Six years ago, when the Miami Dolphins shouldn’t have tanked, they foolishly and unsuccessfully decided to tank before the season even began.

Today, when they are 2-7 and might as well tank, they foolishly and incomprehensively receive an edict on how they need to win to save jobs from team owner Steve Ross. Or, if not exactly win, they need ...Read more

PITTSBURGH — If we have learned anything about these Steelers, it is that they are capable of playing at a Super Bowl level, especially on defense, and they are also capable of looking like a bottom-feeder — sometimes within the same game.

That is life in the NFL, but the Steelers' swings seem to be more extreme than most.

Very few teams ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Orlando, get ready. The biggest show in American sports is about to storm into town — and this time it’s not speculation, not rumor, not wishful thinking.

It’s reality.

It’s THISCLOSE to happening!

The Jacksonville Jaguars have made their decision on where they’ll spend the 2027 NFL season during the $2 billion ...Read more

DENVER — A few minutes before kickoff, Thunder raced down the field and took a dump at the 5-yard line. It was not disgusting. It was foreshadowing.

It is not easy for them to underwhelm us anymore, but say this about the Broncos: Those procrastinators find a way. Man, are they good at grinding our teeth and putting us to sleep. The Broncos ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Jim Harbaugh stood in a back hallway at Chargers headquarters and pantomimed the ideal way to toss a football, a throwback to his days as a first-round pick and 14-year career as an NFL quarterback.

"I can feel it coming off that finger," the coach said, his right hand clutching an imaginary ball, "then that one, then that one, ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Raiders fired special teams coordinator Tom McMahon on Friday, one day after his unit suffered multiple breakdowns in the team’s 10-7 loss to the Broncos.

AJ Cole had a punt blocked in the defeat and kicker Daniel Carlson missed a field-goal attempt in the fourth quarter that would have tied the game.

The Raiders have ...Read more

MIAMI — Tua Tagovailoa is having an identity crisis.

Physically he looks like the same guy with longer, braided hair.

His weight has gone up and down the past couple of years, but that happens as we age and have children.

But game wise, ability wise, the Miami Dolphins’ starting quarterback doesn’t feel like himself.

He isn’t playing...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The question floating around Gainesville right now isn’t whether Lane Kiffin is the best candidate for the University of Florida’s head coaching job.

It’s whether the Gators are actually willing to spend $150 million — fully guaranteed, over 10 years — to hire him.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for the Gators ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — The NFL voted against banning the Tush Push at the league meetings in April. That doesn’t mean the play has become any less controversial since.

On Monday, for the first time since the vote, the Birds will face the architects of the proposal to ban the play — the Green Bay Packers.

Coach Matt LaFleur said in the spring ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — A.J. Brown didn’t spend the bye week wrapped up in the madness of the trade deadline and the external speculation that surrounded his Eagles future.

Rather, Brown says he planted himself in his yard and played football with his toddler son, A.J. Jr., shutting out the rumors that circulated in the lead-up to Tuesday’s ...Read more

DENVER — This time, the Broncos‘ prolific fourth-quarter offense didn’t show up.

No matter, Denver’s defense most certainly did.

The Broncos scraped and scrimped, struggled and staggered, but in the end, they somehow came away with a 10-7 win against Las Vegas at Empower Field on Thursday night.

This team has won seven straight games,...Read more

FORT WORTH, Texas — As a second-round draft pick of an NFL team, Marshawn Kneeland was the rarest of statistics.

According to a study by Ohio State University, Kneeland was among the fewer than 1% of high school football players who played in the NFL. He made it.

Wednesday evening, the second-year defensive end for the Dallas Cowboys became ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Rico Dowdle is turning a fine from the NFL into something that will help his home state.

How, exactly?

By launching a GoFundMe.

“After much thought, I’ve launched a GoFundMe for my fines,” Dowdle wrote on the webpage he created Wednesday evening. “Key said I got three pumps, but I guess the NFL disagrees.”

And ...Read more

MIAMI — Former NFL star Antonio Brown was extradited from the Middle East to the U.S. to face trial for a shooting that occurred outside a Miami boxing event earlier this year, police confirmed Thursday afternoon.

Brown, 37, is being held in Essex County, N.J., awaiting another extradition to Miami-Dade County, Miami police said. It is ...Read more

Here’s a look back at Week 9’s action and fantasy advice for the week ahead:

WEEK 9 RECAP

Ravens 28, Dolphins 6: In the four games Lamar Jackson has started and finished, he’s the weekly QB4, QB3, QB3 and QB9.

Bears 47, Bengals 42: Only Brock Bowers scored more fantasy points than Colston Loveland in Week 9. Loveland finished with six ...Read more

CHICAGO — Nobody at Halas Hall is worried about Rome Odunze.

Odunze’s father James Odunze caught the attention of Bears fans on social media this week when he shared a post on X (formerly Twitter) suggesting the Bears should “trade Rome Odunze to a team that will actually throw to him.”

Speaking on Thursday at Halas Hall, the younger ...Read more

Los Angeles Times NFL writer Sam Farmer examines the matchups and makes his predictions for Week 10 of the NFL season.

All lines and over/under numbers are according to FanDuel Sportsbook.

Last week, Farmer posted a 10-4 (.714) record. Through the first nine weeks of the season, he is 88-47 (.652).

Using point spreads with the scores Farmer ...Read more

We’re coming off a decent Week 9, which, in this season’s rugged climb, is a good thing. I’ll take the 10-4 outright, and any percentage against the spread that starts with a ‘5’. ATS should-a been better, though, as we nailed both of our outright upset picks (!) with Bills beating Chiefs and Broncos winning at Texans. Also had ...Read more

BALTIMORE — The initial plan was to possibly work rookies Teddye Buchanan, Mike Green and Malaki Starks into the starting lineup. Now, as the Baltimore Ravens begin the second half of the 2025 season against the Vikings in Minnesota on Sunday, it’s to get all three through the proverbial wall.

The wall is one part mental exhaustion, and the...Read more