11:20 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Packers did not alter Aaron Rodgers‘ contract last Friday, a source told ESPN, and paid his $6.8 million roster bonus as is rather than converting it into a signing bonus, which would have freed up more than $4.5 million in salary cap space for this season. However,
6:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — A.J. Green isn’t one to show a lot of emotion but one idea got him to chuckle and let out a half smile. The Arizona Cardinals‘ newest wide receiver — signed last week to a one-year deal with $6 million guaranteed — was talking about playing alongside Pro Bowl
9:00 AM ET On paper, the MWC Mountain football race should play out as it has in recent years: with Boise State the victor. The Broncos have won four titles in a row and five of the past seven, and SP+ projects them far ahead of the field. There’s been just enough change to make
8:00 AM BST Jonny Gray has not recovered from a shoulder injury in time for Scotland’s final Six Nations game against France on Friday while Sean Maitland also misses out, Scottish Rugby said. Gray was excluded from the 29-man squad named by coach Gregor Townsend for the trip to the Stade de France. The influential
9:30 AM ET The U.S. women feature heavily on the first-ever ESPN FC Women’s Rank, though there’s tough competition all over the globe for top honors. ESPN While 2020 might have thrown everything it could in the way of women’s soccer, leagues and clubs fought to get players back on the pitch and give us enthralling
8:31 AM ET The Atlanta Falcons and running back Mike Davis have agreed to a two-year contract worth up to $5.5 million with $3 million of it guaranteed, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Davis shined last season playing for the NFC South rival Panthers. Carolina coach Matt Rhule and his staff quickly fell in
8:00 AM ET Christiaan Bezuidenhout does not remember what happened. He was just 2 years old at the time. All these years later, though, he knows how close he came to death. Bezuidenhout, 26, might be the best golfer in the world you don’t know about. He has climbed to 35th in the Official World
7:50 AM ET Francis Ngannou, Tyron Woodley and Sean O’Malley all will be looking for redemption Saturday at UFC 260, for reasons varying from avenging a title fight loss to possibly having to hang onto a roster spot. Ngannou faces heavyweight champ Stipe Miocic in the main event, trying to avenge a 2018 unanimous decision
8:29 AM ET Georgia Tech football has delayed the start of spring practice after a small number of positive coronavirus tests, the school announced Tuesday. Practice was set to begin Tuesday and will begin “as soon as appropriate.” The school said the decision to delay the start was made out of an abundance of caution.
7:00 AM ET ASHBURN, Ga. — Two weeks ago, Michael “Nub” Nelson climbed out of his Toyota Corolla in a parking lot off Interstate 75 and approached. Nelson, the 65-year-old former executive director of the Valdosta Touchdown Club, smiled and said, “Hey, I’m Nub. Shake my nub!” Nelson turned to a rather imposing assistant coach