5:24 PM ET Associated Press A coalition of former and current NFL players is urging Congress to pass a coronavirus relief bill that would provide critical funding for elementary and secondary education. Among the signers of the letter from the Players Coalition are NFL players Devin McCourty, Kelvin Beachum and Sebastian Joseph-Day. The coalition was
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4:23 PM ET The NFL is considering improving draft picks to teams that hire minority candidates as either coaches or general managers, sources confirmed to ESPN. Under the plan, a team would improve its third-round pick by 10 spots for hiring a minority candidate as general manger (or equivalent-level position) and six spots for hiring
12:14 PM ET A day after his comments went viral, former Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison on Friday clarified that coach Mike Tomlin never paid him for a 2010 helmet-to-helmet hit on Cleveland Browns receiver Mohamed Massaquoi and that there wasn’t a “Bountygate” system in place. “The G-est thing Mike Tomlin ever did, he handed
11:29 AM ET The home of Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford has been featured for years on the Instagram account of his wife, Kelly. It’s the place where the team has held its annual Halloween party, and it has been the subject of a few videos that have gone viral over the past half-decade. And
6:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Jon Runyan Jr. has been around football since he could lift one of his dad’s first NFL helmets, the one with the Tennessee Titans logo on it, or drape himself with a No. 69 Philadelphia Eagles jersey or sit on his dad’s locker room stool at the old
6:40 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady has been a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for nearly two months now, although no on-field work has begun because of the coronavirus pandemic. With the offseason program going virtual for the time being, Brady might wind up spending less on-field time with his new teammates.
10:44 PM ET Sean Payton is not surprised that the NFL plans to end its one-year experiment of allowing pass interference calls to be reviewed by replay. Appearing on Baltimore’s 105.7 The Fan on Thursday, Payton said it became clear last season that “we weren’t prepared to enforce that and monitor that the correct way.”
7:37 PM ET Arrest warrants have been issued in South Florida for New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker and Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar in connection to an armed robbery investigation. According to Miramar Police, Baker’s arrest warrant is for four counts of armed robbery with a firearm and four counts of aggravated assault with
8:35 PM ET Quarterback Baker Mayfield and a few of his Cleveland Browns teammates are adding a little in-person activity to their virtual offseason. With the Browns’ practice facility closed through at least the end of the month because of the coronavirus outbreak, Mayfield invited a few of his receivers and tight ends to his
6:22 PM ET Former Pittsburgh Steelers star James Harrison said coach Mike Tomlin gave him an envelope after the linebacker’s devastating hit on Cleveland Browns wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi in 2010. “The g-est thing Mike Tomlin ever did, he handed me an envelope after that,” Harrison said on Barstool’s “Going Deep” podcast. “I’m not going