8:00 AM ET COSTA MESA, Calif. — Joe Barksdale considered taking his life midway through last season. But when his mind meanders to a dark place, playing the guitar pulls him back into the light. Barksdale, 30, said playing guitar serves as a form of therapy to help him deal with bouts of depression that
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10:09 AM ET Some of the league’s current division leaders, like the Kansas City Chiefs, Washington Redskins and Houston Texans, have gotten quite a bit from their rookies. On the flip side, the New Orleans Saints and New England Patriots each had just two rookies in uniform. It shows the differences in how teams see
8:00 AM ET IT HAD BEEN years, and it felt like even longer, since that many people stayed to watch the end of a Cleveland Browns game at First Energy Stadium. Trying to rush to an escalator, or elevator, was pointless. Almost everyone was caught in a slow-moving sea of orange and brown, a wave
8:55 AM ET The Atlanta Falcons signed former Oakland Raiders pass rusher Bruce Irvin to a one-year deal Wednesday. The Falcons plan to play Irvin, who was released by the Raiders this past Saturday, in this Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Browns, a source tells ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Irvin, 31, has just six tackles and
10:10 AM ET The Kansas City Chiefs, Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints are in cruise control looking toward the playoffs at the halfway point of the NFL season. The Arizona Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, Cleveland Browns, New York Giants, Oakland Raiders and San Francisco 49ers, on the other hand, are playing out the string
7:00 AM ET The NFL season is only halfway over, but we don’t do anything halfway here at ESPN.com. We’re here to give out midseason awards, and lots of them. Who’s the Most Valuable Player of the league so far? Who has been the best defensive player? Who’s doing the best coaching job? With full
2:20 AM ET ESPN News Services Florida voters on Tuesday approved an amendment that strips the state legislature of the power to expand gambling, including sports betting. Amendment 3 says the only way casino gambling can be approved is through a statewide initiative placed on the ballot by citizen petition. Exceptions were made for casinos
7:00 AM ET You really never know about a season until you see it. They ask us to make NFL predictions every August, and we try our best with the information we have, but the truth is they’re all dart throws. Every year brings a dozen or more major developments no one saw coming. And
7:00 AM ET As we pass the midway mark on the 2018 NFL season, the Total QBR leaderboard is a good place to see which quarterbacks have dominated and which have struggled mightily through the first half. We’re looking back at the first half of the NFL season, and looking ahead to the playoffs for
5:58 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. – During the Vikings’ Week 10 bye, quarterback Kirk Cousins says he’ll engage in various forms of self-scouting, focusing on situational football from third downs in the red zone and clock management to penalties and fumbles. The goal this week is not only to zero in on the areas he