4:24 PM ET HOUSTON — Speaking to the media for the first time since he signed with the Houston Texans in March, quarterback Tyrod Taylor did not dance around the fact that he expects to be the team’s starting quarterback this season. “Of course, yes, Deshaun played at a very high level,” said Taylor when
Month: June 2021
4:09 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — When Jaguars coach Urban Meyer watched film of the 2020 season shortly after he was hired to get an idea about the talent on his roster, he didn’t like what he saw from wide receiver DJ Chark. Meyer expected a big, strong, physical receiver. That’s not what he saw,
3:44 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has declared Cam Newton the team’s top quarterback at this time, and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels has already noticed a difference in Newton’s second year with the club. “When he got here, that was a unique situation having really no experience and exposure
4:02 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Patrick Mahomes won’t play in his first 2021 regular-season game for more than three months, but the Kansas City Chiefs quarterback said he’s ready for the game now. “If there was a game [today], I’d be able to play in it, I think,” said Mahomes, who had surgery
3:05 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens owner Steve Bisciotti had been searching for a way to properly salute Ozzie Newsome since he stepped down as the team’s general manager three years ago. Bisciotti came up with an idea that not only impacts the lives of Baltimore students but also touches on Newsome’s
2:09 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Buccaneers assistant head coach/run game coordinator Harold Goodwin offered his support to Eugene Chung following Chung’s revelation that he was called “not the right type of minority” during an NFL coaching interview. “Being a minority in this league, there’s ups and downs, and we know the process
12:50 PM ET No decision has been made on Washington Wizards coach Scott Brooks’ expiring contract, general manager Tommy Sheppard said Thursday. On the morning after the Wizards were eliminated by the Philadelphia 76ers in five games, Brooks was the top topic for the general manager and coach, with Sheppard saying an evaluation is likely
3:23 PM ET At least one fan joined the Utah Jazz bandwagon after their five-game series win in the first round: Tee Morant, the father of Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant. Moments after top-seeded Utah ended the series with a 126-110 win Wednesday night, Tee Morant told Donovan Mitchell that he’d be rooting for the
3:07 PM ET Johnny Manziel says he “made somewhat of a decent living” by selling autographed items during his days at Texas A&M, but that he “never took a dollar” until after he won the Heisman Trophy in 2012. Manziel recounted selling his autograph during an interview with Barstool Sports, detailing two different transactions in
11:37 AM ET Alex Kirkland Rodrigo Faez Zinedine Zidane’s decision to step down as Real Madrid manager surprised nobody. After all, he’d done it before. Twice. As a player in 2006 and as manager in 2018, he walked away from the club, with no fuss and with no interest in negotiating a payoff. So when