4:15 PM ET Ohio State got an endorsement Wednesday from an odd source on social media. Former Michigan quarterback Tom Brady‘s video appeared on Brutus Buckeye’s Twitter account exclaiming “Let’s go Bucs” at the end. The caption to the video read, “A quick PSA from an old friend.” The original video, of course, was Brady
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5:31 PM ET The 2020 NFL draft was amazing for a variety of reasons, but certainly, for fantasy purposes, it was a fascinating one. Such a deep class, and with so many situations that have been affected, that this is going to be a long column. As a result, I’m blowing off my usual opening
2:38 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Will Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson make history with his legs once again? Las Vegas oddsmakers certainly think so. The over-under for Jackson’s rushing total for the 2020 regular season opened at 999.5 yards at Caesars Sportsbook. Jackson rushed for 1,206 yards last season — an NFL single-season
2:23 PM ET The Atlanta Falcons have declined the fifth-year contract option on defensive end Takk McKinley. McKinley, the 26th overall pick in the 2017 NFL draft, now will become an unrestricted free agent after the 2020 season. He is due to make $1,858,200 this season in what is now the final year of his
1:50 PM ET In response to the coronavirus pandemic, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell last month voluntarily requested to the league’s compensation committee that his salary be reduced to zero, which was accepted and went into effect weeks ago, according to an email sent by Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II that was obtained by ESPN.
6:50 AM ET After the hype suggesting that this would be a wild 2020 NFL draft because of the coronavirus-enforced information gap between organizations, the weekend actually went mostly by the book. Teams generally stayed put and chose the prospects or attacked the positions we would have expected. Most of the trades were mild. Last
12:48 PM ET A package that included dinner or a workout with Tom Brady after his first home game with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, as well as tickets to the game, his jersey and cleats, netted $800,000 when it closed Tuesday night in the All In Challenge. Brady’s package is the largest so far for
12:30 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NFL has renewed its streaming deal with Amazon for Thursday night games for three years. Amazon Prime Video and Twitch also will have exclusive streaming rights to one additional regular-season game in 2020. Amazon Prime Video and Twitch will stream 11 Thursday night games broadcast by
7:00 AM ET On Nov. 18, 2018, Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith was injured in the third quarter of a Week 11 game against the Houston Texans. The injury was severe. This is a first-person account, from Smith’s wife, Elizabeth, to ESPN’s Stephania Bell, of the untold story of what happened next. Watch the full
10:27 AM ET The Dallas Cowboys have agreed to terms with veteran free-agent cornerback Daryl Worley, he announced Tuesday on Instagram. Worley joins a crowded cornerback room that includes Chidobe Awuzie, Jourdan Lewis, Anthony Brown, Maurice Canady, C.J. Goodwin as well as the team’s recent draft picks — Trevon Diggs (second round) and Reggie Robinson