Dolphins-Bills headlines Week 15 Saturday tripleheader

The 49ers visit the Eagles on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET. The Chiefs host the Bengals that evening at 6:30 p.m. ET. Keep these battlegrounds, questions, and trends in mind as the Super Bowl LVII matchup is decided. The slate is stacked. Some team's heater will end Sunday. The Bengals...

Unlike the NFC championship, we should know what to expect in the AFC title game given that this is the fourth time the Bengals and Chiefs will have played in the past 13 months. Of course, it's never that easy. A week after injuries to the Bengals' offensive line were...

Few NFL teams have as much offensive firepower as the red-hot Cincinnati Bengals, but Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Willie Gay is unimpressed with what he's seen from his team's AFC Championship Game opponents. "Nothing," Gay said Thursday when asked what about the Bengals' offensive unit impresses him the most, according...

Patrick Mahomes will start Sunday's AFC Championship Game against the Cincinnati Bengals despite battling an ankle injury throughout the week, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid announced Friday, according to NFL Network's Cameron Wolfe. "He's moving around good," Reid told reporters, including ESPN's Adam Teicher. "He can go out...

The NFL announced the finalists for its major individual awards on Wednesday, recognizing the game-breaking play of its stars but leaving fans wondering why other players missed out on a nomination. Our NFL insider, Jordan Schultz, looks at 10 players who could have been on the awards' shortlists. Defensive player...

Tragic news has struck the world of professional wrestling with the word that one of wrestling's biggest stars has lost his life at the age of 38. Celebrity entertainment outlet TMZ, which is known for breaking the news of many deaths of famous people around the world, broke the news of the death of legendary wrestler Jay Briscoe, who has tragically died in a car crash at the age of 38.

Miami fired offensive coordinator Josh Gattis after just one season, the program announced Friday, according to ESPN's Pete Thamel. Gattis' removal comes just one year after he took home the Broyles Award as the nation's best assistant coach for his work at Michigan in 2021. The coordinator struggled to get...

Houston Astros icon Jeff Bagwell believes the team made the right decision in hiring Dana Brown as its new general manager. Bagwell - now an Astros community outreach executive and special adviser to owner Jim Crane - thinks Brown can blend traditional scouting with newer forms of talent evaluation, giving the front office what he feels is a much-needed balance.

The two best teams in the NFC finally meet, as football fans and bettors alike have waited for each side to be pushed to the brink at full strength. Their schedule strengths have been a hot topic these days, as the 49ers have won 12 straight games but haven't faced a top-five team since losing 44-23 to the Chiefs.

Jeff Saturday remains Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay's top choice to be the team's next head coach, sources tell Jordan Schultz, theScore's NFL insider. Saturday served as Indy's interim head coach in 2022. He informed the franchise of his potential coaching staff picks during his second interview Wednesday, Schultz adds.

Despite Pittsburgh's struggles under offensive coordinator Matt Canada, Steelers president Art Rooney II said Thursday that the team retained Canada based on quarterback Kenny Pickett's development. "They seemed to work well together," Rooney said, according to the Pittsburgh-Post Gazette's Gerry Dulac. "With a new offensive coordinator, you'd have to start...

Dallas Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan Quinn has informed interested teams that he'll be returning to the NFC East club for next season, he told Jordan Schultz, theScore's NFL insider. The Arizona Cardinals, Indianapolis Colts, and Denver Broncos have all interviewed Quinn for their respective vacant head coaching positions. The Colts...

The New York Jets hired former Denver Broncos head coach Nathaniel Hackett as their offensive coordinator, the team announced Thursday. Hackett will replace Mike LaFleur, whom New York fired on Jan. 11 after two seasons. Denver brought in Hackett as its head coach last year after he spent the previous...

The Los Angeles Rams have hired Mike LaFleur as their new offensive coordinator, the team announced Friday. LaFleur spent the last two seasons as the New York Jets' offensive coordinator. He served as passing game coordinator for the San Francisco 49ers from 2017-20. The Jets ranked only 29th in total...

The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without superstar center Auston Matthews for at least three weeks as he deals with a knee sprain suffered Wednesday against the New York Rangers, the team announced. Matthews missed two games earlier in January with a lingering undisclosed ailment. Rookie Pontus Holmberg projects to...

Facing the Patrick Mahomes-led Kansas City Chiefs - who'll host their fifth consecutive AFC Championship Game this weekend - is a daunting task for any team in the NFL. But Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow said he can't wait to visit Arrowhead Stadium again on Sunday. "We've been in these...

Golden State Warriors superstar Stephen Curry was fined $25,000 stemming from an ejection for throwing his mouthpiece into the stands during Wednesday's 122-120 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies, the NBA announced. Curry was tossed with just over one minute remaining in the close contest, seemingly upset with teammate Jordan Poole...

Frank Reich is returning to the Carolina Panthers. Carolina is hiring Reich as its next head coach, the team announced Thursday. He played quarterback for the team during its inaugural 1995 season. Reich, the sixth head coach in Panthers history, was a finalist for the job along with Dallas Cowboys...

Dallas Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy said Thursday that owner Jerry Jones wants him to coach the team as long as Tom Landry did. "OK, that's a long time," McCarthy said, replying to Jones' comments, according to Jori Epstein of Yahoo Sports. Landry was the head coach of the Cowboys...

New Carolina Panthers head coach Frank Reich is targeting Vic Fangio to be his defensive coordinator, a source told Josina Anderson of CBS Sports. Anderson suggested the Panthers might make Fangio the NFL's highest-paid defensive coordinator to complete the move. However, while Carolina and Fangio have had discussions following a...