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11:53 AM ET JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – When Logan Cooke first saw the photo, he was stunned. Two glasses filled with water, one clear and the other a cloudy white with particles of … stuff … suspended throughout. Cooke was floored that the people in the small Kenyan village of Three Rivers had been drinking and

6:00 AM ET Marcel Louis-JacquesESPN MIAMI — Tua Tagovailoa‘s pocket collapsed before any of his receivers’ routes could fully develop. The Miami Dolphins quarterback executed a play-action fake against the New York Jets in Week 11, but quickly found Jets defensive end John Franklin-Myers giving chase. It was a familiar sight for Tagovailoa; Miami’s offensive

6:00 AM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — Inside a quiet and sullen visitors’ locker room Monday night, after the Seattle Seahawks‘ playoff hopes all but died with their 17-15 loss to the Washington Football Team, quarterback Russell Wilson was among the players who spoke up. As coach Pete Carroll described it on 710 ESPN Seattle,

6:00 AM ET FRISCO, Texas — The match between Micah Parsons and the Dallas Cowboys has been just about perfect so far. The rookie linebacker (or defensive end, depending on the moment) loves the spotlight and few teams in the NFL gain more attention than the Cowboys, good or bad. On Thursday night at the

6:00 AM ET FLOWERY BRANCH, Ga. – The small gold chain never comes off Cordarrelle Patterson‘s neck, a constant reminder of the greatest pain he ever experienced, of the person never too far from his mind or his heart. In 2017, Patterson and his partner, Taylor, lost their son, Zyan, 18 or 20 weeks into

6:23 PM ET Brady HendersonESPN SEATTLE — The Seahawks are taking a look at Adrian Peterson to see what the veteran running back might have left in his Hall of Fame career. Coach Pete Carroll told reporters on Wednesday that the Seahawks signed the 36-year-old Peterson to their practice squad as a potential reinforcement for

5:21 PM ET Eric WoodyardESPN ALLEN PARK, Mich. — A day before the Detroit Lions‘ Thanksgiving Day game, safety Tracy Walker had a reason to celebrate. So he placed a call to his folks back home on Nov. 24. Following a 13-day trial at Glynn County Courthouse in Brunswick, Georgia, Walker said he felt excitement

12:40 PM ET HOUSTON — Texans safety Justin Reid will play Sunday against the Indianapolis Colts after he was held out of Houston’s game in Week 12 for disciplinary reasons, head coach David Culley said Wednesday. Reid was suspended for the game against the New York Jets after he challenged Culley’s coaching in a team

5:11 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — Taysom Hill will make his first start at quarterback this season for the New Orleans Saints on Thursday night, a source told ESPN, after he practiced fully all week with a partially torn plantar fascia that has limited him since Week 10. However, the Saints offense might not be

12:56 PM ET Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Amari Cooper is expected to travel with the team to New Orleans Wednesday and play against the Saints on Thursday, a source tells ESPN’s Ed Werder. Cooper, who missed the last two games while on the reserve/COVID-19 list, was activated by the team Wednesday. On Tuesday coach Mike

3:20 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Buccaneers wide receiver Antonio Brown is expected to remain sidelined for at least two more weeks, a source told ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Brown has been out since suffering an ankle injury in Week 6 at the Philadelphia Eagles, but Wednesday, coach Bruce Arians said the wide receiver is actually

2:16 PM ET EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Giants and quarterback Daniel Jones are holding out hope he can play Sunday against the Miami Dolphins despite a neck injury. Jones confirmed Wednesday he suffered a neck strain — nothing more — in Sunday’s 13-7 win over the Philadelphia Eagles. He’s keeping open the

1:41 PM ET OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson didn’t hold back Wednesday in providing a scathing assessment of his four-interception performance in Sunday night’s 16-10 victory over the Cleveland Browns. “Bad passes, inaccurate, underthrown passes. That’s all I seen. Bad reads,” Jackson said. “I looked like a rookie.” Jackson, who is

12:23 PM ET BEREA, Ohio — General manager Andrew Berry reiterated Wednesday that Baker Mayfield remains the Cleveland Browns‘ starter and that he expects the quarterback “to play his best football” after the upcoming bye week. “Baker’s our quarterback,” Berry said. “He’s healthy enough to win games for us. If he’s ready to go, he’s

11:15 AM ET Turron DavenportESPN Close Covered Eagles for USA Today Covered the Ravens for Baltimore Times Played college football at Cheyney University NFL safety Kenny Vaccaro has decided to shift his focus from playing professional football to pursue his dream of launching an esports organization. Despite receiving offers from multiple NFL teams, including championship

7:00 AM ET Twelve weeks into the 2021 NFL season and we are squarely in the body-of-work zone for the league’s first-year players. Some of the rookies have flashed one week and felt every bump on the learning curve in others, while some have been derailed for a moment by injuries. But in the third

6:00 AM ET NFL NationESPN The NFL is about to set a record for most fourth-down attempts in a season. Again. Coaches are on pace to dial up 838 fourth-down tries in 2021, up from 780 the year prior. (Even if this were still a 16-game season, they’d be on track for a 788 attempts.)

10:35 PM ET FRISCO, Texas — The NFL reduced the suspension of Dallas Cowboys defensive tackle Trysten Hill to one game after hearing an appeal on Tuesday, but he will miss Thursday’s game against the New Orleans Saints. On Monday, the NFL announced Hill would be suspended two games for punching Las Vegas Raiders guard