021 NFL draft (ESPN/ESPN App) feels like uncharted territory for a Chicago Bears team that has grown accustomed to picking either in the top 10 or not at all on Day 1. Since the current front-office regime took control in 2015, the
6:00 AM ET CINCINNATI — The Cincinnati Bengals recently had a big decision to make. Should they keep running back Giovani Bernard or release him to get an additional $4.1 million in salary-cap savings? The choice was simple in the end. After Bernard was unwilling to take a pay cut, the Bengals released the eight-year
1:15 PM ET Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Rob Gronkowski has won four Super Bowls, been to five Pro Bowls and even won a WWE title. Now he has a new honor to add to his unique résumé: world-record holder. The 10-year NFL veteran is now in the Guinness Book of World Records after successfully
7:00 AM ET KWITY PAYE HAS never met the man. Never had the chance to look him in the eye, or hear his story in his own words, or even so much as thank him. For his life. For the chance to be in the United States, where Kwity became an immigrant, then a citizen;
7:23 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — No one was surprised that the Baltimore Ravens traded Orlando Brown Jr. on Friday. The shocker was where he landed. Why would the Ravens send Brown to the Kansas City Chiefs, the team standing in their way of getting to the Super Bowl? This trade shows how much