6:00 PM ET In a letter sent to NFL commissioner Roger Goodell, lawyers representing more than a dozen former employees of the Washington Football Team requested an independent investigation into allegations of sexual harassment during their time with the organization and that owner Daniel Snyder be suspended pending the outcome. On Wednesday, The Washington Post
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4:45 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN The Buffalo Bills released Stephen Hauschka, their starting kicker since 2017, the team announced Thursday, nearly one year to the day after giving him a two-year contract extension. Buffalo selected Georgia Southern kicker Tyler Bass in the sixth round of the 2020 NFL draft, igniting a position battle that took
4:20 PM ET If you think what happened in the NBA on Wednesday can’t happen in the NFL, you don’t know what year this is. Old rules are out the window in 2020. Long-held expectations are outdated. The Detroit Lions canceled practice Tuesday so they could stand outside of their team facility and talk about
2:56 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants haven’t ruled out the option of sitting out a game in the regular season to protest social injustice, according to lead running back Saquon Barkley and wide receiver Sterling Shepard. Barkley and Shepard were asked on Zoom calls Thursday after practice whether not playing
3:25 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles starting left tackle Andre Dillard tore his biceps and likely will need season-ending surgery next week, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Dillard, the team’s first-round pick in 2019, suffered the injury during one-on-one drills early in Thursday’s practice. He was taken inside after being evaluated by trainers. Jordan
2:34 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Adding another veteran to their crowded backfield, the New York Jets have acquired running back Kalen Ballage from the Miami Dolphins in a rare intra-division trade, a league source confirmed Thursday. The Dolphins, reportedly on the verge of releasing Ballage, will receive a conditional late-round pick, NFL Network
2:08 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — While a number of NFL teams chose not to practice Thursday in light of the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers carried on, with coach Bruce Arians challenging them to take action. Arians held a brief team meeting before practice and told players he
6:00 AM ET ALLEN PARK, Mich. — Jeff Okudah walked into the Blockbuster in Parsippany, New Jersey, looking for a video game to rent. A third grader, Okudah loved sports games and when he saw a copy of Madden NFL 07 on the shelf with Shaun Alexander on the cover, he decided to pick it
9:43 AM ET The Indianapolis Colts, New York Jets and Washington Football Team are among the NFL teams not practicing Thursday in response to the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin. The Jets’ practice field was set up for the usual start at 9:20 a.m. ET, and some staff members were seen walking the
10:34 AM ET Associated Press CANTON, Ohio — Tony Dungy has been added to the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s selection committee, the fourth Hall member to become part of the voting process. Dungy joins Bill Polian, James Lofton and Dan Fouts on the panel. The first African American head coach to win a Super