The finish to Thursday night’s NFL opener hammered home the saying that “football is a game of inches,” as demonstrated by the final play of the Kansas City Chiefs’ 27-20 win over the Baltimore Ravens. Needing a touchdown and extra point to tie the game, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson led his team down the field on a 11-play, 77-yard drive, …

ESPN analysts Kirk Herbstreit, right, and Lee Corso broadcast from the set of ESPN’s College Gameday before a NCAA Division I college football game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Penn State Nittany Lions on Saturday, November 23, 2019 at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. [Joshua A. Bickel/Dispatch] Osu19psu Jb 02 The 12th Man is widely known across the …

“First Take” host Stephen A. Smith has made a nice living serving up provocative opinions about sports on Walt Disney Co.-owned ESPN. But lately, viewers are likely to also see him pontificating on politics, appearing as a talking head on various news programs including NewsNation’s “Cuomo,” Fox News’ “Hannity” and ABC’s “This Week.” He also sounds off on nonsports issues …

Should Shedeur Sanders and Travis Hunter somehow gotten even more recognition after their Week 1 performances against North Dakota State? Deion Sanders thinks so. The Colorado coach wondered on his weekly coaches show Thursday why his quarterback and star cornerback/wide receiver weren’t an even bigger part of the college football discourse following Colorado’s 31-26 victory last Thursday. He even joked …

Even in defeat on Thursday night, Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson continued to show that he’s a unique player in NFL history. Jackson had 273 passing yards and 122 rushing yards against the Chiefs, recording a double-triple, which is when a player has more than 100 yards in two different statistical categories in the same game. Jackson has more of them …

Saturday’s game between Colorado and Nebraska poses a fundamental question about the rapidly changing modern era of college football: Which is the right way to build a team these days? The head coaches of both programs started at the same time, in late 2022. But since then, Colorado’s Deion Sanders and Nebraska’s Matt Rhule have taken wildly divergent paths in …

Sunday is the start of the 2024 season for most NFL teams, but it’s almost like a finish line for Kirk Cousins as well. It has been a long 10 months for the veteran quarterback, from seeing his season with the Vikings end with a torn Achilles tendon in October to free agency and choosing the Falcons, to having Atlanta …

Wide receiver Xavier Worthy was the Chiefs’ first-round pick because they thought he could be a playmaker in their offense and it didn’t take long for Worthy to prove the team right in his debut. Worthy scored on a 21-yard run in the first quarter to tie the game 7-7 and then struck again in the fourth quarter. Worthy got …

. Tennessee offered a scholarship to 2025 edge prospect Tobi Haastrup. “After a great conversation with Coleman Minnis, I’m blessed to receive my 12th Division 1 offer from the University of Tennessee,” Haastrup said. The 6-foot-4, 230-pound four-star edge prospect is from Mayde Creek High School in Houston, Texas. Haastrup is the No. 276 overall prospect in the class of …

Top 5 questions surrounding Eagles going into 2024 opener originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia SÃO PAULO — It’s a bit tough to get a read on the 2024 Eagles as they prepare to kick off the 2024 season in Brazil. On one hand, this is a talented roster without many holes. It’s the type of roster Howie Roseman should …

The Wisconsin Badgers are among 24 collegiate programs with a starting quarterback in the NFL ahead of the 2024 campaign. Former Badger and 2011 Big Ten Quarterback of the Year Russell Wilson will represent the program as the sole Wisconsin alumnus starting under center this season. He will do so for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Oklahoma, which produced Kyler Murray (Cardinals), …

Rams coach Sean McVay reacts as players come off the field during a preseason game against the Dallas Cowboys at SoFi Stadium on Aug. 11. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) The Rams and quarterback Matthew Stafford return to Ford Field, site of the Rams’ NFC wild-card playoff loss to the Lions. Detroit fans booed Stafford, who played 12 seasons …

The young season’s first top-10 showdown highlights the Week 2 slate in college football, with plenty of other tempting matchups on the menu as well. OK, there are also quite a few potential laughers like there were in Week 1, but hey, that’s why we’re here to help you pick the games to watch. In addition to the headliner with …

Coach Jim Harbaugh has led teams to turnarounds before and hopes to do the same with his Chargers. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Mike Riley can laugh about it now — that time his starting quarterback fought his teammate. As Riley, the then-Chargers head coach recalled it, the team was on its way to its fourth consecutive loss. …

By now, it’s well documented that college football has entered yet another era of seismic conference realignment. And one of the several driving catalysts behind this new “wild wild west” stems from the dissolution of the Pac-12, with two of its members finding new homes on the opposite side of the country in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Week 2 of …