10:30 PM ET Following the postmortems of a year that couldn’t end fast enough, the first week of 2021 has not provided a balm for 2020 as much as it has amplified last year’s relentlessness. For Black America in general, and Black athletes in particular, the year has begun with a series of events that
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8:25 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 THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — “Good” was the word at the Los Angeles Rams‘ practice facility Thursday when quarterback Jared Goff spoke with reporters for the first time
7:19 PM ET By hiring former New England Patriots executive Nick Caserio to solve a large set of problems within the organization, the Houston Texans have created additional ones with star quarterback Deshaun Watson. Watson offered his input on potential general manager candidates, but the Texans neither considered nor consulted with those endorsed by their
7:06 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — While the Buffalo Bills spent the past 25 years without hosting an NFL playoff game, Valentino Dixon spent most of it imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Dixon, a big Bills fan, missed most of the team’s Super Bowl runs in the 1990s and
3:31 PM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — When the Buffalo Bills host their first playoff game in more than two decades Saturday, there’s a chance they’ll do so without their top two wide receivers. Stefon Diggs (oblique injury) and Cole Beasley (knee) are listed as questionable for Saturday’s game against the Indianapolis Colts.
4:25 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 THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — The Los Angeles Rams have activated left tackle Andrew Whitworth from injured reserve ahead of their wild-card playoff game against the Seattle Seahawks,
4:43 PM ET Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper, who did not miss a game in 2020, is recovering from ankle surgery. Cooper posted a photo to his Instagram story Thursday of his right leg in a protective boot. Sources termed the surgery a clean-up that will not require a long rehab. Cooper had a
3:05 PM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Katie Sowers, one of the NFL’s first full-time female assistants and its first openly gay coach, will not return to the San Francisco 49ers next season, a league source confirmed Thursday. After four years with the team, Sowers and the Niners are parting ways as her contract expires,
2:15 PM ET As he awaits clearance to rejoin the team after testing positive for COVID-19 last week, New Orleans Saints running back Alvin Kamara is participating in live practices remotely this week, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The source said that Kamara has a live video decoder at his home to watch practice
3:01 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — While the Cleveland Browns‘ training facility remained closed Thursday afternoon, quarterback Baker Mayfield claimed that even if the Browns aren’t able to practice at all before Sunday night’s playoff game at Pittsburgh, “it won’t have an impact.” “Just adapt and play,” Mayfield said. “It’s win or go home. So