11:28 AM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers will likely be without their top receiver in Ben Roethlisberger‘s final game. The Steelers placed wide receiver Diontae Johnson on the reserve/COVID-19 list Thursday along with center Kendrick Green, making it unlikely that either will clear protocols in time for the regular-season finale at the Baltimore Ravens
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6:00 AM ET Gas up the private jets. Starting next week, the NFL head-coaching hiring cycle will get cranked up, with anywhere from three to seven teams expected to be in the market. (The Jacksonville Jaguars have already started after firing Urban Meyer in December.) Candidates will pack their best suits and crisscross the country,
9:32 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Speaking for the first time since abruptly leaving during the Tampa Bay Buccaneers‘ game against the New York Jets on Sunday, Antonio Brown said he was forced to play on an injured ankle that will require surgery. An MRI on Monday revealed broken bone fragments, a ligament torn from
7:29 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — A week after acknowledging his uncertain future with the Seahawks, All-Pro linebacker Bobby Wagner struck a more hopeful tune Wednesday, saying he has “a lot of optimism” that he’ll be back in 2022 for an 11th season in Seattle. Wagner said he hasn’t given up on the possibility
5:56 PM ET The Dallas Cowboys on Wednesday placed star rookie Micah Parsons on the reserve/COVID-19 list. That means Dallas could be without Parsons on Saturday night when it takes on the Eagles in the teams’ regular-season finale in Philadelphia. Under a new agreement between the NFL and NFL Players Association released last month, isolation
6:12 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Jaguars fans are angry, exasperated and hurting at the current state of the franchise and owner Shad Khan — so much so that some are planning on wearing clown attire to Sunday’s season finale against the Indianapolis Colts at TIAA Bank Field (1 p.m. ET, CBS). A number
4:39 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers had strong words for the MVP voter who said this week that he would not cast his vote for the Green Bay Packers quarterback because he’s “the biggest jerk in the league” and “a bad guy.” Those comments came from Hub Arkush, a Chicago-based reporter who
4:59 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NFL, not surprisingly in the midst of a rise in COVID-19 cases, has looked into other potential sites for next month’s Super Bowl. That’s not unusual because the league does so every year. But with Los Angeles the site for this year’s title game, and restrictions
5:07 PM ET HENDERSON, Nev. — Las Vegas Raiders rookie nickel cornerback Nate Hobbs, who was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of DUI early Monday morning, is expected to play Sunday night in a potential playoff elimination game against the Los Angeles Chargers, according to interim coach Rich Bisaccia. “Obviously, we take that extremely serious,
4:26 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo threw a football Tuesday for the first time since suffering a torn ligament in his right thumb on Dec. 23. That session went well enough for Garoppolo that he followed it up by participating in Wednesday’s practice on a limited basis. But