12:00 AM ET PITTSBURGH — No need to tell Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II about the difficulties of finding transcendent talents. He has seen three absurdly good players — linebacker Ryan Shazier, wide receiver Antonio Brown and running back Le’Veon Bell — lead his team to victories only to leave the lineup, potentially for
Month: January 2019
12:44 AM ET NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Saints tight end Benjamin Watson and his wife, Kirsten, are used to controlled chaos. If one were to encounter the Watsons and their five children at the airport, one would see a family that operates like a well-oiled machine. The Watsons have made five cross-country moves over
8:44 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN In a digital age, NHL teams were still relying on analog approaches to deliver stats and data to coaches during games. One team’s video coach would leave his room with 30 seconds left in a period, run out to print game summaries from NHL.com in order to ensure that his
9:30 AM ET Whenever negotiations for big-name free agents drag out, in the way it has for Bryce Harper and Manny Machado, inevitably the Mystery Team is invoked. Maybe it’s based on speculation, as competing agents and club executives and reporters trade guesses about whether a team is quietly stalking to add a star. And
11:56 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 THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Nickell Robey-Coleman’s personality is infectious. In the Los Angeles Rams‘ locker room, he’s among the most welcoming of faces. A stereo sits inside
Jan 16, 2019 The top 28 picks in the 2019 NFL draft are set, and offseason needs for every team are becoming clear. But it’s the teams picking in the top 10 that must hit on those needs fastest in order to get back on track. We asked NFL Nation reporters who cover teams picking
8:00 AM ET Tom Brady stood at the lectern after winning his eighth straight divisional-round playoff game, wearing a black ski cap on his head, smiling patiently as he listened to a question attempting to summarize the sentiments of his haters, who are apparently numerous. Hey, Tom, the questioner began, as one does when greeting
Napoli reiterated last week that they fully support coach Carlo Ancelotti and his threat to order his team off the pitch the next time one of their players is racially abused by supporters without adequate action being taken. This comes after Italian Deputy Prime Minister (and Minister of the Interior, therefore the person technically in
ESPN FC’s Ross Dyer and Paul Mariner predict every Premier League fixture during week 33’s action. W2W4 previews the weekend’s Premier League action by highlighting its most compelling storylines … Arsenal-Chelsea fascinating for unusual reasons There was a time when you could pretty much guarantee at least one of Chelsea or Arsenal would be challenging
6:34 AM ET Felipe Massa has used the ‘ten year challenge’ to recall his near-fatal crash at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix. During qualifying for that race, Massa was driving at full speed when he was struck in the face by a loose coil which had come loose from the car he had been following.