Here’s a question for Dolphins owner Stephen Ross: What are you hoping to achieve in 2026 if you bring back the duo of coach Mike McDaniel and quarterback Tua Tagovailoa?

That’s not asked in an angry or smart-alecky tone. It’s asked in a neutral, businesslike tone.

The Dolphins can’t make ex-general manager Chris Grier the fall guy for...Read more

My wife, stepdaughter and I alternate who gets to decorate the Christmas tree every year.

Two years ago it was a celebration of Taylor Swift and her many illustrious eras.

Last year, my wife created a shrine to the seminal 1990s movie “Clueless.”

This holiday season we’re going with a 7 1/2-foot animated Chewbacca in a Santa hat. ...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Every year during Andy Reid’s offseason training program, the Chiefs dedicate three separate days to analyzing and preparing for their AFC West rivals.

It’s a topic the Chiefs head coach briefly alluded to Wednesday but spoke to more specifically when I asked him about it in September 2022, before they played the ...Read more

FOXBORO, Mass. — The Patriots didn’t fall into a trap game on a short week.

Mike Vrabel’s squad extended their winning streak to eight games with a 27-14 win over the Jets on “Thursday Night Football.” The Patriots are now 9-2 on the season and in sole possession of first place in the AFC standings, at least until the Broncos play ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Read and react. That isn't just what Cooper Kupp does on the football field, adjusting his pass route to get open. It's what he does in his free time, too, tearing through close to two dozen books during the NFL season.

The Seattle Seahawks receiver, once a star with the Rams, is an enthusiastic reader of both nonfiction and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Rams left tackle Alaric Jackson is being sued by a woman who alleges that Jackson recorded her without her consent during sex, repeatedly refused to delete the video and taunted her with it, ESPN reported.

Jackson was not available in the locker room after practice Thursday. A Rams official said the team was aware of the ESPN ...Read more

Here are my fantasy football best bets for Thursday's Week 11 matchup between the New York Jets and New England Patriots:

N.Y. JETS AT NEW ENGLAND

Obvious starters: Breece Hall (NYJ), Drake Maye (NE), Stefon Diggs (NE), Patriots D/ST.

Who to start: Mason Taylor (NYJ) deserves streaming consideration with Garrett Wilson out against a defense ...Read more

The Jets will be without their star receiver for the foreseeable future.

Garrett Wilson landed on injured reserve Thursday, meaning he will miss at least the next four games.

Wilson injured his right knee during Sunday’s win against the Browns. It is the same knee he injured during the Jets' loss to the Broncos in London that caused him to ...Read more

NEW YORK — The NFL wants the player report cards to stop.

The league filed a grievance against the NFL Players Association asking the union to stop its annual team report cards, according to ESPN, arguing that the grading system violates football’s collective bargaining agreement by airing public criticism of teams.

“We have responded to...Read more

Los Angeles Times NFL writer Sam Farmer examines the matchups and makes his predictions for Week 11 of the NFL season.

All lines and over/under numbers are according to FanDuel Sportsbook.

Last week, Farmer posted a 9-5 (.643) record. Through the first 10 weeks of the season, he is 97-52 (.651).

Using point spreads with the scores Farmer ...Read more

The good news first? Our solid 10-4 straight-up included nailing our Upset of the Week picks (Jets over Browns; “Aawwk!”) and a second upset with Texans over Jaguars. That makes us 4 for 4 on outright upsets the past two weeks. Also had another pair of ‘dogs-with-points last week on covers by the Dolphins vs. Buffalo and Raiders at Denver....Read more

MADRID, Spain — Mike McDaniel opens his Wednesday news conference in Madrid by asking the assembled media “¿Que tal?”

The translation of that Spanish term is “what’s up?” or “how are things?”

It might not be used much in South Florida because not every continent, region or even island speaks the same Spanish, but the intended ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Nick Sirianni, near the end of his Wednesday afternoon news conference, said he is “close to being done answering these questions” about A.J. Brown.

Perhaps the Eagles coach should take his umbrage to his star receiver.

There was a bit of déjà vu to it all. The Eagles won a game in which Brown had little involvement, and...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — So I have these two friends — great friends, practically-my-brother friends, bail-ya-out-of-jail friends. (Why would I be in jail, you ask? Let’s just say that, in my house, you won’t find a mattress with its tag still attached.) Both men are sports fans — not just fans, but knowledgeable followers of sports. And both of...Read more

MIAMI — Former NFL star Antonio Brown made his first appearance in a Miami court on Wednesday morning — with a judge granting him a bond in his attempted murder case.

At the hearing, Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Mindy Glazer allowed Brown to post a $25,000 bond to get out of jail. Glazer also placed Brown on a low-level house arrest, ...Read more

NEW YORK — Jameis Winston was so excited about being named the New York Giants’ starting quarterback for Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers that he started signing lyrics from the Broadway musical "Hamilton."

“This is something I’ve been doing since I was four years old, now I get to do it in the greatest city in the ...Read more

NFL WEEK 11 THURSDAY PICK

JETS (2-7) at PATRIOTS (8-2)

Line: NE by 12 1/2.

Cote’s pick: NE, 27-13.

TV: 8:15 p.m. Thursday, Prime Video.

Patriots are legit-scorchin’ on a seven-game win streak as blossoming star QB Drake Maye climbs in league MVP odds and Mike Vrabel vaults to lead in Coach of the Year derby. And New England is off a ...Read more

SEATTLE — The Seattle Seahawks have become a cliché in the best possible way.

Minutes after Seattle’s fourth consecutive win, coach Mike Macdonald said Sunday: “We had some guys go down this week, as you guys are well aware. We had guys step up, and nobody flinched. It took all 70 [players on the roster] again. That’s how we roll.”

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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers have this annoying little problem on offense.

They don’t run enough plays, they don’t compile enough yards, they don’t make a lot of splash plays and their most productive wide receiver has been the one who plays the least.

Otherwise, they have no issues.

It was on full display in Sunday night’s ...Read more