7:51 PM ET Former Jacksonville Jaguars safety Donovin Darius was arrested and charged with driving under the influence on Sunday afternoon, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. Darius, 44, was then taken to a Jacksonville hospital for a mental health evaluation after telling rescue workers he had ingested 20 to 30 pills and that he
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6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Bill Belichick was officially hired and introduced as New England Patriots coach on Jan. 27, 2000, and the news barely made the front page of the next day’s Boston Globe. President Bill Clinton had delivered his final State of the Union address the night before, and his picture was
7:13 PM ET ORLANDO — Lamar Jackson headed to Orlando for the Pro Bowl with one goal in mind: Soak up as much as he could. That meant not the Central Florida sunshine (which finally appeared on Friday) but any and all information from the rest of the Pro Bowlers. Although he’s likely going to
6:04 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — What started as just another Pro Bowl quickly turned into a tribute to NBA legend Kobe Bryant. News that Bryant and his daughter Gianna were among several people killed in a helicopter crash Sunday morning in California broke shortly before the Pro Bowl game began. The players found out
5:13 PM ET MIAMI — The Kansas City Chiefs arrived at the site of Super Bowl LIV with some players wearing Hawaiian shirts in apparent tribute to head coach Andy Reid, who favors the fashion. Reid left the Chiefs’ chartered aircraft at Miami international Airport wearing a suit. Travis Kelce was among the Chiefs players
Jan 19, 2020 Ravens defensive end Matthew Judon is a candidate for Baltimore’s franchise tag and trade inquiries from other teams, league sources tell ESPN, potentially continuing the recent trend of offseason trades featuring high-profile pass rushers. Other teams have noticed the impacts that Dee Ford and Frank Clark have had in San Francisco and
9:14 PM ET MOBILE, Ala. — Justin Herbert might have had more at stake than any other player at the Senior Bowl this week, with the Oregon quarterback trying to prove he is worthy of a top-10 draft pick. He responded by being named as both the “Practice Player of the Week” and the MVP
6:50 AM ET If you’re a fan of a team that struggled in 2019, chances are the 49ers are giving you hope for 2020. I mentioned last week that the 49ers ranked among the most unlikely Super Bowl teams in league history, and while there were plenty of reasons to think they would improve, no
6:55 AM ET Casey Beathard is just like many proud football fathers who will descend on South Florida this week, and yet his journey will be profoundly unique. He is planning to attend the biggest game in American sports not as a representative of one quarterback, but two. “In the last six weeks,” he said
4:24 PM ET Michael DiRocco Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered University of Florida for 13 seasons for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union Graduate of Jacksonville University Multiple APSE award winner Jenna Laine Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the Buccaneers since 2009 Joined ESPN in 2016 ORLANDO, Fla. — If the players participating in the Pro Bowl