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Jan 15, 2025, 10:04 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Star Dallas Cowboys pass rusher Micah Parsons expressed his disappointment with head coach Mike McCarthy’s departure from the franchise, calling the development “devastating” Tuesday.

“I’m obviously very sad because of the relationships we had with Coach McCarthy and everything he’s done for our program,” Parsons said on “The Edge” podcast. “Three straight 12-5 seasons, playoff appearances and obviously an unfortunate year due to injuries. … It is devastating. Coach Mike is a great father, great coach. One of the most winningest coaches. He’s always been good to us as a

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Jan 14, 2025, 01:45 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

The Houston Texans on Tuesday waived wide receiver Diontae Johnson as they prepare for their divisional-round playoff game on Saturday against the Kansas City Chiefs.

Following the Texans’ wild-card playoff victory over the Los Angeles Chargers on Saturday, Johnson was visibly upset in the locker room. He was fully dressed sitting at his locker staring in frustration because of a lack of playing time and targets. Running back Joe Mixon and linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair tried to comfort and encourage him.

Johnson played only

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Jan 13, 2025, 09:00 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions

The 2024 NFL playoffs bracket is coming into focus with the divisional round set for Saturday and Sunday. Six games remain to determine who will face off in Super Bowl LIX, which will be played Sunday, Feb. 9 at Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. The winners of Saturday’s games will advance to play their victorious conference counterparts from Sunday’s games in next week’s conference championship games.

It all begins on Saturday when the AFC and NFC’s top seeds, fresh off their wild-card byes, play host to the lowest remaining seeds in each conference. The

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Jan 13, 2025, 06:17 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Denver Broncos quarterback Bo Nix revealed Monday he played part of his rookie season with transverse process fractures in his back.

Nix, speaking to reporters Monday as players were cleaning out their lockers after the Broncos’ 31-7 wild-card playoff loss to the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, said he sustained the injury in the first half of a Nov. 24 game against the Las Vegas Raiders.

The transverse process is a small bone that sticks out from either side of the vertebrae.

“Yes, I got twisted up a little

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Jan 13, 2025, 12:30 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Only eight teams remain in the playoffs after wild-card weekend and action continues with the NFL divisional round. Four “win or go home” matchups will decide who makes the AFC and NFC championship games next week with two on Saturday and two on Sunday.

The weekend kicks off with Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce and the two-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs facing C.J. Stroud and the Houston Texans (4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). Meanwhile in the NFC, Jared Goff and the <a data-clubhouse-guid="56caffee-178d-f6f2-a076-b277486b8c32"

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Jan 9, 2025, 07:47 PM ET

The NFL has moved Monday’s wild-card playoff game between the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams to Arizona, it announced Thursday night, saying the decision was made in the interest of public safety as wildfires continue to ravage Southern California.

The game was originally scheduled to take place at Inglewood’s SoFi Stadium in Inglewood at 8 p.m. on Monday. It now will be played at Glendale’s State Farm Stadium, home of the Arizona Cardinals, at the same time Monday.

The league had said earlier this week that Arizona would be the

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Jan 9, 2025, 07:13 PM ET

Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Demarcus Robinson has been charged with one count of misdemeanor DUI, the Office of the Los Angeles City Attorney told TMZ Sports on Thursday.

The charge comes after he was arrested for suspicion of DUI on Nov. 25 after the California Highway Patrol said that officers observed him driving more than 100 mph in a white Dodge sedan on US-101 northbound.

A news release at the time of the arrest said officers “observed objective signs and symptoms of alcohol impairment.”

Robinson will be arraigned in late February, the Office

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Jan 9, 2025, 02:04 PM ETOpen Extended Reactions

The Las Vegas Raiders have fired general manager Tom Telesco after one season, the team announced Thursday.

The move comes two days after the team fired coach Antonio Pierce after his first full season as the team’s coach.

“We appreciate his efforts in helping build a foundation for the future. We wish Tom and his family all the best,” the team said in a statement.

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The Raiders finished 4-13 this season, hampered by an unsettled quarterback situation. Telesco signed Gardner Minshew, giving him a two-year, $25 million contract with $15 million

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Jan 8, 2025, 10:35 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions

We’ve all seen the tickets. The bettor who places a small wager in January with a parlay filled with a number of cross-sport champions. As the year progresses and championships are lost, some of those tickets emerge on social media as a few lucky bettors gets closer to a big payout.

But let’s be clear: it’s highly unlikely that these bets hit, and that’s the general expectation with most parlays. They’re about dreaming big, making predictions, having the receipts to back them up and having the answer to the question that inevitably gets asked

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Jan 8, 2025, 11:04 AM ETOpen Extended Reactions

Travis Kelce isn’t having any talk that the Kansas City Chiefs rested many of their starters against the Denver Broncos last Sunday in order to lose and keep the Cincinnati Bengals out of the playoffs.

On their “New Heights” podcast, Jason Kelce brought up that speculation to his brother, the star Chiefs tight end, who scoffed at the notion.

“I ain’t scared of f—ing nobody,” Travis Kelce said. “I wanted them in the f—ing playoffs. I want to slay every dragon one by one, like Mortal Kombat.

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