9:21 AM ET Nike has suspended its endorsement deal with Deshaun Watson amid the sexual assault and inappropriate behavior allegations made against the Houston Texans quarterback, the company told CNBC on Wednesday. “We are deeply concerned by the disturbing allegations and have suspended Deshaun Watson. We will continue to closely monitor the situation,” Nike said
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10:14 AM ET The Cincinnati Bengals released veteran running back Giovani Bernard, the team announced on Wednesday. Bernard, 29, has spent his entire eight years with the franchise that drafted him in the second round of the 2013 draft. During that span, Bernard appeared in 115 games and rushed for 3,697 yards and 22 touchdowns.
8:01 AM ET The Washington Football Team hired Natalia Dorantes to serve as its coordinator of football programs, making her the first Latina to fill that role in the NFL. Dorantes also will become the third woman to have this job. Dorantes will work closely with and help coordinate schedules across various departments within the
6:00 AM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — What the New York Giants did last month in NFL free agency with their own signings was out of character. Not because they spent big. Giants oo-owners John Mara and Steve Tisch have done that before, and not so long ago — see 2016, when New York signed
6:00 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Here they go again. For the second time in three years, the New York Jets will invest a high draft pick in a quarterback, a college wonder boy tasked with the enormous challenge of invigorating a star-crossed franchise. They botched it with Sam Darnold, whose shortcomings were exacerbated
5:51 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Before re-signing with the Seattle Seahawks last month, veteran defensive end Carlos Dunlap wanted to make sure that Russell Wilson would still be their quarterback. Dunlap said he got that assurance from Wilson himself. Speaking with reporters via videoconference for the first time since returning to Seattle on
4:09 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Explaining the biggest trade of his two-year tenure, New York Jets general manager Joe Douglas said the decision to deal quarterback Sam Darnold was based largely on two factors — draft position and finances. “I think it’s safe to say, if our pick were a little later, we
2:41 PM ET HOUSTON — Two of the 22 women who filed lawsuits against Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson alleging sexual assault and inappropriate behavior identified themselves publicly during a news conference Tuesday. Ashley Solis, who lawyer Tony Buzbee said was the first massage therapist to file a lawsuit against Watson, spoke in the news
11:30 AM ET With teams locked into the first three overall picks in the NFL draft, the Atlanta Falcons now have received trade calls from multiple teams and “are open to moving” out of the No. 4 spot, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Quarterbacks are expected to be taken with the first three selections
9:00 AM ET The Spring League is planning a notable expansion in the coming weeks by adding two teams and two weeks to the structure it used in 2020, CEO Brian Woods confirmed this week. Its growth comes at an unstable moment in the industry, as the XFL and CFL remain in talks about an