Rich CiminiFeb 2, 2025, 06:27 PM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for the New York
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Associated Press Feb 2, 2025, 06:47 PM ET Open Extended Reactions ORLANDO, Fla. — With Olympic flag football three years away, this much is becoming clear: the U.S. team should want a former LSU receiver on its roster. The four ex-Tigers competing in the Pro Bowl Games scored a combined eight touchdowns in a flag
Feb 2, 2025, 05:42 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Chip Kelly is returning to the NFL to become the Las Vegas Raiders‘ offensive coordinator under new head coach Pete Carroll, sources told ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Pete Thamel on Sunday. Kelly, 61, has spent the past seven seasons in college football, including last season as
A man of acclaim found himself in a dark and lonely place—-a prison he had never imagined with an escape he didn’t see coming. Our interview with beIN SPORTS’ Brett Romberg. Brett Romberg is a beIN SPORTS game analyst and former Dave Rimington Award winner for the 2001 University of Miami (Fla) national championship team.
Associated Press Feb 2, 2025, 03:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TORONTO — Fans at a Toronto Raptors game Sunday continued an emerging trend of booing the American national anthem at pro sporting events in Canada. Fans of the NBA’s lone Canadian franchise booed the anthem after similar reactions broke out Saturday night at NHL
Tim MacMahonFeb 2, 2025, 04:12 PM ET Close Joined ESPNDallas.com in September 2009 Covers the Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Mavericks Appears regularly on ESPN Dallas 103.3 FM Open Extended Reactions CLEVELAND — Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison emphasized the importance of “culture” in explaining his stunning decision to trade 25-year-old superstar Luka Doncic to
Open Extended Reactions The Los Angeles Lakers sent shockwaves throughout the NBA on Saturday night, acquiring Luka Dončić from the Dallas Mavericks in a blockbuster three-team trade. Editor’s Picks 2 Related While players across the league expressed surprise on social media, there’s one player who took a little time to troll the Mavericks: Phoenix Suns
Fox Sports NFL analyst RJ Young has revealed why he would take Miami Hurricanes quarterback Cam Ward over Colorado Buffaloes QB Shedeur Sanders in the 2025 NFL Draft. Young cited what Shannon Dawson, the current Hurricanes offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, told Jeremy Fowler about the similarities between Ward and Washington Commanders star Jayden Daniels.
In the Kansas City Chiefs‘ dramatic 32-29 AFC Championship win over the Buffalo Bills, multiple players and position groups made plays when the team needed them the most. Among these units included the Chiefs offensive line, who plowed the way for running back Kareem Hunt and kept quarterback Patrick Mahomes on his feet. While the
Andy Reid of the Kansas City Chiefs will enter Super Bowl week widely renowned as the NFL’s best current head coach. Should the two-time defending champion Chiefs complete the first-ever “threepeat” at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans next weekend, he will have a case to be considered the best coach in league history. Now
Dave McMenaminFeb 2, 2025, 01:59 PM ET Close Lakers and NBA reporter for ESPN. Covered the Lakers and NBA for ESPNLosAngeles.com from 2009-14, the Cavaliers from 2014-18 for ESPN.com and the NBA for NBA.com from 2005-09. Open Extended Reactions LeBron James intends to stay with the Los Angeles Lakers beyond Thursday’s NBA trade deadline, a
Feb 2, 2025, 02:57 PM ET Fay Vincent, who took over as Major League Baseball’s commissioner in 1989 and navigated the league through the earthquake-disrupted Bay Area World Series, has died at the age of 86, MLB announced Sunday. Vincent had undergone radiation and chemotherapy for bladder cancer and developed complications that included bleeding, said
Feb 2, 2025, 02:31 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The 2025 Pro Bowl Games features NFC coach Eli Manning going for a three-peat against his brother, AFC coach Peyton Manning. Defending Pro Bowl Games MVP Baker Mayfield of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will try to make it happen in the flag-football game.
Open Extended Reactions The stunning trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers and Anthony Davis to the Dallas Mavericks late Saturday night had swift, dramatic implications on the sports betting markets. Before news of the deal broke, the Lakers were +4000 to win the 2025 NBA Finals and +2500 to win the
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ pre-draft process is in full swing. Head coach Mike Tomlin, members of his coaching staff, and the front office have been at the Senior Bowl this week, so the team is hard at work evaluating prospects to help bolster the team in the upcoming draft. And that also means we are in
To get revved up for another NFL off-season, PFF’s Bradley Locker recognized one early 2025 breakout candidate for all 32 teams in the NFL. Locker didn’t have far to look to decide on his name for the Atlanta Falcons, as he chose probably the biggest name on the roster right now: soon-to-be second-year quarterback Michael
The difference a quarterback can make. Having Kirk Cousins before he entirely fell apart and then Michael Penix down the stretch gave Drake London and (arguably, at least) Darnell Mooney their best quarterbacking of their young careers, and they took full advantage of it. Hell, Ray-Ray McCloud went from roster hopeful to productive third receiver,
Brooke PryorFeb 2, 2025, 06:00 AM ET Close Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman. Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers are back at the quarterback crossroads. Neither Russell Wilson nor Justin Fields is under contract for the 2025 season, leaving the Steelers’
Good morning Gang Green Nation! In recent months there has been ongoing speculation that Garrett Wilson will ask the New York Jets to trade him, and the Jets may comply. It’s no secret Wilson has grown disenchanted as the losses have piled up in his tenure with the Jets. However, even if Wilson is unhappy,
The Baltimore Ravens are one of the NFL’s leaders in using analytics. The organization has been ranked one of the best in using them, boasting a staff and operations team that is hard for other franchises to compete with. According to a survey in which 22 of the 32 teams in the league participated (with
While the NFL’s 2024 season is in its home stretch, the New England Patriots remain in full offseason mode. Nonetheless, the NFL news cycle never sleeps; there is plenty to talk about even with the season — at least for 30 of 32 teams — already over. As far as the Patriots are concerned, let’s
Good morning, Broncos Country! Barney Chavous is one of the best players in Denver Broncos history. He’s also one of the most under-appreciated. When the Mile High Report staff put together its top 50 players in Broncos history last year, Chavous came in at No. 39. For a player who ranks fourth in franchise history
The Dallas Cowboys have had a busy week filling out their coaching staff. They hired Matt Eberflus to be the defensive coordinator as well as several position coaches on that side of the ball. After bringing in Klayton Adams to be the new offensive coordinator on Friday, the Cowboys have now added David Overstreet as
A lot of the work I do for this ongoing Packers project comes down to quantifying things. How many explosive plays did the Packers get in a given season? How many ballhawks? How often is a certain player lining up in a certain spot? And on and on and on. It’s a worthwhile pursuit, because
There’s no football this weekend. That’s the first time since early August it’s been accurate to say that, if you count preseason games, and of course you do. If you’re reading this, you’re definitely the kind of person who cares very deeply about preseason games, and you’re in good company, because I do too. This
If it were my call: HIRE:OC- Nick Caley (Rams- Pass Game Coordinator / TE Coach)OLC- Zak Kromer (Rams- Asst OL Coach) CUT:Howard +14,170M Cap SavingsMason +9.442M Cap Savings SIGN:WR- Tee Higgins (CIN) / Going to cost, but gives Texans the best available WR in the NFL.Would like to re-sign the DL minus Hinnish.Texans couldn’t re-sign
In this video we speak with Rolly Romero following David Benavidez’s win over David Morrell. Rolly gives props to Benavidez and Morrell for their performance and talks about his upcoming fight with Ryan Garcia. What did you think of Benavidez vs Morrell and how do you think Rolly does against Ryan Garcia? Sound off in