7:45 PM ET ESPN staff The college football season will look plenty different in 2021. The college football power rankings? Not quite as much. Despite new quarterbacks at Alabama, Clemson and Ohio State, those three perennial powers find themselves in the top five. They are joined by Oklahoma and Georgia, which both return quarterbacks in
6:24 PM ET OXNARD, Calif. – Having combined for 189 career games and six Pro Bowl appearances between them, Dallas Cowboys defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence and wide receiver Amari Cooper don’t necessarily need the day-to-day grind of training camp. But both are close to getting on the field for the first time this summer. Lawrence
4:00 PM ET ESPN staff Tuesday’s 2021 NFL training camp practices were highlighted by several teams practicing in pads for the first time and quarterback news. Cam Newton had a big day for the New England Patriots as he works to cement his role as the starter entering the season, Jacksonville Jaguars rookie Trevor Lawrence
3:02 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger’s contract automatically voids at the end of the 2021 season, but Pittsburgh Steelers team owner and president Art Rooney II isn’t ruling out a return by the quarterback in 2022. “It’s not written in stone that this is his last year,” Rooney told a small group of reporters
2:56 PM ET In its latest round of discussions with the NFL regarding COVID-19 protocols for the 2021 season, the NFL Players Association is proposing that vaccinated players be tested more frequently than current protocols require. Currently, vaccinated players only have to be tested for COVID-19 every 14 days, while unvaccinated players have to be
3:26 PM ET ESPN News Services The Minnesota Vikings released cornerback Jeff Gladney on Tuesday after he was indicted by a Texas grand jury for felony assault of a woman he was previously in a relationship with. “Following our review of today’s indictment against Jeff Gladney, we have decided to release Jeff immediately. As we
3:57 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — While the Minnesota Vikings continue navigating a recent COVID-19 interruption within the quarterback room, team co-owner Mark Wilf expressed concern over vaccine hesitancy among players. “We’re very concerned,” Wilf said. “I think it’s safe to say that our No. 1 priority is the health and safety of our players,
2:58 PM BST British & Irish Lions prop Kyle Sinckler has been cleared of biting a South African opponent in Saturday’s second test, World Rugby announced on Tuesday. Sinckler appeared before a hearing via video conference on Tuesday and denied that he had committed any foul play. 1 Related Sinckler was cited “for an act
10:53 AM ET Associated Press SAITAMA, Japan — Luka Doncic and Slovenia need one win for a medal in their Olympic basketball debut. Wins are all Doncic ever gets when he wears his country’s uniform. Doncic had 20 points, 11 assists and eight rebounds, and Slovenia beat Germany 94-70 on Tuesday in the opening game
12:10 PM ET Restricted free agent Bruce Brown is signing his one-year qualifying offer of $4.7 million to return to the Brooklyn Nets, his agent, Ty Sullivan of CAA Basketball, told ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Brown can become an unrestricted free agent next summer. The Nets also agreed to a one-year deal with free agent James