3:44 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has declared Cam Newton the team’s top quarterback at this time, and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels has already noticed a difference in Newton’s second year with the club. “When he got here, that was a unique situation having really no experience and exposure
4:02 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes won’t play in his first 2021 regular-season game for more than three months, but the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback said he’s ready for the game now. “If there was a game [today], I’d be able to play in it, I think,” said Mahomes, who had surgery
3:05 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti had been searching for a way to properly salute Ozzie Newsome since he stepped down as the team’s general manager three years ago. Bisciotti came up with an idea that not only impacts the lives of Baltimore students but also touches on Newsome’s
2:09 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant head coach/run game coordinator Harold Goodwin offered his support to Eugene Chung following Chung’s revelation that he was called “not the right type of minority” during an NFL coaching interview. “Being a minority in this league, there’s ups and downs, and we know the process
12:50 PM ET No decision has been made on Washington Wizards coach Scott Brooks’ expiring contract, general manager Tommy Sheppard said Thursday. On the morning after the Wizards were eliminated by the Philadelphia 76ers in five games, Brooks was the top topic for the general manager and coach, with Sheppard saying an evaluation is likely
3:23 PM ET At least one fan joined the Utah Jazz bandwagon after their five-game series win in the first round: Tee Morant, the father of Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant. Moments after top-seeded Utah ended the series with a 126-110 win Wednesday night, Tee Morant told Donovan Mitchell that he’d be rooting for the
3:07 PM ET Johnny Manziel says he “made somewhat of a decent living” by selling autographed items during his days at Texas A&M, but that he “never took a dollar” until after he won the Heisman Trophy in 2012. Manziel recounted selling his autograph during an interview with Barstool Sports, detailing two different transactions in
11:37 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Zinedine Zidane’s decision to step down as Real Madrid manager surprised nobody. After all, he’d done it before. Twice. As a player in 2006 and as manager in 2018, he walked away from the club, with no fuss and with no interest in negotiating a payoff. So when
12:41 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN Another solid running back could be headed to Motown, as Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell confirmed Thursday that the team has been in talks with free agent Todd Gurley. Gurley, who played for the Atlanta Falcons last season, was in Detroit last week to visit with the organization. “Look,
1:49 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen on Thursday said he believes Tom Brady‘s knee injury last season was a “nagging nuisance” that affected him all season. “I don’t think he was 100% last year,” Christensen said, relaying a conversation he had with Brady the morning after the Bucs