Report: Gruden used racist comment in ’11 email
Las Vegas Raiders coach Jon Gruden used a racist comment in referring to NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith in an email 10 years ago, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday.The email, sent to the president of the Washington Football Team in July 2011 as the NFL and its players were in the midst…
Rams’ McVay regrets how Goff trade unfolded
Oct 18, 2021Lindsey ThiryESPN Close Covered Rams for two years for Los Angeles Times Previously covered the Falcons Has covered the NBA and college football and basketballTHOUSAND OAKS, Calif. -- Nearly nine months after the Los Angeles Rams agreed to trade Jared Goff to the Detroit Lions, and with a pending reunion at SoFi Stadium…
Patriots book goes inside secretive franchise
In the end, Tom Brady just wanted to say goodbye -- in person -- to his longtime coach. But according to a new book to be published next month, Bill Belichick said he wasn't available and insisted the two New England Patriots legends talk on the phone.Even though Belichick told Brady that he was "the…
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…
Sherman: Arrest forced him to ‘go ask for help’
TAMPA, Fla. -- Nine years after cornerback Richard Sherman infamously trolled quarterback Tom Brady with T-shirts that read "U mad bro?" after a 24-23 win over the New England Patriots, the two are now teammates as members of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.Brady played an integral role in recruiting Sherman. He reached out to Sherman before…
I’ve had it with relievers
Relief pitchers. Who needs them?Photo: Getty ImagesMaybe I’ve rebelled against getting older as long as I can, and I’m coming to accept the hair growing out of my ears combined with the opinions that something in a modern sport isn’t as good as I remember. It’s weird, because I don’t remember having any attachment to…
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…
J.J. Watt channels Ted Lasso and Lamar’s big night: What
Sep 20, 2021Tory BarronESPN Editor CloseTory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports.Week 2 saw Week 1 and said, "Hold my beer."There were touchdowns (five of them involving 44-year-old Tom Brady), interceptions…
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…
Week 8 takeaways, big questions: Cowboys win without Dak, a
Oct 31, 2021NFL NationESPN Week 8 of the 2021 NFL season had some close Halloween matchups, including the Cowboys edging the Vikings with Dak Prescott sidelined and quarterback Cooper Rush making his first start. The Titans and Colts went to overtime after a wild pick-six for Tennessee in the final two minutes followed by a…
