3:34 PM ET A Youngstown, Ohio, home in which Las Vegas Raiders third-round draft pick Lynn Bowden Jr. was staying was raided by Drug Enforcement Agency agents, U.S. Marshals and local police, according to a statement from the DEA on Wednesday morning. Handguns and loaded assault weapons were recovered from the house. Although Bowden was
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4:16 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — In the wake of ongoing conversations surrounding racism and police brutality, Tampa Bay Buccaneers starting cornerback Carlton Davis gave an account Wednesday of an encounter with law enforcement that he says, to this day, has made him fearful of police. When Davis, who is African-American, was 14 or 15
3:33 PM ET Justin Coleman was in college at Tennessee when he came home to Brunswick, Georgia, and while hanging out with friends got into a conversation with one of his closer family friends, Ahmaud Arbery. Arbery, his football and track teammate, had just graduated from Brunswick High and said he felt lost. “I just
4:22 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Like many other professional athletes, Tennessee Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill has taken to social media to show that he’s taking a stand against police brutality and social injustice. Things
6:00 AM ET Are the Philadelphia Eagles better, worse or the same on offense compared to a year ago? That’s a question that requires more than a blanket answer given all the moving parts. They parted with a future Hall of Famer in left tackle Jason Peters, assembled a track team at wide receiver and
12:25 PM ET Washington Redskins coach Ron Rivera said he felt rushed in Carolina when formulating a response to protests during the national anthem. It made him change his approach this time. But one thing hasn’t changed: his support for players who choose to kneel. Rivera reiterated that stance on a Zoom conference call with
2:08 PM ET Detroit Lions running back Kerryon Johnson was excited when he heard the franchise took Georgia’s D’Andre Swift in the second round of April’s NFL draft. He saw a new running mate, someone to lessen the load off of his own carries and a player who can help keep him fresh. “He’s a
10:52 AM ET Dez Bryant defended Jerry Jones this week after questioning his absence at a protest in Austin, Texas, while Richard Sherman spoke out against the Dallas Cowboys owner’s silence on racial injustice in the United States. On Sunday, Bryant, who attended the march in Austin, the capital of Texas, tweeted: “Somebody should have
11:49 AM ET A new NFL collective bargaining agreement approved in March quietly has brought about new training camp rules that will impact this summer. Whereas teams used to be required to report to training camp 15 days before their preseason opener, 30 NFL teams now must report July 28, which is 47 or 48
9:00 AM ET The Players Coalition has gathered the signatures of more than 1,400 current and retired athletes, coaches, general managers and staff members from the NFL, NBA and Major League Baseball, including on a letter to the United States Congress supporting a bill to end qualified immunity, which makes it difficult to sue police