9:10 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Jared Goff has been among the countless spectators who have watched as contract negotiations involving several NFL stars, including Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak
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8:38 PM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — In a time of year when a handful of players signed new deals for monstrous sums of money, Los Angeles Chargers center Mike Pouncey said he desired a new contract that would keep his family comfortable and satisfy his goal of chasing a league title. Pouncey said that
7:55 PM ET Associated Press Bobby Dillon, the Green Bay Packers‘ career leader in interceptions who lost his left eye following two childhood accidents, died Aug. 22 in Temple, Texas. He was 89. The New York Times reported that Dillon’s daughter, Karen Gooch, said the cause was complications of dementia. Dillon played safety for Green
4:37 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Any question that Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton would have a clean bill of health for Sunday’s opener against the Los Angeles Rams was answered Wednesday when the 2015 NFL MVP did not appear on the team’s injury report. If that wasn’t enough, then Newton’s big, familiar smile said
4:49 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Ezekiel Elliott admits it was important to him to be the highest-paid running back in the NFL. “Because I believe I’m the best,” the Dallas Cowboys star said Wednesday, not long after his first practice since signing a six-year, $90 million extension that includes $50 million guaranteed, according to
3:36 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — New York Jets running back Le’Veon Bell will play a football game Sunday for the first time in 20 months — 601 days, to be exact — but he’s not interested in easing into the regular-season flow. “Don’t hold back,” Bell told coach Adam Gase, the playcaller. In
3:19 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jaguars quarterback Nick Foles is dealing with abdominal soreness but the team expects him to play in the season opener against Kansas City on Sunday. The Jaguars did not practice Wednesday because of Hurricane Dorian, but the team released an estimated injury report and Foles was on it because
3:23 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — With just days left before the Arizona Cardinals unveil their secretive offense against the Detroit Lions on Sunday, first-year coach Kliff Kingsbury still can’t get a read on how his star quarterback, No. 1 pick Kyler Murray, is handling the moment. No one can. Murray is quiet by nature,
12:43 PM ET AJ MassESPN Staff Writer Close Fantasy football, baseball and college basketball contributor. Author of book, “Yes, It’s Hot in Here.” The start of a fantasy football season is always an exciting time, especially in re-draft formats, where fantasy managers are anxious to get those top picks into their starting lineups and see
11:20 AM ET Oakland Raiders wide receiver Antonio Brown posted on social media a letter he received from the team that detailed about $54,000 in fines for missing time during training camp. Brown’s response, in part: “Everyone got to pay this year.” The notice, posted on Instagram Wednesday, was from Raiders general manager Mike Mayock,