Melvin Gordon, Javonte Williams are expected to play Sunday

The Broncos listed their top two running backs as questionable for Sunday’s game against the Bengals, but it looks like they’ll be at full strength in the backfield. According to multiple reports, Melvin Gordon and Javonte Williams will both be in the lineup on Sunday afternoon. Gordon is dealing with thumb and hip injuries while [more]

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Players aren’t required to receive boosters to maintain “fully vaccinated” status

Moving forward, the NFL won’t be testing vaccinated players on a regular basis. The NFL also won’t be adjusting the definition of “vaccinated” to include the receipt of a booster shot. The decision not to require vaccinated players to receive a booster in order to remain “fully vaccinated” appears in a memo sent Saturday by [more]

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Frank Reich “not worried” about the passing game after Saturday’s win

The Patriots won in Week 13 while throwing three passes, but Saturday night saw them lose a game while the opponent kept the focus on the ground. Carson Wentz was just 5-of-12 for 57 yards through the air, but the Colts ran for 226 yards on their way to a 27-17 win. That line included [more]

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Report: Antonio Brown “is expected” to rejoin the Buccaneers on Monday

“He screws up one time, he’s gone.” Maybe Bruce Arians meant two times when he made that vow regarding receiver Antonio Brown, who joined the team in October 2020. With Brown due to return from a three-game suspension on Monday after his fake vaccination card scam fell apart when he failed to pay a former [more]

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In discussing his firing, Urban Meyer points to “fragile” players, coaching staffs

In post-truth America, anything can be spun in any direction that the spinner wants it to go. Former Jaguars coach Urban Meyer has become the latest high-profile figure to craft a self-serving word salad in the aftermath of a bad outcome, placing the blame for failure not on his own behavior but on the reaction [more]

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Carson Wentz says Matt Judon attacked his “ability to reproduce”

Colts quarterback Carson Wentz angrily confronted Patriots pass rusher Matt Judon during Saturday night’s game, for reasons that weren’t clear at the time. But Wentz said after the game that he had very good reasons to be upset. Wentz said that Judon took a cheap shot at Wentz in the place where a man least [more]

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Frank Gore loses boxing match to former NBA player Deron Williams

Former NFL running back Frank Gore stepped into the boxing ring on Saturday night but lost his debut fight to former NBA player Deron Williams. The fight wasn’t exactly a great exhibition of boxing skill, and both men were warned by the referee to stop shoving each other, but they did put together a fairly [more]

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