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1:33 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee State is naming Eddie George its new head coach, sources tell ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg. George starred at running back for the Tennessee Titans from 1996-2003 and will bring
6:00 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — A look at what’s happening around the New York Jets: 1. Card shark: Joe Douglas wants to build through the draft. Every general manager says that. When was the last time you heard a GM say, “I don’t care about draft picks. I want to spend a ton
6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quick-hit thoughts/notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. Belichick at 69: Coach Bill Belichick will celebrate his 69th birthday on April 16, which highlights his place among a group of the oldest to serve as a head coach in the NFL. Romeo Crennel (73) became the oldest
8:33 PM ET AUGUSTA, Georgia — Tony Finau got quite the surprise during Saturday’s lengthy weather delay in the third round of the Masters Tournament. While Finau was waiting for the rain to stop, he hung out in the caddie house at Augusta National Golf Club. Jimmy Dunne, a member of the club, handed Finau
7:00 AM ET Sometimes the best feeling can be finding an extra $20 in a pair of jeans you have not worn in a while. Now imagine what it must be like when you learn you have found an extra $622,056. The NFL’s performance-based pay system has been around since 2002, when it was included
6:00 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Coach Urban Meyer was pretty clear the Jacksonville Jaguars needed a pass-catching tight end, and since they didn’t sign one in free agency it’s equally clear it will be a priority in the draft. The Jaguars had better pick one in the first three rounds, though, because recent history
6:00 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — When George Paton was hired in January to be the Denver Broncos‘ top football decision-maker, he became the first person in four decades to hold the job without previously working for the team. He brings a fresh set of eyes to a franchise that has long preferred its own
6:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — There are four major players in the Aaron Rodgers contract situation with the Green Bay Packers: Rodgers himself (represented by agent David Dunn), general manager Brian Gutekunst, coach Matt LaFleur and team president Mark Murphy. None of them have said much of late. Rodgers’ future was thrown into
6:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — To Malcolm Butler, age — especially his age — is just a number. Butler, the former New England Patriots and Tennessee Titans cornerback who signed a one-year deal with the Arizona Cardinals last month, doesn’t see his age, 31, as a hinderance or a hurdle. It doesn’t seem to