8:00 AM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Lamar Jackson was asked if he would be more careful running the ball after dealing with injury concerns the past two games. The Baltimore Ravens rookie quarterback immediately started laughing. &• Nick Foles to lead another underdog charge?&• Pick your miracle: Minneapolis or Miami&• Inexcusable playoff drought in
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8:00 AM ET He’ll go to games now — not as a fan or the son of a legendary Hall of Famer, but for work. And often, Barry J. Sanders goes unrecognized by people other than the players he used to compete with or against at Oklahoma State and Stanford. That is, unless he’s wearing
8:00 AM ET IT’S A RECENT Friday night in downtown Pittsburgh, JuJu Smith-Schuster sits in a mid-sized hotel conference room, having just completed his promotional duties for a “Call of Duty” livestream. In one corner is a table of picked over and forgotten food and drinks on ice. When Smith-Schuster walks in, wearing a black
7:30 AM ET We’re previewing the Week 15 NFL slate with score predictions for each game from our Nation reporters, what’s at stake for the playoff picture and potential draft order from Kevin Seifert, Football Power Index projections from ESPN Stats & Information and much more. Thursday Night Football: Chargers 29, Chiefs 28 Jump to
2:00 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Playing in his first game in more than a season and a half, safety Eric Berry led his team in tackles in the first half with six, and the Kansas City Chiefs took a 14-7 lead into halftime. Berry didn’t play in the second half, however, and the
12:21 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Los Angeles Chargers battled back from 14 points down to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 29-28 at Arrowhead Stadium on Thursday night. The Chargers clinched a trip to the playoffs for the first time since 2013 with the victory and snapped a nine-game losing streak to the
10:47 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Steelers running back Stevan Ridley isn’t backing down from comments he made to the Boston Herald that the New England Patriots “trashed” him after he was injured in his final season there. Ridley, a former 1,000-yard rusher, will be part of the Steelers’ two-man rushing attack Sunday against New England
11:30 PM ET Kevin SeifertNFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 The Kansas City Chiefs have been one of the NFL’s best and most entertaining teams all season. But after an ill-timed loss Thursday night, they are now struggling to hold on to
9:56 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chiefs defensive lineman Chris Jones tied an NFL record by recording a sack in his 10th consecutive game Thursday night at Arrowhead Stadium. Jones brought down Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Philip Rivers in the second quarter to tie the mark, also held by Dallas‘ DeMarcus Ware in 2007-08
7:04 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Derek Newton said he was laid up in bed for nearly two months, then in a wheelchair for nearly three weeks, then on crutches after he tore both of his patellar tendons in a devastating 2016 injury with the Houston Texans. Two years later, he was back on the