6:05 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 LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Rams starting inside linebacker Bryce Hager has been ruled out for Thursday night’s division game against the Seattle Seahawks because of a
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5:35 PM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – The Jacksonville Jaguars are benefiting from Minshew Mania on the field – and now they’re hoping to benefit off it as well. The team is counting on the rock star status of rookie quarterback Gardner Minshew – as well as his headband and mustache – to help pack TIAA
4:25 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — Coming off a game in which he was held to 35 yards rushing on 18 carries by the New Orleans Saints, Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott can’t wait for Sunday’s matchup against the Green Bay Packers. “You definitely take it personally, because we didn’t expect to go out
2:58 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots veteran kicker Stephen Gostkowski will have season-ending surgery for a left hip injury, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter on Wednesday. Gostkowski, who will be placed on injured reserve, is expected to be ready for the 2020 season, the source told Schefter. The Patriots, meanwhile, had
2:52 PM ET LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Chicago Bears linebacker Roquan Smith announced that he will play versus the Oakland Raiders in London Sunday, but Smith refused to discuss the nature of the “personal reasons” that forced Chicago to deactivate him last weekend. “I will play,” Smith said before being a full participant in Wednesday’s
2:46 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Longtime Arizona Cardinals owner Bill Bidwill died Wednesday while surrounded by his family and loved ones, the team announced. He was 88. “We are overwhelmed by the support our family has received, not only now but throughout the latest chapter of his life,” Bidwill’s son, Cardinals president Michael Bidwill,
2:25 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — New York Giants running back Saquon Barkley was on the practice field Wednesday, running and cutting 10 days after suffering a high ankle sprain against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Coach Pat Shurmur would not rule out Barkley for Sunday’s game against the Minnesota Vikings, although it is highly
2:09 PM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn deflected a question about his job security following a 1-3 start and said he has no plans to make a coordinator change as his team prepares to visit the Houston Texans. Asked directly how he feels about his job security at this point,
2:11 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Tyreek Hill was scheduled to return to practice for the Kansas City Chiefs on Wednesday, less than four weeks after he injured his collarbone and sternum in a Week 1 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. It would be unlike the Chiefs to rush Hill into Sunday’s game against
1:37 PM ET The Cincinnati Bengals placed wide receiver John Ross on injured reserve Wednesday with a shoulder injury he suffered Monday night. The Bengals said Ross injury was specifically to the sternoclavicular joint in his right shoulder. It is unclear if Ross has a chance to return this season. By rule he must be