Covered the Buccaneers since 2009 Joined ESPN in 2016 TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterbacks coach Clyde Christensen on Thursday said he believes Tom Brady’s knee injury last season was a “nagging nuisance” that affected him all season. “I don’t think he was 100 percent last year,” Christensen said, relaying a conversation he had with Brady the morning after […]

The Eagles knew they needed help at receiver and didn’t shy from selecting one with their first-round pick in April. Now, he’s under contract. Philadelphia has agreed to terms with 10th-overall pick DeVonta Smith, NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero reported. Smith surprised much of the college football world in 2020, ascending to role of No. 1 playmaker for Alabama in the […]

If the Bryant estate’s relationship with Nike wasn’t over before, it almost certainly is now. Vanessa Bryant took the swoosh to task on Thursday morning in an Instagram post detailing how she’d seen pictures of a shoe – that she designed herself – leaking on the internet. The shoe in question was the “Mambacita” Kobe 6. It was apparently designed by Vanessa […]

PHILADELPHIA — The NFL on Wednesday pledged to halt the use of “race-norming” — which assumed Black players started out with lower cognitive function — in the $1 billion settlement of brain injury claims and review past scores for any potential race bias. The practice made it harder for Black retirees to show a deficit and qualify for an award. […]

Green Bay’s first-round pick is under contract. The Packers have signed Georgia cornerback Eric Stokes, the team announced Wednesday. Green Bay spent the 29th overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft on the Bulldogs defender, reinforcing a position group that proved itself to be a weakness with the Packers on the doorstep of the Super Bowl. Stokes will likely compete […]

USC’s Reggie Bush, one of the most exciting college football players of the 21st century, is on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot. Bush is one of 26 FBS players on the National Football Foundation’s ballot for the class that will be inducted in 2022. Bush’s inclusion is interesting considering that the former Trojans star was stripped of the […]

Covered Rams for nine years for stlouisrams.com Previously covered University of Missouri football Member of Pro Football Writers of America Almost three years ago, the San Francisco 49ers made Weston Richburg the highest-paid center in NFL history. On Wednesday, Richburg’s time with the Niners came to an end, as he announced his retirement from the NFL. Richburg had an injury-plagued […]

Myles Garrett is a mountain of a man — we’d use a larger term if one existed — who is rather prolific when it comes to social media. Often, his videos are of him lifting substantial weight, or leaping to heights no man his size should be able to reach. But around this time of the year, Garrett tends to […]

Not long ago, Leighton Vander Esch looked like the future at linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys. Earning a Pro Bowl his rookie season, LVE was a howling menace. Three years later, he looks like the odd man out. The Cowboys drafted Micah Parsons in the first round, Jabril Cox in the fifth and signed safety-turned-LB Keanu Neal. Then they declined […]

The Bengals’ dream pairing of former LSU standouts is officially under contract. Cincinnati signed first-round selection Ja'Marr Chase, the team announced Wednesday, along with Texas defensive end Joseph Ossai. When Chase last played in a collegiate game, he was teammates with Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow at LSU, lighting up scoreboards near and far on their undefeated run to a national […]