10:34 AM ET Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. — Anyone visiting Tampa’s popular outdoor destinations for the Super Bowl will be required to wear a mask to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor signed an executive order Wednesday saying masks must be worn outside while downtown, in neighborhoods around Raymond James
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10:03 AM ET Quarterback Deshaun Watson has requested a trade from the Houston Texans, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. Watson made the request to the team weeks ago, sources told ESPN. The Texans’ new head coaching hire, David Culley, has not and will not alter Watson’s thinking, sources told ESPN. Watson hasn’t
11:23 PM ET HOUSTON — Before all of the trade talk, reports about his future and the hiring of coach David Culley, Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson was asked what he was looking for in his next head coach. “I mean, we just need a whole culture shift,” Watson said earlier in the month. “We
7:00 AM ET THE CLEVELAND BROWNS were in the middle of their best season in decades, and Malcolm Pridgeon was sitting alone in his Dodge Durango outside the Berkshire Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in West Babylon, New York, thinking about better times. When there was no pandemic, and the doors to the nursing home were
7:01 AM ET BALTIMORE — Jan. 28, 2001 will forever represent coronation day for the Baltimore Ravens‘ defense. In the minds of Ravens players, their 34-7 triumph over the New York Giants in Super Bowl XXXV crowned the 2000 squad as the greatest single-season defense in NFL history. On this 20-year anniversary, this Baltimore defense
11:23 PM ET HOUSTON — Before all of the trade talk and reports about his future, Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson was asked what he was looking for in his next head coach. “I mean, we just need a whole culture shift,” Watson said earlier in the month. “We just need new energy. We need
9:54 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans have hired Baltimore Ravens assistant David Culley to be their next head coach, sources told ESPN, confirming a report by the Houston Chronicle. Culley, 65, who has spent the past two seasons in Baltimore, just completed his 27th season as an NFL coach. Along with serving as
4:20 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — After 17 seasons, Jason Witten is retiring from the NFL. He intends to sign a one-day contract and retire as a member of the Dallas Cowboys in March when his contract with the Las Vegas Raiders expires at the end of the league year. Witten, 38, played 16 seasons
3:59 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks say offensive tackle Chad Wheeler is no longer with the team following his arrest on suspicion of felony assault-domestic violence. The 27-year-old Wheeler is accused of strangling his girlfriend until she lost consciousness. A spokesperson with the King County prosecutor’s office told ESPN that a
3:56 PM ET When Jennifer King got the news late in the season that she would make history by becoming the NFL’s first Black female assistant coach for Washington next season, she responded by doing what came natural. She went back to work. Though coach Ron Rivera told her of the pending move before the