9:15 PM ET ESPN staff The NFL regular season ends Sunday, which means head coach hiring-and-firing season is off and running. The Houston Texans, Atlanta Falcons and Detroit Lions all fired their coaches during the season, and the New York Jets were the first to join them at season’s end. Bill Barnwell ranked the potential
Month: January 2021
9:13 PM ET FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — In what is becoming an annual tragicomedy, the New York Jets admitted another huge organizational blunder, firing coach Adam Gase after only two years. It was a questionable hire that turned into an 9-23 disaster. You know things are bad when you’re clowned in a “Saturday Night Live”
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
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
8:00 PM ET LSU linebacker Jabril Cox, a former All-American at North Dakota State, is turning pro after only one season with the Tigers. Cox, a 6-foot-4, 231-pound senior, is the No. 4 inside linebacker available in April’s NFL draft, according to ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. Cox was named a finalist for the Butkus Award,
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
7:18 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
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,
7:33 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
5:47 PM ET The Chicago Blackhawks and center Dylan Strome have agreed to a two-year, $6 million contract extension, the team announced Sunday. Strome, 23, had 12 goals and 26 assists for the Blackhawks last season, a drop from career highs of 20 goals and 37 assists in 2018-19, when he was traded from the