3:36 PM ET HOUSTON — The Houston Texans have canceled their mandatory minicamp for June 15-17 because the team “accomplished what we wanted to get accomplished,” coach David Culley said Wednesday. Because minicamp has been canceled, it means quarterback Deshaun Watson cannot be fined for missing the team’s spring workouts. Watson did not show up
Month: June 2021
4:24 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Two days after losing a pair of contributors to season-ending injuries during organized team activities, the San Francisco 49ers are calling it an offseason. Coach Kyle Shanahan announced Wednesday that the Niners will not have any more OTAs and are canceling their full-team minicamp, which was set to
3:54 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley says he is “doing well” in his rehab from a torn ACL, but won’t put a timetable on his return or provide any public assurance that he will be back for the start of the new season. The Giants open the
4:52 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — After going through organized team activities and two days of the Dallas Cowboys‘ mandatory minicamp, quarterback Dak Prescott pronounced himself back from a dislocated and compound fracture of his right ankle that forced him to miss 11 games in 2020. “I’ve buried the injury,” Prescott said after Wednesday’s practice.
3:38 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Watch Jordan Love one day, and he will look miles away from being the Green Bay Packers‘ starting quarterback. Come back the next day, and he will look ready right now. Such was Love’s first two days of the team’s mandatory minicamp — their first without camp holdout
3:58 PM ET Senators were largely divided along party lines Wednesday as they debated to what extent Congress should be involved in reforming college sports during a summer when options for college athletes to make money will be expanding. Starting in July, a series of state laws will make it illegal for schools and the
2:15 PM ET Simon Cambers PARIS — It is 31 years ago to the day since 16-year-old Monica Seles beat world No. 1 Steffi Graf to win her first Grand Slam. At the time, Seles was the youngest woman to win a title, but back then, teenagers winning slams was nothing new; Graf and Arantxa
1:50 PM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Atlanta Falcons top receiver Calvin Ridley had minor foot surgery, which explains why he did not participate in this week’s minicamp, a source confirmed to ESPN. Falcons head coach Arthur Smith said Wednesday that they had a few players, including Ridley, in different phases of the offseason. “The
12:13 PM ET Cleveland Browns chief of staff Callie Brownson has been suspended by the team after being charged with drunken driving, but she won’t lose her job, coach Kevin Stefanski said Wednesday. Stefanski notes that Brownson was “very remorseful.” Brownson, who has pleaded no contest and could face further discipline from the NFL, was
2:38 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — In what was likely one of the shortest discussions since the late Pat Bowlen launched the idea of the Denver Broncos‘ Ring of Fame over three decades ago, Peyton Manning was selected Wednesday as the 35th member. Manning’s four seasons with the Broncos — 2012 to 2015 — were