1:45 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens coach John Harbaugh defended Lamar Jackson’s playoff failure on Friday, highlighting the progress the quarterback has made in two NFL seasons. “He’s 23 years old. He’s younger than Joe Burrow, OK?” Harbaugh said at his end-of-season news conference. “So he’s got a pretty good head start
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7:30 AM ET Hey, baseball world: We here on the NFL side are sorry to see your game engulfed in a cheating scandal. It’s truly awful to know that the Houston Astros swindled their way to the 2017 World Series title. But I’ve got to laugh and remind you that five years ago today, the
7:30 AM ET The conference championships of the NFL playoffs have arrived, and we’re previewing Sunday’s pair of games: Titans-Chiefs in the AFC, and Packers-49ers in the NFC. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the keys to every game, a bold prediction for each matchup and final score predictions. Additionally, ESPN Stats & Information provides
6:00 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — As Mike McCarthy comes close to finalizing his Dallas Cowboys coaching staff, there will come a time when he will look at what happened to the 2019 team that he inherited. McCarthy will find a team that did not make much sense. The Cowboys (8-8) had the second-largest point
6:00 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — For the third year in a row, former Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Ronde Barber did not advance beyond the semifinalist round of the Pro Football Hall of Fame voting. Maybe the Bucs’ lack of national relevance over the past decade plays a role. Maybe it’s because only 13 of
8:46 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — A student assistant at Cincinnati Christian University couldn’t believe what he found on his computer this past fall. While he worked on a game plan for head football coach Greg Forest, using the Microsoft Visio program that Forest swears by, he opened a file. “He said, ‘Hey, this
4:05 PM ET Anna Katherine Clemmons Close Anna Katherine Clemmons is a contributing writer for ESPN The Magazine. In the summer of 2012, Mitch Wishnowsky sat at the end of a wooden dock, fishing rod in hand. He cast his line as the sun set over the water’s horizon; as he did so, his cellphone
9:22 AM ET Bo Jackson, Deion Sanders … Kyler Murray? The Arizona Cardinals quarterback, coming off his rookie season, said he believes he could join a short list of athletes to play professional baseball and football at the same time … just not right now. “I think I could,” Murray told the Arizona Republic. “Athletically,
6:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Chiefs were left exhausted physically after an afternoon of trying to tackle Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry when the teams met in Week 10 in Nashville. The way they’re talking this week, they’re drained emotionally at the mere prospect of having to try it
7:00 AM ET Courtney Cronin Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered the 49ers, Raiders and Warriors for the San Jose Mercury News. She joined ESPN in 2017. Jake Trotter Close ESPN Staff Writer Covers the Big 12 Joined ESPN.com in 2011 Graduate of Washington & Lee University Kevin Stefanski got the call from Cleveland Browns owners