Month: August 2020

3:50 PM ET ESPN staff Friday’s NFL training camps were highlighted by Dak Prescott throwing to Cedrick Wilson, who shook free from Chris Westry at the goal line for a touchdown with no time on the clock in the Dallas Cowboys‘ scrimmage. Needing the 2-point conversion to tie the game, Prescott ran it in himself,

3:19 PM ET Of all the Denver Broncos players and coaches who spoke during a day’s worth of discussions about social justice, police shootings, and potential work the players and team could do in the community, running back Melvin Gordon‘s words may have resonated the deepest. Gordon, a Kenosha, Wisconsin, native, stood up in a

3:56 PM ET CINCINNATI — Cincinnati Bengals president Mike Brown met with select players on Friday morning after they requested an audience with the franchise’s top executive to speak about social and racial injustice. The player-comprised Positive Impact Committee met with coaches, team personnel and the entire Brown family for a socially-distanced, in-person meeting that

3:24 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee Titans safety Kenny Vaccaro started his virtual news conference by informing the media that he is shutting down all football talk this season. Vaccaro feels that it’s only

4:17 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay Packers tackle Billy Turner wants societal change as much as much anyone, but he doesn’t think players skipping NFL games is the way to bring it about. Turner, who has been outspoken on social injustices throughout the offseason, said Friday that he and his team have

2:58 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints and Pelicans owner Gayle Benson tested positive for the coronavirus and is “progressing well and improving daily” in her recovery, according to team spokesman Greg Bensel. “She was not hospitalized and is recovering at home,” Bensel said in a statement, noting that Benson “has not missed