8:29 AM ET If the New York Jets had decided to clean house following the 2018 season, firing general manager Mike Maccagnan along with coach Todd Bowles, it would not have registered a high number on the shock meter. After all, it was the Jets’ third straight losing season. But no, they opted to keep
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2:17 PM ET A Louisville family expressed gratitude toward Atlanta Falcons guard Jamon Brown for helping pay for the funeral expenses for 1-month-old De’Anthony Lee Trice. Police said Trice died last week after his father hit him in a post-video game rage. Brown, a Louisville-area native who attended the University of Louisville, used funds from
12:00 PM ET In a stunning move, the New York Jets fired general manager Mike Maccagnan and vice president of personnel Brian Heimerdinger on Wednesday. Coach Adam Gase will be the interim general manager while an immediate search begins for a replacement, CEO Christopher Johnson said in a statement. “Mike helped to execute the strategic
1:27 AM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — When Jachai Polite announced he was leaving the University of Florida for the NFL, he did so with a letter to “Gator Nation” on Twitter. In addition to the obligatory thank-yous to school, team and family, he vowed, “I can’t wait to prove to NFL teams that I
2:11 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Kyler Murray‘s high school résumé is a thing of football lore in Texas. Forty-two wins. No losses. Three straight state championships. Three championship game MVPs. Gatorade Player of the Year. “It’s unbelievable,” said Tom Westerberg, Murray’s coach at Allen High School. “We played at the highest classification in the
7:10 AM ET Yeah, your team has a quarterback. But for how long does it have that quarterback, and how sure is it that he’s the one? Some NFL teams are married to their quarterbacks. Some are just starting to get serious. Some are sitting across from their quarterbacks at a fancy restaurant blatantly eyeing
7:34 PM ET Quarterback Colt McCoy is back with the Washington Redskins for OTAs, his recovery from his fractured fibula is going well, and he is expected to participate to some extent by minicamp and be fully ready by training camp, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. McCoy broke his right fibula on Dec. 3
5:13 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Antonio Brown has resolved his speeding case in Pittsburgh. The former Pittsburgh Steelers receiver accepted a guilty plea of driving at an unsafe speed, which includes a fine and points off his driver’s license, according to multiple reports. Brown, who was traded to the Oakland Raiders in March, even had
6:33 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Could a cellphone be hiding under the Baltimore Ravens‘ goalposts at offseason practices? That’s certainly a possibility after the Ravens signed wide receiver Joe Horn Jr. to their 90-man roster on Tuesday after an impressive tryout at rookie minicamp earlier this month. Horn is the son of the
3:58 PM ET Free-agent defensive end Dion Jordan told NFL.com that he is facing a 10-game suspension from the NFL for taking Adderall, a violation of the league’s policy against performance-enhancing drugs. Jordan, who has been suspended three times in the past, including for an entire season, told NFL.com that he had a therapeutic use