Lynch declares Pearsall ‘absolutely’ will play in 2024 after shooting originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Ricky Pearsall wanted to play in the 49ers’ season opener Monday night at Levi’s Stadium, but he won’t suit up against the New York Jets. San Francisco placed the rookie wide receiver on the reserve/non-football injury list Monday after he was shot during …

Sep. 6—Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck coached at Western Michigan. So did Jack Harbaugh, father of Jim and John Harbaugh. So did Elliot Uzelac, whose job as Ohio State’s offensive coordinator went up in flames when star running back Robert Smith sat out the 1991 season because of a conflict with Uzelac. And so did Tim Lester, who took over for …

Multiple NFL players plan to wear Guardian Cap during games this season originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The first NFL Sunday of the 2024 season will feature at least a few Guardian Caps. Tennessee Titans tight end Josh Whyle said Friday that he plans to wear a Guardian Cap during games in the 2024 campaign, starting with his team’s …

Sep. 6—As the time to hang up his high school cleats nears, senior linebacker and running back Drayton Pouncil looks to work hard and be a leader for his team in his last year wearing black and gold. Pouncil began playing football in third grade and remembers falling in love with the game. He explained that since he was young, …

Eagles inactives: Down 2 possible starters against Packers in Brazil originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia SÃO PAULO — The Eagles will kick off their season against the Packers at Corinthians Arena tonight in Brazil. But they’ll be without a couple key players who recently suffered injuries. Both Devin White (ankle) and Isaiah Rodgers (hand) were previously ruled out and …

Sep. 6—It was a typical first week of college football as there was only one upset and all the other ranked teams handled business against nonranked opponents. Some ranked teams may have had a scare, but ultimately they all came out on top, except Florida State. Which, shame on me for not picking Boston College to come out on top. …

The 2024 NFL season is underway and as teams finished up with preseason, their injury picture for Week 1 became a little clearer. Some teams knows they will be without certain players for the first game of their season. Others are taking it day-by-day as names have popped up during practice this week. The Cincinnati Bengals and Pittsburgh Steelers are …

No. 1 Michigan Wolverines will host No. 3 Texas Longhorns during week two of the NCAA football season. (Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images) Defending national champs the Michigan Wolverines and the No. 3 Texas Longhorns both won their first games of the season last week, and the two will meet this weekend in Ann Arbor for Week 2 of NCAA football. …

Welp, the Kansas City Chiefs have a shiny new toy to play with. There was no time wasted figuring out how to get the ball into the hands of speedster rookie wide receiver Xavier Worthy. He had only three touches in Kansas City’s season-opening 27-20 win over the Baltimore Ravens on Thursday night. But he turned them into two long …

The Wisconsin Badgers (1-0) football team is back in action on Saturday, hosting South Dakota (1-0) in the second game of the year. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. CT, 3:30 p.m. ET at Camp Randall Stadium as the Badgers will look to improve to 2-0 on the season. The Badgers are coming off a 28-14 win over Western Michigan …

Report: Patriots work out multiple tight ends before Week 1 vs. Bengals originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots are in pretty good shape at tight end entering Week 1 of the 2024 NFL season, but it’s still important to have options in case of injury. The Patriots worked out tight ends Irv Smith and Zaire Mitchell-Paden …

. DirecTV has come to an agreement with the University of Southern California. We discussed the likelihood of corporate sponsorship in the Los Angeles Coliseum on Trojans Wire back in May of this year. The DirecTV corporate name will be painted on the back line behind the two end zones. USC home games will provide more sponsorship labels on Coliseum …

The Eagles have called up a pair of players from the practice squad for Friday night’s game against the Packers in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Offensive lineman Nick Gates and tight end E.J. Jenkins have both been called up. They will revert back to the practice squad after the game. Gates played 13 games and made 10 starts for the Commanders …

The Big 12 showed out during Week 1 of the college football season. The conference’s 16 teams posted a combined 14-2 record. And, with Week 2 of the season set to kick off on Friday, they’ll look to continue their strong play. Here are Week 2 score predictions for every Big 12 team. More: Big 12 football tiebreaker rules: How …

Deebo downplays contract restructure as indicator for 49ers future originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — Deebo Samuel never pulls any punches. When the 49ers All-Pro was asked if his contract being restructured meant his future in the Bay Area was more certain, Samuel kept details close to the vest. “I don’t know what you all think …