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

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

Jun 12, 2024, 09:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions It’s the second week of mandatory minicamps in the NFL, with the majority of teams taking another critical step toward the starting line of the 2024 season. Ten teams got the mandatory ball rolling last week. ESPN’s NFL reporters will be found at each of the

Michael DiRocco, ESPN Staff WriterJun 13, 2024, 06:54 PM ET Close Michael DiRocco is an NFL reporter at ESPN. DiRocco covers the Jacksonville Jaguars. He previously covered the University of Florida for over a decade for ESPN.com and Florida Times-Union. DiRocco graduated from Jacksonville University and is a multiple APSE award winner. You can follow

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