WASHINGTON FOOTBALL TEAM HEAD COACH RON RIVERA TOLD SAL PAOLANTONIO THE TEAM DOCTOR CLEARED ALEX SMITH TO START TONIGHT IN PHILADELPHIA. “ALEX HAD 2 GOOD DAYS AND THEN WENT THROUGH THE WALK THROUGH BEFORE WE LEFT FOR PHILADELPHIA, SAW THE DOCTOR AND SHE SAID HE’S READY TO GO,” RIVERA SAID SATURDAY NIGHT. RIVERA ADDED THAT
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9:12 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — After months of intense speculation and fan unrest, the New York Jets finally put an end to the Adam Gase era, firing the coach Sunday night after only two seasons. Jets CEO Christopher Johnson, who called Gase a “brilliant offensive mind” at the start of the season, made
7:34 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs finished the regular season 14-2, best in team history, courtesy of their 38-21 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers Sunday at Arrowhead Stadium. They had a 10-game winning streak snapped but only after resting many of their key regulars. They won the AFC West
7:33 PM ET Aaron Rodgers might finally get his wish: an NFC Championship Game at Lambeau Field. All the Green Bay Packers have to do is win one more game and that becomes a reality. Rodgers ensured that in Sunday’s regular-season finale thanks in part to a perfect first half on the way to a
7:23 PM ET Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketball INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Los Angeles Rams clinched a playoff spot with an 18-7 victory over the Arizona Cardinals on Sunday at SoFi Stadium. With the win,
7:18 PM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University Few running backs have been as dominant as the Tennessee Titans’ Derrick Henry over the past two seasons. Henry provided more proof Sunday, when he surpassed 2,000 rushing yards for the season
4:31 PM ET CLEVELAND — Long after the game had finally ended, fans hung around FirstEnergy Stadium, taking selfies and photos of one another with the field in the background. This was a moment they’d been waiting for since the 2002 season. Sunday, the Browns finally ended the NFL’s longest playoff drought with a 24-22
3:54 PM ET Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson made the most of a game with little on the line between Minnesota and the Detroit Lions by etching his name in NFL history twice on Sunday afternoon. Entering Week 17 with 1,267 receiving yards, Jefferson needed 111 yards in the Vikings’ season finale to set a
5:03 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS — Colts quarterback Philip Rivers continued his seasonlong list of accomplishments when he jumped Dan Marino for fifth on the NFL’s career passing touchdown list in the first quarter of Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars. Rivers, who signed a one-year, $25 million contract with the Colts in March, threw the
4:51 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com First Ohio State and now the Cleveland Browns. What a weekend for the state of Ohio. On Friday, the Buckeyes crushed Clemson in the semifinals of the College Football Playoff and will face Alabama in the national championship game. Then on Sunday, the Browns broke the NFL’s longest playoff drought.