Look, no sane human being would think it’s fun to be playing for the one-win Oakland Raiders right now. And sure, having a contract that pays a king’s ransom every Sunday is nice, but so is basic on-field competence. The Raiders are playing the Arizona Cardinals in a battle of utter futility, and although the…
The New Orleans Saints extended their winning streak to nine games with a big 48-7 win over the Philadelphia Eagles. The Eagles’ defense struggled to contain the Saints’ red-hot offense from the very first drive. The Saints were able to score on all but two drives, excluding the knee they took to end the game. New…
Ben Roethlisberger was far from perfect until the fourth quarter, and that was all that mattered for the Pittsburgh Steelers. One week after Roethlisberger had a perfect quarterback rating, he overcame three interceptions and a 16-0 deficit by leading two late scoring drives. He lunged in from the 1 for the winning score with 5…
ATLANTA — As much as the Atlanta Falcons try to preach focusing on the next game, they can’t ignore what Sunday’s last-second loss to the Dallas Cowboys meant in the grand scheme of things. A team that entered the season touted to be a Super Bowl contender and possibly the first squad to play a…
8:48 PM ET Bob PockrassNASCAR Close• NASCAR writer for ESPN.com• 2009, 2013 NMPA Writer of the Year• More than 25 years experience covering motorsports HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Barney Visser smiled after his driver, Martin Truex Jr., finished one spot short of a second consecutive NASCAR Cup Series title. Visser said it was even easy to smile following the…
1 The only real complaint about Patrick Mahomes at this point is that he puts ketchup on his steak. 2 Drew Brees could easily be No. 1 on this list — he’s locked in and has thrown 13 touchdowns to 30 incompletions (!) in the last five games. The Saints are destroying everyone. 3 Casual…
Formula 3 driver Sophia Floersch suffered a spinal fracture and others outside the track were injured in a crazy crash during a race in Macau, China Floersch lost control of her car as the field approached a slow right turn. Her car skidded toward the corner at a high rate of speed before getting airborne…
Nick Baumgardner Detroit Free Press Published 7:29 AM EST Nov 18, 2018 Free Press sports writer Nick Baumgardner looks at which Michigan football players/position groups helped or hurt their stock in Saturday’s 31-20 win over Indiana: 3 up DE Rashan Gary If Chase Winovich is hurt, Michigan has to have it from Rashan Gary. The best he has to…
The storybook night was there for Kemba Walker and the Charlotte Hornets. The 6-foot-1 point guard had 60 points, the ball, and a tie game on his hands with 32 seconds remaining in overtime. But the guy guarding him was Jimmy Butler, whom the Sixers acquired a week ago exactly for moments like this. Granted,…
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Given the ball, 2:53 on the clock and the weight of a 36-year bowl streak on his shoulders, Deondre Francois looked to a pair of future Hall-of-Famers for inspiration. “I just figured, ‘What would Tom Brady do in this situation?’” Florida State’s quarterback thought to himself. “‘What would Aaron Rodgers do in…
