11:14 AM ET Washington’s football team, in the midst of a name change and less than a week after a story detailed sexual harassment by former employees, hired Terry Bateman to oversee its business operations. Bateman will have the title of executive vice president and chief marketing officer. Washington announced on July 6th that it
NFL
1:26 PM ET Football quietly returned last week in the United States for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. The Spring League, a developmental enterprise made up of former college and professional players, conducted a four-day showcase that ended Friday with a controlled scrimmage — and without any known exposures to the virus.
6:00 AM 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 It was a rollercoaster offseason for the Los Angeles Rams‘ defense after first-year coordinator Brandon Staley replaced veteran Wade Phillips and several key players departed in free
6:00 AM ET Six-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback Tom Brady often talked about his heavily regimented diet while playing for the New England Patriots, which included producing a “TB12 Nutrition Plan” filled with recipes for sale. His potential replacement, Cam Newton, is following a bit of a different script. Newton isn’t selling anything, but he’s delivering
12:54 AM ET LAS VEGAS — With the NFL leaving it up to individual teams and/or local municipality guidelines as to how many, if any, fans can attend games, Las Vegas Raiders owner Mark Davis is leaning toward not having any fans attend games at Las Vegas’ new Allegiant Stadium this season. And if no
2:40 PM ET DeMarcus Lawrence is facing a difficult decision. He wants to report to Dallas Cowboys training camp on July 28, but he wants to make sure he can stay safe so he can keep his family safe. His wife, Sasha, is pregnant and due in October, and he is unsure if it will
1:05 PM ET NFL players took to Twitter on Sunday in a coordinated effort to urge the NFL to listen to its experts’ guidelines on safely opening training camps amid the coronavirus pandemic. Many of the players used the hashtag #WeWantToPlay to accompany their tweets. NFL Players Association president JC Tretter tweeted: “What you are
7:00 AM ET The last time the New England Patriots didn’t win the AFC East was 2008, when quarterback Tom Brady missed the season with a torn ACL. Now that Brady is no longer in the division, could things come full circle with a new AFC East champion? The Patriots’ streak of 11 straight division
6:00 AM ET Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. QB workouts set the stage: The quarterback battle in New England is on. One of the more intriguing aspects of the past week had Cam Newton remaining in Los Angeles while throwing to newly signed Patriots receiver Damiere Byrd (among
8:12 AM ET As another high-profile owner of a professional sports team, the Dallas Mavericks‘ Mark Cuban has this advice for Washington’s Dan Snyder: Accept your mistakes. Cuban was responding to Thursday’s report in The Washington Post in which 15 women made allegations of sexual harassment and a toxic workplace culture from 2006 to 2019.