2:10 PM ET PITTSBURGH — After 29 years as a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers organization, assistant head coach John Mitchell announced his retirement Wednesday. Mitchell, the longest-tenured member of the Steelers’ coaching staff, broke the color barrier at Alabama as a football player in the 1970s and was hired by coach Bill Cowher in
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1:35 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Calvin Ridley has applied to the NFL to be reinstated from his indefinite suspension for gambling, a league source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Wednesday was the first day Ridley was eligible to apply for reinstatement. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will review Ridley’s petition and make
12:15 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — The Dolphins officially announced the hiring of Vic Fangio as their new defensive coordinator after reportedly reaching an agreement with him last month. Despite reportedly agreeing to terms Jan. 29, Fangio signed a two-week contract with the Philadelphia Eagles as a consultant, helping them prepare for Super Bowl
6:00 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys’ season ended nearly a month ago in a similarly disappointing fashion as the previous 26: without a Super Bowl. Since the loss in the divisional round of the playoffs to the San Francisco 49ers, Mike McCarthy has become the offensive playcaller, Dan Quinn has stayed as
6:00 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — An impressive turnaround by the Jacksonville Jaguars in 2022 and a fair amount of uncertainty surrounding their divisional opponents in 2023 are indications that the Jaguars might be the team to beat in the AFC South next season — and likely for a lot longer. The Jaguars have two
3:42 PM ET Thirty-six days after firing coach Kliff Kingsbury, the Arizona Cardinals finally found his replacement Tuesday in former Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon, who’s fresh off a Super Bowl loss Sunday. Editor’s Picks 2 Related When Cardinals owner Michael Bidwill set out to find his fourth head coach in the past seven
3:44 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Now that Derek Carr has been cut by the only NFL team the veteran quarterback has ever known, where do the Las Vegas Raiders go from here? These waters haven’t been navigated recently by the franchise, which has had Carr as its primary starter since he won the job
2:02 PM ET The Arizona Cardinals hired Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Jonathan Gannon as their new head coach on Tuesday, the team announced. Gannon received a five-year contract. The move comes two days after the Eagles lost Super Bowl LVII to the Kansas City Chiefs 38-35 and Gannon’s defense gave up 24 second-half points in
3:39 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — It was locker cleanout day for the Philadelphia Eagles on Tuesday and emotions were still raw for the players following Sunday’s narrow 38-35 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVII. Quarterback Jalen Hurts was among those still feeling the pain of defeat but said he is highly
3:10 PM ET Aaron Rodgers has not started his “darkness retreat” yet, and even when it’s over, that doesn’t mean the Green Bay Packers quarterback will know if he’s going to play in the NFL next season. Rodgers initially revealed his unorthodox offseason plan last week on “The Pat McAfee Show,” saying he would spend