2:30 PM ET As the NFL plans for how to play through the coronavirus pandemic, the league distributed new game-day protocols to teams on Wednesday. As word spread, some of the rules — such as a ban on postgame jersey swaps — drew the ire of current and former players on social media, even though
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3:40 PM ET Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie’s documentary film company, Play/Action Pictures, on Thursday announced the completion of its inaugural project, which has been in the works for three years: “The Meaning of Hitler.” Lurie is an executive producer for the film. The threat of white supremacy is a topic that has been important
1:42 PM ET The NFL has banned jersey exchanges in 2020 as the league attempts to play through the coronavirus pandemic, according to a set of protocols distributed to teams Wednesday and obtained Thursday by ESPN. Jersey exchanges have gained in popularity in recent years, and their elimination was met with immediate derision from some
10:12 AM ET New England Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman, who is Jewish, has invited Philadelphia Eagles wide receiver DeSean Jackson to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., after Jackson’s anti-Semitic social media posts. “I have seen DeSean play in his career, make outstanding football plays, we’ve communicated over social media. I’ve
7:15 AM ET Calvin Johnson is appalled when he hears how rarely quarterbacks succeeded last season in throwing the goal-line fade, a pass he loved to catch during his playing days. Over the course of nine seasons, the former Detroit Lions wideout mastered the art of hauling in lofty tosses to the back pylon, limbs
6:00 AM ET LAS VEGAS — No excuses, right? A year ago, Raiders quarterback Derek Carr was essentially playing with (Las Vegas reference warning) house money when it came to his battered and broken receivers corps, a sorry situation exacerbated by Antonio Brown‘s training-camp meltdown and eventual release. As coach Jon Gruden said later, “We
6:00 AM ET It’s hard to improve on the performance the Pittsburgh Steelers defense put together last season. As a unit, the defense finished fifth in the NFL in yards allowed (304.1) and points per game allowed (18.9). The group also led the league in takeaways with 38. The Steelers’ defense enters the 2020 season
12:13 AM ET Stephen Jackson apologized Wednesday night for using what he said were the “wrong words” in defending DeSean Jackson, but the former NBA player told CNN that what he said a day earlier should not be misinterpreted as support for anti-Semitism. “As I first stated when I got on here, I could’ve changed
10:54 PM ET Pittsburgh Steelers offensive lineman Zach Banner couldn’t sleep Wednesday morning. He’d seen the anti-Semitic messages Philadelphia Eagles receiver DeSean Jackson posted to social media. Banner wanted to send a message to his own Black community, to the Jewish community and to the broader NFL world. So he posted his own thoughts on
7:52 PM ET HOUSTON — Texans defensive end J.J. Watt said Wednesday that it’s too early for players to make a decision on whether they’ll play this season given the many unknowns that remain with the coronavirus pandemic. “I’ve been on the NFLPA calls the last couple times we’ve had them,” Watt said on a