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2:45 PM ET The New York Giants have told cornerback DeAndre Baker to stay away from team meetings and focus on his legal issues at this time, a source familiar with the team’s thinking told ESPN. Baker faces four counts of armed robbery and four counts of aggravated assault with a firearm from an incident

6:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN Take a guess which college is most represented on the Buffalo Bills’ roster. It’s not Alabama, LSU or any of college football’s blue-blood programs; rather, it’s a school that perhaps best represents Buffalo, the Bills and their fan base — the Iowa Hawkeyes. Micah Hyde, Ike Boettger, Nick Easley and

7:30 AM ET Buffalo Bills defensive lineman Ed Oliver was arrested Saturday night in his hometown of Houston on charges of driving while intoxicated and unlawfully carrying a weapon. Oliver is currently being held at Montgomery County Jail after being pulled over on State Highway 242. Both charges are misdemeanors, according to the jail’s website.

6:58 PM ET Phyllis George, a former Miss America winner who became a pioneer in sports journalism and football broadcasting when in 1975 she was named a co-host for The NFL Today, has died at the age of 70. George died Thursday from complications from a blood disorder, her ex-husband, former Kentucky Governor John Brown

6:00 AM ET On Jan. 12, Marshal Yanda sat at home, feeling more frustrated and ticked off than he’d ever been. It was a day after the Baltimore Ravens’ shocking loss to the Tennessee Titans in the divisional round of the playoffs. The most successful and — as Yanda views it — fun season of

7:05 PM ET Attorneys for Seattle Seahawks cornerback Quinton Dunbar and New York Giants cornerback DeAndre Baker said Friday that they have affidavits from witnesses that show their clients are innocent of charges from an alleged armed robbery that took place in Miramar, Florida, on Wednesday. Michael Grieco, who represents Dunbar, told ESPN he has

5:05 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers still wants to finish his career with the Green Bay Packers, but he knows that became more difficult when his team traded up to No. 26 to select his possible replacement, Utah State quarterback Jordan Love, in last month’s NFL draft. Rodgers admitted Friday he was

4:23 PM ET The NFL is considering improving draft picks to teams that hire minority candidates as either coaches or general managers, sources confirmed to ESPN. Under the plan, a team would improve its third-round pick by 10 spots for hiring a minority candidate as general manger (or equivalent-level position) and six spots for hiring

6:40 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady has been a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for nearly two months now, although no on-field work has begun because of the coronavirus pandemic. With the offseason program going virtual for the time being, Brady might wind up spending less on-field time with his new teammates.

6:00 AM ET The NFL draft is over and free agency has wound down. With the dust beginning to settle on roster changes, and the Cleveland Browns in the middle of their virtual offseason, here’s a projection of where their offensive depth chart stands (starters in bold): QB: Baker Mayfield, Case Keenum Every major move

12:07 PM ET Former Los Angeles Rams great Eric Dickerson ripped the team’s new uniforms on Wednesday during a radio interview with AM 570 LA Sports. Dickerson, who set the NFL single-season rushing record with 2,105 yards in 1984 for the Rams, had previously criticized the logo. Now he took aim at the uniforms. Among

2:51 PM ET Defensive end Taco Charlton promised the Kansas City Chiefs would get the best version of him, something that perhaps the Dallas Cowboys and Miami Dolphins didn’t get in his previous NFL stops. “I guess you could say that,” Charlton said, when asked whether his recent signing with the Chiefs could be his

6:05 PM ET Two years after signing a four-year, $38 million contract extension with the Jacksonville Jaguars, wide receiver Marqise Lee finds himself in a much different place as he hopes to revive his career. He’s at the bottom with the New England Patriots. And embracing it. Lee, who was selected in the second round

6:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — After 13 distinguished years at left tackle, Joe Staley retired on April 25, leaving the San Francisco 49ers trying to answer a difficult question: How do you replace a franchise legend? But as luck — and a whole lot of patience — would have it, the Niners pivoted

7:10 AM ET There were legitimate reasons for it to happen and all kinds of ways to see it coming, but if you were surprised by the Carolina Panthers‘ decision to release longtime franchise quarterback Cam Newton in March, you’re surely surprised that he still hasn’t signed somewhere else. Newton turned 31 on Monday, which

9:13 PM ET Associated Press PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has opened the door for professional sports to return to the state. Ducey said Tuesday that professional sports, including MLB, the NBA, the NHL and the NFL, can resume without fans on Saturday. The state is starting to reopen during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic,

7:05 AM ET Let’s break down some of the winners and losers from this NFL offseason. Some of the stories in the short term were obvious — you don’t need me to tell you again who won the DeAndre Hopkins trade — but I’m going to try to take a look at the bigger picture

4:55 PM ET Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is the consensus favorite to win the NFL MVP Award, with Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson on his heels. At Caesars Sportsbook, Mahomes is 4-1 to win what would be his second regular-season MVP award in the past three years. Jackson, last season’s MVP, is 13-2