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7:06 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Don’t close the book on Antonio Gates‘ NFL career just yet. The 38-year-old tight end, who played this season on a one-year contract, said he wants to return for a 17th season with the Los Angeles Chargers. “I just don’t see myself walking away with this taste,” Gates said
6:08 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is embracing the underdog role in Sunday’s AFC Championship Game against the Kansas City Chiefs, telling CBS in a postgame interview that “everybody thinks we suck and can’t win any games.” It was a theme that resonated throughout the locker room after the
8:39 AM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — New England Patriots rookie running back Sony Michel had earned a reputation for shining on the biggest stage at the University of Georgia. And in the biggest moment of the Patriots season, he delivered a standout performance in a 41-28 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers in an AFC
3:52 PM ET Associated Press FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Sarah Thomas is the first woman to work an NFL playoff game as an on-field official. Thomas was the down judge in Sunday’s divisional round game between New England and the Los Angeles Chargers. That’s a first, according to the league’s Twitter account . 🙌🙌🙌#NFLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/IRjE6Pq0YF —
3:56 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Big Boi and Travis Scott will join Maroon 5 in the Super Bowl halftime show. Maroon 5 had been the widely reported halftime show act since September, but the NFL officially announced the band as its headliner Sunday. The league says Maroon 5 will feature guest artists,
1:48 PM ET Kansas City Chiefs guard Jeff Allen is rewarding a fan’s act of kindness toward him with tickets to next Sunday’s AFC Championship Game. Allen tweeted early Sunday morning that his car got stuck in the snow before the Chiefs’ playoff game against the Colts on Saturday, and that a man named Dave
12:49 PM ET Jeff PassanESPN Close ESPN MLB insiderAuthor of “The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the Most Valuable Commodity in Sports” The Oakland Athletics are sending a group of top executives to meet with Heisman Trophy winner Kyler Murray on Sunday in hopes of convincing him to pursue a professional baseball career as
11:18 AM ET Even before they hire Patriots linebackers coach Brian Flores as their next head coach, the Dolphins already are thinking about rebuilding and trying to land one of the trumpeted quarterbacks from the class of 2020, which includes Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa and Oregon’s Justin Herbert, league sources told ESPN. The Dolphins are waiting
10:32 AM ET Recent coaching hirings have shined a light on an ugly prospect: that the NFL is starting to set up its fight for a potential work stoppage in 2021 and a disruption of football that season, league sources told ESPN. In coaching contracts negotiated in the past week, teams are addressing how much