Every two years, we watch Olympic athletes compete at some of the world’s largest sporting venues. Around 10,500 athletes will compete in the 35 venues designated for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, including the Stade de France, the country’s largest stadium. Created for the 1998 Football World Cup, the Stade de France has hosted World Athletics Championships, Rugby World Cups …

Location, location, location. That’s what the Las Vegas Raiders and New Orleans Saints were thinking when they decided to move their training camps to Southern California, joining the Rams and Chargers and traditional summer transplant Dallas Cowboys, who have set up shop in Oxnard almost every summer since 2001. The stretch between Ventura County to Orange County represents the densest …

Mark Stoops basks in the shade of one of college football’s most lucrative and secure jobs. At Kentucky, Stoops is not expected to produce national titles or conference championships. In the division era, he was not expected to win the SEC East or beat Georgia or Tennessee. Just keep Big Blue Nation entertained until basketball heats up. Seven wins and …

Sep 16, 2023; College Station, Texas; Texas A&M Aggies running back Rueben Owens (2) celebrates with wide receiver Moose Muhammad III (7) after scoring a touchdown during the third quarter against the Louisiana Monroe Warhawks at Kyle Field. Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports The 2024 college football season is just weeks away. Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko’s inaugural campaign could …

AUBURN — Could Auburn football have drawn up a better Big Cat Weekend? That’s a rhetorical question, of course. Things could always be better. Would coach Hugh Freeze like to have a quarterback committed in the Class of 2025 by this point? Of course. Would the Tigers have loved to add a pledge from a five-star recruit Saturday? Certainly, especially …

Alabama football’s middle linebacker unit enters this season as one of the team’s most solid position groups, thanks to the depth and experience carried over from the 2023 roster. The Crimson Tide bring back Deontae Lawson and Jihaad Campbell, along with Jeremiah Alexander and Justin Jefferson, from last season. It adds four true freshmen to its roster and loses four …

Colts backup quarterback Joe Flacco was not at practice Saturday, attending the funeral of his former teammate Jacoby Jones. Jones died this month at the age of 40. No cause of death has been reported. When Flacco and Jones played together on the Ravens, they connected on one of the greatest plays in franchise history, a 70-yard touchdown pass to …

AUBURN — Auburn football hosted dozens of recruits at its annual Big Cat Weekend event Saturday, securing four commitments throughout the day that officially began around noon and ended at about 4 p.m. Three of those pledges are in the Class of 2026, a cycle in which the Tigers now hold the No. 1 class in the country. Here is everything you …

If you could create an offense from the best players in Livingston County over the past 10 seasons, it would look something like the list below. One thing that stands out is that Pinckney could really breed wide receivers, with the Pirates claiming all three slots at that position. There are 12 players, plus a kicker, on this list instead …

Chargers fans line up outside “The Bolt” facility to watch the team’s training camp workout Saturday in El Segundo. (John McCoy / Associated Press) The Chargers hosted their final practice of the first week of training camp early Saturday evening, drawing a packed crowd under the setting sun in El Segundo. Some takeaways from Day 4: Harbaugh mum on status …

During more than 17 years in his job as Commissioner of the National Football League, Roger Goodell had never testified in court during a trial. That changed last month, when he was called by the league to testify in the Sunday Ticket class action. His comments covered 113 pages of the 2,506-page transcript. And it was largely uneventful, mainly because: …

The top athlete in the class of 2025 will visit Nebraska next week. Michael Terry III is a five-star recruit for Alamo Heights High School out of San Antonio, Texas. As a junior, he earned district MVP honors by rushing for 995 yards and 20 touchdowns and receiving 564 yards and ten touchdowns. He is scheduled to visit the Lincoln campus on Tuesday and …

Shanahan reveals when 49ers expect Hufanga to return from ACL injury originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area As the 49ers gear up for another Super Bowl pursuit, a key member of San Francisco’s defense could be back in the fold shortly. Talanoa Hufanga, who hasn’t been on the field since tearing his ACL last November, is poised to rejoin …

As has been the case in years past, Notre Dame is expected to dominate on the defensive side of the ball. While the offense hopefully will be much improved compared to years past, defense remains a hallmark for the Irish. At the moment, it starts with defensive coordinator al golden, and the Irish are lucky to have him for the …

Reginald Vaughn has locked in his college decision ahead of his senior season. Vaughn, the No. 19-ranked defensive tackle in the country out of Madison (Miss.) Hartfield Academy in Mississippi, committed to Arkansas on Saturday. The Razorbacks edged out in-state SEC contenders like Ole Miss and Mississippi State. After taking an official visit up to the Hill in June, the …