LAS VEGAS — How to put this delicately? The expanded Big 12’s biggest strength might be its lack of collective history. Only two programs — Colorado and BYU — have won national championships. That’s fewest among Power Four conferences. With all due respect to this island of disparate toys, in this age of radical realignment, the Big 12 essentially has …

Bill Belichick has another job lined up for the 2024 NFL season. Belichick has joined the cast of Inside the NFL, he announced today. The long-running Inside the NFL has been on the air since 1977, spending more than three decades on HBO and another decade on Showtime before moving to Paramount+ and finally The CW, where it will air …

North Carolina’s 2025 football recruiting class is currently ranked in the top 50 with 12 commitments including a rising quarterback prospect in Bryce Baker.  The quarterback climbed from a three-star prospect to a four-star prospect and moved into the 247Sports top 247 ranking. That should boost UNC’s class, especially if he continues to improve. Landing other prospects will also help …

Jul 11, 2024, 10:37 PM ET New Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman J.J. Moser signed a two-year, $6.75 million contract Thursday as the sides avoided arbitration. The Lightning acquired Moser and forward Conor Geekie from the Utah Hockey Club last month in a deal that sent defenseman Mikhail Sergachev to Utah. Moser, 24, spent his first three NHL seasons with the …

The Jets considered a change at the top of their offensive coaching staff this offseason, but they ultimately did not bring in anyone over offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett ahead of his second season with the team. Hackett’s first season did not go well as the Jets lost Aaron Rodgers four snaps into the year and failed to adapt on their …

Legendary college football Nick Saban has added to his already crowded trophy case by winning the 2024 ESPY Icon Award on Thursday night. In his time as a head coach with the Alabama Crimson Tide, Saban won six national championships during his 17-year tenure in Tuscaloosa. Coach Saban won an additional title while serving as the head coach of the …

Former New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is joining The CW Network’s Inside the NFL as an analyst, the league announced in a news release Thursday. Belichick, a six-time Super Bowl-winning head coach with the Patriots, will be joined by former NFL stars Chad Johnson, Chris Long, who each played for Belichick, and Ryan Clark for the show’s 48th …

LAS VEGAS — This season the Colorado-Colorado State rivalry game returns to Fort Collins, Colorado for the first time since 2015. If Rams coach Jay Norvell got his way, it’s a game that would be played every year.  “I think rivalries are what make college football special,” Norvell said. “It’s an in-state rivalry game and it’s been a special game …

Here’s a new look at Bears rookie Rome Odunze in Madden NFL 25 originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Ahead of the release of the NFL Madden 25 football video game, new looks at the game’s graphics and player profiles are beginning to leak. Bears rookie Rome Odunze is one of the players whose video character is available for peeks. …

During the Conquest Call-In Show on The Voice of College Football, a caller made the claim this past Friday that college teams, USC included, need a defensive-minded head coach in order to win a national championship. It was a clear, if indirect, reference to Lincoln Riley. Urban Meyer with Florida and Ohio State in 2014 was an offense-first head coach.  …

Long-time NFL assistant coach Monte Kiffin, whose Tampa Bay Buccaneers defenses routinely ranked among the league’s best, died Thursday. He was 84. One of the architects of the ultra successful Tampa 2 defensive scheme, Kiffin spent 13 seasons as defensive coordinator of the Bucs under former coaches Tony Dungy and Jon Gruden from 1996 to 2008 and helped the franchise …

Why are cities trying so hard to persuade the NFL to bring the draft to town? Because it’s a boom to the local economy. Visit Detroit and the Detroit Sports Commission said today that the 2024 NFL Draft generated a $213.6 million economic impact for the region, of which about three-fourths, $161.3 million, came from visitors who traveled from outside …

OXFORD, Miss. ― Monte Kiffin, a longtime college and NFL coach and the father of Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin, died Thursday at the age of 84, the Rebels announced. Monte Kiffin spent his final years working for his son in Oxford, most recently as an analyst. He first began coaching football in 1966 at his alma mater, Nebraska. …

The 2024 NFL Draft took place in Detroit from April 25-27, drawing in nearly 800,000 attendees. (Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images) Three months after the 2024 NFL Draft, Visit Detroit and the Detroit Sports Commission announced that the weekend-long event pulled in $213.6 million in economic impact for the city and surrounding area, according to a news release. Around $161.3 …

OXFORD — The football world lost one of its brightest defensive minds on Thursday. Monte Kiffin, a longtime pro and college coach and the brain behind the famed “Tampa 2” defense, died at the age of 84. Kiffin is the father of Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin. On Thursday morning, Lane took to social media to share some memories. …