9:30 PM ET HOUSTON — There’s a series of rotating images on the TV screens in the Indianapolis Colts‘ locker room, and one of them is a picture of a mountain. The point, coach Frank Reich tells his team, is to visualize a mountaintop and the perpetual effort to reach the figurative one. “It was
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10:33 PM ET HOUSTON — Texans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins was essentially playing one-handed in the second half of Houston’s 21-7 loss to the Indianapolis Colts in Saturday’s AFC wild-card game. Hopkins suffered a shoulder sprain — of the AC joint — during the first half and played through the injury in the second. The
Jan 3, 2019 LOS ANGELES — John Ramsdell was the man at Philip Rivers’ side when Rivers first became a starting NFL quarterback. One of Ramsdell’s biggest contributions was a simple message that became increasingly profound over time, a mantra to which Rivers now clings: “If your whole happiness is based on whether you win
12:25 PM ET HOUSTON — The challenges have come throughout the season for Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts. Jacksonville and its stingy defense. The same with Tennessee’s defense. Winning streaks by Houston and Dallas. And each time, Luck and the Colts found a way to win at least once against each of those teams.
2:32 PM ET HOUSTON — The challenges have come throughout the season for Andrew Luck and the Indianapolis Colts. Jacksonville and its stingy defense. The same with Tennessee’s defense. Winning streaks by Houston and Dallas. And each time, Luck and the Colts found a way to beat those teams. The Colts passed another test when
6:15 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — San Francisco 49ers safety Antone Exum Jr. has been fined $53,482 by the NFL for his hit on Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Robert Woods last Sunday. Exum was penalized for unnecessary roughness on the play in which he hit Woods in his midsection in the
1:14 PM ET Pittsburgh Steelers offensive line coach Mike Munchak has drawn interest as a head-coaching candidate this year. Munchak is said to have a strong interest in the Denver Broncos job, according to sources. Munchak spent Friday with the Broncos and has both professional and personal ties to Denver. He and Broncos president of
12:41 PM ET Should Pittsburgh decide to trade Pro Bowl wide receiver Antonio Brown this offseason, a restructured deal with Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger could provide the necessary salary-cap room to carry the $21.25 million in dead money. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said Antonio Brown has not asked for a trade, and the organization will
12:04 AM ET Anthony Myers said that when the neurosurgeon gave him the green light, he immediately felt those pregame butterflies familiar to any athlete. He hadn’t practiced in more than a month, after all, and the playoff game against Milton Hershey was in just two days. “I wasn’t really prepared for the game. I
Jan 4, 2019 HOUSTON — A simple truth is staring the Houston Texans in the face this week. To secure the franchise’s fourth playoff win, the Texans have to do something — anything — to keep Andrew Luck from turning their postseason into a one-and-done affair on Saturday (4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). That’s it. “Very