Bears vs. Titans: When is the season opener? originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Chicago Bears tore through their preseason slate, finishing an undefeated 4-0 with wins over the Texans, Bills, Bengals and Chiefs. From here on out, the games count, and the Bears will kick off their regular season at Soldier Field on Sunday, Sept. 8 at 12 …

Apr 20, 2024; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners head coach Brent Venables during the Oklahoma Sooners spring game at Gaylord Family OK Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports The Oklahoma Sooners are embarking on a new journey as they enter the SEC this fall. Ad nauseam, we’ve discussed the challenges that approach and the difficulty of this year’s …

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterAug 23, 2024, 01:42 PM ET CloseKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The American Hockey League is mandating the use of cut-resistant neck protection by all players and on-ice officials. The change, announced Friday, goes into effect for the 2024-25 season following a unanimous vote by the AHL board of governors. Cut-resistant socks …

The following is an excerpt from the latest edition of Yahoo’s fantasy football newsletter, Get to the Points! If you like what you see, you can subscribe for free here. One thing we definitely do not lack at Yahoo Fantasy is data. After a quarter-century spent hosting fantasy leagues, we know a few things about winning and losing. Among the …

The official game time has not yet been announced for the high-profile clash between the Oregon Ducks and Ohio State Buckeyes on October 12, but according to FOX Sports’ Joel Klatt, we can prepare for an evening showdown inside Autzen Stadium. Klatt went on The Herd with Colin Cowherd on Tuesday morning and declared that this matchup between Big Ten favorites …

MANHATTAN — A mass exodus at quarterback last December helped clear the path for freshman phenom Avery Johnson to take over as Kansas State football’s starting quarterback. But the departure of veteran starter Will Howard and a pair of backups before the Pop-Tarts Bowl also created a whole new problem. Forget for a minute that Johnson seamlessly stepped in and …

When David Wallis showed up at the Patriots’ rookie minicamp on a tryout basis, he looked like an extreme long shot to make the roster. He may not be anymore. Wallis, who played an undrafted receiver at Randolph-Macon College in Division III, returned a kickoff 53 yards in Thursday night’s preseason game against the Eagles. That comes after a 23-yard …

CLINTON — It might be Donnie Militzer’s third season as head coach at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, but this season, there is a different feeling surrounding the OLSH program because the school has agreed to a co-op with Eden Christian Academy and the Propel Montour School District. For Militzer, coordinating and coaching players from three different schools spread …

Shanahan describes giving up 49ers’ preseason play-calls as ‘weird’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Programming Note: Watch “49ers Training Camp Live” with Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan at 3 p.m. PT today from Santa Clara, streaming live on the NBC Sports app. Watch the show later on YouTube and Facebook. Kyle Shanahan was a fish out of …

Bills quarterback Josh Allen is set for a little more preseason work this weekend. The team announced that they plan to play Allen and the team’s other healthy starters for about a quarter and a half against the Steelers on Saturday night. That’s about the same as they played last week against the Bears, although the team notes that forecasted …

The Browns have signed safety Tyler Coyle and long snapper Rex Sunahara, the team announced. Cleveland signed Sunahara last week, and he long snapped for five plays against the Packers. He entered the league in 2020 as an undrafted free agent out of West Virginia. Sunahara previously has spent time with the Dolphins and Steelers as well as the San …

If pundits and oddsmakers are correct, the Gophers football team will be scratching for a sixth win and bowl eligibility come November. Minnesota’s chance to advance the Big Ten championship game via the weaker West division is no longer an option given the conference’s decision to go with one 18-team monolithic standings. With the U picked to finish 12th in …

Saints wide receiver Rashid Shaheed returned to full practice recently after dealing with a hamstring injury, but a new issue had him on the sideline Friday. Head coach Dennis Allen said at his press conference that Shaheed did not practice because of an injury to his toe or foot. Allen did not say whether Shaheed was slated to play in …

Connor Stalions is out of the stable. The notorious figure at the center of the Michigan sign-stealing scandal has resurfaced as the defensive coordinator at Mumford High School in Detroit. Stalions is working as a volunteer. “He might be the most hated man in college football, but the coaches and kids at Mumford High School love him,” head coach William …

The Cowboys talked with CeeDee Lamb’s representation over the phone Thursday in an attempt to finalize a deal, Calvin Watkins of the Dallas Morning News reports. The team has offered the receiver slightly under $33 million per season, per Watkins. That would push the annual average ahead of Philadelphia’s A.J. Brown ($32 million) but behind Minnesota’s Justin Jefferson ($35 million) …