4:31 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel, clarifying comments this week in which he said he identified “as a human being,” affirmed that his racial background is not something he simply identifies as — it’s what he is. “First and foremost, I’m biracial. My mom’s white, my dad’s Black. I’ve been
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4:45 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Rams will be without starting tight end Tyler Higbee and backup offensive lineman Joe Noteboom in Super Bowl LVI, as both players were placed on injured reserve Friday. The team activated running back Darrell Henderson and defensive lineman Sebastian Joseph-Day off IR in corresponding
11:14 AM ET Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale sold so much furniture in a week that he could afford to place another giant Super Bowl bet — $5 million on the Cincinnati Bengals to beat the Los Angeles Rams. McIngvale, who owns Gallery Furniture in Houston, Texas, drove across the border to Louisiana early Friday morning,
6:37 AM ET Chris BermanNFL Studio Host, SportsCenter Anchor, Baseball Commentator Close Since October 1979, ESPN’s Chris Berman has become one of America’s most respected, popular and beloved sportscasters of his era. A six-time National Sportscaster of the Year, Berman’s shows have won eight Emmy Awards and 12 CableACEs. Chris Berman is back for his
7:04 AM ET Associated Press Veteran NFL coach Anthony Lynn appreciates the league policy that requires teams to interview minority candidates for their top jobs, and he has even benefited from it. Like many of his peers, though, the assistant head coach for the San Francisco 49ers believes the policy has fallen short of its
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Super Bowl LVI kicks off on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. ET, with the Cincinnati Bengals facing the Los Angeles Rams. The two teams each emerged from their conference’s No. 4 seeds after winning their respective divisions. The matchup represents the first time since 2003 that participant teams enter with a
7:16 AM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Watching Super Bowl LVI between the Cincinnati Bengals and Los Angeles Rams also means we get to watch all the star-studded, sometimes funny, sometimes odd commercials for everything from beer to cars to travel sites. For a 30-second ad during the Super Bowl, some advertisers have paid as much as
12:25 AM ET Aaron Rodgers hasn’t made a decision about whether he wants to return to the Green Bay Packers next season, but he made it clear that the animosity he felt toward the organization at this time last year is gone. After accepting his fourth career NFL MVP on Thursday at the NFL Honors
9:21 PM ET Tying the NFL’s single-season sack record earned Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker T.J. Watt the league’s Defensive Player of the Year award. His brother, J.J. Watt — a three-time defensive player of the year himself — presented him with the award, which was the first one announced at Thursday’s NFL Honors awards show
10:14 PM ET The Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2022 is unique and a bit uncharacteristic. For the first time since 2012, a first-time eligible finalist was not selected for enshrinement, four of the five modern-era enshrinees are on the defensive side of the ball and four of the five were eligible for