Rich CiminiOct 21, 2025, 02:23 PM ET Close Rich Cimini is a staff writer who covers the New York Jets and the NFL at ESPN. Rich has covered the Jets for over 30 years, joining ESPN in 2010. Rich also hosts the Flight Deck podcast. He previously was a beat writer for the New York Daily News and is a …
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As you may have expected in a game between the Jets and Panthers, this was some dreadful football. The thousands of empty seats in MetLife Stadium on a perfect football-weather Sunday told you all you needed to know about the waning interest in the winless Jets at this point. And their performance, in a 13-6 loss to the Panthers, did …
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For the fourth time, Bill Belichick’s North Carolina team has faced a major conference opponent. And for the fourth time, they lost. This time it was in heartbreaking fashion after blowout losses in the Tar Heels’ first three games against power conference opponents, losing 21-18 to Cal in a game in which North Carolina fumbled at the 1-yard line while …
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Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, London — The Denver Broncos won a defensive slugfest 13-11 in London on Sunday to leave the New York Jets as still the only winless team in the NFL. Denver quarterback Bo Nix threw the only touchdown of the game at the end of the first quarter at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and the team’s defense sacked …
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After this week, the NFL season will already be one-third complete – and the storylines are heating up. The New York Jets, Baltimore Ravens and Kansas City Chiefs are still searching for answers, while Baker Mayfield looks like he’s solving every problem in front of him. Here are five things to know heading into Week 6. The Jets are the …
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The fact it appears to be isolated errors which are proving costly gives Arsenal some hope that there is a clear path to reviving their campaign. Captain Kim Little said after the match that the team “cannot always be perfect all of the time”. “We’re in a lower space just now with the current form, but we’ll come back stronger. …
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No. 7 Penn State earned the dubious distinction on Saturday of becoming the first team this season to lose to UCLA. UCLA is now the first 0-4 team since 1985 to beat a top-10 opponent thanks to a 42-37 upset of the visiting Nittany Lions. Bruins quarterback Nico Iamaleava scored five total touchdowns in the first victory of the season …
Read More »UCLA’s losses this season: Utah, UNLV, New Mexico, Northwestern. UCLA’s wins this season, after Saturday: No. 7 Penn State. The biggest upset of the college football season landed in Pasadena on Saturday, with the winless Bruins not just defeating a top-10 opponent but persistently overwhelming them on offense in a 42-37 win. UCLA outgained the Nittany Lions 446-357, with 280 …
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After sizing up the NFL’s six unbeaten teams in the most recent Pick Six column, we turn our focus to the six 0-3 teams. The Houston Texans, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets, Tennessee Titans, New York Giants and New York Jets are a combined 0-18 to start this season (and at least one of them will be 0-4, as the …
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The heat is rising at Halas Hall. First-year Bears coach Ben Johnson delivered a fiery message to his winless team Wednesday about the “championship-caliber” practice habits they’re lacking after dropping two straight games to start the year — including Sunday’s blowout loss to his former Lions team. “I think our practice habits are yet to reflect a championship-caliber team,” Johnson …
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