11:41 PM ET The Carolina Panthers have terminated their partnership with Charlotte-based CPI Security, the team announced Saturday night, in the wake of comments by the company’s founder and CEO downplaying police brutality against people of color. Ken Gill’s comments came in response to an open letter sent by Jorge Millares, the executive director of
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6:39 PM ET DENVER — More than 70 players, coaches and other staff personnel from the Denver Broncos — most wearing black T-shirts saying “If You Ain’t With Us, You Against Us” — led a group of thousands through downtown during a Black Lives Matter protest Saturday. Many of the group from the Broncos, which
6:00 AM ET The quizzical look on offensive tackle Eric Smith‘s face said it all. He had just received a text from his friend and New York Giants teammate Chris Peace late last year. It was a recruitment to participate with him in an offseason program at NASA. This took Smith completely by surprise. He
8:00 AM ET Numb — that was the first word Atlanta Falcons captain and safety Ricardo Allen used to describe his emotions as he watched the video of a fellow black man, George Floyd, being killed by a white police officer in Minneapolis. Allen’s heart ached as the officer kept his knee on Floyd’s neck
11:45 PM ET An unprecedented week in the NFL culminated in a landscape-shifting 24 hours that appear to have dramatically changed the league’s stance on player protests. Things are happening quickly, and you surely have questions. Is kneeling during the national anthem OK now? Does Colin Kaepernick have a chance to get back in? What
10:39 PM ET In a message addressed to President Donald Trump on Friday night, Drew Brees stood by his apology for earlier comments on “disrespecting the flag,” after Trump wrote that the New Orleans Saints quarterback should not have changed his stance. Brees was following up on his pledge to be an “ally” for the
7:46 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — Kyle Rudolph was 24 hours too late. By the time the Minnesota Vikings tight end drove around Monday to look for places in need of organized clean-up efforts after looting and riots took place throughout the Twin Cities following George Floyd’s death, the 30-year-old witnessed his favorite element of the
6:59 PM ET NFL commissioner Roger Goodell issued a statement Friday condemning racism, saying he admits the league was wrong to not listen to its players earlier and that it will try to do better. “It has been a difficult time for our country, In particular, black people in our country,” Goodell said in a
4:17 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN It won’t be easy for Buffalo Bills rookie quarterback Jake Fromm to earn his new teammates’ trust back, offensive coordinator Brian Daboll said Friday. A day earlier, a text message from Fromm in which he suggested guns should be priced to a point where only “elite white people” can afford
5:29 PM ET Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan said he has done field work with Todd Gurley “a handful of times” and is “really impressed” with his new running back. Ryan, currently in Atlanta, spent time with Gurley in Southern California in recent weeks. “I’ve gotten to work with Todd and he’s awesome,” Ryan told