Month: May 2020

5:24 PM ET Associated Press A coalition of former and current NFL players is urging Congress to pass a coronavirus relief bill that would provide critical funding for elementary and secondary education. Among the signers of the letter from the Players Coalition are NFL players Devin McCourty, Kelvin Beachum and Sebastian Joseph-Day. The coalition was
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6:23 PM ET ESPN News Services NFL teams can begin reopening their facilities next week, although coaches and non-rehabbing players still will not be permitted, according to a memo obtained by ESPN on Friday. In the memo sent to the 32 NFL teams, commissioner Roger Goodell wrote that clubs could begin using their facilities starting
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5:05 PM ET Being named NFL MVP in 2018 and leading the Kansas City Chiefs to the Super Bowl championship last season did more than get Patrick Mahomes in the discussion as one of the great quarterbacks of his era. It also landed him a gig as the commencement speaker at Texas Tech‘s virtual graduation
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4:23 PM ET The NFL is considering improving draft picks to teams that hire minority candidates as either coaches or general managers, sources confirmed to ESPN. Under the plan, a team would improve its third-round pick by 10 spots for hiring a minority candidate as general manger (or equivalent-level position) and six spots for hiring
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1:17 PM ET Major League Baseball plans to hold the 2020 MLB Draft remotely, according to a memo obtained by ESPN’s Jeff Passan on Friday. As of now, teams are not allowed to have draft rooms and will do all drafting via video conference. That could change, the memo says, as the draft date approaches.
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7:31 AM BST ESPN staff World Rugby have postponed all July Test matches until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was announced on Friday. The decision comes after a World Rugby meeting which determined the impact of COVID-19 on the global calendar. Due to the global pandemic and border security measures, World Rugby
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