The Pittsburgh Steelers have beaten the New England Patriots, 17-10, for the first time since 2011. The Steelers' win at Heinz Field kept the Pittsburgh (8-5-1) ahead of the Baltimore Ravens (8-6) in the AFC North. A loss would have put the Steelers on the outside of the playoff picture with two...
It's almost time for Eagles fans to turn the page to 2019. For the 6-7 Eagles to make the playoffs as the second wild card in the NFC, they must win two of their final three games — Sunday night at the 11-2 Rams, Dec. 23 at home against the 9-4 Texas and Dec. 30 at 6-7 Washington — while the 6-6-1...
He has been such a fixture around this team that, sitting in the visitors’ locker room late Thursday night, he fit in as completely as a wadded-up Chargers jersey ready to be laundered. Looking at Antonio Gates, it was hard to remember that he spent the offseason off the team and didn’t re-sign...
Forget Carrie Underwood. The NFL's theme song these days ought to incorporate the lyrics from Maren Morris, Zedd and Grey. You know, “Meet Me In The Middle.” That's where a bevy of NFL teams sat through Week 14 — all with shots, both reasonable and long, at making the playoffs. Take a deep breath...
The play cost Odell Beckham at least two games. The play cost Eagles linebacker Kamu Grugier-Hill $20,054, according to reporting on the NFL Network’s “Good Morning Football” show. The NFL slapped the fine on Grugier-Hill after he leg-whipped the Giants star wide receiver on the final play of Big...
It’s official. The Eagles have ruled Carson Wentz out of Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams. Wentz earlier this week was diagnosed with a fractured vertebra in his back. Coach Doug Pederson on Friday called it a “stress injury” that has “evolved” over time. “Stress injury,” Pederson said....
Once again, Doug Pederson has devised a game plan that is fooling absolutely nobody. The Philadelphia Eagles coach insisted on Friday that his star quarterback, Carson Wentz, will not only make the trip to Los Angeles for Sunday’s night’s game against the Rams, but actually could still play. This...
He wore a Chargers hoodie to the postgame media chat, Philip Rivers did. It was near midnight Thursday in the chilly, football-loving Midwest and Rivers had just rallied his team to a 29-28 victory over the Chiefs before more than 75,000 fans at Arrowhead Stadium. In front of “Chargers” were two...
Need some quick tips to assemble your fantasy lineup for Week 15? For most leagues this weekend, the postseason is down to four teams, all eyeing a berth in the title game a week from now. For some owners, a dominant season is on the line. For others, they have come all this way but have some lineup...
As the NFL season winds down and Jon Gruden’s first year back in coaching comes to a close, the Raiders still matter. Unfortunately for them, it’s for all the wrong reasons. "We're 3-10," the Raiders’ Mark Davis said at this week's owners meeting in Dallas, “but for some reason we’re still relevant.”...
She never did say much when she came here, figuring the women and men she prayed with and ate alongside and cried to were, like her, here for a reason. That was always enough for Maria de Jesus, and maybe that's the one thing that hasn't changed in the nearly 16 months since she began coming to...
The Philadelphia Eagles defensive tackle in the green wrestler’s mask proved prescient at the Super Bowl. Fletcher Cox, seated on a riser during a news conference last January in Minneapolis, was asked if Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald and then-Oakland Raiders linebacker Khalil Mack should...
Matt Nagy is making an impressive first impression as an NFL head coach. Nagy has helped develop second-year quarterback Mitchell Trubisky into a solid NFL starter, convinced Vic Fangio to stay on as defensive coordinator, and has the Chicago Bears in position to earn their first playoff berth...