Month: December 2021

12:29 PM ET Associated Press NFL executive Troy Vincent hopes hiring minority candidates becomes so common that the Rooney Rule is unnecessary. “We should be creating a workplace culture that doesn’t require mandates to interview people of color and minorities,” Vincent told The Associated Press on Thursday. “They should be doing the right thing for
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11:34 AM ET ESPN News Services The NFL will hold a moment of silence before all its Week 17 games for Hall of Fame coach and broadcasting icon John Madden, who died Tuesday at age 85. “As you know, the NFL lost a true giant on Tuesday with the passing of John Madden,” NFL commissioner
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11:40 AM ET While Alabama might have taken a little longer to get on track this season than coach Nick Saban would have preferred, he said Thursday his patience wasn’t necessarily tested. “I don’t have any patience, so anything that happens is a test of my patience, including sitting in this chair right now,” Saban
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10:24 AM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minnesota — The Minnesota Wild signed coach Dean Evason and his staff to multiyear contract extensions Thursday, a reward for keeping them as one of the top teams in the Western Conference. Evason, 57, is in his second full season as Minnesota’s coach after replacing Bruce Boudreau in
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10:39 AM ET PITTSBURGH — Acknowledging that he doesn’t speak in “definites” or “guarantees,” Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said Monday Night against the Cleveland Browns will likely be his final home regular-season game with the franchise. “Looking at the bigger picture, I would say all signs are pointing to this could be it —
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9:57 AM ET Michigan defensive back Daxton Hill, an All-Big Ten selection, is not currently in Miami as the Wolverines prepare to play Georgia in the College Football Playoff semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh left open the possibility that Hill could join the team in time for Friday’s game,
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