The Detroit Lions are coming off their first playoff win since 1991, defeating the Los Angeles Rams, 24-23. As the second-highest remaining seed, they earned another home game and will host the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday.  Last week’s wild card win was something Lions fans have been waiting over three decades for and the playoff victory drought ending caused …

USATSI Jared Goff is coming off of his best year with the Detroit Lions, and has a chance Sunday to guide Detroit to its first NFC Championship appearance since 1991. The more he wins over the next couple weeks, the more money he could make. According to NFL Media, contract extension talks with Goff are expected to ramp up this …

Jan. 21—CHAMPAIGN — Sure, the 2024 Illinois football season doesn’t start for another 223 days. But spring practice is just around the corner. During the next two months, I’m going to take a position-by-position look at Bret Bielema’s fourth Illini team. My 35 years on the Illinois football beat should come in handy. I have seen it all. First up: …

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Detroit Lions are facing off in the divisional round, but it’s not the first time these teams have played each other this season. The Lions and Bucs played back in Week 6, just over three months ago. The Lions, in the midst of a strong start, beat the Bucs 20-6. Tampa, on the other hand, …

Sunday’s NFL divisional round features two intriguing matchups, and bettors are all over the games. We’re tracking the major bets and the wagers with longer odds for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers-Detroit Lions and Kansas City Chiefs-Buffalo Bills games. It’s no coincidence that the final game of the weekend (Chiefs-Bills) is expected to draw the most action, said Patrick Everson, who …

Arizona Wildcat football fans have a lot to celebrate today. The Pac-12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year, quarterback Noah Fifita, and sophomore Second Team All-Pac-12 selection Tetairoa McMillan will be returning to Tucson to play for new head coach Brent Brennan in 2024. Fifita and McMillan explain in a tweet below from Arizona Football, “Tucson we have unfinished business. We runnin’ …

The Detroit Lions and their playoff failures are well known, having only two playoff victories since their last championship in 1957. One of those wins came in the wild-card round last week, as the Lions are one victory away from their first conference championship game since the 1991 season.  Detroit hosts its second playoff game in as many weeks, the …

Getty Images Regardless of what happens against the Detroit Lions in Sunday’s divisional-round game, it appears Baker Mayfield’s “prove it” season will have a happy ending. There is mutual interest between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and their quarterback on bringing him back next year, possibly on a big contract extension, according to NFL Media.  It’s a pretty simple situation. The Buccaneers want …

The Clemson football program has a huge opportunity in 2024 as the College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams. The more teams, the more opportunities for the Tigers to return to the playoff and make a run at a title. While the team needs a lot of development for them to do so, college football is a crazy place where …

Emily Kaplan, ESPNJan 21, 2024, 02:56 PM ET CloseEmily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. Corey Perry is signing a one year deal to finish the season with the Edmonton Oilers, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The contract will include performance bonuses and is prorated to the league minimum, sources said. Perry, 38, had his contract terminated by the Chicago …

The Seahawks can have in-person interviews with head coaching candidates who currently work for other teams this week and they have several coaches in mind for their next round of meetings. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Seahawks are setting up second interviews with five candidates. The group includes Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris, Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan …

South Carolina football has hired Marquel Blackwell as running backs coach with SEC experience. Blackwell has been a running backs coach at three different programs in four years. Most recently, Blackwell was at Texas A&M, where he oversaw a rushing attack that averaged 136.2 yards per game. Blackwell was the running backs coach at Ole Miss in 2022, where he …

Detroit Lions star rookie tight end Sam LaPorta will be active against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Sunday’s NFC Divisional Round matchup (3 p.m. ET). LaPorta was questionable with a knee injury, which he suffered in the Lions’ Week 18 win over the Minnesota Vikings. He was also questionable for the Lions’ wild-card round game against the Los Angeles Rams …

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers suffered a season-ending Achilles injury just four plays into the 2023 NFL season, and while he teased a return throughout the year, he remained sidelined for the remainder of the games. Whether he will look like the same future Hall of Famer when he gets back on the football field after the injury is …

Elite class of 2025 cornerback Tae Harris has decommitted from the Georgia Bulldogs. Harris is ranked as a four-star recruit. Harris originally committed to Georgia football in June 2023. However, a lot has changed for the Georgia coaching staff since then. Former Georgia defensive backs coach Fran Brown accepted the head coaching job at Syracuse. The Bulldogs subsequently hired USC …