10:39 PM ET With a rare lean toward defense, the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s class of 2023 features two of the best cornerbacks in league history, one of the all-time sack leaders and a linebacker who frustrated some of the game’s best quarterbacks on his way to multiple 100-tackle seasons. Cornerbacks Ronde Barber and

6:44 PM ET John Barr Close John Barr ESPN.com Joined ESPN in June 2003 Winner: 2013 Peabody Award; 2011 Edward R. Murrow Award/Video Investigative Reporting Covers breaking news, investigative pieces and human interest features Anthony Olivieri Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre, who remains embroiled in the largest welfare fraud scandal in Mississippi state history,

9:00 PM ET NFL NationESPN Before the Kansas City Chiefs (16-3) and Philadelphia Eagles (16-3) meet at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, for Super Bowl LVII (Sunday, 6:30 p.m. ET, Fox), the best of the NFL gathered in Phoenix for Thursday’s NFL Honors. Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, who will appear in his third Super

10:49 PM ET Patrick Mahomes has picked up the first of what he hopes are two victories this week in Arizona. The Kansas City Chiefs quarterback was the clear winner of the Associated Press’ Most Valuable Player award, announced Thursday evening at the NFL Honors program. Mahomes got 48 of 50 first-place votes; the other

11:34 PM ET In the wake of a historical Hall of Fame enshrinement class on defense for 2023, one of the league’s all-time sack leaders is among those eligible for the first time in the potential Class of 2024. Defensive end Julius Peppers, who is fourth all-time in sacks and was a rare two-time All-Decade

12:39 PM ET PHOENIX — Defensive end Brandon Graham is the author of one of the biggest plays in Philadelphia Eagles history — a strip sack on Tom Brady late in Super Bowl LII to help secure Philadelphia’s first-ever Lombardi Trophy with a win over the New England Patriots. Five years later, Graham is hoping

1:22 PM ET Associated Press Ten retired NFL players are accusing the league of lies, bad faith and flagrant violations of federal law in denying disability benefits in a potential class-action lawsuit filed Thursday in Baltimore. The men said they left the game with lingering physical or cognitive injuries that make their daily lives difficult

10:40 PM ET Cornerbacks Ronde Barber and Darrelle Revis, outside linebacker DeMarcus Ware and linebacker Zach Thomas were named to the Pro Football Hall of Fame class of 2023 as modern-era candidates along with tackle Joe Thomas, a 10-time Pro Bowl selection with the Cleveland Browns. It is the first time, other than the Hall’s

5:45 PM ET PHOENIX — NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith wants to get rid of the NFL scouting combine, he said Wednesday during the players association’s annual Super Bowl news conference. Smith shared his desire to abolish the combine and instead establish regional pro days, potentially put on by the NFLPA. The response came after

Feb 9, 2023 SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Andy Reid’s path to becoming the head coach of the Kansas City Chiefs began 10 years ago at an airport in Philadelphia, where Reid had just been fired by the Philadelphia Eagles. The Arizona Cardinals had sent a plane to bring Reid to Phoenix for a head coaching interview.