USATSI Former Louisville star and longtime NFL quarterback Teddy Bridgewater is returning to his alma mater, Miami Northwestern High School, as the program’s new head coach. This move comes after the 31-year-old Bridgewater ended his NFL career after spending the 2023 season as a backup with the Detroit Lions.  “It means a great deal,” Miami Northwestern athletic director Andre Williams …

In what feels like a blink of an eye, we have arrived at Super Bowl LVIII. As you might imagine, the anticipation for this showdown between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs from Las Vegas is ramping up to historic levels. Patrick Mahomes’ team is looking to win its third title in the last five years, while the …

The Kansas City Chiefs are back in the Super Bowl for the fourth time in five years in a rematch against the first team they beat for a championship in the Patrick Mahomes era. While Mahomes and Travis Kelce are still key figures in the Chiefs’ offensive excellence, the San Francisco 49ers have turned over many of their key skill …

Texas is a winner again. The proof of concept from a 12-win season, Big 12 title and College Football Playoff berth has national media giving the Longhorns due credit. The retirement of Alabama head coach Nick Saban has some thinking the team has staying power with more room at the top of the SEC. Former Crimson Tide quarterback Greg McElroy …

Henry McKenna AFC East Reporter Because of where the San Francisco 49ers drafted Brock Purdy (with the very last pick in the 2022 NFL Draft), he is one of the NFL’s lowest-paid players. It’s a great salary. In 2024, he’ll make $1.1 million, the largest salary of his career. But somehow, it doesn’t feel like NFL money, right? His signing …

What Kelee Ringo wants to work on after promising rookie season originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia There weren’t many Eagles who got better as the 2023 went on and ended with a collapse. Kelee Ringo was one of them. The Eagles’ fourth-round pick out of Georgia played a grand total of one defensive snap through the first 12 weeks …

Not many NFL teams can match the history of the San Francisco 49ers. The first franchise to win five Super Bowls, the franchise is one win away from joining the Steelers and Patriots as six-time champions.  By getting to this year’s Super Bowl, the 49ers have matched the Steelers and Cowboys for the second-most Super Bowl appearances by a franchise. …

Sah’Nye Degraffenreidt got a visit from Rutgers football head coach Greg Schiano on Thursday. And Schiano certainly made an impression, with the head coach using a helicopter to land at the prospect’s high school. One of the top players in New Jersey in the class of 2025, Degraffenreidt (nicknamed ‘Ice Cup’) is a hot name on the recruiting trail. A …

Keenan Allen and the Los Angeles Chargers are coming off a miserable 2023 season, but the wide receiver has no intentions of jumping ship. “Yeah, absolutely, I don’t see myself going anywhere,” Allen said about his future to NFL Network on Thursday night. The Chargers went 5-12 this season, missing the playoffs for the fourth time in five years. Meanwhile, …

What Alex Van Pelt brings to Patriots as new offensive coordinator originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston For what was shaping up to be one of the youngest coaching staffs in the NFL, led by the second-youngest head coach in the league, it made sense for the Patriots to covet experience in their offensive coordinator hire. For a team without …

Feb. 2—The least-heralded member of Ohio State’s 2024 incoming transfer class is not hard to identify. He might have the least-noticeable role, too, but Will Kacmarek is used to all that. He flew under the radar as a senior in St. Louis in 2021, a two-star defensive line prospect in a year muddled by the COVID-19 pandemic and the early …

While every NFL game has its fair share of prop bets, the Super Bowl always takes it to another level. In addition to the standard Super Bowl props offered by sportsbooks, there is another category of exotic Super Bowl prop bets available for Chiefs vs. 49ers on Sunday, Feb. 11. Some of these include Super Bowl National Anthem props, coin …

The San Francisco 49ers are back in the Super Bowl for the second time in five years, and they will face off against the team they last played on the big stage in the Kansas City Chiefs. The postseason has been more of a grind than anticipated for the 49ers. They needed a game-winning drive and then an interception vs. …

MADISON, Wis. — Former Southern California defensive coordinator Alex Grinch has resurfaced at Wisconsin as the Badgers’ new safeties coach. Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell announced the hire on Thursday. Grinch replaces Colin Hitschler, who left to join new Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer’s staff. “I’m thankful to have the opportunity to add Alex to our staff,” Wisconsin coach Luke Fickell said …

We’ve got our first Super Bowl LVIII bulletin board material. It came courtesy of San Francisco 49ers pass rusher Nick Bosa, who on Thursday took a shot at two members of the Kansas City Chiefs’ offensive line.  When he asked to give his impressions on Chiefs linemen Donovan Smith and Jawaan Taylor, Bosa decided to give a less than diplomatic …