6:58 PM ET ESPN News Services JACKSON, Miss. — A former director of Mississippi’s welfare agency pleaded guilty Thursday to federal and state charges in a conspiracy to misspend tens of millions of dollars that were intended to help needy families in one of the poorest states in the United States — part of the
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3:44 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Jason Pierre-Paul agreed to a one-year contract with the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, a move that helps the team’s thinned-out edge rushers. The Ravens were down to two outside linebackers (Odafe Oweh and Justin Houston) on their 53-man roster after Steven Means
4:07 PM ET Sean Payton is working for Fox Sports this season after stepping down from his coaching job with the New Orleans Saints in January, but he says he’s interested in returning as an NFL head coach in 2023 for the “right situation.” “If the right situation presented itself, I would definitely be interested,”
4:52 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Owner and general manager Jerry Jones wants Cooper Rush to make life difficult for the Dallas Cowboys. He wants Rush, the backup quarterback, to play so well that there would be controversy as to whether Dak Prescott would assume the starting role once he is healthy enough to play
1:01 PM ET Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Amazon Prime Video’s first regular-season game as the exclusive home of “Thursday Night Football” was a big hit. The Kansas City Chiefs‘ 27-24 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers last Thursday averaged 15.3 million viewers across all platforms according to Nielsen and Amazon’s first party measurement. Prime
6:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — The Eagles‘ front office appears to have gotten its initial evaluation of quarterback Jalen Hurts right — with one massive exception. After selecting him with the 53rd overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft — a stunner of a move, even to many on the team — the brass went
6:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — More than 45 minutes after practice ended on a sweltering August day at Saint Vincent College, Minkah Fitzpatrick was still on the field. The on-field portion of that day’s training camp was over, but the Pittsburgh Steelers safety still had work to do. Methodically, he worked with a staffer catching
6:00 AM ET CLEVELAND — Nobody, at least still living, knows for sure how Brownie the Elf came to be the first official mascot of the Cleveland Browns some 76 years ago. Yet one fact is certain: It was Art Modell who put the elf on the shelf after buying the team in 1961. “My
10:12 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Jon Runyan Jr. heard the theories — or conspiracy theories, as they were. For it was the father of the Green Bay Packers left guard who this week handed down the one-game suspension to receiver Mike Evans of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who just happen to be playing
9:34 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — The Las Vegas Raiders‘ Derek Carr, whose quarterback rating has dropped precipitously the past four times the team has changed offensive playcallers, acknowledged Wednesday that he is still getting accustomed to first-year coach Josh McDaniels’ system. “I feel so much more comfortable than I did, like, a month ago,”