6:08 PM ET ESPN News Services The NFL will officially amend the Rooney Rule to require more interviews of minority candidates for head coaching and coordinator positions, a source told ESPN’s Dan Graziano, confirming an NFL Network report. Reacting to a lack of diversity progress in hiring for those jobs, the league will require teams
4:41 PM ET Washington Redskins wide receiver Cody Latimer appeared at a court hearing Monday in Douglas County, Colorado, on multiple felony charges stemming from an incident early Saturday morning in which he is accused of threatening a friend with a gun and discharging his weapon after an argument at a poker game. At the
6:36 PM ET Associated Press OXFORD, Miss. — Robert Jerry “Ben” Williams Jr., former Buffalo Bills defensive end and the first African-American player to appear in a game at Mississippi, has died. He was 65. Ole Miss announced in a release that Williams died Monday from natural causes at a Jackson, Mississippi, hospital. Affectionately known
5:18 PM ET A federal appeals court upheld a ruling Monday that will allow colleges to pay for any education-related expenses for student-athletes in the future. Judge Claudia Wilken decided in March 2019 that the NCAA rules that limit what athletes can receive from their schools violated antitrust law. Wilken limited her ruling to include
6:21 PM ET Ole Miss and USC have agreed to a home-and-home football series for the 2025 and 2026 seasons, taking Lane Kiffin back to his USC roots. Ole Miss will visit USC on Aug. 30, 2025, marking the Rebels’ first-ever visit to Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. USC will visit Ole Miss in Oxford on
4:54 PM ET The NHL has narrowed its list of potential venues to eight or nine sites that can accommodate “a dozen or so teams in one location” if the league resumes play this summer after pausing because of the coronavirus pandemic, commissioner Gary Bettman said on Monday. According to sources, roughly 15 markets submitted
5:18 PM ET Associated Press Veteran New Jersey Devils goaltender Cory Schneider said Monday that a growing number of players are concerned the NHL will announce a “drop-dead” deadline for returning to play as the coronavirus pandemic lingers with summer coming up fast. The 34-year-old Schneider said some Devils are apprehensive because the NHL has
3:47 PM ET One of the distinctive charms of the U.S. Open will be missing from this year’s postponed championship, as local and sectional qualifying for the event has been canceled. The United States Golf Association announced the decision Monday and said that staging the numerous events around the country — with three sectionals held
4:42 PM ET The NFLPA’s medical director recommends players wear modified facemasks to protect themselves amid the coronavirus pandemic. Speaking on Monday’s The Adam Schefter Podcast, Thom Mayer said the new facemasks would include some form of either surgical or N95 material. NFL engineers are testing prototypes with the sports equipment company Oakley, Inc., and
4:41 PM ET Washington Redskins receiver Cody Latimer was charged with three felonies after an alleged argument during a poker game led to the receiver threatening his best friend with a gun, according to the police report obtained by 9NEWS Denver. Latimer was arrested at 3:15 a.m. Saturday and was charged with assault in the