How Saquon Barkley’s Season Made the Eagles UNSTOPPABLE | McCoy & Van Noy

Subscribe to McCoy & Van Noy The NFC and AFC Championship Games delivered drama and standout performances! McCoy and Van Noy break down the Eagles’ dominant win over the Commanders and how Saquon Barkley’s “middle finger year” transformed their season. Plus, Mahomes’ calm brilliance in the Chiefs’ narrow victory over the Bills, key coaching hires, … Read more

New Raiders coach Pete Carroll eager to compete again after year away from football

Pete Carroll wants everyone in the Raiders organization to continually strive to get better, saying “You’re either competing or you’re not.” (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) Pete Carroll was introduced as the Las Vegas Raiders’ new head coach on Monday, along with new general manager John Spytek. And the new regime made it quite clear … Read more

Penguins Place Star Forward On IR, Recall Puljujarvi From AHL

To add on to a stretch that has buried them further out of the playoff picture, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ injury woes just keep getting worse. On Monday, the Penguins placed star forward Evgeni Malkin on injured reserve. In a correpsponding move, they recalled forward Jesse Puljujarvi from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (WBS), Pittsburgh’s AHL affiliate. Malkin was injured … Read more

Commanders’ season ended before they wanted, but after most expected. With Jayden Daniels, they can dream of even more

PHILADELPHIA — As Washington Commanders players streamed into the visitor postgame locker room, a 68-year-old wearing a gray suit and burgundy baseball cap awaited them. Minority team owner Mitchell Rales shook staff and player hands, embracing some. His vocabulary shifted slightly from player to player and coach to coach, but his message persisted. “Hell of … Read more

Heat suspend Jimmy Butler indefinitely, again, amid trade demand after walking out of shootaround

Jimmy Butler has now been suspended for a third time. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images) Jimmy Butler has been sidelined once again. The Miami Heat suspended Butler indefinitely Monday afternoon amid his demand for a trade, which has yet to be met. It marks his third suspension with the organization this month. Butler apparently walked out of … Read more

New Jaguars HC Liam Coen calls job ‘an opportunity that you just can’t pass up,’ but dodges questions about timeline

On Monday, the Jacksonville Jaguars held a press conference to introduce Liam Coen as their new head coach. Coen was hired after a season as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ offensive coordinator. But hiring Coen was an unexpectedly messy process. Last week, the 39-year-old coach traveled to Jacksonville to meet with Jaguars owner Shad Khan, despite … Read more

Steelers owner Art Rooney II expects Russell Wilson or Justin Fields to return at QB, but not both

Pittsburgh Steelers owner and president Art Rooney II said Monday that he expects either Russell Wilson or Justin Fields to return at quarterback next season. But not both. Rooney addressed Pittsburgh’s quarterback situation and reiterated his support of head coach Mike Tomlin during his end-of-season news conference. He called bringing back one of Wilson or … Read more

No — repeat, no! — the NFL is not fixing games in the Chiefs’ favor

During the New England Patriots’ dynastic run in early 2000s, the NFL conducted two aggressive and, some could argue, overreaching investigations into the franchise — “Spygate” in 2007 and “Deflategate” in 2015. They resulted in cumulative penalties that included the stripping of two first-round draft picks, one fourth-round pick, $1.25 million in fines for the … Read more