8:30 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — The popcorn: Get it ready. At 48 years old, Hall of Fame wide receiver Terrell Owens is returning to professional football. He is joining the Fan Controlled Football league, where he is expected to be paired with quarterback Johnny Manziel on the Zappers for the season’s April 16 start. “I’m
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6:35 AM ET We can all see how moments on the field can impact the NFL for years to come. In 2018, the Rams went to a Super Bowl and failed to score a touchdown against the Patriots, which started an overhaul of their running game and eventually led to the decision to trade quarterback
12:36 AM ET Associated Press HOUSTON — Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson must say whether he had sex with 18 massage therapists who supported him last year following criminal complaints from 22 other women, a judge in Texas ruled Tuesday. USA Today reported that Watson has 30 days to comply. He previously would not address
7:01 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Suzanne Johnson’s thoughts often turn to her late parents when she sees the heartbreaking video clips and news reports out of Ukraine. Sometimes it’s too much to take. And she just desperately wants to help. It all hits close to home for Johnson, the wife of New
7:34 PM ET Former Minnesota Vikings defensive tackle Doug Sutherland, a member of the famed Purple People Eaters defensive line, died Tuesday at the age of 73. “Doug Sutherland was one of our proudest Legends. His humble nature did not allow for him to talk much about his own playing career, but Doug was a
2:58 PM ET Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — The man whose manslaughter conviction in the death of former Saints player Will Smith was overturned is scheduled to be tried again in August. On Monday, Orleans Parish Criminal District Judge Camille Buras set the Aug. 22 date for Cardell Hayes’ retrial after a conference with Hayes’
10:00 AM ET Free-agent tight end Rob Gronkowski once said he’d never play without Tom Brady as his quarterback. Now that Brady has unretired to rejoin the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Gronkowski says he’s not sure he’ll play this season. “Right now, I’m not ready to get back out on that field,” Gronkowski told TMZ Sports.
8:17 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Leave it to the New Orleans Saints to find a way to stay bold and aggressive while in the midst of finally trying to save some salary-cap space. New Orleans didn’t necessarily “win” Monday’s trade with the Philadelphia Eagles when it comes to most draft value charts. (ESPN’s draft
Mar 30, 2022 Mike ClayESPN Writer Close Fantasy football, NFL analyst for ESPN.com Member of Pro Football Writers of America Founding director of Pro Football Focus Fantasy 2013 FSTA award winner for most accurate preseason rankings Mike Clay’s 2022 fantasy football rankings by position and top 300 will be updated throughout the preseason as NFL
9:40 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN All-Pro linebacker Bobby Wagner says he has “no hatred” toward the Seattle Seahawks but still believes they should have handled his release differently. And he considers the chance to play his old team twice a year a nice bonus to signing with the Los Angeles Rams, even if it wasn’t
9:11 PM ET The Washington Commanders on Monday strongly denied a former team employee’s allegation to Congress that they withheld ticket revenue from visiting teams, saying that amounted to perjury. But the attorney for that former employee said the team’s statement defamed him. The former employee, Jason Friedman, testified before some members of the House
7:24 PM ET Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll called out NFL owners during the league’s meetings last week in Florida, saying the hiring of minority candidates won’t improve until owners accept that there are candidates out there different than themselves, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Carroll spoke for about 10 minutes during a meeting
4:20 PM ET The Philadelphia Eagles have agreed to trade two of their 2022 first-round picks (No. 16 and No. 19) to the Saints for New Orleans’ 2022 first-round pick (No. 18) and a 2023 first-round pick. The Eagles will also receive a 2024 second-round draft pick, plus a 2022 third-round pick (No. 101) and
3:05 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants and quarterback Daniel Jones feel pretty good about his health. They don’t seem to have any doubts about his neck injury despite it costing him the final six games of last season. “Yeah, I’ll be cleared and ready to go,” Jones said Monday during
7:00 AM ET NFL personnel departments spend the year putting together a draft board they’ll largely use for only three days in April. They take hundreds of names, thousands of hours of evaluation, more than a little hearty debate, piles of airplane tickets, interviews, miles traveled to practices and games, and it’s all tossed into
Apr 1, 2022 ESPN Fantasy staff The NFL offseason has featured a good number of head-turning moves. Each one has an impact on the fantasy football landscape. Throughout the offseason, our ESPN Fantasy analysts will offer their thoughts on a variety of topics that fantasy managers should be thinking about. The 2022 fantasy football season
10:42 AM ET Running back Frank Gore said he plans to sign a one-day contract with the San Francisco 49ers and retire as a member of the team that drafted him. “We’re still trying to figure out when I’m going to do my one-day contract. To sign, do my retirement,” Gore said on the SFNiners
6:00 AM ET INDIANAPOLIS – And now there will be six. Six seasons. Six different Week 1 starting quarterbacks for the Indianapolis Colts. It’s surprising that coach Frank Reich’s head isn’t spinning in circles nonstop, because he’s yet to have the same starting quarterback in back-to-back seasons since his arrival in Indianapolis in 2018. It’s