The Super Bowl halftime show is historically the most watched musical performance of the year. This year, global superstar singer Usher will be performing after two quarters of action between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers in Super Bowl LVIII. Usher has sold over 80 million records in his career, has nine No. 1 singles and has won …

Michigan State football has extended a scholarship offer to one of the top quarterbacks in the 2025 class. Madden Iamaleava of Downey, Calif. announced on Friday that he’s received a scholarship offer from the Spartans. Iamaleava is a four-star quarterback in the 2025 class. Iamaleava ranks as the No. 11 quarterback and No. 164 overall prospect in 247Sports’ rankings for …

USATSI Golf, dodgeball and Kick-Tac-Toe will be on tap for the 2024 Pro Bowl Games, which will feature some of the NFL’s best players ahead of Super Bowl LVIII.  This is the second year of the NFL’s revamped Pro Bowl format, which continues to take place in Orlando, Florida. It’s a two-day event that will begin on Thursday, Feb. 1 …

Montana offers intriguing take on Purdy ‘game-manager’ discussion originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Leading up to the 49ers’ Super Bowl LVIII matchup with the Kansas City Chiefs on Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium, NFL Pro Bowl quarterback Brock Purdy continues to receive the “game-manager” tag and other harsh criticisms. The latest to enter the arena and address the …

The Georgia Bulldogs have offered a scholarship to four-star safety recruit Jireh Edwards. Edwards is a member of the class of 2026. The elite safety prospect plays high school football for St. Frances Academy in Baltimore, Maryland. St. Frances Academy is one of the top high school football programs in the country. Jireh Edwards is the No. 1 player in …

Getty Images The Seattle Seahawks are hiring Leslie Frazier as their assistant head coach, according to CBS Sports HQ Senior NFL Insider Josina Anderson. Frazier will now join the staff of Mike Macdonald, who was officially hired as head coach earlier this week to succeed Pete Carroll.  Given that Macdonald is currently the youngest head coach in the NFL, it’d …

Gardner Minshew’s career so far has been unique, filled with backup roles, shining moments, cutoff jean shorts and a mania surrounding his name. The quarterback has certainly gone through ups and downs in different roles on various teams, from being named Offensive Rookie of the Month to being benched not long after. He began the 2023 season as the backup …

Three days of Senior Bowl practices wrapped on Thursday afternoon. After watching all the sessions in person at Hancock Whitney Stadium on the campus of the University of South Alabama, the Detroit Lions Podcast gathered back on radio row to go over what we saw during the week. We covered a lot of the players from both the American and …

While there’s still one more game to be played to wrap up the 2023 season, one of the more fascinating storylines for 2024 currently resides in Buffalo and surrounds wide receiver Stefon Diggs. There’s been plenty of speculation regarding the wideout’s future with the Bills over the last calendar year, and Diggs didn’t do much to subside that chatter in …

The Chiefs held their final practice in Kansas City before heading to Las Vegas for Super Bowl LVIII on Friday. Defensive tackle Chris Jones (quad) and running back Isiah Pacheco (toe, ankle) were listed as limited participants for the second straight day. Because it is Friday, the Chiefs also issued estimated game statuses as part of their injury report. Neither …

Memphis University School has its new football coach. Sticking to its tradition of hiring within, defensive coordinator Mark Chubb was named to the top position, the school announced in a news release Friday, which said he will step in immediately. “In a deep pool of highly qualified candidates, Mark Chubb’s background and experience stood out in the search process,” Peter …

The San Francisco 49ers found a diamond in the rough with quarterback Brock Purdy. The last overall pick in the 2022 NFL Draft has led his team to back-to-back NFC Championship appearances and now has them playing for a Super Bowl LVIII title. Of course, Purdy’s ascent came after two quarterbacks went down with injuries on the depth chart in …

The SEC and Big Ten delivered a coded, read-between-the-lines message to college athletics in a 259-word release on Friday: We got this.  Essentially, the two most powerful conferences on the planet told everyone else to step aside. They’re going to figure out the future of college athletics themselves. They’re done waiting for Congressional intervention or NCAA action.  The future of college athletics …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 2, 2024, 04:22 PM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. NHLPA executive director Marty Walsh believes the Arizona Coyotes should relocate if there isn’t a suitable arena plan in place by the end of the 2023-24 NHL season. “If there’s no plan in Arizona, I would encourage a move to another location, absolutely,” said Walsh, …

Mike Macdonald is new to the head coaching world, but the new top man in Seattle will reportedly have an experienced head coach working alongside him this season. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Leslie Frazier will be joining Macdonald’s staff as assistant head coach. Frazier was 21-32-1 as the head coach of the Vikings from 2010-2013 and most …