12:00 AM ET Free-agent wide receiver Antonio Brown wrote an Instagram post Wednesday night in which he indicated he wants to play in the NFL again and urged the league to resolve its investigation into his conduct. The post came two days after Brown teased his potential retirement from the NFL in a tweet. In
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11:38 PM ET The independent group that advises the NFL on matters of diversity and inclusion on Friday will formally request that the league investigate whether the Washington franchise adhered to a new rule in hiring two high-ranking executives earlier this week. The Fritz Pollard Alliance, which assists the NFL in enforcing compliance of the
8:05 PM ET Edge rusher Markus Golden had his rights revert to the New York Giants at 4 p.m. ET Wednesday, sources told ESPN’s Jordan Raanan. Golden had previously been given a rare May 5 tender. He had until Wednesday, or the start of training camps, to sign a deal with another team. Otherwise his
4:34 PM ET NFL officials likely won’t set foot on a field until Week 1 of the regular season, one of several new coronavirus protocols under discussion between the league and the NFL Referees Association. Officiating crews usually make a multi-day visit to a training camp, during which they explain new rules to players and
3:46 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN The Montgomery County, Texas, district attorney is dismissing the charges against Buffalo Bills defensive tackle Ed Oliver stemming from his May 16 arrest on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Oliver was pulled over on State Highway 242, and according to police, he had an open beer between his legs and
2:37 PM ET The NFL confirmed Wednesday that if fans are allowed at NFL games this season, they will have to wear masks. Brian McCarthy, the league’s vice president of communications, tweeted: For those wondering, yes, it is league-wide: fans at NFL games this season will be required to wear face coverings pic.twitter.com/D139KGKQ4r — Brian
2:53 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — Carlton Haselrig, a Pro Bowl right guard for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the early 1990s who is also the only wrestler in NCAA history to win six individual national championships, died Wednesday. He was 54. Pat Pecora, who coached Haselrig to heavyweight division championships at both the NCAA
1:15 PM ET Officials for AMB Sports and Entertainment, which oversees operations of the 71,000-seat Mercedes-Benz Stadium, are preparing to host between 10,000-20,000 fans at Atlanta Falcons home games as the entire league adjusts to limited capacities during the coronavirus pandemic. “We continue to kind of drill down that number with each week that goes
12:31 PM ET New York Jets owner Woody Johnson was under investigation by a State Department watchdog following allegations that he made racist and sexist comments while serving as an ambassador to the United Kingdom and sought to have the Open Championship played at a golf resort owned by President Donald Trump, according to a
6:00 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN The latest knot in Quinton Dunbar‘s legal entanglement adds uncertainty to the cornerback’s availability in 2020. (Re-)enter Tre Flowers? The possibility of the Seattle Seahawks having to turn back to Flowers seems even more real with a report of a cover-up in the armed robbery case against Dunbar and New