It’s a simple premise and yet a near-impossible challenge. The story of the past decade of college football is littered with superstars — from Lamar Jackson‘s mystifying talent to Baker Mayfield planting the Oklahoma flag at Ohio State to Tua Tagovailoa rescuing Alabama from the brink of defeat to a former walk-on in Stetson Bennett […]
Continue readingMore Teams. More Games. The “Get Up” crew examines the potential quarterback options for the Pittsburgh Steelers next season. (1:36) There’s nothing wrong with change. Some of the NFL’s best players have had their careers jump-started by switching franchises. Both sides can benefit from these changes, whether it be players who excel in new schemes […]
Continue readingIn some ways, the Madden NFL 24 video game, which was released Friday, is heading back to the future. For the first time in years, the game has brought back minigames to help development in franchise mode. In that mode, EA Sports has revamped some of the trade logic and offered more spots to trade […]
Continue readingWelcome to Week 15 of the NFL regular season. Our power panel — a group of more than 80 writers, editors and TV personalities — has evaluated how teams are stacking up through 14 weeks. While we are at the point of the season where the rankings stay largely consistent week to week, we do […]
Continue readingPITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers will take on the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles without kicker Chris Boswell on Sunday. The Steelers downgraded K Chris Boswell (right groin) to out after Saturday’s walkthrough. Boswell first appeared on the injury report following Friday’s practice and was initially listed as questionable. The Steelers signed free agent kicker Nick Sciba […]
Continue readingWe decided to go beyond the typical numbers in this week’s NFL Power Rankings, using ESPN’s Football Power Index to tell the story of each team. So, the reporters evaluated the offense, defense and special teams FPI rankings of the squads they cover to explain why the teams are where they are in the standings. […]
Continue readingWith nine weeks of NFL games in the books, we are officially at the midway point of the first 18-week season. The Arizona Cardinals (8-1) have the best record in the league and sit atop the NFC, with the Green Bay Packers, Los Angeles Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Dallas Cowboys right behind them with […]
Continue readingCLEVELAND — When defensive lineman Cam Heyward watched the Pittsburgh Steelers kick off midway through the third quarter of Sunday’s 15-10 win against the Cleveland Browns, he knew the second half was going to be even more bizarre than the first. From the sideline he saw rookie punter Pressley Harvin III line up to kick […]
Continue readingWeek 8 of the 2021 NFL season had some close Halloween matchups, including the Cowboys edging the Vikings with Dak Prescott sidelined and quarterback Cooper Rush making his first start. The Titans and Colts went to overtime after a wild pick-six for Tennessee in the final two minutes followed by a game-tying drive for Indianapolis. […]
Continue readingThe end of MLB’s regular season is near. And we can all agree that one player this season knocked our socks off with one of the best two-way performances in all of sports — ever. Shohei Ohtani does it all for the Los Angeles Angels. For our NFL fans unfamiliar, Ohtani, a Japanese-born pitcher/DH, led […]
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