LOS ANGELES — Though the excitement surrounding Jadyn Davis has died down since he committed to Michigan football in the winter months, the new Wolverines quarterback doesn’t intend to rest on his laurels. A five-star at the time of his commitment in March 2023, despite impressing on the final day of the Elite 11 in the summer, Davis has seen …

While he’s already made his share of NFL history, T.J. Watt is on the precipice of setting a record that would truly distinguish himself among the fraternity of legendary pass rushers. The Steelers’ perennial Pro Bowl linebacker is two games away from becoming the first player since the league started keeping track of individual sacks in 1982 to lead the …

Baker Mayfield of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, right, bumps heads with Ryan Jensen. (Photo by Mike Carlson/Getty Images) On Dec. 10, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ playoff hopes were down to one drive. They were trailing and on the road. With 3:23 left, the Atlanta Falcons scored to take a 25-22 lead. With a loss, the Bucs would have fallen to …

Washington has navigated a path to the College Football Playoff by dodging several potholes en route to an unblemished record and a Pac-12 championship. But now comes the really hard part. By snapping the conference’s seven-year CFP drought — Washington was the last team to represent the Pac-12 in the field in 2016 — the Huskies now have a target …

Eric Williams NFC West Writer The ability to play with confidence can be a fleeting thing in the National Football League. For most of the season, 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy played with swagger because of his MVP-like production in leading San Francisco to an 11-4 record and a second straight NFC West title. But a poor performance like the one …

The Cleveland Browns welcome the New York Jets to town for an AFC matchup on Thursday Night Football. The game kicks off the NFL’s Week 17 slate, and the Browns aim to continue a hot streak. Cleveland is 10-5 overall after a 36-22 road win over the Houston Texans in Week 16. The Browns are on a three-game winning streak …

If you were looking for the low point of Nick Saban’s entire career at Alabama, you’d probably start in the bowels of Raymond James Stadium in Tampa back on Sept. 16. There, as a lightning delay halted play for more than an hour, Nick Saban, soaked and seething, walked back to the locker room in the midst of a team …

Dec 28, 2023, 11:34 AM ET BUFFALO, N.Y. — Sabres top-line center Tage Thompson was placed on the team’s non-roster list because of personal reasons on Thursday. Thompson did not play in Buffalo’s 4-1 loss to the Boston Bruins on Wednesday night. The team did not provide any other details on Thompson’s absence except to indicate he is expected to …

The Week 17 NFL main slate begins Sunday at 1 p.m. EST and features 13 games. Only the Thursday Night Football (Jets-Browns), Saturday game (Lions-Cowboys) and Sunday Night Football (Packers-Vikings) participants play outside the Week 17 main slate. Yahoo will run plenty of NFL DFS contests for Week 17, but the biggest is the Sunday Baller, which pays out a …

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Two head coaches who are longtime friends square off when Greg Schiano and the Rutgers Scarlet Knights face Mario Cristobal and the Miami (FL) Hurricanes in the 2023 Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl on Thursday. Both Schiano and Cristobal were members of the Miami coaching staff beginning in 1999 and during Schiano’s first stint as coach of Rutgers (2001-11), Cristobal …

Unless you’re in middle age, you either don’t remember or were not alive the last time the Steelers won in Seattle, the site of Pittsburgh’s Week 17 game. It’s been a little over 40 years since Pittsburgh last won in Seattle after losing its last five games in the Emerald City.  The Steelers’ last win in Seattle took place on …

A week after impressive wins over fellow Super Bowl contenders, the Ravens and Dolphins will clash on Sunday in a potential AFC Championship Game preview. Baltimore is a 3-point home favorite according to the latest Week 17 NFL odds. A win would clinch the No. 1 overall seed for the Ravens, while Miami can also lock down the top seed …

DANIA BEACH – With Florida State football already facing at least 25 opt-outs offensively and defensively for Saturday’s Orange Bowl against Georgia, the anxiety surrounding player availability is high. When defensive tackle Braden Fiske made his way to his media availability ahead of the game Thursday at Le Méridien Dania Beach at Fort Lauderdale Airport, he did so walking in …

The costly Russell Wilson era with the Denver Broncos is likely ending. Wilson, a nine-time Pro Bowler, was expected to help bring the Broncos back to the glory days of John Elway and Peyton Manning when he was traded by the Seattle Seahawks to Denver for two first-round picks, two second-round picks, a fifth-round pick, quarterback Drew Lock and two …