The official 2024 Penn State White Out has been scheduled for Nov. 9 against Washington. Just don’t tell that to Nittany Lions coach James Franklin, several players and many alumni. They’re encouraging fans to wear white for No. 9 Penn State’s game against No. 19 Illinois Saturday night at 7:30 (TV-NBC) at Beaver Stadium. Lions senior center Nick Dawkins posted …

Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre’s unexpected disclosure that he has Parkinson’s disease has prompted another retired quarterback to share his own medical condition. “With [the] Brett Favre announcement yesterday, I feel it’s best I let everyone know that I was diagnosed with dementia just over a year ago at the NFL Cleveland Clinic,” former Vikings quarterback Tommy Kramer said …

Forget Drew Allar’s sparkling passing numbers in Penn State’s first three games and watch some video of him. He looks different than he did last season when he appeared tentative and restrained. He seems confident, relaxed and free. Brad Maendler, Allar’s quarterback trainer in Ohio, sees that, too, and smiles. “I’m so excited for him,” Maendler said Wednesday. “This is …

Sep 25, 2024, 11:24 PM ET COLUMBUS, Ohio — An emotional video tribute to Johnny Gaudreau and 13 seconds of silence — for his uniform number — opened the Columbus Blue Jackets’ first game at Nationwide Arena since the star player’s death nearly a month ago. The tributes came just prior to the Blue Jackets’ 3-0 preseason victory over the …

The 2-1 Saints face a key road game on Sunday, at the 1-2 Falcons. And while there’s no reason to think quarterback Derek Carr will miss the game, he landed on the first injury report of the week. Carr fully participated in practice with a left groin injury. He had no injuries in advance of the Week 3 game, which …

Sep. 25—Tony Sanchez has seen this before. In 2022, New Mexico State’s first-year head coach was on staff for a 1-5 start before NMSU beat New Mexico 21-9 in Las Cruces. A blistering 5-1 finish followed and the Aggies returned to the postseason for the first time since 2017, holding off Bowling Green 24-19 in the Quick Lane Bowl. Last …

Cardinals rookie receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. is dealing with the first injury of his NFL career. Per the team’s injury report, Harrison was limited in practice on Wednesday with a quadricep injury. Not practicing for the Cardinals were tight end Trey McBride (concussion) and defensive tackle Khyiris Tonga (knee). Also limited were Budda Baker (quadricep), tackle Kelvin Beachum (hamstring), and …

Sep. 25—College sports had a new crisis to get hysterical about Wednesday. Gone for just a moment was that old, tired conference realignment topic — you know, where university presidents and athletic directors are deciding to ditch longstanding league affiliations to pursue offers of more money elsewhere and geographic common sense without regard for what it would mean for student-athletes. …

Justin Tucker remains the NFL’s all-time most accurate kicker, making 89.686 percent of his 446 career field goals. He has not been that this season. The Ravens kicker has the worst percentage in the NFL this season among kickers with more than two attempts at 62.5. He has made only 5-of-8 field goals, missing one in all three games. “I …

Vaughn Dalzell breaks down how to bet on Duke vs North Carolina, Colorado at UCF, Baylor and BYU, plus more! #22 BYU at Baylor (-3): O/U 45.5 Baylor should have won last week but a Sheduer Sanders hail mary and a fumble on the goal line of their OT possession kept the Bears out of the win column in historic …

Purdy’s NFL potential amazingly foreseen by Mike Shanahan originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Brock Purdy’s rapid ascencion to superstardom took the NFL world by surprise, but one member of the Shanahan family Mike Shanahan, father of 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan, expected big things from Purdy after seeing practice tape from minicamp during the quarterback’s rookie campaign in 2022. …

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State football has two new wide receivers on its injury report this week. Creed Whittemore and Trent Hudson are both out despite playing in all four games this season. As expected, quarterback Blake Shapen and running back Keyvone Lee are both listed out too after they suffered injuries in last week’s loss to Florida. Mississippi State (1-3, …

Jennings named NFL Player of the Week after monster game vs. Rams originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Receiver Jauan Jennings has received high praise from 49ers fans and teammates for several years as a relatively unheralded piece of a star-studded offense. But after his historic Week 3 performance in a brutal loss to the Los Angeles Rams, Jennings …

The new-looked SEC gets well and truly underway in Week 5, with 12 teams in action and 10 teams playing conference games, including three opening SEC play this year. And with that new look is the debut of the mandatory SEC injury reports for conference-only games. Along with the Big Ten Conference, every SEC team will provide an initial injury …

Tommy Kramer said Brett Favre’s announcement pushed him to reveal his own diagnosis. (Otto Greule /Allsport) Former Minnesota Vikings quarterback Tommy Kramer announced Wednesday he was diagnosed with dementia over a year ago. A Pro Bowler in 1986, the 69-year-old Kramer said he decided to share his diagnosis after Brett Favre revealed he had Parkinson’s disease during a Congressional hearing …