11:20 PM ET MIAMI — About an hour into the San Francisco 49ers‘ flight to Miami for Super Bowl LIV on Sunday, general manager John Lynch approached sleeping cornerback Richard Sherman, tapped him on the shoulder and broke the devastating news. In what was supposed to be a happy time for Sherman and his teammates,
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11:25 PM ET San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo said he got an encouraging text from former teammate Tom Brady ahead of the biggest game of his career. “Yeah, he shot me a text, just good luck and everything like that,” Garoppolo told NFL Network on Monday during Super Bowl Opening Night. “And, you know,
5:38 PM ET The Cleveland Browns are hiring Philadelphia Eagles vice president of football operations Andrew Berry to be their general manager and executive vice president of football operations. Here’s what you need to know about the Browns’ new GM: Why Berry? Owner Jimmy Haslam wanted to hire a general manager who was on the
5:45 PM ET ESPN.com Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email print Super Bowl LIV between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers kicks on Feb. 2 at Hard Rock Stadium in South Florida. The festivities for the 2020 Super Bowl begin tonight when the teams meet the media at Super Bowl Opening Night. Here
4:06 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Former Cleveland Browns head coach Freddie Kitchens is joining the New York Giants as their tight ends coach, a source confirmed to ESPN. Kitchens’ hiring is a move that has been in the works for several weeks, ever since he was fired after a 6-10 season and the
4:26 PM ET MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Vikings announced a handful of changes to their coaching staff. Adam Zimmer, coach Mike Zimmer’s son, and Andre Patterson were named co-defensive coordinators Monday and will take over the position held by George Edwards for the past six seasons. Edwards’ contract expired at the end of the season
3:08 PM ET Cleveland Browns running back Kareem Hunt admitted he would fail a drug test for marijuana and that he had an open container of vodka in his vehicle, according to dashcam video of the traffic stop released by the Rocky River Police Department. Hunt was pulled over for speeding last Tuesday. During the
3:30 PM ET The official Twitter accounts of nearly half the NFL’s teams were apparently hacked Sunday and Monday, as the world turns its attention to Super Bowl LIV in Miami. The league’s own Twitter account was apparently hacked as well. The Chicago Bears‘ Twitter account was the first to begin displaying messages Sunday from
12:36 PM ET CLEVELAND — The Cleveland Browns reached an agreement Monday with Philadelphia Eagles vice president of football operations Andrew Berry to be their general manager and executive vice president of football operations, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Berry signed a five-year deal. The Browns are expected to hold a news conference next
10:36 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — After an investigation by the NFL, the Buffalo Bills were cleared of violating policy over the reporting of Jerry Hughes‘ wrist injury. The NFL had been looking into whether Buffalo violated policy on injury reporting after Hughes posted to social media that he had played the