2:46 PM ET Sarah Thomas will next month become the first woman to officiate a Super Bowl, the NFL announced Tuesday. Thomas will serve as a down judge on referee Carl Cheffers’ crew at Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Fla. Thomas joined the NFL in 2015 as its first female on-field official. The league assembles
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1:41 PM ET A misdemeanor battery charge against Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Mackensie Alexander was dismissed Tuesday, Florida records show. Alexander’s charge from last August in relation to the disappearance of his father was dropped as part of pretrial diversion process, according to Collier County court records. Alexander entered deferred prosecution on Dec. 8, which led
11:08 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints receiver Michael Thomas is likely to have surgeries on the torn deltoid and other injured ligaments in his ankle that plagued him all season, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. Thomas first suffered the high ankle injury in the final minutes of Week 1
12:23 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — R&B star Jazmine Sullivan and country singer Eric Church will join forces to sing the national anthem at the next month’s Super Bowl LV, where Grammy-winning singer H.E.R. will perform “America the Beautiful.” The performances will take place Feb. 7 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida,
9:10 AM ET NFL NationESPN The 2020 NFL playoffs are down to the top four teams heading into championship weekend. However, that also means that 28 other teams have begun their offseasons. Ahead of them looms free agency and the 2021 NFL draftto help shore up weaknesses and holes in their rosters. There are several
6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady will play in his 14th conference championship game when he leads the Tampa Bay Buccaneers against the Green Bay Packers on Sunday (3:05 p.m. ET, Fox), a fact that has sparked widespread emotions among New England Patriots followers. Some are all aboard the TB12 Train and would
8:36 AM ET The Washington Football Team is expected to make Marty Hurney its new general manager, sources confirmed to ESPN. The move, which was first reported by the NFL Network, provides another familiar face for coach Ron Rivera. Hurney spent parts of five seasons with Rivera in Carolina, having been fired twice. He hired
9:19 AM ET The Atlanta Falcons have hired Terry Fontenot as their general manager, pairing him with recently hired coach Arthur Smith to try to return the franchise to the playoffs. The 40-year-old Fontenot becomes the Falcons’ first Black general manager. Under the NFL’s new hiring guidelines encouraging minority hiring, the Saints will receive two
7:00 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — A failing marriage in Houston has sparked near-hysteria in the New York/New Jersey area. With the NFL’s speculation machine working at high speed, the New York Jets have been linked to Deshaun Watson in potential trade scenarios for the disgruntled Houston Texans quarterback. The talk shows, local and
9:48 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Running back Mark Ingram will be released by the Baltimore Ravens on Tuesday, league sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Ingram, 31, was a healthy scratch for four of the Ravens’ final five contests this season, including both playoff games. The Ravens will create $5 million in salary-cap room