Month: March 2021

11:35 AM ET Associated Press The Big Ten has announced its schools will be allowed to set attendance policies the rest of the spring based on local health guidelines instead of by conference mandate. The decision is effective immediately and applies to spring football events and spring sports contests. The Big Ten Conference Directors of
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10:37 AM ET The Detroit Lions have moved around some of the money owed to new quarterback Jared Goff to give the team some salary-cap relief for the 2021 season and offseason. The Lions, according to ESPN’s Field Yates, have converted $20 million of Goff’s $25.65 million base salary into a signing bonus, opening up
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11:12 AM ET NFL owners hope to resume in-person offseason workouts this spring, sources tell ESPN’s Chris Mortensen, but the NFL Players Association is continuing to advocate for another fully virtual program. The sides have begun a complex set of negotiations to determine the parameters of offseason work as vaccinations against COVID-19 become widely available.
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10:52 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Veteran running back James White has agreed to a one-year deal to remain with the New England Patriots, a league source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. White, 29, has spent the first seven years of his career with the Patriots, who selected him in the fourth round of the 2014
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9:21 AM ET The Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers continued their busy offseason Wednesday, agreeing to a two-year, $31.8 million contract extension with offensive tackle Donovan Smith while finalizing a one-year, $10 million deal to bring back defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Smith’s extension runs through 2023 and includes $30
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10:18 AM ET Jay Graham is out at Alabama less than two months after he was introduced as special-teams and tight ends coach for Crimson Tide football. In a statement, Alabama announced that Graham has “resigned his position effective immediately.” No reason was given for Graham’s sudden departure, which comes hours before the Tide were
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