2:21 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tyrann Mathieu removed all doubt about what he wants his football future to be when he said Thursday that it’s at the top of his priority list to finish his career with the Kansas City Chiefs. “It’s been everything I’ve asked for,” said Mathieu, who joined the Chiefs
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5:00 PM ET NFL mandatory minicamps wrapped up on Thursday, marking the official start of the NFL’s summer hiatus before players begin to report for training camps five weeks from now. Some teams cut their minicamps short, giving players an extra day to unwind in an exotic location somewhere or at home to wait for
12:25 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid declined to get in a war of words with running back Le’Veon Bell, saying, “I’m pulling for him in the future.” “I really enjoyed my time with him here,” Reid said Thursday as the Chiefs concluded their offseason practice. “I appreciated the
11:44 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Speaking for the first time since his release from Washington, former first-round quarterback Dwayne Haskins said he has one primary goal as he attempts to reboot his career with the Steelers. “I just wanted to prove to the coaching staff and my teammates how much I love football,” Haskins said
10:01 AM ET The last time the NFL played a game, Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes were on opposite sidelines in Super Bowl LV. Now, before the 2021 season kicks off, those quarterbacks will be together again — on the latest Madden cover. Mahomes and Brady are sharing the cover of Madden 22, the EA
10:00 AM ET Patrick Mahomes spent hours in the game room in the back of the house he grew up in, trying over and over to figure out how to do the thing he couldn’t: beat his dad. This wasn’t in a real-life competition, but rather a virtual one. Mahomes and his father, Pat, would
7:00 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — It was supposed to be one of the best days of Cameron Kinley‘s life. The former Navy football captain and cornerback was graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy, becoming the first in his family to graduate as an officer. As president of his 1,084-member class, he would deliver a
10:02 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — Robert Nkemdiche let out a howl and pumped his arm in celebration after one of his turns in a drill Wednesday. After another, he did a running hurdle, then shouted something inaudible back at his fellow defensive linemen. The 2016 first-round pick of the Arizona Cardinals is
6:49 PM ET The 8-year-old son of retired Carolina Panthers tight end Greg Olsen went home on Wednesday less than two weeks after successfully undergoing a heart transplant. But before TJ left Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, North Carolina, he fulfilled a promise made to his parents to ring the bell that patients often do
6:35 PM ET The son of former NFL defensive lineman Vince Wilfork was arrested last month and charged with stealing more than $300,000 of his father’s jewelry, including two New England Patriots Super Bowl championship rings, according to a police complaint released by the Galveston (Texas) County District Attorney’s Office. Police allege that Wilfork’s son,
5:06 PM ET NFL mandatory minicamps continued on Wednesday, another workout closer to the start of the real offseason for players and coaches before training camps open in July. As the NFL and the NFL Players Association released COVID-19 protocols for the preseason, talk of who is vaccinated was a hot topic around camps. Players
3:39 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Because of unusual circumstances, New York Jets chairman Woody Johnson wasn’t involved in the hiring of coach Robert Saleh and general manager Joe Douglas. Essentially, he inherited them, but the longtime owner professed his confidence in the new leadership tandem. “They’ve got a tremendous amount of leeway,” Johnson
3:44 PM ET The NFL and NFL Players Association have agreed to extend their two-tiered COVID-19 protocols into training camp and the preseason, maintaining severe restrictions on unvaccinated players but removing almost all of them for those who are fully vaccinated. In a memo distributed Wednesday, teams also received details on fan and media access
2:17 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears wide receiver Allen Robinson sounded resigned to possibly playing the 2021 NFL season on a one-year deal in advance of the July 15 deadline for franchise-tagged players to receive long-term contracts. “I don’t have any [contract] updates or nothing like that,” Robinson said on a Tuesday
12:37 PM ET BEREA, Ohio – Cleveland Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield said Wednesday that he’s in “no rush” to get an extension done with the team and that his focus remains on the field. “Everything happens for a reason and it’ll handle itself,” said Mayfield, who became eligible for an extension this offseason. “So, just
6:00 AM ET ESPN staff Welcome to the 2021 ESPYS presented by Capital One, where you, the fans, get to help decide the stars of the show (aka the award winners). The nominees for Best NFL Player don’t get much better than this — Super Bowl champion Tom Brady, MVP Aaron Rodgers, Defensive Player of
2:56 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. – Chicago Bears tight end Jimmy Graham admitted on Tuesday that he was fortunate to avoid serious injury when he was involved in a single-vehicle rollover crash in Miami back in early March. Before the start of Chicago’s mandatory three-day minicamp, Graham calmly recanted the harrowing story of how,
2:48 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Derek Carr, an annual subject of trade rumors and innuendo, re-asserted his desire to remain with the team that selected him in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft. “I’d probably quit football if I had to play for somebody else,” Carr said following