2:19 PM ET The Washington Football Team continues to scrub away its past, this time renaming two roads — one outside its stadium and another at its practice facility — in honor of Sean Taylor and Joe Gibbs. The organization renamed the road leading into its practice facility Coach Gibbs Drive. The previous franchise nickname
Month: September 2020
2:38 PM ET A total of 10 NFL players and other team personnel tested positive for the coronavirus during the league’s latest testing period of Aug. 21-29, the NFL and NFL Players Association announced Tuesday. According to the data, four of the positive tests came from players and the other six came from non-player personnel.
2:25 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Veteran left tackle Riley Reiff began the process of restructuring his deal Tuesday so he can stay in Minnesota, helping the Vikings avoided a major shake-up late in the preseason with their offensive line, a league source told ESPN’s Field Yates. Terms of the restructure have not been released,
2:57 PM ET Joe Mixon and the Bengals have agreed to a four-year extension that will keep the running back under contract with Cincinnati for five more seasons, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The language of the deal was still being finalized Tuesday afternoon, the source told Schefter. Mixon, a second-round pick in the
2:22 PM ET Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley named redshirt freshman Spencer Rattler as the Sooners’ starting quarterback on Tuesday. He’ll be the fourth starting quarterback for the Sooners in the past four seasons, following Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray and Jalen Hurts, all of whom were transfers who previously started for other schools. “Spencer has played
11:00 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — What a long, hard, unusual fall it has been. The Jacksonville Jaguars were roughly 10 minutes away from their first Super Bowl appearance, leading the New England Patriots by 10 points in the fourth quarter of the AFC Championship game at Gillette Stadium. Then Tom Brady engineered two touchdown
1:50 PM ET Virginia Tech running back Raheem Blackshear had his appeal granted for immediate eligibility this season, the school confirmed Tuesday. Blackshear, who transferred in from Rutgers, had his initial waiver to play in 2020 denied. But on Tuesday, Blackshear posted a photo of himself in his Virginia Tech uniform on social media, indicating
12:47 PM ET Florida State is on its third different head coach in the past four years as Mike Norvell opens his first season with the Seminoles, but the quarterback will stay the same. Norvell announced James Blackman will start Florida State’s opener against Georgia Tech on Sept. 12. Norvell said he told Blackman before
1:09 PM ET After losing star wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase and defensive tackle Tyler Shelvin to opt outs in the past 48 hours, LSU coach Ed Orgeron on Tuesday said there are still a couple of other players who are considering whether to play this season. “There are one or two I know are thinking
1:45 PM ET Mark Schlabach Close ESPN Senior Writer Senior college football writer Author of seven books on college football Graduate of the University of Georgia Adam Rittenberg Close ESPN Senior Writer College football reporter. Joined ESPN.com in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University. Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren had a telephone call with President Donald