The 2024 NFL season is nearly here. We’ve cleared the last few hurdles on the calendar, including training camps, preseason and roster cutdowns. The Kansas City Chiefs’ pursuit of their unprecedented third straight Super Bowl title begins against the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday, Sept. 5 at 8:20 p.m. ET on NBC. Yahoo Sports is helping you gear up for the …
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Big Ten football predictions for Iowa in 2024
Nov 25, 2022; Iowa City, Iowa, USA; Iowa Hawkeyes head coach Kirk Ferentz watches his team play the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Kinnick Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Reese Strickland-USA TODAY Sports The new Big Ten football landscape, with 18 schools and USC being a part of the action, is a wondrous and fascinating place. How the West Coast schools will affect the …
Read More »Eagles practice notes: Rookie in a new number, injury updates
Eagles practice notes: Rookie in a new number, injury updates originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia With temperatures pushing into the high 90s, the Eagles moved their practice inside on Wednesday afternoon. Just as practice began, the Eagles announced the signing of 14 practice squad players, most of whom were with them throughout the summer. Aside from injuries (we’ll get …
Read More »How widespread is sign stealing in college football? | College Football Enquirer
Overrated/Underrated/Properly Rated: USC, Alabama, Oregon, Ole Miss & Georgia | College Football Power Hour Jason Fitz & Caroline Fenton just need to get some takes off in advance of the premiere of College Football Power Hour, which drops its first full episode on Tuesday, August 27th. With just days to go before Week 0 kicks off, the pair play a …
Read More »Blackhawks’ Laurent Brossoit has surgery, to miss start of camp
Aug 28, 2024, 04:51 PM ET CHICAGO — Blackhawks goaltender Laurent Brossoit will miss the start of training camp while he recovers from an operation on his right knee. Brossoit had meniscus surgery on Tuesday in Chicago. Team physician Michael Terry said Wednesday that Brossoit is expected to return in five to seven weeks. The Blackhawks open training camp in …
Read More »49ers set 2024 NFL season practice squad; two spots open
49ers set 2024 NFL season practice squad; two spots open originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Programming Note: Watch “49ers Now” with Matt Maiocco and Carlos Ramirez at 5 p.m. PT today from Santa Clara, streaming live on the NBC Sports app. Watch the show later on YouTube and Facebook. The 49ers made their final roster cuts to the …
Read More »Deion Sanders has talked a good talk in Colorado … now he has to prove he can win, too
Following an offseason of transfers in and transfers out, pointed criticism and breathless praise, of lawsuits, media banishments and, of course, all-access videos, the Colorado Buffaloes return to the field Thursday when they host North Dakota State. Naturally it will be nationally televised on ESPN. “The world is watching,” head coach Deion Sanders said. Coach Prime is back, although he …
Read More »Anonymous NFL coach pinpoints key difference between Purdy, Jimmy G
Anonymous NFL coach pinpoints key difference between Purdy, Jimmy G originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Programming Note: Watch “49ers Now” with Matt Maiocco and Carlos Ramirez at 5 p.m. PT today from Santa Clara, streaming live on the NBC Sports app. Watch the show later on YouTube and Facebook. The 49ers have had their fair share of quarterback …
Read More »Will Campbell says LSU focused on USC game, not ‘going to Caesar’s Palace’ while in Las Vegas
Sep 30, 2023; Oxford, Mississippi, USA; LSU Tigers offensive linemen Will Campbell (66) waits for the snap during the first half against the Mississippi Rebels at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-USA TODAY Sports For the fourth year in a row, the LSU Tigers are beginning the season with a contest against a non-conference Power 4 opponent. This time, they’re …
Read More »Coming for the Kingdom: How Chiefs DC Steve Spagnuolo has the NFL — and the Shanahan tree — flummoxed
The Kansas City Chiefs are trying to do something no team has ever done: win three straight Super Bowls. The rest of the NFL is trying to stop them. Here are the key elements of the Chiefs’ success, which will again play a role in their quest — and could provide clues to how other teams can unseat the kings …
Read More »What was revealed and missed in the “Sign Stealer” documentary | College Football Enquirer
This embedded content is not available in your region. On today’s episode of the College Football Enquirer, Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger, and SI’s Pat Forde dig into the Netflix documentary, “Sign Stealer.” They react to the craziest information that was featured about the Michigan sign-stealing scandal and revel in the crazy personality of Connor Stallions. Throughout the pod, they dive …
Read More »Adrian Colbert’s story on ‘Hard Knocks’ will tug on your heartstrings: ‘I’m grateful to be alive’
Adrian Colbert’s story on ‘Hard Knocks’ will tug on your heartstrings: ‘I’m grateful to be alive’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Bears safety Adrian Colbert is a grounded person. He uses sound bowls to cleanse the energy around him. He walks around barefoot at training camp to be more grounded and receive energy from nature. There’s no doubt he’s …
Read More »Tuesdays with Gorney: Predictions for the four uncommitted five-stars
After a rash of commitments before the start of their senior seasons, only four five-star prospects in the 2025 class remain uncommitted.In today’s Tuesdays With Gorney, Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney offers the latest on all four of them and makes a prediction on where they will end up. MORE GORNEY: Recruiting Rumor Mill | All-America Freshman Offense | …
Read More »Books stand pat after Steelers announce Russell Wilson as the starter
Patrick Everson FOX Sports Betting Analyst If you want to know whether NFL coaching decisions really have an impact, then perhaps first take a look at how oddsmakers respond. For example, when it comes to regular-season win totals, a starting quarterback is, of course, an important factor … one would think. But not always, as we learned Wednesday when Pittsburgh …
Read More »Fantasy Football: 4 league-winning tips you won’t hear everywhere else
Special to Yahoo Sports Back in the old days, we received our fantasy football news once a day from a TV or radio broadcast and gathered our tips and tricks from a magazine that came out in July and never saw a useful update. Those days are gone. Now we get news the second it happens and our advice from …
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