6:59 PM ET Defensive end Robert Ayers announced his retirement from the NFL on Tuesday. In a Facebook post he wrote: “THATS ALL FOLKS • SO THANKFUL… Was a helluva run @NFL but the time has come.. On to the next chapter of life…. #Retired #Blessed” Ayers, 33, didn’t play last season after he was
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4:37 PM ET Minnesota Vikings running back Roc Thomas will be suspended for the first three games of the 2019 season without pay for violating the NFL’s policy and program on substances of abuse, the league announced Tuesday. Thomas, 23, was arrested on Jan. 16 and charged with felony drug possession after Dakota County police
7:00 AM ET A dozen or so kids line up to catch a pass from Baker Mayfield, and one of them is so gut-wrenchingly adorable, I briefly wonder if he’s a plant. It’s an absurd thought, but the whole scenario carries a whiff of predetermined charm. The visual of Mayfield playing football with hundreds of
12:43 PM ET Robbie Gould says he’s happy to put negotiations with the 49ers behind him after a “weird offseason,” and that although Chicago will always be home for him, he’s excited to return to San Francisco to play football for at least the next two seasons. The veteran kicker, appearing on The Adam Schefter
Jul 14, 2019 NFL players will report to training camp in mere days, but some of their minds aren’t on the practice field just yet. They are reacting to how EA Sports employees rated them in the upcoming video game Madden NFL 20, which will be released on Aug. 2. The player ratings were released
4:32 AM ET HOUSTON — Last year, the Houston Texans had two of the top pass-rushers in the NFL in J.J. Watt and Jadeveon Clowney. By not reaching a long-term extension by the franchise tag deadline on Monday, the Texans risk losing Clowney — the first overall pick in the 2014 draft — at the
1:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Julie Ertz said she was scared to do the math. Sitting next to her husband, Zach Ertz, on Thursday at the Philadelphia International Airport, about to head off on the next leg of their whirlwind tour, she was asked how often the couple is together during the course of a
6:46 PM ET Suspended former Pittsburgh Steelers and Oakland Raiders wide receiver Martavis Bryant has formally applied to the NFL for reinstatement, a source told ESPN on Monday. Bryant sent an e-mail to league officials Saturday requesting reinstatement from an indefinite suspension the league imposed in December for Bryant’s repeated violations of the league’s drug
3:37 PM ET Associated Press ASHBURN, Va. — Washington Redskins quarterback Alex Smith has finally shed the massive brace on his right leg eight months after breaking his tibia and fibula in gruesome fashion. Smith’s wife, Elizabeth, posted a photo Monday of him holding the ring external fixator in his hand. The team’s Twitter account
4:19 PM ET The Atlanta Falcons and star defensive tackle Grady Jarrett agreed to a four-year extension on Monday, the team announced. Terms were not disclosed but sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter that the contract is worth $68 million. The Falcons had until 4 p.m. ET to agree to the deal with Jarrett, who initially