3:25 AM ET Jeremy Fowler Close ESPN Staff Writer ESPN staff writer Previously a college football reporter for CBSSports.com University of Florida graduate Mike Triplett Close ESPN Staff Writer Covered Saints for eight years at New Orleans Times-Picayune Previously covered LSU football, San Francisco 49ers Iowa native and University of Iowa graduate A complicated game
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4:26 PM ET “What do you think about … ‘Champion Causes'”? This was a question posed to me during a phone conversation this past summer with my friend Michael Gehlken (@GehlkenNFL), the excellent beat reporter for the Las Vegas Review-Journal who covers the Raiders. Fans of this column will remember that two years ago, Gehlken
8:47 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 THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Uncertainty looms over the status of Los Angeles Rams running back Todd Gurley and whether he’ll be available down the stretch because of
7:54 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — Cleveland Browns offensive line coach Bob Wylie broke his ankle in practice Thursday. Wylie, who earned a bit of a cult following for his appearances on Hard Knocks in preseason, had surgery Thursday evening. He is questionable, at best, for Sunday’s game against Cincinnati. Wylie’s appearances on Hard Knocks
8:18 PM ET ALAMEDA, Calif. — While Oakland Raiders coach Jon Gruden obviously sees something in quarterback Nathan Peterman, he also thinks he can do something for Peterman after signing him to the team’s practice squad. “Hopefully, we can take him into the offseason program,” Gruden said of Peterman. “See if we can restart him
5:46 PM ET PHILADELPHIA — Eagles defensive end Chris Long had specific instructions for Fletcher Cox on how he should light the candles inside his locker stall Thursday afternoon. “The big ones. Don’t light the small ones. It’s important that you do it in that order,” Long said Chris Long’s shrine includes a framed photo
4:56 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Steve Gleason will become the first NFL player and just the eighth individual athlete ever to receive a Congressional Gold Medal, which is considered the highest honor that Congress can award to a civilian. Gleason, a former special teams standout with the New Orleans Saints, has become a renowned
6:10 PM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Carolina Panthers coach Ron Rivera knows what he would do as a player if he were chosen seven times for a random drug test as free safety Eric Reid says has happened to him. “I guess there was something about some mathematician saying it’s highly improbable, but definitely possible,”
3:56 PM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — There’s a Grinch in Kenny Clark‘s hometown, and the Green Bay Packers defensive tackle isn’t happy about it. Someone stole more than $5,000 worth of toys that Clark and his mother, Leslie, had collected to distribute to kids in and around San Bernardino, California. Clark said his family
3:48 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Outspoken New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan argued against Ben Roethlisberger‘s case as a future Hall of Famer on Wednesday, saying he wouldn’t rank the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback among the top five of his generation. The Saints host Pittsburgh on Sunday. “Is that true?” Jordan responded when a