5:33 PM ET Carolina Panthers running back Christian McCaffrey set a high bar when he gained 1,000 yards rushing and receiving in 2019. The 23-year-old star was rewarded for his season on Monday with a four-year extension reportedly worth $64 million. Including the two years left on McCaffrey’s rookie deal and the option, the deal
5:42 PM ET The NFL and the NFLPA on Monday finalized plans for modified offseason workout rules to govern a 2020 offseason in which the coronavirus pandemic is preventing teams from gathering at team facilities. According to a league memo obtained by ESPN, under the plan all offseason work aside from mandatory June minicamp is
5:58 PM ET The father of former Maryland offensive lineman Ellis McKennie III has been released from the hospital after being diagnosed with COVID-19. Ellis McKennie Jr. was admitted to the hospital on March 18 after falling ill and being diagnosed with pneumonia. Doctors tested McKennie Jr. on March 21 for COVID-19 and the result
5:19 PM ET Associated Press Washington State athletic director Pat Chun, head football coach Nick Rolovich and men’s basketball coach Kyle Smith will all take voluntary 5% pay cuts through the end of the 2020-21 academic year due to revenue reductions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a lengthy letter to fans and alumni, Chun
8:04 AM ET Just three months after losing the college football national championship, the Clemson Tigers are back on top. On top of our 2020 projections, anyway. Dabo Swinney will have a hard time spinning his Tigers as underdogs after this, because the numbers from our Football Power Index (FPI) and the Allstate Playoff Predictor
4:27 PM ET With just two quarterbacks on the roster, and a hot-button question as to how the New England Patriots will replace Tom Brady after a two-decade run of success, coach Bill Belichick didn’t name a definitive starter in a Monday conference call that included his thoughts on this year’s draft class. Of the
4:19 PM ET Carolina Panthers star Christian McCaffrey is signing a four-year extension, averaging $16 million per year, making him the highest-paid running back in NFL history, sources told ESPN. “I’m so excited to continue my career in Carolina,” McCaffrey said Monday. “I want to thank Mr. Tepper, Marty Hurney, and Coach Rhule for the
3:39 PM ET Los Angeles Kings defenseman Drew Doughty doesn’t see how the NHL can complete the 2019-20 season that was paused because of the coronavirus pandemic, even if postponed games are shifted to the middle of the summer. “I don’t see how this season is going to return. I really don’t,” he said on
3:45 PM ET Jacqueline Cruz-Towns, the mother of Minnesota Timberwolves star Karl-Anthony Towns, has died due to complications from the coronavirus, her family said Monday. She was 58. “Jackie was many things to many people — a wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, sister, aunt and friend,” the Towns family said in a statement. “The matriarch of
3:50 PM BST Agustin Pichot will run against incumbent Bill Beaumont for the top job in World Rugby this month, the former Argentina international announced on Sunday. Pichot, who won 71 caps for the Pumas and has served as a World Rugby vice-chairman under former England skipper Beaumont for the last four years, promised radical