Of the seven US men who have advanced to the third round of the Australian Open, four of them competed in college, all in the past five years.While Ben Shelton(Florida) and Learner Tien(USC) are seeded and expected to be in round three, Eliot Spizzirri(Texas) and Ethan Quinn(Georgia) have both eliminated seeds and looked good doing it.Spizzirri won his first five-set match Thursday, beating the
The New England Patriots ramped up work on the Denver Broncos without Garrett Bradbury. The starting center, who has amassed 1,191 offensive snaps from September into January, did not practice on Thursday due to an illness. Outside linebacker Harold Landry III and inside linebacker Marte Mapu also remained sidelined as the AFC Championship Game closes […]
The Green Bay Packers are in an interesting spot going into the 2026 offseason. Their preferred center in 2025, Elgton Jenkins, has regressed in two successive seasons and finished the year on the injured reserve after suffering a fractured fibula midway through the season against the Philadelphia Eagles. In all likelihood, the Packers will be […]
The Chicago Bears may be eliminated from the postseason, but there is no break on the NFL calendar. The Bears conducted exit interviews with the players earlier this week, and general manager Ryan Poles and head coach Ben Johnson met the media to reflect and look ahead. On our latest edition of Bear Bones, Dr. […]
The Chargers will now have to find their second new coordinator of their offseason as Jesse Minter is being hired by the Baltimore Ravens to be their fourth head coach in franchise history. Minter called the Chargers defense for the past two seasons under head coach Jim Harbaugh. He followed Harbaugh from the University of […]
A thorough head coaching search over the past few weeks for the Baltimore Ravens has come to a conclusion. On Thursday evening, the Ravens officially hired Jesse Minter to be the team’s next head coach. Here is the Baltimore Beatdown staff’s reaction to this decision. A new era begins. After missing out on a guy […]
There was a point during my Wednesday night where the last three notifications on my phone were news that Eric Bieniemy was leaving the Bears for the Chiefs, Al Harris interviewed with the Packers for their defensive coordinator position, and Brian Flores was set to return to the Vikings. What a trifecta of yuck.
Brian Flores returns to the Vikings
Much to the chagrin of every rival NFC North quarterback, the Minnesota Vikings are bringing back Brian Flores. The Vikings announced Flo...
Another domino has fallen in the NFL’s 2026 coaching carousel, with the Baltimore Ravens announcing Thursday they have hired Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter as their next head coach. The news takes one of the offseason’s top coaching destinations off the board, as well as one of the Steelers’ head coaching candidates. Pittsburgh interviewed Minter […]
A report from Jordan Schultz on Wednesday indicated that the Las Vegas Raiders are looking for an “offensive minded” coach to pair with likely first overall selection Fernando Mendoza. Additionally, Schultz went on to mention the top three candidates seem to be Klint Kubiak, Davis Webb, and Jesse Minter. While Minter is a defensive minded […]
The Baltimore Ravens have hired Jesse Minter as their next head coach, per a team announcement. Minter, 42, was the Chargers defensive coordinator for the last two years and will now become the fourth head coach in Ravens franchise history. He was long considered the favorite to replace John Harbaugh, who was fired after the […]
As a Chicago Bears fan, do you ever find yourself thinking, Man, life’s just so much better when the Bears are good? Well, that’s how the National Football League feels, too. The Bears are a ratings juggernaut even when they are in the midst of a down year, so it’s no surprise that with Chicago […]
The Ravens are hosting Bills offensive coordinator Joe Brady for an in-person interview for their head coaching vacancy on Thursday, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. Brady is the third apparent finalist to replace John Harbaugh. Outgoing Dolphins defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver and Chargers defensive coordinator Jesse Minter both interviewed in Baltimore this week, too. Brady’s offenses […]
Curt Cignetti almost didn’t take Indiana job? D’Angelo Ponds declares for Draft! Colts place 3 in Top 100!
Getting you set up for tonight’s Jets game.
The NFL announced the finalists for each of the major awards for the 2025 season, including Most Valuable Player. Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen was named a finalist once again, making this the fifth time he will be invited to the “NFL Honors” awards ceremony. Fans will remember that Allen was named the NFL MVP […]
The San Francisco 49ers had quite the season this year, winning 13 games despite a slew of injuries, including a road playoff game against the Philadelphia Eagles before bowing out. A big part of that success was backup quarterback Mac Jones, who weathered the storm when starter Brock Purdy was out, going 5-3 in eight […]
With no postseason games for the Kansas City Chiefs, the Arrowhead Pride staff has boots on the ground at the East-West Shrine Bowl in Frisco, Texas to learn more about the 2026 NFL Draft. Contributing editor Ron Kopp Jr. and lead film analyst Caleb James were at the event’s opening day. Dane Brugler covers the […]
The Dallas Cowboys defense was horrible in 2025, but standing out among all the sucktitude was a secondary that almost always seemed to be out of position. The amount of deep shots other teams took to their receivers with no Cowboys defensive player in sight was probably a league record or something. Seriously, it was […]
The Steelers added another name to their offseason roster Thursday, signing defensive end Jahvaree Ritzie per a team announcement. Ritzie went undrafted in 2025 out of North Carolina. As a Tar Heel, he recorded 40 total tackles and 6.5 sacks in his final collegiate season, along with one incredibly memorable interception: The 6’4, 294-pound defender […]
Before we get into the nitty gritty of DJ Moore trade chatter, I need to be clear about one thing at the top of this post. I am not advocating a trade of DJ Moore. We are way too early in the offseason process for me to feel strongly one way or another about Moore’s future in Chicago. I’ll need to do some deep diving into his role, fit, and future before I take a hard-line stance one way or another. But with that being said, I know that Moore’s name will undoubtedly come up in trade conversati...
For the third time in nine seasons as the head coach of the Los Angeles Rams, Sean McVay will be coaching in the NFC Championship. McVay and the Rams have been here before and this is a stage of the playoffs in which he’s never lost. His first win came with controversy as the Rams […]
The 2025-26 NFL playoffs have turned into a fast-moving storyline full of surprises.
Teams that looked ordinary in November suddenly feel dangerous in January. Others
that once seemed unstoppable now face real doubts.
The post 2025-26 Playoffs: Teams Driving the Biggest Super Bowl Moneyline Shifts first appeared on Sports Then and Now .
Shed a tear, with the Conference Championships this Sunday, we only have three football games left and two weekends of the NFL playoffs before we embark on the long offseason. Granted, that is when the news surrounding the Las Vegas Raiders gets interesting, but we also only have a handful of opportunities to close out […]
The Bears’ season ended in heartbreak Sunday night, but the stage couldn’t have been any bigger.
According to numbers released by NBC Sports , the Chicago Bears’ divisional-round loss to the Los Angeles Rams delivered the most-watched NFL Divisional Playoff game in NBC Sports history, averaging 45.4 million viewers across NBC, Peacock, NBC Sports Digital platforms, and NFL Digital properties.
The thriller at Soldier Field only grew in audience as the night went on. Viewership increas...
And then, there were four. With the Divisional Round in the rearview, we have just four teams left in the NFL’s tournament to see who gets to play in Super Bowl LX on Sunday, February 8. The NFC Championship game is a particularly interesting pier-sixer in that it has two teams that have already faced […]