The Cincinnati Bengals sit in an envious position in the 2021 NFL Draft, with the ability to sit tight at No. 5 and select one of the top non-quarterback talents available or trade down if the opportunity arises. While many teams with QBs seek to move down to stack draft capital, Bengals director of player personnel Duke Tobin on Monday […]

The 2021 Baylor Bears turned in two of the most dominant back-to-back performances by a team on the Final Four and national championship stage in men's NCAA tournament history.  Balanced scoring, intense team defense, tenacity on the glass — and it's only fitting their best player — in the final two games and, in reality, all season long — took home Final […]

INDIANAPOLIS — An undefeated season looked over before the first TV timeout.  No. 1 seed Baylor couldn't have scripted a better start, and overall No. 1 seed Gonzaga couldn't have scripted a worse one. The Bears' defense was smothering the Bulldogs into turnovers, the star guard trio of Jared Butler, MaCio Teague and Davion Mitchell was shooting lights out, and Zags buzzer-beating […]

Rare does the trade of an NFL starting quarterback elicit a yawn, which tells you everything you need to know about the dissolving relationship between the New York Jets and Sam Darnold. Jets’ brass could hardly have been more noncommittal about Darnold in their public comments since the season ended and Robert Saleh was hired as the head coach. When […]

Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers made his debut as interim host of Jeopardy! on Monday night, and honestly, he was pretty solid. Rodgers is no stranger to the Jeopardy! stage. On a 2015 episode of Celebrity Jeopardy!, he raised $50,000 for charity by defeating astronaut and current United States senator Mark Kelly and “Shark Tank” panelist and businessman Kevin […]

Covered Panthers, NFL for 11 years More than 25 years experience covering NFL, college football and NASCAR Joined ESPN in 2006 CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Carolina Panthers’ carousel of ways to upgrade from quarterback Teddy Bridgewater landed on Sam Darnold. The Panthers traded for the third pick of the 2018 draft after earlier this offseason losing out to the Los […]

Minnesota Vikings cornerback Jeff Gladney turned himself into the Dallas County Jail on Monday after an arrest warrant was issued against him for felony family violence assault, stemming from an incident Friday, according to a Dallas Police Department statement to NFL Media. A 22-year-old female and Gladney were involved in a verbal altercation regarding content on a cell phone and […]

Aaron Rodgers is, frankly, unbothered. The 37-year-old quarterback is still relishing his Most Valuable Player campaign, and though he proved to be the best in the league even with 40 not too far away, he acknowledged Monday his status in Green Bay remains the same. And he’s perfectly fine with that. “Nothing’s really changed,” Rodgers said during an appearance on […]

In an email to NFL employees on Monday, commissioner Roger Goodell vowed that the league would continue initiatives to strengthen voters' rights. The memo came in response to the state of Georgia’s controversial "Election Integrity Act." Major League Baseball responded to the new legislation by pulling this year's All-Star Game out of Atlanta. USA TODAY Sports obtained a copy of the internal memo Monday. […]

The Carolina Panthers have pounced on Sam Darnold. The short-lived Darnold era in New York has officially come to an end, with the Jets sending quarterback Sam Darnold to the Panthers in exchange for a 2021 sixth-round pick, a 2022 second-round pick and a 2022 fourth-round pick. The Panthers are also reportedly picking up Darnold’s fifth-year option, which means Darnold […]