Ben Roethlisberger leads Steelers past Buccaneers for first victory of season
Ben Roethlisberger completed 30 of 38 passes for 353 yards and three touchdowns, and the Pittsburgh Steelers collected their first victory of the season, 30-27 over the host Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Monday night. Linebacker Bud Dupree returned an interception for a touchdown as the ...
Everyone expected a free agency flurry when the NFL's year began on Thursday. Predicting what happened with Brock Osweiler was beyond anyone's projections. One year after signing a four-year deal with Houston, then losing the starting job to Tom Savage late in the season before ...
Dirk Koetter is confident the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are on the verge of becoming relevant again. The long-time NFL assistant became the team's fifth coach in eight years Friday, assuming the task of transforming a team that has finished last in its division five consecutive ...
Saints coach Sean Payton smiled often and answered questions for a full hour while team owner Tom Benson and general manager Mickey Loomis looked on from a few meters away. More introspective, laid back and talkative than usual, Payton appeared refreshed and eager to begin ...
Rams players saw the signs, heard the chanting, noticed the volume was turned up. The effort was inspired on what could have been the final home game for the franchise in St. Louis. "It was a great atmosphere," quarterback Case Keenum said after the Rams ...
Jameis Winston produced mixed results at best in his first NFL action for Tampa Bay, and Teddy Bridgewater had Minnesota's passing attack in prime form to spark the Vikings in a 26-16 exhibition victory over the Buccaneers on Saturday night. Winston, the first pick in ...
Jameis Winston knows there are always eyes on him — watching, dissecting and waiting for him to make a mistake. The spotlight doesn't leave, and Winston wants to shine in it. "It's about my actions," the Tampa Bay Buccaneers rookie said while attending a youth football ...
Devin Hester high-stepped into the NFL record book. Matt Ryan had as many touchdown passes as incompletions. Julio Jones made a spectacular over-the-shoulder catch tumbling into the end zone. The result: One of the biggest wins in Atlanta Falcons history. Hester set an NFL record with ...
Malcolm Glazer, the self-made billionaire who led the takeover of English football's Manchester United and owned the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, has died. He was 85. The Bucs said Glazer died Wednesday. The reclusive Palm Beach, Florida, businessman had been in failing health since April 2006 ...
Lovie Smith spent the past year watching lots of football, analyzing himself and preparing for his next job in the NFL. "How many times in life do you get a chance to take a break and really evaluate everything that you've done and who you ...
Former Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith is set to take on the challenge of rebuilding the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Two people familiar with Smith's plans said Wednesday night that the coach has reached an agreement to fill the opening created by the firing of Greg ...
Eric Wright raised his arms to the sky, his right hand clutching the ball, then danced off the field collecting hugs and hand slaps from his San Francisco teammates. The veteran cornerback finally was back in his play-making element. Wright and the 49ers had reason to ...
