4:23 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Multiple Pittsburgh Steelers players spoke out strongly against Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict for his elbow to Antonio Brown‘s head in the third quarter of Pittsburgh’s 28-21 win on Sunday. Right tackle Marcus Gilbert says Burfict should be suspended for the play. They’ve weathered a season’s worth of storms, but
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5:26 PM ET FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — A fan at Gillette Stadium who threw beer on Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Tyreek Hill is being charged with disorderly conduct and throwing an object at a sporting event. The Foxborough Police Department announced the charges after the New England Patriots issued a statement earlier Monday saying they
6:33 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers fired defensive coordinator Mike Smith on Monday, one day after a 34-29 loss to the Atlanta Falcons. Linebackers coach Mark Duffner will serve as the interim defensive coordinator. Duffner was the Cincinnati Bengals‘ defensive coordinator in 2001 and 2002. “I have the utmost respect for
12:00 PM ET CLEVELAND — Baker Mayfield offered no excuses: He blamed himself for his poor game Sunday and vowed he will learn from it. “We did not execute, we did not do our job, we were not detailed,” Mayfield said after a 38-14 beatdown at the hands of the Los Angeles Chargers. “We did
11:20 AM ET Notable bets is a regular Monday roundup of wagers — some sharper than others — made recently at sportsbooks across the nation. On an NFL Sunday highlighted by a primetime showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and New England Patriots, the biggest decision for several Las Vegas sportsbooks, of course, came down
9:53 AM ET Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Breeland Speaks admitted he was worried about being called for a roughing the passer penalty on Tom Brady when he appeared to let the quarterback out of his grasp on a key play late in the fourth quarter Sunday. Brady gave the Patriots the lead with a rare
9:12 AM ET Former Cleveland Browns kicker Zane Gonzalez played the second game of the season with a slightly torn groin that contributed to two missed field goals during Cleveland’s 21-18 loss at New Orleans, a league source tells ESPN. After the Browns released him last month, Gonzalez visited Dr. William Meyers in Philadelphia and
8:00 AM ET SANTA CLARA, Calif. — As a wide-eyed rookie out of Eastern Illinois, New England Patriots quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo was simply trying to keep his head above water when he had an important revelation. After weeks of watching up close future Hall of Famer Tom Brady‘s obsessive commitment to his craft, it struck
10:42 AM ET GREEN BAY, Wis. — It was less than a month ago when Mike McCarthy sat in the green room adjacent to the Lambeau Field media auditorium on a Thursday afternoon to discuss how he and Aaron Rodgers would deal with the quarterback’s recently injured knee. It wouldn’t be easy, McCarthy conceded, but
8:21 AM ET The Detroit Lions are planning to place All-Pro returner and cornerback Jamal Agnew on injured reserve this week because of a knee injury he suffered against the Green Bay Packers, a source tells ESPN. But Agnew would be a candidate to be activated off IR and return to the Lions later this