Sam Farmer

The Patriots are getting Tom Brady back, but their game against the Browns figures to be closer than most might suspect.

Sam Farmer’s Week 5 NFL picks

May 11, 2019 at 12:33 a.m.

BEARS (1-3) AT COLTS (1-3) Noon Sunday, FOX-32 Colts by 4.5 (O/U 48) The Colts are experimenting with playing a game the week after traveling to London. Tough turnaround. The...

Even without J.J. Watt, the Texans defense should be able to turn up the heat on Titans quarterback Marcus Mariota.

Sam Farmer’s Week 4 NFL picks

May 11, 2019 at 12:33 a.m.

COLTS (1-2) VS. JAGUARS (0-3) 8:30 a.m. Sunday Colts by 2.5 (O/U 49) The seat can't get much hotter for Jaguars coach Gus Bradley. The Jaguars are a talented young...

Watch for the upset as the Rams prepare for their first regular-season home game in Los Angeles against the Seahawks.

Sam Farmer’s Week 2 NFL picks

May 11, 2019 at 12:32 a.m.

Lines and over/unders as of Thursday evening. 49ERS (1-0) AT PANTHERS (0-1) Noon Sunday Panthers by 13 (O/U 44 1/2) The 49ers were impressive with their ball-control offense, and their...

Sam Farmer’s Week 1 NFL picks

May 11, 2019 at 12:31 a.m.

Lines and over/unders as of Thursday evening. BEARS (6-10 in 2015) AT TEXANS (9-7) Noon Sunday, FOX-32 Texans by 6 (O/U 44) The biggest question mark for the Texans is...

Broncos linebacker Von Miller holds up the Lombardi Trophy after Denver's Super Bowl 50 victory on Feb. 7.

What to look for in the 2016-17 NFL season

August 18, 2019 at 8:54 p.m.

The one constant in the NFL is change. Every season, it seems, there is a churn at the top — no team has repeated as Super Bowl champion for the...

Commissioner Roger Goodell at the NFL owners meetings in Charlotte N.C., on May 24.

Controversial NFL doctor Elliott Pellman retires at urging of Commissioner Roger Goodell

May 11, 2019 at 12:29 a.m.

Longtime NFL doctor Elliott Pellman is retiring, and the league will look for a chief medical officer to work on health and safety issues on a full-time basis, Commissioner Roger...

Serena Williams reacts after slipping and falling to the court during her match against Svetlana Kuznetsova on Monday at Wimbledon.

Serena Williams says she won’t sue Wimbledon over wet grass

June 10, 2018 at 3:33 p.m.

Serena Williams doesn't plan to sue Wimbledon, even though she made that threat during her match Monday when she was concerned she might slip on the wet Centre Court grass....

California quarterback Jared Goff examines one of his father's commemorative baseballs in the family's home in Novato, California.

Jared Goff’s laid-back nature could be first-class ticket to the top of NFL draft

May 11, 2019 at 12:27 a.m.

Jared Goff shuffled in his stocking feet across the hardwood floor of his boyhood home and flopped back on an oversized leather couch in the living room. His beloved Golden...

Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers will face the Denver Broncos in a rematch of Super Bowl 50 in the 2016 season opener.

NFL’s schedule-making team and its 255 computers sift through trillions of options

May 10, 2019 at 5:28 p.m.

Theirs is the NFL's most secretive room. It's on the fifth floor of the league's Park Avenue headquarters, has glass that's frosted opaque, soundproof walls, heavily encrypted computers, and can...

Rams running back Todd Gurley, last season's offensive rookie of the year, is the kind of talent to whichthe Rams want to draw attention on "Hard Knocks."

Los Angeles Rams will be featured on HBO’s ‘Hard Knocks’

May 11, 2019 at 12:26 a.m.

The Los Angeles Rams are ready for their close-up. They are this summer's "Hard Knocks" team, the centerpiece of the critically acclaimed HBO series that provides an all-access look at...

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