12:00 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — Deirdre Diener’s concern was that the embryo transfer was going to be scheduled for Super Bowl Sunday. Diener, a business executive, was going through the in vitro fertilization (IVF) process and was about to take the all-important next step last February. But she made it known that it would have
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7:30 PM ET Tiffany Avery Smith, the wife of former Houston Texans general manager Rick Smith, died Thursday from complications of breast cancer. She was 49. She had been diagnosed with breast cancer in September 2017. Rick Smith took an extended leave of absence in January last year to help care for his wife and
8:31 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 took his Swami Sez
6:33 PM ET ATLANTA — NFLPA executive committee president Eric Winston stressed the need to prepare just in case there is a 2021 lockout, including saving up funds from Madden likeness and other marketing ventures. Winston explained how the “Madden checks” collected over the next three years could equate to $60,000 per player, maybe not
4:00 PM ET FRISCO, Texas – According to sources, Dallas Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones is not expected to extend the contract of Jason Garrett, short or long term, as the head coach enters the final year of his contract. While Jones can always change his mind, Garrett will be coaching for his
3:37 PM ET Associated Press NEW ORLEANS — A federal judge is refusing to order the NFL to implement a rule that could have led to a do-over of the NFC championship game between the New Orleans Saints and the Los Angeles Rams. Roger Goodell said the league will again take a look at instant
2:36 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — After one year as quarterback Dak Prescott‘s position coach, Kellen Moore will call plays for the Dallas Cowboys in 2019. In a move that had been expected for more than a week, Moore is the new offensive coordinator, replacing Scott Linehan, who was let go on Jan. 18 after
2:11 PM ET “Keeping Up With the Steelers” is the best reality show going in the NFL. Pro Bowl wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster compared his team to the Kardashians during a Super Bowl appearance on ESPN’s First Take on Thursday. “I think everyone has to stop being divas. I think we need to stop being
1:34 PM ET Robert Demovsky GREEN BAY, Wis. — Mark Murphy said it on the day he introduced Matt LaFleur as the Green Bay Packers‘ new head coach — that players indicated to him that complacency had become a problem. All-Pro left tackle David Bakhtiari offered a glimpse at what the team president may have
1:15 PM ET For now, Las Vegas remains the American sports betting epicenter. A record $5 billion was bet at Nevada sportsbooks in 2018, the first year with legal bookmakers operating in several states around the U.S. Bettors bet more — and lost more ($301 million) — in 2018 than in any other year since