11:42 AM ET The National Football League and the German Bundesliga (DFL) announced an agreement on Thursday that will see two of the world’s most successful sporting operations collaborate to help grow business in their respective markets. Having been informally sharing expertise in various areas since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the NFL and
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7:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Brett Veach thought he had come to peace last spring with the Kansas City Chiefs‘ decision to trade one of the NFL’s premier wide receivers, Tyreek Hill. The Chiefs general manager had talked for days about a potential deal involving Hill with other team officials, including coach Andy
7:00 AM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball COSTA MESA, Calif. — It was the day after a surreal evening. As they navigated south on the 101 and then 405 on July 22, Sebastian Joseph-Day
9:25 PM ET THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Rams running back Cam Akers said Wednesday he didn’t expect to have such a limited role during Los Angeles’ 31-10 season-opening loss to the Buffalo Bills last Thursday night. Rams coach Sean McVay, also speaking to reporters Wednesday, said he’d had a conversation with Akers about needing to
6:45 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers doesn’t know when it will click for the Green Bay Packers‘ young receivers, but he knows what he has to do until it does. “I’ve got to play the same way,” Rodgers said Wednesday. “I don’t play the way I played in 2011, [but] I’ve got
5:23 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — As if the Denver Broncos didn’t leave Seattle with enough disappointment packed in their luggage, safety Justin Simmons suffered a thigh injury in the Week 1 loss that will keep him out at least a month. Simmons, who played every defensive snap Monday night in the Broncos’ 17-16 loss
3:24 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker will not play in Thursday night’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers because of an ankle injury. The Chargers, meanwhile, will be without starting wide receiver Keenan Allen, who suffered a hamstring injury in Los Angeles’ Week 1 victory over the Las Vegas Raiders.
4:46 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants second-year wide receiver Kadarius Toney said he wasn’t disappointed to play just seven snaps in a 21-20 season-opening win at the Tennessee Titans on Sunday. His team won, and ultimately it wasn’t his decision. “I get paid to play, not coach,” Toney said Wednesday. “I
5:11 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is officially finished talking about his contract situation, declining to answer three questions Wednesday that were related to his stalled negotiations with the team. “Respectfully, I’m done talking about it,” Jackson said. “I told you guys before, I was going to be done
2:03 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants starting cornerback Aaron Robinson had his appendix removed Wednesday morning and will miss Sunday’s game against the Carolina Panthers, coach Brian Daboll said. Robinson, a third-round draft pick last year out of UCF, was on the field for 57 of 60 defensive snaps in Sunday’s