2:03 PM ET Jay Gruden’s firing as Washington Redskins coach won’t have an affect on Trent Williams‘ holdout. Williams doesn’t plan on returning to the team any time soon, a source close to the Pro Bowl left tackle told ESPN’s Dianna Russini. Williams skipped training camp and has missed the first five weeks of the
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1:18 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers will head to London this week to suit up against the Carolina Panthers without two starters on their offensive line. Coach Bruce Arians announced Monday that right tackle Demar Dotson won’t play due to hamstring and calf injuries and right guard Alex Cappa will be
11:00 AM ET ARLINGTON, Texas — If it wasn’t clear before this, it should be now: Aaron Rodgers likes this team. Happy quarterback. Happy returns. He could list the reasons, and he made a nice start after the Green Bay Packers’ three-and-a-half-hour marathon 34-21 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. “I think the first
12:02 PM ET XFL teams will select 71 players apiece next week in the league’s inaugural draft, according to a structure the league announced Monday. The two-day event will take place Oct. 15-16. It will open with the league assigning one quarterback to each of its eight teams, followed by a snake-style draft that commissioner
10:33 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Colts second-year defensive end Kemoko Turay suffered a broken ankle in the second half of Sunday’s victory over Kansas City, according to a source. The injury occurred late in the fourth quarter when Turay was in pursuit of Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes. Many of Turay’s teammates took a knee while
9:19 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady moved past Brett Favre into third place on the NFL’s all-time passing yardage list in Sunday’s victory over the Washington Redskins, and is now 18 yards away from passing Peyton Manning into the No. 2 spot. Brady, who has 71,923 yards over his
7:00 AM ET BEREA, Ohio — Before joining the Cleveland Browns this offseason, Sheldon Richardson admits he’d heard the rap that Odell Beckham Jr. wasn’t a great teammate. Now, after sharing the locker room with the wide receiver these past few months, Richardson has a “completely opposite” viewpoint. “Couldn’t be further from the truth. …
7:30 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Redskins dismissed their coach. They haven’t solved their problems. Washington fired Jay Gruden, 52, on Monday morning and it’s a hard decision to argue. The Redskins are 0-5 this season and haven’t won a playoff game since 2005. They reached the postseason once under Gruden — in
6:06 AM ET ASHBURN, Va. — The Washington Redskins fired coach Jay Gruden on Monday during yet another disappointing season. Gruden entered the season on the hot seat, and after Sunday’s 33-7 loss to the New England Patriots dropped the Redskins to 0-5, it became clear he would not continue as the team’s coach beyond
6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — At every stop of his athletic career, awards and recognition have been standard for San Francisco 49ers defensive tackle DeForest Buckner. At Punahou High in Honolulu, Buckner was a first-team all-state defensive lineman and basketball player. At Oregon, Buckner landed All-America honors and was named the Pac-12 Defensive