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9:32 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The San Francisco 49ers publicly condemned the person who sent racist messages to Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker and announced that they have begun an investigation into identifying the fan. Baker took to Twitter on Monday afternoon to share screenshots of direct messages he received on Instagram from
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3:35 PM ET ENGLEWOOD, Colo. — Denver Broncos coach Vic Fangio said Tuesday the team’s failure to use a timeout late in Monday night’s 16-14 loss to the Tennessee Titans was “totally my fault.” The Broncos had plenty of other foibles during the narrow loss to open the season, but Fangio’s decision to forgo using
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10:11 PM ET If Ben Roethlisberger had any jitters Monday night, the veteran shook them off in time for a vintage performance in the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ 26-16 victory against the New York Giants. Playing for the first time in a year since the 2019 season-ending elbow injury sustained in Week 2, Roethlisberger completed 21 of
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6:37 PM ET ESPN staff The opening weekend of the 2020 NFL season was surreal. While the action on the field looked and sounded quite familiar to viewers at home, the precautions being taken due to the coronavirus pandemic meant that only one home team was allowed to have fans in the stadium in Week
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4:19 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Quarterback Cam Newton rushed for two touchdowns to help lead the new-look New England Patriots offense — powered by the ground game — past the Miami Dolphins 21-11 in Sunday’s regular-season opener at Gillette Stadium. Newton’s 75 rushing yards on 15 carries were the most by a Patriots quarterback
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9:31 PM ET Adam Schefter Close ESPN Senior Writer ESPN NFL Insider Joined ESPN in 2009 Former president of the Pro Football Writers of America and the author of four books Jeff Darlington Had Drew Brees retired after last season, as the Saints believed he might do, New Orleans’ backup plan was to sign Tom
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10:00 AM ET We want our fantasy football and we want our fantasy, period. We need the fun-and-games escape from all of America’s problems. And our blessed medicine, our respite from months of sea-to-shining-sea sickness, arrives this weekend in an avalanche of wonderful football, God bless America. But as our country’s history records the victims
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2:07 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — John Harbaugh noticed someone had placed a face shield in his office this week, and the Baltimore Ravens coach thought about using it for Sunday’s season opener because his glasses fog up in the humid weather. “I dismissed that after last night,” Harbaugh said with a smile after
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