Longtime Alabama football coach Nick Saban shocked the nation when he announced his retirement Wednesday after 17 seasons with the Crimson Tide and six national championships. Within hours of the news breaking, five-star wide receiver Ryan Williams told ESPN he had decommitted from Alabama’s 2024 recruiting class. Williams, from Saraland, Alabama, had been committed to the Crimson Tide since October, …

Mike Tomlin’s Pittsburgh Steelers will travel to the Empire State to take on the Buffalo Bills in a 2024 NFL Super Wild Card Weekend showdown on Sunday on CBS and Paramount+. The Steelers won their last three games of the regular season on their way to punching their playoff ticket, defeating the Baltimore Ravens 17-10 last Sunday. They visit a …

The “greatest of all time” conversation begins and ends with Nick Saban. The former Alabama coach has done it all in his career, with multiple conference and national championships, and a coaching tree filled with some of the most iconic names in football, both past and present.  Saban mentored bright future coaching candidates at every level from his own head …

Jan 11, 2024, 10:00 AM ET Isaac Howard knows how to make an impression. At the 2022 NHL draft, when he was selected 31st overall by the Tampa Bay Lightning, Howard wore a vivid white suit, a blue turtleneck and a gold chain, tying it all together with an American-flag belt buckle. He declared himself “the best-looking guy here” during …

Ranking Bill Belichick’s top 10 draft picks with the Patriots originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Bill Belichick’s recent draft classes haven’t produced a ton of star players. But if you look at the entirety of his 24 years running the NFL Draft for the New England Patriots, you can say that no person in league history has hit on …

The college football world changed on Wednesday afternoon, with the news coming out that Alabama Crimson Tide head coach, Nick Saban, was planning on retiring. It’s fair to say that it marked an end of an era in the sport. Saban will leave college football as arguably the greatest coach in college football history, with 7 national championships to his …

It is the end of an era in New England. The Patriots and head coach Bill Belichick are parting ways after 24 seasons, confirmed by CBS Sports Lead NFL Insider Jonathan Jones. There were rumors all year that Belichick’s reign at Gillette Stadium may be over and now it is official. Belichick is now free to go to another team …

Two of the top three quarterbacks in passing yards per game this season will go head-to-head on Saturday. Browns quarterback Joe Flacco, who wasn’t in the NFL until Week 12, leads the league in passing yards per game (323.2) over his five contests. He’s thrown for at least 300 yards in four straight games. The Cleveland Browns will visit the …

Standout Georgia Bulldogs defensive back Javon Bullard, who is entering the 2024 NFL draft, has accepted an invitation to play in the Senior Bowl. The Senior Bowl will be played on Saturday, Feb. 3 at 1:00 p.m. ET. Javon Bullard was named as defensive MVP of the College Football Playoff semifinals and national championship game in 2022. Bullard is projected …

Could Steve Wilks head back to the NFC South? The Falcons are looking at Wilks to potentially be their next head coach, as NFL Media’s Mike Garafolo reports Atlanta has put in a request with San Francisco to interview the club’s defensive coordinator. Wilks served as Carolina’s interim coach after the franchise fired Matt Rhule in 2022. Wilks led the …

The New England Patriots landed in a place that has been completely foreign to them for over two decades. As the 2023 season came to a close, the franchise found itself in last place in the AFC East for the first time since 2000 and arguably the worst team in the entire AFC. For Bill Belichick, it was the worst …

The Oregon Ducks are ramping up their recruiting efforts for the future, and a potential major piece of that will be on campus in the coming weeks. According to a report from 247Sports, 2026 5-star quarterback Brady Smigiel will be in Eugene later this month for an unofficial visit. Smigiel stands at 6-foot-5 and is currently rated by the 247Sports …

Let’s just take a minute to realize how wild it is that it’s come to this. While every star does fade and Bill Belichick was never going to coach forever, it’s remarkable to see how quickly the bottom has fallen out on the New England Patriots and the head coach’s tenure with the franchise. Just two seasons ago after the …

Transition of Power: Inside the end of the Belichick Era originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Tom Curran on Bill Belichick and the Patriots parting ways It wasn’t supposed to end like this. In a perfect world, it would have ended in January of 2025 or later. Ideally, when Bill Belichick decided to end it. The final scene should have …

The 2023 college football season is officially over, with the Michan Wolverine standing atop the sport as the national champions. With the season over, Paul Myerberg of USA Today Sports decided to look back at how all 133 FBS teams performed and handed out grades to each program. He graded on a curve, based in part on preseason expectations, in-season …