9:18 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The workouts that Tom Brady has been organizing at Berkeley Preparatory School aren’t just with his Buccaneers teammates. On Saturday, Brady put Shedeur Sanders, the son of Pro Football Hall of Famer Deion Sanders, through a workout. Shedeur Sanders is an ESPN four-star-rated quarterback entering his senior season at
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6:00 AM ET Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. Backfield depth: In describing why the Patriots invested a significant asset to bring aboard a backup, coach Bill Belichick once said, “Nobody needs insurance until you need insurance.” At the time, he was speaking of No. 3 quarterback Jacoby Brissett
7:30 PM ET After washing out in football, former Penn State and NFL quarterback Christian Hackenberg is attempting a sports comeback as a baseball pitcher. “Simple as I can put it: I just want to compete, man,” Hackenberg told NBC Philadelphia. “I’ve kind of had my trials and tribulations with the NFL, and had success
6:00 AM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — From Von Miller to Drew Lock to Kareem Jackson to Bradley Chubb to Courtland Sutton, up and down the Denver Broncos‘ roster, players have said this offseason has been like none in their athletic lives. But as the virtual-only offseason program necessitated by the coronavirus pandemic is set to
6:10 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield plans to kneel during the national anthem this upcoming season to support protests of social injustice, police brutality and racism. In answering a post from a fan on his Instagram account Saturday that pleaded with him not to kneel, Mayfield responded: “Pull your
5:07 PM ET HOUSTON — In a response to a person tweeting that he was “pretty sure” J.J. Watt would not be taking a knee during the national anthem, along with three American flag emojis, the Houston Texans defensive end made it clear that taking a knee is not about the American flag. “If you
11:59 AM ET ESPN will host a conversation with commissioners from the top United States sports leagues on Monday regarding resuming competition amid the coronavirus. “SportsCenter Special: The Return of Sports” will air from 9-11 p.m. ET on ESPN. Commissioners Roger Goodell (NFL), Adam Silver (NBA), Rob Manfred (MLB), Gary Bettman (NHL), Cathy Engelbert (WNBA)
9:10 AM ET Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti said he would be “the worst kind of hypocrite” if he didn’t speak out about social injustice. In a 10-minute video released by the team on Twitter Friday, Bisciotti was among the 20 people in the organization who called for the end of racial inequality in the
7:10 AM ET Doug Williams traveled a long road, not to mention an atypical one, to become the first black quarterback to win a Super Bowl. He starred at a historically black college, Grambling, before the Tampa Bay Buccaneers picked him in the first round of the 1978 draft — on the recommendation of then-offensive
6:00 AM ET In late May, a couple of days after ESPN aired the final installments of “The Last Dance” and with the 1990s Chicago Bulls once again all the rage, who should appear in the Philadelphia Eagles‘ team videoconference meeting but the Zen Master himself, Phil Jackson. “It was cool, because that’s a legend