Manning was the No. 1 overall pick in the 1998 NFL Draft and threw for 3,739 yards with 26 touchdowns and a league-high 28 interceptions. The 28 picks set an NFL rookie record and the 18-year veteran would like somebody, like maybe California’s Jared Goff, to take the record from him. Manning was disappointed his brother, Eli, didn’t break the record with only nine interceptions in nine starts in 2004....
On the game-winning drive, Mahomes flipped an improvised left-handed pass while rolling out of the pocket, completing the effort to Tyreke Hill for a key first down. Running back Kareem Hill scored the go-ahead touchdown moments later. MORE: If anyone owes apology for state of Steelers, it’s team management Mahomes, who struggled to find a rhythm in the first half before picking it up late, now has 15 total touchdowns with no turnovers this season....
Ryan Wasson first gave his brother, Eric Wasson, a 10-roll “Santa’s Book of Candy” with assorted fruit flavors on Christmas in 1987 as a joke. Ryan Wasson knew that his brother wouldn’t like the candy, and Eric Wasson told WMUR-TV that he didn’t end up eating them. “And so the next year I thought, ‘Hey, I think I’m going to give it back to him. He’ll never remember,’” he said....
Not with whatever they’re doing now to develop him, discipline him, start him and teach him some lesson or another. They’re the ones who could have seen this coming, just like 31 other teams did. Yet they not only drafted him, and not only drafted him in the first round, but traded up to get him. MORE: List of Manziel’s antics | QB’s problem goes beyond TMZ video It’s been about a year and a half since draft day in the spring of 2014, and they’re trying to figure out whether it’s too early to give up on him, or too late to have any faith in him....
The Browns running back position is far from settled, and at this point, position coach Wilbert Montgomery isn’t sure if any of his backs want to be “the” guy. MORE: SN ranks NFL’s top 10 running backs | Browns’ 50 years of frustration “How can you play and not want to be a starter?” Montgomery told Ohio.com after the ninth full-squad practice of training camp. “It just bothers me that guys don’t want to be the lead bell-cow guy....
Manziel turned 23 on Sunday and watched Cleveland manage to score three points in a loss to the Bengals. Replacement quarterback Austin Davis completed 25 of 38 passes for 230 yards and no touchdowns with an interception. MORE: 23 gifts for Manziel on his 23rd birthday | It’s all Cleveland’s fault NFL Media reported Sunday that the Browns would likely return to Manziel, and not everyone in the front office was on board with coach Mike Pettine’s decision....
San Francisco absolutely dominated the Browns, outgaining them 446-180 en route to a 31-3 win that goes a long way to silencing critics that believed coach Kyle Shanahan’s team was undefeated only due to its weak schedule. The 49ers scored on their first play from scrimmage and had more first downs via passing (11) and running (10) than Cleveland had altogether (9). They forced four turnovers and sacked quarterback Baker Mayfield four times....
The Ghanaian international registered a double as the Villans recorded a 3-0 away triumph over Barnsley at Oakwell Stadium. And it was just the perfect response on his first league start of the season after three substitute appearances. “I am delighted for Albert because the good thing about him is that he didn’t sulk when I left him out,” Bruce said, as reported by his club’s official website. “He has responded in the right way as if to say ‘don’t you dare leave me out anymore....
The team didn’t offer an explanation, but general manager Don Sweeney said shortly after the announcement on Friday it was not health related. He also asked for privacy on behalf of Rask. Rask has started only seven of the Bruins’ 15 games this season and acknowledged being outplayed recently by Jaroslav Halak. Rask came on in relief in the Bruins’ 8-5 loss to the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night. Halak was pulled after allowing five goals on 19 shots....
The Cincinnati linebacker left Sunday’s game against the rival Steelers to be examined for a possible concussion, the Bengals announced. MORE: Week 15 NFL scoreboard Burfict endured a blow to the head in the second quarter when Steelers guard David DeCastro delivered a brutal helmet-to-helmet hit. He walked gingerly to the locker room to be further evaluated. Burfict returned to the game after being evaluated and started the second half....
According to a Monday report published by Law & Crime—a legal affairs website—Kohberger initially waived his right to counsel following his arrest in a rural Pennsylvania town, where he was apprehended by local law enforcement in the early hours of December 30. Facing four counts of first-degree murder and one count of felony burglary in connection to the November deaths of the four students in Moscow, Idaho, Kohberger initially spoke with law enforcement between five and 15 minutes at the Pennsylvania State Police barracks following his early morning arrest....
On Thursday, K-pop group BTS’s official Twitter account posted text exchanges between the two, revealing that oldest member Jin will be making his way to Argentina to perform with Coldplay at the end of the month. They exchanged niceties before Martin wrote, “I heard that you announced your single, that’s so cool. “If you can get permission, would you like to come to Argentina next week and sing ‘The Astronaut’ live with us?...
After years of speculation that the group would be granted government exemption, Big Hit Music, the entertainment company which founded and manages BTS, confirmed the group has decided to begin preparations for their conscription. “BTS are currently moving forward with plans to fulfill their military service. After the phenomenal concert to support Busan’s bid for the World Expo 2030, and as each individual embarks on solo endeavors, it’s the perfect time and the members of BTS are honored to serve,” the music company wrote in a statement....
Ask golf fans what they think about Watson and you will get responses ranging from “most exciting player on tour” to “he needs to treat his caddie better.” But there’s much more to him than that. MORE: Masters winners of the 21st century “Three times I’ve had issues where I thought something was wrong with me,” Watson said, via Golf.com. “It wasn’t anything I was doing at the time. The first time I was sleeping....
“Are there any rednecks out there?” Foxworthy shouts, stomping onstage in cowboy boots, Levi’s and a Donna Karan jacket. “Wooooo!” “That is the official redneck noise,” Fox-worthy tells them. It means ‘I’m happy but I’m holdin’ a beer and a spit cup and can’t clap right now’." More “wooo”-ing. They eat it up when he says, in his down-home drawl, “This is my real voice: you are not having a ‘Hee Haw’ flashback....
The Pac-12 hasn’t had a team ranked in the AP Top 25 in more than a month, while 10 of its schools have at least eight losses. That leaves Washington as the only team on solid footing with roughly five weeks left until Selection Sunday, while the Pac-12 is flirting with a fate inconsistent with its power-conference status: being a one-bid league. “We know it’s a great product and it’s good basketball,” Utah coach Larry Krystkowiak said recently, “and we’re all fighting for some limited spots....
The quarterback, who has spent the past 20 seasons with the Patriots wearing No. 12, signed with Tampa Bay two weeks ago. The only problem? His No. 12 jersey was already taken by wide receiver Chris Godwin. At first, Godwin thought he might keep his number. “Obviously, if [Brady] doesn’t want it or isn’t making a big deal about it, I’m definitely going to keep it,” Godwin said earlier this month in an interview posted to the team’s official website....
Leonard Fournette was an underrated addition to the Tampa Bay backfield this past offseason after the former first-round pick spent just three seasons with the Jaguars to start his NFL career. Fournette displayed a little of what made him a premium pick with an impressive TD run against the Packers in Sunday’s NFC championship game. MORE: Bucs-Pack as it happens You can file this one under “Grown Man Touchdown.” A hurdle over a defender, a spin move, a broken tackle — and a little bit of luck — made for an early highlight in a battle of NFC powers....
Cameras captured Gronkowski during the Buccaneers-Panthers game on Sunday making joking comments about securing his seventh catch of the game. That mark would give Gronkowski 55 on the year, allowing him to earn $500,000 in contract incentives. (He had already hit one of his incentives earlier in the game — also worth $500,000 — by eclipsing 750 receiving yards on the year). He was also seen speaking to quarterback Tom Brady, who refused to stay benched in the fourth quarter as he attempted to help Gronkowski hit his incentives during the 41-17 win against Carolina....
Both quarterbacks went for over 250 passing yards and it was a one-score game throughout the fourth quarter. Still, not everyone was happy about the results, with a very obvious group objecting to how the game was officiated. Some fans (particularly the Buccaneers fanbase) were convinced the refs called the game in favor of Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay: Packers fans weren’t having any of it: Aaron Rodgers was watching the Buccaneers game-clock struggles on the jumbotron It’s possible that Rodgers got a Raymond James Stadium video coordinator in trouble with his postgame interview....
