1:53 PM ET Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver A.J. Green has signed the $18.2 million franchise-tag tender for the 2020 season and will report to training camp, the team announced Friday. The Bengals used their franchise tag on Green on March 16, and the sides failed to reach agreement on a long-term contract by Wednesday’s deadline.
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2:17 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — The Edmonton Eskimos of the Canadian Football League reportedly will change their name. The team would not confirm the two reports. TSN and Postmedia say the team will make a switch following this week’s decision to do the same by Washington’s NFL team. A spokeswoman for the
12:46 PM ET The Players Coalition is calling on Congress to pass a bill addressing education inequality that has been highlighted and expanded by the coronavirus pandemic. In a letter, the players write that without Congressional action, education inequality for prekindergarten through high school students is “likely to be compounded in the coming year and
12:40 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos safety Justin Simmons said Friday he’s willing to bet on himself and play on the franchise player tender in the 2020 season and that if the team had wanted to sign him to a long-term deal, “they would’ve.” Simmons is the fifth player Broncos president of football
6:00 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN Maybe the line that John Schneider has repeated most often in his decadelong run as Seattle Seahawks general manager is that the organization wants “to be in every deal.” It’s his way of saying that they’ll look into every potential acquisition they feel could make their team better, and it’s
6:00 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Only once since 2014 has a rookie draft pick started all 16 games for the Carolina Panthers. Only 12 times in team history has a rookie draft pick started all 16 games, and never has more than one out of a class started the entire season. That could change
10:49 PM ET New York Giants kicker Aldrick Rosas was formally charged Wednesday with three misdemeanors stemming from a June 15 hit-and-run accident. The Butte County, California, district attorney’s office elected to file charges of reckless driving on highway, hit-and-run property damage and driving while suspended/revoked for DUI of alcohol/drugs. In 2016, Rosas was found
7:07 PM ET Danica Patrick and Aaron Rodgers are no longer a couple, a rep for the former professional driver told E! News on Thursday. The two had been dating since 2017. Speculation of a breakup had picked up over the past week. Patrick wasn’t spotted in Lake Tahoe, where Rodgers competed in golf’s American
6:29 PM ET Fifteen women who previously worked for the Washington Redskins organization have alleged sexual harassment and verbal abuse by former scouts and members of owner Daniel Snyder’s inner circle, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Among those accused of misconduct are former director of pro personnel Alex Santos and former assistant director of pro
3:44 PM ET Emphasizing that “we want to play,” Houston Texans star J.J. Watt posted a list of questions that NFL players need answered before training camps can open. The Texans are supposed to open the regular season Thursday, Sept. 10, at Kansas City, with rookies for both teams scheduled to report to camp on