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2:09 PM ET San Francisco 49ers assistant Rich Scangarello was named the new offensive coordinator for the Kentucky Wildcats, the school announced on Friday. Scangarello agreed to a three-year contract, sources told ESPN’s Pete Thamel. Scangarello, 49, spent last season as the 49ers’ quarterbacks coach — his second stint with the team — after stops

4:37 PM ET Associated Press AUBURN, Ala. — Former Auburn and San Diego Chargers running back Lionel James, who made a name for himself for being unstoppable despite his small stature, died Friday after a lengthy illness, the university said. He was 59. Auburn announced the death of James, a 5-foot-6 player nicknamed “Little Train,”

2:13 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Matt Nagy has reunited with Andy Reid, Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs. Nagy, fired last month after four seasons as head coach of the Chicago Bears, returned to the Chiefs on Friday as senior assistant and quarterbacks coach. 1 Related Nagy, 43, was with the Chiefs

6:00 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – New Jacksonville Jaguars coach Doug Pederson is off to a good start in terms of making sure quarterback Trevor Lawrence has everything he needs to be successful in his second season. In addition to hiring a former head coach in Mike McCoy to be the quarterbacks coach and Press

6:09 PM ET Longtime Houston Oilers wide receiver Ken Burrough, a two-time Pro Bowl selection, has died at age 73 at his home in Jacksonville, Florida, his family said Thursday. A first-round draft pick by the New Orleans Saints in 1970, Burrough was traded to the Oilers before the 1971 season. He led the NFL

4:56 PM ET Eric Bieniemy is returning to the Kansas City Chiefs as offensive coordinator for the 2022 season, a source confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The news was first reported by NFL Network, which also reported he will be returning on a one-year contract. Bieniemy’s contract expired after last season, and he and head

6:00 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys‘ 2021 draft became an instant success because of Micah Parsons. The linebacker was the NFL’s Defensive Rookie of the Year. He became the first rookie in franchise history to earn first-team All-Pro honors. He was named to the Pro Bowl. He put up a team-record 13

5:40 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — When Aaron Rodgers returned to the Green Bay Packers last July from his offseason hiatus, both sides made it easier to separate this offseason based on adjustments to his contract. General manager Brian Gutekunst on Wednesday, however, said that he never promised Rodgers that he would trade him

3:26 PM ET METAIRIE, La. – The New Orleans Saints are promoting assistants Ryan Nielsen and Kris Richard into the roles of co-defensive coordinators under new head coach Dennis Allen, sources told ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg. Allen previously served as New Orleans’ defensive coordinator under Sean Payton, while Nielsen was the assistant head coach/defensive line coach

2:20 PM ET Tom Brady is going from the gridiron to the silver screen in one of his first major moves since announcing his retirement earlier this month after 22 NFL seasons. The former Tampa Bay Buccaneers and New England Patriots quarterback will play himself in “80 for Brady,” a football-themed road trip movie set

12:40 PM ET Associated Press Colin Kaepernick is launching an initiative through his Know Your Rights Camp that will offer free, secondary autopsies to family members of anyone whose death is “police-related.” The initiative collaborates with a panel of board-certified forensic pathologists who perform autopsies, disclose preliminary findings and issue final reports to requesting families.

9:38 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Zach Orr has returned to the Baltimore Ravens to coach their inside linebackers, just six years after being an All-Pro for them. Orr, 29, joins new defensive coordinator Mike MacDonald and replaces Rob Ryan, who spent one season coaching inside linebackers in Baltimore before becoming a senior defensive

6:00 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Only a few days into his new job, Clint Hurtt got an unsolicited suggestion on how to run the Seattle Seahawks‘ defense. The D-line coach-turned-coordinator had ordered room service while staying with his wife at a Seattle-area hotel when they opened the dessert tray to find a card

6:50 AM ET NFL NationESPN Odell Beckham Jr., Chidobe Awuzie, James Conner and Zach Ertz were among ESPN’s list of players who could use a change of scenery last year. They got theirs and made it work. OBJ caught a touchdown in the Super Bowl and earned a ring with the champion Los Angeles Rams.

8:30 PM ET The investigation into the Washington Commanders‘ workplace — and the NFL’s response — served as an impetus for a bill introduced in Congress aimed at eliminating subsidies for professional stadiums. Three members of Congress — Reps. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.), Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) — introduced a bill on Tuesday

4:44 PM ET In his dismissal by the Miami Dolphins last month, coach Brian Flores declined to sign a non-disparagement agreement presented by team owner Stephen Ross, Flores told Bryant Gumbel of HBO’s “Real Sports.” “Just signing that separation agreement would have really silenced me,” Flores said in an episode that airs tonight. By not

3:20 PM ET The Kansas City Chiefs have released linebacker Anthony Hitchens, it was announced Tuesday. Hitchens had 80 tackles and an interception in 15 games last season. Hitchens, 29, joined the Chiefs as a free agent in 2018 and he registered a career-best 135 tackles that season. In four seasons with the Chiefs, Hitchens

3:20 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — A day after Aaron Rodgers set the NFL world into a frenzied speculation about his future because of a lengthy Instagram post, the Green Bay Packers quarterback said Tuesday that he did not have any news to report or a decision made about whether he will play in