7:00 AM ET The person on the other end of the line paused as he answered the phone. “This is Joey Porter,” he said, adding after a beat, “Senior.” Once the only Joey Porter in the NFL world, Porter Sr. now is watching his son, Joey Porter Jr., make the name his own as a

1:40 PM ET Washington Commanders owners Dan and Tanya Snyder are near a deal to sell the storied NFL franchise, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Thursday. A group led by Josh Harris, co-owner of the Philadelphia 76ers and the New Jersey Devils, continues to be optimistic that it will get the team. But Canadian

9:42 AM ET Associated Press The first quarterback-specific helmet designed to help reduce concussions has been approved for use by the NFL and NFLPA, The Associated Press has learned. The helmet, manufactured by Vicis, reduces severity of helmet-to-ground impacts, which league data says account for approximately half of quarterback concussions, including the one suffered by

11:34 AM ET The Cleveland Browns and FirstEnergy Corp. have agreed to end their stadium naming rights agreement, leaving the team’s home field to be called Cleveland Browns Stadium for now. “We’ve had a great association with FirstEnergy for more than two decades, and we appreciate this partnership and what it has created for our

3:29 PM ET Stephen HolderESPN INDIANAPOLIS — Colts coach Shane Steichen, asked whether the team has turned its focus away from free agent Lamar Jackson and toward the NFL draft in its pursuit of a franchise quarterback, suggested the team is currently more preoccupied with the draft. “We’re focused on the draft and I’m focused

Apr 12, 2023 Louisiana wide receiver Michael Jefferson, who was considered a potential middle-rounds pick in this month’s NFL draft, was involved in a multicar crash Sunday night in Mobile, Alabama, that left him with injuries that required multiple surgeries, his agent, Jon Perzley of Sportstars, told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Tuesday. According to a

1:28 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — New Ravens receiver Odell Beckham Jr. said he didn’t get any assurances from Lamar Jackson that he would be Baltimore’s quarterback this season. “The goal is to come here and have that possibility with him,” Beckham said at his introductory news conference Thursday. Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta

1:30 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Derrick Mason welcomed Odell Beckham Jr. to an unofficial Baltimore Ravens veteran receiver fraternity with one of the best compliments he could give. “As flashy and as flamboyant as OBJ is, the man has dog in him. He truly does,” Mason said. “That’s something you can’t teach. It’s

12:00 PM ET Two weeks ahead of the NFL draft, Bryce Young is the new consensus betting favorite to be the No. 1 pick ahead of C.J. Stroud at sportsbooks around the nation. Young moved past Stroud this week after a surge of bets came in on the former Alabama quarterback and flipped the odds

6:00 AM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — To trade or not to trade: For the Arizona Cardinals sitting at No. 3 in this year’s NFL draft, that is the question. Until the first round kicks off on April 27 (8 p.m. ET on ESPN, ABC, ESPN App), the Cardinals will mull whether they should stay put