7:30 AM ET Ben Baby Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN Staff Writer Previously a college football writer for The Dallas Morning News University of North Texas graduate Adam Teicher Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Two Super Bowl contenders are still trying to figure
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9:14 AM ET ESPN News Services Alvin Kamara‘s offseason arrest remains under league review and the NFL is monitoring all legal developments, including his Aug. 1 court date, a source told ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler. Sources told ESPN that there’s no firm timeline on a decision on discipline for Kamara under the personal conduct policy, which
9:38 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — After an offseason that bordered on the tumultuous as he waited for his extension to be done, Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray said Friday, a day after agreeing to a mega deal, that he’s where he wants to be. “My job is to fulfill my promise and bring a
2:57 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson reported to training camp Friday as he and his new team continue to wait to see whether he’ll face a suspension this season. Watson, along with Cleveland’s other quarterbacks and the team’s rookies, arrived at the Browns’ training facility in preparation for training camp.
12:36 PM ET CINCINNATI — The reigning AFC champions will have a new look — for at least one game. The Cincinnati Bengals unveiled their alternate helmets for the upcoming NFL season. For the first time in franchise history, the team’s lids will feature white as the primary color instead of the team’s traditional orange.
11:55 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The Rams on Thursday night unveiled their Super Bowl LVI rings featuring what the team said is the most carat weight in the history of a sports championship ring. The rings were unveiled in a private ceremony the night before the Rams’ coaching staff is scheduled to report to
12:33 PM ET Arizona Cardinals star Kyler Murray has agreed to a five-year extension worth $230.5 million, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter, a deal that makes him one of the NFL’s highest-paid quarterbacks. The deal, which runs through the 2028 season, includes $160 million guaranteed for injury, the source told Schefter. Murray will make
6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — To those who played against him, Bryant Young was a man of few words. Despite his reputation as one of the NFL’s best three-technique defensive tackles, Young never felt the need to tell the world about himself. His performance said it all. After 14 NFL seasons — all
10:51 PM ET Veteran Kyle Rudolph is signing a one-year contact with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday, giving Tom Brady a new tight end target in the wake of Rob Gronkowski‘s retirement. Rudolph gives Brady and the Buccaneers an experienced tight end to pair with Cam Brate. The
3:45 PM ET The San Francisco 49ers have given Jimmy Garoppolo‘s agents permission to seek a trade involving the veteran quarterback, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Garoppolo, who is recovering from offseason surgery on his throwing shoulder, has been cleared to start practicing as the Niners prepare for the start of training camp next week,
7:00 AM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — He paces the hallway just after 6:45 a.m., carefully studying the day’s script. But when it’s time for Rob Gronkowski to perform, it’s not running routes or catching passes from Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom Brady, it’s acting in a television commercial for USAA. Situated in a makeshift dog
9:37 AM ET In 2021, the NFL approved rule changes allowing alternate helmets with throwback uniforms. The use of a second helmet was dropped in 2013 over concerns that wearing more than one helmet might not be safe for players. As those concerns have eased, clubs have lobbied for a second helmet because options for
10:04 AM ET Before defensive end Carl Nassib announced he was gay in June 2021, he agonized over the decision, he says. Nassib, who is a free agent after being released by the Las Vegas Raiders earlier this year, told “Good Morning America” co-anchor Michael Strahan in an interview that aired Tuesday that he “stared
6:27 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball LOS ANGELES — The NFL has suspended without pay Los Angeles Rams defensive lineman Bobby Brown for the first six games of the 2022 season for violating
12:00 PM ET The start of training camps for most NFL teams is only a week away. After a brief break, football is back in the consciousness of the sports fan … if it ever really left. And with it comes the preparation for the latest Madden video game. But this year’s game, which will
12:04 PM ET Ryan Switzer, a former standout receiver at North Carolina who had a five-year career in the NFL, has retired from football. Switzer, who has not appeared in an NFL game since 2019, announced his decision Monday on Twitter. Switzer spent the last two seasons in Cleveland, where he was on the practice
8:31 AM ET Justin Jefferson already established himself as one of the NFL’s best wide receivers after just two seasons in the league. The Minnesota Vikings star said it won’t be long before he’s considered the very best at his position. Jefferson praised Davante Adams as the NFL’s best receiver during a recent interview with
6:00 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quick-hit thoughts and notes around the New England Patriots and NFL: 1. Pains from ’19 draft: This is the season when teams that nailed the early part of the 2019 draft reap some of the greatest rewards from that work, with core players on affordable rookie contracts. The Patriots,