11:08 PM ET The New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams won’t kick off Super Bowl LIII until Feb. 3, but Las Vegas sportsbooks are already prepared for the big game. The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook on Thursday night released 442 prop bets and over 1,000 ways to bet the game, with several Vegas books

1:32 PM ET Kevin SeifertNFL Nation Close ESPN.com national NFL writer ESPN.com NFC North reporter, 2008-2013 Covered Vikings for Minneapolis Star Tribune, 1999-2008 The NFL says that the number of concussions in games and practices dropped 23.8 percent in 2018. According to figures the league released Thursday, there were a combined 214 recorded concussions in

10:00 PM ET LOS ANGELES — The genesis of Sean McVay’s renowned clairvoyance dates to December 2003, near the goal line of a state quarterfinal game, on third down, his high school team trailing by five with only a couple of minutes remaining. McVay, now the Los Angeles Rams coach, was a short, stocky triple-option

9:44 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — The Fritz Pollard Alliance, the diversity group responsible for implementation of the NFL’s Rooney Rule, is proposing even more changes for 2019 that will create more opportunities for minorities in both coaching and scouting. Pollard Alliance chairman John Wooten, a former player and front office executive, told ESPN that

2:44 PM ET ORLANDO, Fla. — The Pittsburgh Steelers are supporting Antonio Brown from the Pro Bowl. Center and captain Maurkice Pouncey said he believes the team can work out its issues with Brown, while receiving mate JuJu Smith-Schuster stressed he doesn’t want Brown traded. The Steelers are shopping Brown after the All-Pro receiver did

2:13 AM ET Upon taking over as head coach and general manager of the San Francisco 49ers, Kyle Shanahan and John Lynch made it clear that they intended to hold the No. 2 pick in the NFL draft only in that first year after succeeding Chip Kelly and Trent Baalke. When: April 25-27Where: Nashville, TennesseeHow

1:22 PM ET METAIRIE, La. — New Orleans Saints fans are having their say. After a stunning missed call by officials helped to keep the Saints out of the Super Bowl, jilted fans have been reacting in various ways — from lawsuits and petitions to billboards in Atlanta and boycotts throughout the New Orleans area.

7:38 PM ET Tom Brady is the only NFL player to have won four Super Bowl MVP awards, one more than his boyhood idol, Joe Montana. With the New England Patriots in the Super Bowl for the third straight year, one Las Vegas sportsbook has Brady favored to win a fifth MVP. The Westgate Las

4:55 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Linebacker Dee Ford said he was at fault for lining up offside on a play late in the fourth quarter of the AFC Championship Game that could have cost the Kansas City Chiefs a berth in the Super Bowl. “Sloppy football on my end at the end of

11:47 AM ET KANSAS CITY — Tom Brady‘s relationship with Bill Belichick is just fine and always has been, the New England Patriots quarterback said a day after they advanced to yet another Super Bowl together. Brady and his head coach shared an emotional embrace on the field following the Patriots’ 37-31 victory over the