5:19 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings could enter the playoffs with a patchwork offensive line after their injury list once again grew during Sunday’s 41-17 loss to the Green Bay Packers. The litany includes: • Right tackle Brian O’Neill, who suffered a “pretty significant” calf injury Sunday, coach Kevin O’Connell said Monday,
6:07 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 COSTA MESA, Calif. — A postseason berth in hand for the first time in four seasons and coming off a 31-10 blowout victory over the defending Super
5:54 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — Even though the New York Jets‘ playoff hopes were undermined, in large part, by a struggling offense, coach Robert Saleh insisted Monday he won’t let outside noise influence his decision on the future of offensive coordinator Mike LaFleur. Saleh said he still has full confidence in LaFleur even
6:20 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel reiterated Monday that there is no timeline for quarterback Tua Tagovailoa to return from concussion protocol. Tagovailoa was placed into protocol last week after sustaining his second documented concussion of the season in the Dolphins’ loss to the Green Bay Packers on Dec. 25.
5:32 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — The Green Bay Packers got all the help they needed Sunday so that all they have to do is win their regular-season finale against the Detroit Lions to make the playoffs. On Monday, they might have gotten one more assist from the NFL. The league announced that the
5:50 PM ET ESPN News Services ARLINGTON, Texas — Tulane tight end Alex Bauman caught a 6-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Michael Pratt with nine seconds left to cap a frantic finish by the 16th-ranked Green Wave in a 46-45 win over Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams and No. 10 Southern California in the Cotton
4:07 PM ET The No. 11 Penn State Nittany Lions are honoring one of their greats at Monday’s Rose Bowl. Pro Football Hall of Famer Franco Harris, who played college football at Penn State from 1969 to ’71 before becoming a star with the Pittsburgh Steelers, died on Dec. 20. He was 72. 1 Related
3:25 PM ET BRENTFORD, England — Brentford sealed their first victory over Liverpool since 1938 with a 3-1 win at Gtech Community Stadium on Monday, which dealt a fresh blow to the Reds’ hopes of a top-four finish in the Premier League to qualify for the Champions League. Ibrahima Konate‘s 19th-minute own goal and Yoane
3:29 PM ET Associated Press Art McNally, the first on-field official inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has died. He was 97. His son, Tom McNally, said Monday that his father died of natural causes at a hospital in Newtown, Pennsylvania, near his longtime home. McNally died less than five months after getting
3:33 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Despite the NFC South title already being in hand and the outcome of next week’s game against the Atlanta Falcons having no impact on playoff positioning, Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Todd Bowles said Monday that the plan is to play their starters — including 45-year-old quarterback Tom Brady —