7:30 AM ET RIVER VALE, N.J. — To this day, nearly three decades after the tragedy, Devin and Jason McCourty will suddenly do something, or say something, or express a strong opinion that will stop their mother cold and remind her of their late father. “Isn’t that funny?” Phyllis Harrell says. Everything you need this
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12:23 AM ET Editor’s note: This has been updated after originally running in December, 2018. FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Marie Michel watched her son in the AFC Championship Game and it brought her to tears. To see her youngest child living out his dream to play in the NFL would have been enough. But Sony Michel’s
8:31 AM ET Associated Press BOSTON — Atlanta Falcons linebacker Tommy Nobis seemed to transition easily into his post-playing career, landing a job as the manager of the team’s training camp hotel and rising through the franchise’s front office to vice president. For three more decades, the man who came to be known as “Mr.
7:00 AM ET NFL Nation Now that the 2018 season is complete for all but two teams, our NFL Nation reporters have identified a single player on the teams they cover who raised his level of play from 2017 to 2018. That player could be someone who didn’t play much and became a solid starter,
7:19 AM ET Stardom is a tricky thing in the NFL. Careers are short. Injury lurks perpetually one play away. The players’ faces are largely hidden by their protective equipment. Yet every season, the league manages to produce a new batch of stars — players who began the year hopeful for success and stardom and
11:49 PM ET ATLANTA — New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski isn’t ready to talk retirement just yet, but he did offer a timetable regarding a decision on his playing future. Asked by ESPN on Super Bowl media night Monday when he plans to decide on continuing or ending his career, Gronkowski responded, “As
9:04 PM ET Associated Press ATLANTA — Five years after cars, trucks and school buses became marooned on Atlanta freeways in what became known as “snow jam,” another winter storm is threatening the city — just as thousands of fans begin pouring into town for Super Bowl LIII. A winter storm watch goes into effect
7:24 PM ET The agent for Detroit Lions linebacker Trevor Bates released a statement Monday saying his client is still undergoing medical testing and a mental health evaluation at a New York City hospital after being arrested early Saturday morning in Queens, New York. Bates has been charged with second-degree assault of a police officer,
4:31 PM ET PITTSBURGH — JuJu Smith-Schuster is feeling “fine” coming off a knee injury suffered in the Pro Bowl that’s not believed to be serious, according to a source. Smith-Schuster, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ receiving leader in 2018, went down with a bruised knee during the second quarter of Sunday’s Pro Bowl after getting tackled
1:25 PM ET Los Angeles Rams cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman isn’t afraid to give Tom Brady and the New England Patriots bulletin board material for Super Bowl LIII. Robey-Coleman told Bleacher Report that he expects the Rams can get to the Patriots’ quarterback “all over the place.” “We have to stay connected,” he told the website.