Month: February 2023

9:23 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles are promoting quarterbacks coach Brian Johnson to offensive coordinator, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. He’ll replace Shane Steichen, the new head coach of the Indianapolis Colts. Jalen Hurts‘ growth under Johnson has been evident. Hurts had an MVP-level campaign in 2022, completing 66.5% of his passes for 3,701
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9:29 AM ET Alaina GetzenbergESPN Buffalo Bills defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier is taking a year off from coaching, the team announced Tuesday. Frazier plans to return for the 2024 season, according to the team. The team did not announce a replacement for Frazier or plans at the position. Frazier has been the Bills’ defensive coordinator
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8:48 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers will meet with free agent quarterback Derek Carr this week at the NFL scouting combine, a league source confirmed to ESPN. Carr, who is expected to arrive Tuesday in Indianapolis, already has visited the New Orleans Saints and New York Jets this offseason and is expected
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10:12 AM ET The Atlanta Falcons released quarterback Marcus Mariota on Tuesday in a move to both free up more salary cap space and move on from a player who had lost his starting position. Mariota started the first 13 games of the 2022 season for the Falcons before being benched at the bye for
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10:39 AM GMT The creation of a British & Irish Lions women’s team has taken a step forward to being green lit following a two-year evaluation. The feasibility study, commissioned in 2021, has come back with “positive initial findings,” Lions said, regarding the creation of a women’s Lions touring team. The study investigated considerations around
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9:07 AM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball officials expect C.B. Bucknor and Oliver Marmol to move forward without further incident, sources told ESPN’s Buster Olney, after talking with both parties about what occurred Saturday, when the veteran umpire refused to shake the St. Louis Cardinals manager’s hand. MLB has reviewed the incident for
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8:13 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — New York City’s Department of Transportation swung and missed with a road sign for the Jackie Robinson Parkway that spelled the Baseball Hall of Famer’s first name as “Jakie.” The sign spotted Sunday in Queens featured a picture of Robinson, Major League Baseball’s first African American player
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