Former NFL quarterback Jeff Garcia will not be announcing a pick of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at the 2018 NFL Draft. Garcia initially announced on Twitter that he would call the Buccaneers’ third-round selection before stating that he “could care less” abut the draft itself when informed that the team doesn’t have that pick anymore. The NFL reportedly wanted Garcia ...

The New Orleans Saints will honor the memory of the late Tom Benson by keeping an empty chair in their draft room. Benson, a longtime owner of the Saints and NBA’s Pelicans and contributor to many charities in his native New Orleans, passed away on March 15. He was 90. “I’ve tried not to think about that, but we miss ...

The Indianapolis Colts are not rushing quarterback Andrew Luck‘s rehabilitation. Luck, who missed all of last season after undergoing shoulder surgery in 2017, will not throw at the Colts’ minicamp this week, the team announced Tuesday. Indianapolis went through its first full team workout under new head coach Frank Reich on Tuesday, and Luck was limited to taking snaps and ...

Quarterback Sam Darnold might be the first player taken in the 2018 NFL Draft, going to the Cleveland Browns. The former USC star could also be the second player drafted, which would put him with the New York Giants. Another team might trade up to draft him, or he could drop several notches in the first round. There are so ...

Denver Broncos general manager John Elway said last week that the team has not decided if it will exercise its 2019 option on linebacker Shane Ray’s contract, but Ray said he is confident it will. “I’m not concerned,” Ray told The Athletic. “I love being a Bronco. John’s got a lot of things to deal with, and whether or not ...

April 21 (UPI) — Ben Simmons and James Johnson were at the center of a huge second quarter scuffle during the Philadelphia 76ers’ 106-102 win against Miami Heat Saturday at AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami, Fla. The Sixers now own a 3-1 lead in the first round Eastern Conference playoffs series and can eliminate the Heat with a win on Tuesday ...

Alabama head coach Nick Saban reacted to a story that junior quarterback Jalen Hurts would transfer if he is not the Crimson Tide’s starter by saying his conversations with Hurts and his family have been nothing but positive. Hurts started all last season, but Saban replaced him at halftime of the National Championship Game with freshman Tua Tagovailoa, who led ...

WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Nobody needs to tell Winnipeg Jets fans what happened the last time their team had a 3-1 lead in a playoff series. After Dave Ellett scored in double overtime in Game 4 of their first-round matchup against the Edmonton Oilers in 1990, the Jets went on to lose three consecutive games, continuing their decade-long heartbreak against their ...