Burnell Cotlon is the owner of Burnell’s Lower 9th Ward Market, which one of the very few businesses still surviving in the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans. Many residents did not return to the area after Hurricane Katrina hit the area in 2005. Claire Harbage/NPR hide caption toggle caption Claire Harbage/NPR NEW ORLEANS — Almost 20 years after Hurricane …
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DJ Bien-AimeAug 26, 2025, 04:39 PM ET Close DJ Bien-Aime covers the Houston Texans for ESPN. He joined ESPN in July of 2022 after covering the New York Jets for the New York Daily News. He’s a former athlete who finished his college career at Louisville. You can catch DJ on ESPN Radio on his show “Talkin’ Texans.” HOUSTON — …
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Cam Ward finished his preseason without a touchdown pass but having shown enough to have Titans fans excited. He played two series in Friday night’s preseason game Friday night. Ward led the Titans to a touchdown on his second drive of the night, with Julius Chestnut scoring on a 1-yard run with 12:15 left in the second quarter. In 16 …
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The clock is about to strike midnight on the 2025 NFL preseason. Already, the New York Giants, Pittsburgh Steelers, New England Patriots and Carolina Panthers have all turned the page toward the regular season after rolling through their final exhibitions on Thursday night, and now eight more teams will do the same on Friday night. Four matchups are on deck, …
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Houston Texans safety Jimmie Ward has been accused in a civil lawsuit of physically and sexually assaulting the mother of his 3-year-old son while under the influence of crystal meth — in the presence of their child, according to Harris County court records. Ward, 34, was arrested on June 12 on a felony domestic violence charge for allegedly choking Cristy …
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Texans safety Jimmie Ward has a civil case to go along with his criminal one. Ward, who has been arrested twice in recent months, faces a civil lawsuit alleging multiple instances of assault, according to Mo Haider of ABC13.com. The plaintiff is the mother of Ward’s three-year-old child. She alleges that he showed up at her house at a time …
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Turron DavenportAug 20, 2025, 02:06 PM ET Close Turron Davenport covers the Tennessee Titans for ESPN since 2018. Turron is a former collegiate football player at Cheyney University and is a native of Philadelphia, and he has authored/co-authored four books. You can catch Turron on ESPN Radio on his show “Talking with TD.” NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Titans quarterback Cam Ward‘s …
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Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons wasn’t interested in talking about his brief scuffle with quarterback Cam Ward at practice earlier this week, but Ward didn’t seem to have any trouble talking about it on Wednesday. Ward threw a touchdown in practice and then shoved Simmons before breaking out his “Zombieland” celebration. Simmons responded by shoving Ward and members of the …
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On Monday, Titans quarterback Cam Ward and Titans defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons got into a scuffle during practice. After it happened, Simmons took to Twitter to blame reporters for “blow[ing] something up that happened at practice.” On Tuesday, Simmons addressed reporters for the first time since it happened. “Hands off the quarterback,” Simmons said. “Everybody on this team know. Everybody …
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Scuffles during practices aren’t unusual during the summer, but it is unusual for a starting quarterback to be in the thick of one. That’s where Titans quarterback Cam Ward found himself on Monday, however. Ward threw a touchdown to wide receiver Calvin Ridley near the end of practice and then shoved defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons before celebrating in front of …
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