12:23 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Newly hired Denver Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett continued to fill out his staff, as Green Bay Packers tight ends coach Justin Outten has agreed to be the team’s offensive coordinator and former Minnesota Vikings offensive coordinator Klint Kubiak has agreed to be quarterbacks coach/passing game coordinator, sources told ESPN
1:19 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers general manager Jason Licht said the team’s two years with quarterback Tom Brady, which began as covert free-agency pursuit under the code name “Operation Shoeless Joe Jackson” and culminated in Super Bowl and NFC South titles, “an unbelievable fairy-tale story we’ll be talking about forever.” Licht
1:30 PM ET With the announcement Wednesday of Washington’s new nickname, the NFL club took another step in an effort to repair its image. Now, the team’s owners must continue the momentum: For the good of the franchise, it’s time for Daniel M. Snyder and his family to step aside and hire someone to run
12:45 PM ET ASHBURN, Va. — Washington team president Jason Wright sat at his desk last summer, pondering the five letters from fans in front of him. To Wright, they represented the challenge the team faced as it entered its rebranding efforts in search of a nickname and logo. One letter focused on the former
12:33 PM ET North Carolina football coach Mack Brown has received a raise and a one-year contract extension, the school announced Wednesday. Brown, entering his fourth season with the Tar Heels, is now scheduled to make a total of $5 million per season through January 2027, up from $3.5 million in his previous contract. The
11:24 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Former New York Mets general manager Omar Minaya was hired by Major League Baseball on Wednesday as a consultant for amateur scouting. He will advise the baseball operations department on both domestic and international scouting initiatives. Minaya will report to Morgan Sword, the executive vice president of
7:56 AM ET WBO middleweight titleholder Savannah Marshall is putting her belt on the line March 12 against Femke Hermans in Newcastle, England. It will be the third defense of the title for Marshall, 30, who last fought Oct. 16, 2021, against Lolita Muzeya, knocking her out in the second round. The fight between Marshall
9:17 AM ET NFL NationESPN The Dallas Rangers? It almost happened. That was franchise owner Clint Murchison Jr.’s first choice back in 1959, but a minor league baseball team already had that name. Murchison settled instead on Cowboys, changing the course of one of the world’s most valuable and recognizable brands in sports. But team
10:23 AM ET MOBILE, Ala. — New York Jets offensive lineman Cameron Clark, who missed the season after suffering a spinal cord injury in training camp, is ending his football career, his agent told ESPN. “Based on the advice of Dr. Andrew Hecht, a prominent orthopedic surgeon at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York, Cameron
10:20 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is having surgery on his left ankle Wednesday, league sources confirmed to ESPN. Hurts is expected to recover in time for the Eagles’ offseason training program in April, sources said. The NFL Network was first to report Hurts’ scheduled surgery. 2 Related Hurts suffered a high-ankle