Mike Reiss, ESPN Staff WriterJun 16, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close Mike Reiss is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the New England Patriots. Reiss has covered the Patriots since 1997 and joined ESPN in 2009. In 2019, he was named Massachusetts Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sports Media Association. You can

Ben Baby, ESPN Staff WriterJun 15, 2024, 11:52 AM ET Close Ben Baby covers the Cincinnati Bengals for ESPN. He joined the company in July 2019. Prior to ESPN, he worked for various newspapers in Texas, most recently at The Dallas Morning News where he covered college sports. He provides daily coverage of the Bengals

Jun 15, 2024, 10:23 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The Detroit Lions are signing big-footed UFL kicker Jake Bates to a two-year contract this week, his agent, Marty Magid, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Saturday. Bates, 24, ranked second in the UFL this season with 17 field goals for the Michigan Panthers. That includes a

Josh Weinfuss, ESPN Staff WriterJun 15, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Close Josh Weinfuss is a staff writer who covers the Arizona Cardinals and the NFL at ESPN. Josh has covered the Cardinals since 2012, joining ESPN in 2013. He is a member of the Pro Football Writers of America and a graduate of Indiana University.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Tom Brady was inducted into the New England Patriots Hall of Fame on Wednesday night in a sold-out ceremony inside Gillette Stadium, with owner Robert Kraft announcing that Brady’s jersey number 12 will never be worn again in New England. A 12-foot-tall statue of Brady also will be unveiled during the 2024

Kris Rhim, ESPNJun 14, 2024, 03:36 PM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The Chargers signed safety Tony Jefferson on Friday, the team announced. Jefferson spent last season as a scouting intern with the Baltimore Ravens after announcing his retirement in May 2023. As an intern, he worked under current Chargers general manager Joe

Adam Teicher, ESPN Staff WriterJun 13, 2024, 10:53 PM ET Close Covered Chiefs for 20 seasons for Kansas City Star Joined ESPN in 2013 Open Extended Reactions KANSAS CITY, Mo. — On his way to collect his third Super Bowl championship ring, Patrick Mahomes already was thinking about winning another one. “The first thing I

Marcel Louis-Jacques, ESPNJun 13, 2024, 09:10 PM ET Close Marcel Louis-Jacques joined ESPN in 2019 as a beat reporter covering the Buffalo Bills, before switching to the Miami Dolphins in 2021. The former Carolina Panthers beat writer for the Charlotte Observer won the APSE award for breaking news and the South Carolina Press Association award

Fantasy Staff Jun 14, 2024, 06:48 AM ET Open Extended Reactions We are less than three months from the 2024 NFL season opener, so it’s a good time to start getting fantasy football mock draft reps in. We got our ESPN Fantasy analysts and contributors together for a 12-team, PPR mock. The larger league exposes

Daniel Oyefusi, ESPNJun 14, 2024, 06:00 AM ET Open Extended Reactions BEREA, Ohio — The Cleveland Browns‘ final practice of their offseason workout program was a sign of the progress quarterback Deshaun Watson and the offense have made in installing their new scheme. There was Watson, throwing the ball as aggressively as he had in