5:42 PM ET Associated Press PHILADELPHIA — The federal judge overseeing the $1 billion NFL concussion settlement has terminated three of four lawyers serving as class counsel. The surprise order Friday afternoon comes just weeks after a hearing to air complaints about new rules that limit the doctors who can evaluate retired players for dementia
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3:46 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Leonard Fournette thought the best way to make up for a terrible 2018 season was to basically start over. Despite an offseason arrest for driving with a suspended license, the Jacksonville Jaguars running back believes he has had a successful reboot, and he and the team are on solid
8:56 PM ET He’s laughing as he says it, but he’s nodding. “Yeah man, I was mad. I told them they had to change it, but they wouldn’t budge.” It’s May 18 and I am on the field at the historic Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. I’m interviewing Hunter Renfrow, rookie wide receiver for the
2:54 PM ET Veteran cornerback Adam “Pacman” Jones, who made as much news off the field as on it during his 12-year NFL career, announced his retirement on social media. “I’m content,” Jones told ESPN’s Josina Anderson Friday. “I had a hell of a run doing it. I’m at the point where I didn’t feel
12:54 PM ET Associated Press CHICAGO — Pro football players may be more likely to die from degenerative brain diseases and heart problems than baseball players, but the reasons are unclear, a new study suggests. The differences may seem obvious. Repeated head blows have been linked with a wasting brain disease in football players. Girth
1:00 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — Tuesday was strange for Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Randall Cobb. “I felt like a little kid, lost,” he said. For eight seasons, Cobb was a member of the Green Bay Packers. He had the same coach, the same quarterback, the same everything. Down to the minute, he knew where
12:35 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — The New Orleans Saints should be grateful that wide receiver Michael Thomas and defensive end Cameron Jordan aren’t forcing any contract standoffs just yet. Both of the All-Pro stars were back on the practice field this week as the Saints began OTAs. “I’m a football player first — I
7:00 AM ET What Le’Veon Bell did in 2018 was historic. And when someone does something historic, it’s natural to wonder who will be the next to try it. Sitting out an entire NFL season to make sure he reached free agency healthy and scored the kind of contract Bell believed he deserved was a
12:00 AM ET Green Bay Packers lineman David Bakhtiari was back to his beer-chugging ways courtside at the Milwaukee Bucks‘ NBA playoff game on Thursday night — and this time he got a pair of local MVPs to join in. Neither Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers nor Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Christian Yelich could down a beer
8:00 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — The Browns will get to show Gerald McCoy how far they’ve come. The free-agent defensive tackle, released earlier this week by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, will visit Cleveland on Friday. General manager John Dorsey said the meeting will be an opportunity for both sides to see if they