Steelers put Xavier Grimble on injured reserve

When Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin discussed the team’s trade with the Seahawks for tight end Nick Vannett on Wednesday afternoon, he said the team moved to “fortify depth” with the move and that they were not counting out Vance McDonald or Xavier Grimble for this week due to injury. They wound up counting Grimble [more]

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J.J. Watt watches Reggie White tape, but can’t replicate hump move

When J.J. Watt studies film, he’s not just looking at this week’s opponent. He also likes to watch the greats of the game, to see if he pick up a thing or two. But even though he’s had his own level of success rushing the passer, he said he doesn’t think he can consistently flip [more]

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Rugby World Cup live: England takes on underdog USA

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Lamar Jackson: “I hate running”

When Ravens coach John Harbaugh suggested that quarterback Lamar Jackson might run even more than he did as a rookie, he might have been running a misdirection play of his own. Because Jackson is running much less this year, roughly half as much, and with one compelling reason why. “I hate running,” Jackson said, via [more]

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Jon Gruden blames sluggish offense on departure of Antonio Brown

The Raiders will be fine without Antonio Brown. Unless they won’t be. Coach Jon Gruden is singing a far different tune after three games without Brown, who was cut at his request eight days before the start of the regular season. “We were good in the preseason without him,” Gruden said after the Raiders won [more]

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Troy Aikman: Doesn’t make sense to compare Patrick Mahomes to me

Troy Aikman is closing in on 30,000 retweets and 200,000 likes for his tweet this week scoffing at a comparison between himself and Patrick Mahomes. Aikman, the three-time Super Bowl winner with the Cowboys, responded to a tweet noting that Mahomes already has 36 percent of Aikman’s career touchdowns, in 8 percent of the games [more]

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'There's some sort of cry for help going on there,' says filmmaker

British filmmaker Asif Kapadia smiles at the suggestion that his third major documentary feature -- "Diego Maradona" -- is his hat-trick piece of work, following the stellar "Senna" (2010) and Oscar-winning "Amy" (2015).

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