3:03 PM ET EAGAN, Minn. — Dan Bailey missed three field goals and an extra point in the Minnesota Vikings‘ 26-14 loss at Tampa Bay on Sunday, and as of Wednesday, the team had yet to sign a new kicker. Coach Mike Zimmer was lukewarm in his commitment to keeping the 32-year-old kicker in place
4:07 PM ET Associated Press NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said the league plans to invite vaccinated health care workers to the Super Bowl as guests of the league. In a letter to Rob Higgins, president of the host committee for Super Bowl 55, that was obtained by The Associated Press, Goodell wrote that he wanted
3:18 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger has a message for everyone: Even after back-to-back losses, the Steelers aren’t panicking — and neither should anyone else. “The season is not over,” Roethlisberger said Wednesday. “I want everyone out there to just take a deep breath. I know it’s kind of crazy right now. I just
3:02 PM ET PITTSBURGH — Although his moves fired up the Buffalo Bills, JuJu Smith-Schuster doesn’t plan to stop dancing on team logos anytime soon. The Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver drew ire from fans and motivated the Bills’ players prior to Sunday night’s game when he danced on the Bills logo and posted a video
4:17 PM ET Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson believes there is a connection between his cramping Monday night and his bout with COVID-19 over the past month. Asked Wednesday if the cramping was related to having the coronavirus recently, Jackson said, “Probably. Probably because of the body heat and we’re running in the cold. It
3:47 PM ET Frank Ragnow went up to quarterbacks Matthew Stafford and Chase Daniel early in Sunday’s loss to Green Bay and told them they would have to make the line calls the rest of the game. Because Ragnow could barely talk. At the time, Daniel thought it was funny — mostly because no one
6:22 AM ET Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton is hoping to have his future sorted by Christmas now that the Formula One season is over. 1 Related The most successful driver in the history of the sport and his Mercedes team, winner of both titles for an unprecedented seventh year in succession, still have to
3:14 PM ET Houston Rockets star James Harden did not directly answer questions about his desire to be traded during his first media availability since his brief holdout at the beginning of training camp. “Right now, I’m just focused on being here,” Harden said Wednesday, a day after playing 21 minutes in a preseason win
12:49 PM ET ESPN News Services Major League Baseball has reclassified the Negro Leagues as a major league and will count the statistics and records of its 3,400 players as part of MLB history. MLB said Wednesday it was “correcting a longtime oversight in the game’s history” by elevating the Negro Leagues on the centennial
2:46 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild signed goalie Andrew Hammond to a one-year, two-way contract Wednesday, adding insurance at the position in light of a long-term injury for Alex Stalock. The Wild announced Stalock, who took over as their primary goalie down the stretch last season, has an upper-body