NFL Rumor Central

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NFL Rumors

Who has the inside track on key free agents and holdouts? Which players want new contracts or are looking for new teams? NFL Rumor Central has the latest info on this and more.

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Week 13 Sunday notes

Adam Schefter

Those who know former Pittsburgh coach Bill Cowher say he is gearing up to return as an NFL coach next season. Cowher is mentally preparing himself and contemplating how he would structure his organization. With...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 06, 2009

Iowa's Ferentz finally signs contract

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...the Outback Bowl and likely will enter the fall ranked in the top 20. The incessant NFL rumors regarding Ferentz don't figure to go away any time soon, but the new contract...

Blog | July 20, 2009

Hawkeyes stay hungry after heartening season

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

Posted by ESPN.com's Adam Rittenberg IOWA CITY, Iowa -- The conference room outside Kirk Ferentz's office serves as a shrine to what Iowa foot...

Blog | April 10, 2009

Comparing Big Ten football and hoops identities

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...during the 2000s, reaching four New Year's Day bowls. Despite those incessant NFL rumors and a recent string of player transgressions, Ferentz remains popular among Hawkeyes fans, most of...

Blog | March 10, 2009

Could Long be back at Iowa in 2011?

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...received a new contract and won't be leaving unless he wants to, but those NFL rumors will continue to crop up, especially if Iowa builds on last season's success. Ferentz...

Blog | February 24, 2009

Is Ferentz set for life at Iowa?

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...deal runs out. Morehouse also dug up a revealing Ferentz quote from 2002, when those omnipresent NFL rumors had surfaced. "I don't know what it would take to get me out...

Blog | February 13, 2009

Ferentz squashes NFL rumors, Iowa inks class

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...their search for a new head coach, and Kirk Ferentz's name has come up in NFL circles as a candidate to talk with the team. But Ferentz told ESPN.com senior writer Ivan...

Blog | February 04, 2009

Pioli's hiring revives Ferentz-to-NFL rumors

Adam Rittenberg, Big Ten

...Scott Pioli as general manager on Tuesday, the rumors have heated up again. Though Herm Edwards remains...a total shock if he returns to the NFL.   The Iowa City Press-Citizen's...

Blog | January 14, 2009

Pretty Great NBA Rumor Site

Henry Abbott, TrueHoop

...rumors from all the daily newspapers, radio personality Ben Maller's site is as good as any of them, and it's updated pretty darned early in the morning. He's got MLB and NFL...

Blog | August 19, 2005

The Morning According to Us

Chris Sprow

Of the eight division winners in the NFL this season, only one utilized a first-year head coach. That was Miami under Tony Sparano, who...

Blog Entry | Conversation | January 20, 2009

A Ho-Hum Saturday

Random recollections of a ho-hum Saturday as I wait for my Maurice Jones-Drew feature to work its way up the ESPN Mag edit chain. • Watching wha...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | October 24, 2005

Around the NFC West: Depleted Rams

Mike Sando, NFC West

Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch says the Rams' already shaky depth is depleted. Coach Steve Spagnuolo: "Yeah, slowly but surely. Anybody hav...

Blog | December 22, 2009

From spare parts to top 20: A Beaver tale

Bruce Feldman

...and his staff had to beat out only UTEP. Canfield has blossomed this year into a legit NFL prospect at quarterback (colleague Mel Kiper has him as his fifth-rated senior quarterback) and was the...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 22, 2009

Defense highlights offseason moves

Buster Olney

Coco Crisp is nearing a deal with the Oakland Athletics, according to late word from MLB Trade Rumors' Tim Dierkes. Presumably Crisp will slot into Oakland's center field and be flanked by Ryan Sweeney...

ESPN Insider Blog Entry | Conversation | December 20, 2009

Dykes says he's staying and other Arizona notes

Ted Miller, Pac-10

...and notes. Offensive coordinator Sonny Dykes denies the rumors that he's going to follow former Wildcats...defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh. Brown was a longtime NFL coach, specializing in the secondary, before joining Dan...

Blog | December 18, 2009