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The Dolphins have arguably the deepest running backs room in the league with Raheem Mostert, De’Von Achane, Chris Brooks, Jeff Wilson and fourth-round rookie Jaylen Wright. It creates a good problem: How to keep the backs behind Mostert involved? Achane, one of the fastest players on the Dolphins, which makes him one of the fastest players in the NFL, spent …

Green Bay will host several open practices for Packers training camp this summer, starting on Monday, July 22. The Packers’ first session will be on Monday, July 22 at 10:30 a.m. CT. The club will follow that with its annual shareholder meeting in Lambeau Field at 3 p.m. on the same day. While the Packers have not yet announced the …

Jun 17, 2024, 07:33 PM ET SAN JOSE, Calif. — Ryan Warsofsky had a front-row seat to some of the worst hockey played by the San Jose Sharks since their expansion days as an assistant under David Quinn the past two seasons. Now the 36-year-old who was hired last week as the youngest coach in the NHL will be tasked …

Deshaun Watson called his right shoulder injury “a big scare,” but the Browns quarterback said last week he was “in a very comfortable spot” in his rehab. The Browns have taken a deliberate approach to Watson’s return from Nov. 21 surgery to repair a displaced fracture to the glenoid in his shoulder. He took mental reps and install reps for …

Getty Images Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson played just six games last year before suffering a season-ending shoulder injury that required surgery. The injury contributed to Cleveland’s quarterback inconsistencies during a year with seven starting quarterback changes and four starters. Watson, P.J. Walker Dorian Thompson-Robinson and Joe Flacco all lined up as QB1 for the team at some point and …

HBO’s “Hard Knocks” sports docuseries is expanding its scope for this year’s in-season edition. Unlike the three previous years, which followed one squad, the 2024 edition will follow an entire division’s worth of teams during the regular season. “Hard Knocks: In Season with the AFC North” will chronicle the Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals, Cleveland Browns and Pittsburgh Steelers. NFL Films …

Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins signed his one-year franchise tender for the 2024 season on Monday. However, his long-term future with the team remains in doubt. The fifth-year wideout received the franchise tag in February and didn’t participate in recent organized team workouts, including last week’s three-day minicamp. Higgins will make $21.8 million — the designated franchise tag value …

As the saying goes, “Common sense ain’t.” That often applies in the legal system, where gobbledygook and mumbo-jumbo can get in the way of basic logic and reality. In Jim Trotter’s retaliation case against the NFL, common sense has prevailed. At least for now. Following the filing of his lawsuit, a wide range of people — from armchair Matlocks all …

Preston Smith is entering his 10th NFL season. He’s 31, with a birthday in November. The Packers defensive lineman, though, doesn’t feel his age. “I really be thinking I’m 29 and 28 sometimes. I feel like I’m aging backwards,” Smith said, via Wes Hodkiewicz of the team website. “But when y’all keep reminding me I’m in my 30s, I start …

PHILADELPHIA — “Motion” was the key word in the Philadelphia Eagles offense last season, for all the wrong reasons.  The NFL has trended toward pass catchers moving fluidly at the line of scrimmage before the ball is snapped. The San Francisco 49ers used motion prior to the snap 70.2% of the time, and the Kansas City Chiefs 60.5%. Both teams …

Devon Witherspoon made the Pro Bowl and finished fourth in defensive rookie of the year voting in 2023 after the Seahawks made him the fifth overall pick. It could have been better. The cornerback missed three games with a hip pointer. He plans on being healthier and better this season. “First of all, I want to play all games, the …

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJun 17, 2024, 05:54 PM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Pascal Vincent is no longer coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets with the team announcing Monday they’ve parted ways after less than one season. Vincent’s dismissal comes after he guided the Blue Jackets to a 27-43-12 record that saw them finish …

For the first time ever, this season HBO’s “Hard Knocks” will follow an entire division. The AFC North will have the spotlight this season and follow the Pittsburgh Steelers, Baltimore Ravens, Cincinnati Bengals and Cleveland Browns during their respective training camps. One head coach who will be featured in the “Hard Knocks” has stated that he is not the biggest …

Getty Images Tom Brady has officially entered the next stage of his career, making his broadcasting debut for Fox at the UFL Championship Game on Sunday. Brady, making his debut three months before his first NFL game, is in the first year of a 10-year, $375 million contract with Fox Sports to be their lead color commentator.  Brady, who will …

It’s June. No one has nor does anyone need “the answers to the test” yet — to use a silly analogy that somehow makes the very unserious pursuit of understanding and projecting NFL teams and players seem like some profound quest. We’re writing thoughts in pencil and merely take-shopping, for now. This embedded content is not available in your region. …