2:21 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs continued to spend to retain stars from their Super Bowl LIV championship team by agreeing to a four-year, $57 million contract extension with tight end Travis Kelce, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. A source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler that the deal includes just under $25
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1:16 PM ET Tua Tagovailoa walked into a meeting room with a contagious smile, popping his aqua Ryan Fitzpatrick jersey in the Zoom camera for reporters like it was a prized Christmas gift. “What up, y’all like my jersey?” Tagovailoa said. “I thought I could break the ice with you guys by wearing the Fitz
1:49 PM ET More than seven out of 10 sports fans support teams and athletes speaking out on issues of social justice and racial equality, according to an online survey of 837 sports fans conducted for ESPN. Of the 71% of fans who supported athletes speaking out, 44% strongly supported it. Nearly half of the
1:26 PM ET Marvin Jones thanked the Detroit Lions, their fan base and his teammates on Thursday for their support over the past eight-plus months after the death of his 6-month-old son, Marlo, last December. Other than an Instagram post shortly after his son’s death on Dec. 27, it was the first time Jones had
11:06 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers are making George Kittle the highest-paid tight end in NFL history. By a lot. The Niners and Kittle agreed to a five-year, $75 million contract on Thursday, league sources confirmed to ESPN. The deal was first reported by Barstool Sports, which reports Kittle received
9:34 AM ET The Miami Dolphins will wear patches during the 2020 season to honor their late coach Don Shula. Those patches will feature the number 347 — a reference to his career wins, the most in NFL history. Coaches and team personnel will also wear a pin with the patch design to honor Shula,
6:55 AM ET NFL NationESPN As 2020 NFL training camps move from strength and conditioning work to padded practice over the next week, the competition for starting jobs will heat up across the league. There will be a maximum of 14 padded practices per team and, with no preseason games due to the coronavirus pandemic,
6:00 AM ET On an otherwise underachieving and underwhelming Cleveland Browns offense last season, Nick Chubb was a revelation. Despite all the erratic play around him, the second-year running back out of the University of Georgia was a consistent force. While shouldering an offense that ranked just 20th in efficiency, Chubb came within 47 yards
6:55 AM ET Dan Graziano Close ESPN Staff Writer Joined ESPN in 2011 New Jersey native and author of two published novels Jeremy Fowler Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Previously a college football reporter for CBSSports.com University of Florida graduate The big football news of the week has, for the most part, been
11:38 PM ET Adam “Pacman” Jones got a special delivery of signed Joe Haden Pittsburgh Steelers jerseys, and the former Cincinnati Bengals cornerback wasn’t exactly thrilled. Jones pulled one of the jerseys out of the box, poured lighter fluid on it and lit it on fire in his driveway. He continued to burn jerseys from