The San Francisco 49ers will try to return to the Super Bowl for the first time since 2019 when they take on the Detroit Lions in the 2024 NFC Championship Game on Sunday. The 49ers (12-5), who won the NFC West for the third time in five years, last won a Super Bowl in 1994. The Lions (12-5), who are …

Florida football has agreed to terms with former New England Patriots assistant special teams coach Joe Houston as a senior special teams analyst. Houston worked with the Patriots from 2020-23. Prior to that, Houston spent three seasons as a coach at Iowa State (2016-19), which included a one-year stint as special teams coordinator. With the Florida Gators, Houston will work …

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJan 28, 2024, 04:50 PM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. New York Rangers center Filip Chytil will miss the remainder of the season, the team announced Sunday. Chytil, who has not played since Nov. 2, had previously been ruled out with what the Rangers described as an upper-body injury, with sources …

If the Ravens are going to keep their season alive, they’re going to need to pull off a comeback in the second half. The Chiefs opened the scoring with a Travis Kelce touchdown catch and they got the final points in the first half when Harrison Butker hit a 52-yard field goal with four seconds left in the second quarter. …

Getty Images The Pittsburgh Steelers have interviewed former Atlanta Falcons head coach Arthur Smith for its vacant offensive coordinator position. Smith, the Tennessee Titans’ offensive coordinator from 2019-20, just completed a three-year run as the Falcons head coach.   If nothing else, Atlanta was consistent during Smith’s time there. The Falcons were 7-10 in each of his three seasons and …

Rolling on with taking a look at who will be in Mobile, Alabama for the Senior Bowl — a game in which Jets defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich will be a head coach — here are the running backs that will take part this week. Coaching the running backs in Mobile will be Cardinals running backs coach Autry Denson and Jamel …

Getty Images The NFL decided to briefly pause the AFC Championship game on Sunday after a drone was spotted near M&T Bank Stadium.  With 6:01 remaining in the first quarter, referee Shawn Smith announced that the game would be stopped due to an administrative timeout, which isn’t something you see every day in the NFL. After coming back from a …

Getty Images Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce — two Super Bowl rings, four First-Team All-Pro selections and nine Pro Bowl nods — has long been in the conversation for greatest player to play the game at his position. Now he has a case for being the best playoff pass-catcher in NFL history. With his seventh catch against the …

The vast majority of the football world will soon descend upon Mobile, Alabama for the annual Senior Bowl. Jets fans this year will have some reason to watch as defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich will serve as head coach of the National Team. To get a start on the week, we’ll compile a simple list of players at each position that …

An NFC champion will be crowned on Sunday when the San Francisco 49ers play host to the Detroit Lions. The game is a classic David vs. Goliath matchup between two completely opposite franchises.  If they can beat the Lions, the 49ers will join the Patriots, Broncos, Cowboys and Steelers as the only franchises to have eight Super Bowl appearances. Conversely, the Lions …

Lamar Jackson is no longer a dual-threat quarterback. He went full triple threat on Sunday. Jackson, who is very likely to win NFL MVP in less than two weeks, is one of the best runners we’ve ever seen at quarterback, and he’s a heck of a passer too. He can even catch passes in traffic. Jackson had a fantastic highlight …

Getty Images Iowa is set to hire Green Bay Packers analyst and former Western Michigan coach Tim Lester as its new offensive coordinator, according to 247Sports. Lester takes over a position that was previously held by Brian Ferentz, the son of longtime Hawkeyes coach Kirk Ferentz, before the two sides parted ways amid continued maligned production on that side of …

Only four teams remain in the NFL postseason with three games left to play — including Sunday’s AFC and NFC championship games — and per usual this time of the year given the physical grind playing an NFL season, there are some key injuries.  Leading into kickoff for this game came the news that Chiefs linebacker Willie Gay Jr. will …

Can quarterback Lamar Jackson lead the Ravens past the Chiefs and into the Super Bowl? (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) The Baltimore Ravens are somewhere they haven’t been in 11 years: the AFC Championship game. And the last time they went that far, they went all the way and won the Super Bowl. But that was the 2012 season. Quarterback …

USATSI Even before opening kickoff for the AFC Championship Game, there was already some drama on the field. Chirping between the Chiefs and Ravens started in warmups with Kansas City tight end Travis Kelce and Baltimore kicker Justin Tucker. Tucker was doing some stretches by the end zone, with his kicking tee in front of him. In the same area, the …