5:00 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara has tested positive for COVID-19, leaving his status for the postseason in question, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. After mixed test results, Kamara had a positive test confirmed Friday afternoon, a source said. He has been placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list
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5:29 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Los Angeles Rams outside linebacker Leonard Floyd was taken to the hospital Friday for precautionary measures after complaining about abdominal pain to a
3:59 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — All Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers could do was hope for good news after All-Pro left tackle David Bakhtiari suffered a knee injury in practice on Thursday. One phone call dashed that. “I got a call from him yesterday late in the afternoon,” Rodgers said Friday.
4:13 PM ET HOUSTON — Texans wide receiver Brandin Cooks, who is playing for his fourth team in his first seven NFL seasons, said he’s “not going to accept any more trades.” Cooks, who has been traded three times in his career, has three years left on the contract he signed with the Los Angeles
3:16 PM ET Washington Football Team quarterback Alex Smith practiced for a second consecutive day, but he is questionable for Sunday’s game at the Philadelphia Eagles. Washington (6-9) will win the NFC East if it beats the Eagles (4-10-1). Washington has lost two consecutive games with Smith unable to play. Smith practiced on back-to-back days
2:13 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — The Grinch came after Alvin Kamara‘s Christmas-themed cleats, after all. The New Orleans Saints running back was fined $5,000 by the NFL for wearing a pair of red and green cleats that didn’t match his uniform colors while rushing for six touchdowns on Christmas Day. Apparently they don’t even
4:05 PM ET New Arizona coach Jedd Fisch has hired Brennan Carroll as the Wildcats’ offensive coordinator, the school announced Friday. Carroll, the son of Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll, has spent the last six seasons on his father’s staff, most recently as an assistant offensive line coach and run game coordinator. “Brennan and I
2:15 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens punter Sam Koch is not expected to play Sunday at the Cincinnati Bengals, which would end the NFL’s third-longest active consecutive games streak at 239. Koch is on the reserve/COVID-19 list after his test on Wednesday came back inconclusive. This would mark the first time he’s
3:46 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Mason Rudolph hasn’t heard from Myles Garrett in the year since the brawl that ended the 2019 meeting between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns in Cleveland, although if the Browns defensive end approaches him Sunday, the Steelers quarterback is willing to have a conversation. “I’m happy to hear Myles
12:10 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns have reopened their facility and are planning to hold practice Friday afternoon after the latest round of COVID-19 testing produced no new positive results. The Browns had to shut down their practice facility the previous two days and canceled Thursday’s practice following consecutive days of positive