For the first time in the Big Ten championship game era, the conference will not pit a pair of division champions against each other for the conference crown. With the addition of four new members, bringing the total membership up to 18 teams, the Big Ten has done away with the division format and will simply pit the top two …

The Green Bay Packers have a new backup quarterback behind Jordan Love.  The Packers traded a 2025 seventh-round pick to the Tennessee Titans in exchange for Malik Willis, per multiple reports. Willis, a third-round pick by the Titans in 2022, gives the Packers a backup quarterback with NFL game experience. He played in 11 games for the Titans over his …

Patriots’ Drake Maye conundrum underscores early success of Bears’ Caleb Williams plan originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Life with a rookie quarterback is difficult in the NFL, no matter how prepared your coach and roster are to ride the wave. However, an imperfect plan or faulty roster construction can exacerbate the growing pains and even delay or derail a …

Oklahoma coach Brent Venables gathers his team after a University of Oklahoma (OU) Sooners spring football game at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, April 20, 2024. The Oklahoma Sooners official roster for the 2024 season is out and there’s another piece to the puzzle joining the team this fall. The Sooners added a late transfer in former …

Why Orlovsky lists 49ers’ Purdy as one of nine elite NFL QBs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area There are a number of attributes that can be used to define an “elite” NFL quarterback, but one former signal-caller believes 49ers star Brock Purdy falls under that criteria for a very specific reason. ESPN’s Dan Orlovsky listed the nine QBs …

. If you’re hoping to give Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney a piece of your mind this season on his weekly radio show, you’ll have to send him an email. The longtime Tigers coach will reportedly lighten the bandwagon and axe live call-ins on his newly revamped “Tiger Sports Hour with Dabo Swinney” radio show. “Fans will able to submit …

Bill Belichick questions Falcons’ approach with Matthew Judon originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Few are more qualified to discuss Matthew Judon’s contract situation than Bill Belichick. After all, the ex-New England Patriots head coach and general manager is the reason Judon enters the 2024 season looking for a new deal. Belichick and the Patriots raised Judon’s guaranteed money from …

Visalia Times-Delta/Tulare Advance-Register readers can now vote for their favorite high school athletes at the newspaper’s website, visaliatimesdelta.com. The poll closes on Friday. There are no restrictions so vote now and vote often. Please do not email your votes. Here are the choices for the week of Aug. 26-30: Juan Arroyo, football, Lindsay: Arroyo had two tackles and three interceptions, including one …

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE – AUGUST 17: Malik Willis #7 of the Tennessee Titans drops back to throw a pass during the first half of the game against the Seattle Seahawks at Nissan Stadium on August 17, 2024 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Johnnie Izquierdo/Getty Images) The Tennessee Titans are trading quarterback Malik Willis to the Green Bay Packers, according to multiple …

Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman warms up during a Notre Dame football practice at Irish Athletic Center on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, in South Bend. The Notre Dame football team continues to get love from analysts as rankings and polls roll out following a surprising Week 0. There’s an obvious caveat here — very few teams played a game …

Your 2024 fantasy football drafts are rapidly approaching, and it will be as important as ever to knock your first-round pick out of the park … and of course, all of the rounds to follow. To help you do that, we’ve outlined the “perfect” draft plan and how to execute it from the first round on through the middle of …

The first week of high school football is in the books, and there were plenty of standout performances on fields throughout District 10. Which player had the best performance? The Times-News would like to know who you think deserves District 10 Football Player of the Week honors in our poll. We’ve narrowed the choices to the following 12 options: Tyler …

49ers rookie Pearsall returns to practice with heavy workload originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — Rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall returned to 49ers practice with a heavy workload. Pearsall missed the past three weeks of practices due to a subluxation of his left shoulder. He took part in the padded practice on Monday while wearing a …

Apr 27, 2024; Boulder, CO, USA; Colorado Buffaloes offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur during a spring game event at Folsom Field. Colorado kicks off Week 1 of the college football season by hosting North Dakota State on national television (ESPN). It will be a matchup between Deion Sanders’ Buffaloes and one of the most successful FCS programs in college football. The …

David Helman NFL Reporter Training camp is drawing to a close and the NFL season is imminent, so of course it was time for the Dallas Cowboys to start doing business. Word came down Monday that the Cowboys have finally agreed to a blockbuster deal with star receiver CeeDee Lamb. The four-year extension secures Lamb in Dallas through the 2028 …