3:00 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. — The Los Angeles Rams are anticipating the return of cornerback Aqib Talib when they play the Detroit Lions on Sunday. The Rams designated
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12:06 PM ET “Cancer may not be life-ending, but it is usually life-changing.” That’s a quote from my father, Dr. Leonard L. Berry. I may be on basic cable occasionally, but I assure you my father is the accomplished one in my family. He is one of the world’s foremost authorities on customer service. He’s
11:00 AM ET Eric Reid appears determined to keep being a thorn in the NFL’s side, and he’s a thorn of the league’s own making. Reid’s needling (no pun intended) of the league over what he perceives as excessive drug testing might not have made much of a ripple last year. The league was already
8:59 AM ET CHARLOTTE, N.C. — There were no short, snappy answers from Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton on Wednesday, no visible signs of what he calls the “dark, dark” place he goes after losing. Once, in mid-sentence, he paused to say “bless you” when a member of the media sneezed. Criticized early in his
8:00 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — Just about everything that’s wrong with the Green Bay Packers‘ offense this season can be found in the second half of their past two games, the losses at Seattle and Minnesota. Three points in the second half against the Seahawks. Three points in the second half against the
11:34 AM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Quarterback Patrick Mahomes had a lot to dissect during the bye week following the Chiefs‘ 54-51 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Monday Night Football. Mahomes passed for six touchdowns and almost 500 yards during that Nov. 19 contest, but he also committed five turnovers, and those
11:37 AM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees laughed when he was told that Dallas Cowboys coach Jason Garrett said he looks like he is 23 years old on the football field. “I feel 25. I don’t feel 23,” cracked Brees, who turns 40 in January. “I mean, mind over matter,
11:54 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Coming off one of their worst-attended games of the past decade, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers will be giving away free tickets to this week’s game against the Carolina Panthers, team officials told ESPN. Season-ticket holders received notices that they are eligible to receive two free tickets Sunday and have
10:22 PM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. — The experience of having twin sons born prematurely has given Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan every reason to support those who have gone through or will experience the same. Ryan, as part of the NFL’s “My Cause, My Cleats” campaign, will wear a pair of two-tone blue cleats
9:40 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN RENTON, Wash. — If Seahawks coach Pete Carroll was at all upset by the critical comments Richard Sherman made on his way out of Seattle, he didn’t say so on Wednesday. No hard feelings, according to Carroll. “Sherm had to do what he had to do,” Carroll said. “He had