Barnwell: How Jon Gruden’s roster-building left the Raiders in terrible
As you've surely heard by now, the Las Vegas Raiders and Jon Gruden parted ways on Monday. It goes without saying that the emails uncovered as part of the NFL's investigation into Daniel Snyder and the Washington Football Team were abhorrent and unbecoming of a leader. My colleagues have addressed Gruden's resignation, and what's now…
Houston Texans owner Cal McNair is the latest disgrace in
Cal McNair, national embarrassment.Photo: Getty ImagesI’m starting to sense a pattern here.The Washington Football Team is not the only embarrassing franchise in the NFL. For at least the last five years, the Houston Texans have systematically ruined a promising young team through mismanagement, power grabs, and scandal — the most recent of which features team…
Steelers still can win with Ben Roethlisberger at QB, but
The conclusion arrived not on the horrid interception that even the beneficiary could not comprehend, nor on the laughable decision to throw a flare pass to a running back on fourth-and-10 from the opponent’s 11-yard-line. These were calamitous, certainly, and not what anyone would expect from a quarterback who ranks among the game’s greats in…
The most unlikely college hoops powerhouse, centuries in the making
THE PARENTS OF Ryan Turell, the best player on the team with the longest active winning streak in men's college basketball, originally wanted their son to attend another school.They're sitting on an August Sunday afternoon in the living room of their ranch house in Sherman Oaks, California. Laurel, a personal trainer who appeared in some…
Oregon’s Kayvon Thibodeaux is more than the next potential No
KAYVON THIBODEAUX SAT in Mario Cristobal's office on a recruiting visit, searching for answers.As the No. 1 prospect in the country, he was trying to wade through the thousands of text messages and recruiting pitches from coaches hoping to persuade him to attend their schools.But Thibodeaux was tired of coaches telling him how they could…
Zags’ Few suspended for opener after DUI stop
Gonzaga men's basketball coach Mark Few has been suspended for the team's season opener following his citation for driving under the influence in early September."I have had a month to reflect on the regretful decisions I made on Sept. 6," Few said in a statement Saturday morning. "I again offer my sincere apology and I…
Guide to every Week 4 NFL game: Picks, matchup nuggets,
Oct 1, 2021ESPN staffThe Week 4 NFL schedule for the 2021 season is stacked with great matchups, and we have you covered with what you need to know heading into the weekend. Our NFL Nation reporters bring us the biggest keys to every game, a bold prediction for each matchup and, of course, final score…
Which NFL teams are most, least analytics-advanced? We surveyed 22
The Cleveland Browns have taken over the title of the NFL's analytically advanced franchise from a division rival.When we surveyed analytics staffers across the league a year ago, they voted the Baltimore Ravens as the most analytically advanced -- defined by a combination of the level of data-driven work produced and the degree to which…
Thursday Night Football DraftKings Picks: NFL DFS lineup advice for
Week 10 kicks off with a Thursday Night Football showdown between the Ravens and Dolphins. The Ravens are road favorites, laying 7.5 points at several Las Vegas sportsbooks, and the total opened as high as 48.0. This has the makings of another dominant Baltimore performance, and it’s why we’re going to break our DFS budget to…
Mbappe, Pogba, Rudiger, Dybala top list of best free agents
The winter transfer window opens in just under two months, and some of the biggest stars in football will enter the final six months of their contracts, enabling them to agree to terms with clubs outside their own leagues starting on Jan. 1.2 RelatedPlayers like Kylian Mbappe, Paul Pogba, Antonio Rudiger and Paulo Dybala are…
