10:06 PM ET MIAMI — With two weeks to prepare for Super Bowl LIV, the San Francisco 49ers have had plenty of time to scout the Kansas City Chiefs on film, and vice versa. One thing that has stuck out to the Niners, especially their pass-catchers, is how hands-on the Chiefs’ defensive backs tend to
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9:17 PM ET The Cleveland Browns are hiring Cincinnati Bengals quarterbacks coach Alex Van Pelt as offensive coordinator, a source told ESPN. Van Pelt spent the past two seasons with the Bengals. Before that, he was an assistant with the Green Bay Packers, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Buffalo Bills. He was the Bills’ interim offensive
8:39 PM ET Steve KimESPN Promoter Eddie Hearn said on Wednesday that he’s made an offer to former Pro Bowl wide receiver Antonio Brown to box YouTube personality Logan Paul. “We’ve made two offers now to Antonio Brown, and we’re negotiating a fight at the moment,” Hearn told ESPN. “I don’t know if it’s going
5:56 PM ET New York Jets All-Pro safety Jamal Adams believes he has earned a new contract — and he expects to get one before the start of the 2020 season. Eligible to renegotiate, Adams tweeted Wednesday that he and the Jets have engaged in “small discussions thus far, not in detailed talk yet, just
4:24 PM ET MIAMI — The NFL has a minority-coach-hiring problem, and commissioner Roger Goodell knows it. Goodell held his annual Super Bowl week news conference Wednesday, and one of the questions he fielded was about the lack of opportunity for minority coaches. Of the five teams with head coach openings this offseason, The Washingon
4:39 PM ET Associated Press BOSTON — The fiancee of former NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez spoke publicly for the first time since the release of a documentary series examining his life more than two years after he killed himself in his prison cell. Hernandez’s fiancee, Shayanna Jenkins, said in an interview with ABC’s “Good
1:55 PM ET The NFL will return to play regular-season games in Mexico City in 2020 and 2021, commissioner Roger Goodell announced at his Super Bowl news conference on Wednesday. The date and time for this year’s game will be announced with the release of the league’s schedule in the spring. Goodell didn’t reveal which
2:29 PM ET MIAMI — NFL commissioner Roger Goodell has watched the recent transgressions of free-agent receiver Antonio Brown and his primary attention right now is on Brown’s health — not his potential return to the league. “The first thing always is to think about the well-being of Antonio, to understand what Antonio is going
12:01 PM ET ESPN News Services MIAMI — Former linebacker Donnie Edwards is the recipient of the NFL’s 2019 Salute to Service Award. The award was created to acknowledge the exceptional efforts by members of the NFL community to honor and support members of the military community. Edwards will be recognized Saturday night at NFL
12:21 PM ET CHICAGO — Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky underwent surgery to repair a partially torn labrum in his left, non-throwing shoulder shortly after the conclusion of the regular season, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. The typical recovery time for a minor procedure such as this is a couple of months. The Bears are scheduled