6:58 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Marcus Mariota has agreed to a contract restructure to return to the Las Vegas Raiders as Derek Carr‘s backup at quarterback, ESPN has confirmed. Mariota, who signed a two-year, $17.6 million free-agent contract with the Raiders last March, was scheduled to make $10.625 million in base salary in 2021
7:40 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As the clock ticked into the late hours of March 16, offensive tackle Trent Williams was growing more and more convinced that his first foray into free agency was going to lead him away from the San Francisco 49ers and to the Kansas City Chiefs. Williams had long
6:26 PM ET Quarterback Joe Flacco has agreed to a contract with the Philadelphia Eagles, his agency announced Tuesday. “Congratulations to our client @JoeFlacco on signing with the @Eagles #NextChapter,” JL Sports tweeted. Flacco is receiving a one-year deal with $3.5 million guaranteed and the opportunity to earn $4 million more in incentives, a source
5:24 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Blue Jays reliever Kirby Yates is expected to have season-ending surgery on his right elbow, general manager Ross Atkins said Tuesday. The Blue Jays also reported two other injuries: Outfielder George Springer will miss the next four or five days because of a strained oblique muscle, and left-hander
4:59 PM ET Associated Press Sabres goalie Carter Hutton has been sent home for further testing on a lower-body injury, leaving the slumping team with no experienced presence in net during a season that’s gone from bad to worse for Buffalo. Interim coach Don Granato on Tuesday said Dustin Tokarski will make his first NHL
5:23 PM ET Associated Press MIAMI — It has been 20 years since Venus Williams won her home tournament, and her stay at the 2021 Miami Open was brief. Williams was eliminated on the first day of play Tuesday by 89th-ranked Zarina Diyas of Kazakhstan, 6-2, 7-6 (10). Williams, who is 40 years old and
4:08 PM ET The Cincinnati Bengals have signed former first-round pick Eli Apple to a one-year deal, the team announced Tuesday. Apple, the No. 10 pick in the 2016 draft, was briefly with the Carolina Panthers in 2020 after previous stints with the New Orleans Saints and the New York Giants, the team that drafted
5:10 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Right from the moment the Denver Broncos sent safety Kareem Jackson into free agency, general manager George Paton had said “the door is open” for Jackson to return. And Tuesday Jackson came back through the door with, according to multiple sources, a one-year deal that can be worth as
5:45 PM ET ASHBURN, Va., — The Washington Football Team name has gone from being a generic placeholder to one that will be strongly considered as a permanent one. As the organization inches along in its rebranding, team president Jason Wright said fans have warmed to the name. Even if the team eventually goes in
5:00 PM ET HOUSTON — Deshaun Watson‘s lawyer, Rusty Hardin, said in a statement that his law firm has “strong evidence” showing that one of the lawsuits alleging sexual assault against the Houston Texans quarterback is false and that it “calls into question the legitimacy of the other cases as well.” Hardin added that he