Eagles place Britain Covey on IR and make corresponding moves originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles on Tuesday afternoon made several roster moves in the wake of their 15-12 win over the Saints on Sunday. These three moves were connected: • WR Britain Covey has been placed on Injured Reserve • TE Jack Stoll has been signed to …
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Deion Sanders, Colorado’s ‘Florida boys’ returning home as heavy underdogs vs. UCF
Deion Sanders is going home this week. So is Travis Hunter, Colorado football’s two-way superstar. But a possible hurricane is headed for their home state of Florida later this week, forcing the Colorado Buffaloes to leave Wednesday instead of Thursday for Saturday’s 3:30 p.m. ET game at Central Florida, in Orlando. Rain is forecast for this weekend, too, as the …
Read More »Raiders CB Jack Jones defends himself after ‘business decision’ comments from coach Antonio Pierce
Though Las Vegas Raiders coach Antonio Pierce didn’t name anybody specifically when he criticized his team after their loss to the Carolina Panthers on Sunday, cornerback Jack Jones is standing his ground. Pierce slammed his players for making “business decisions” on the field in their 36-22 loss to the Panthers, and said he promised to follow suit with “business decisions” …
Read More »Pac-12 Conference files lawsuit against Mountain West over potential ‘poaching fee’
Pac-12 college football teams will face off with Mountain West Conference teams on the field many times during the 2024 college football season. Now, the conferences are set to face off in the courts as well, with the Pac-12 filing a legal complaint on Tuesday with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, per a report from …
Read More »How rookie WR Malik Nabers has already taken over Giants’ offense
Editor’s note: This is the third installment of a season-long series on a breakout star from the past week of NFL action. The Week 3 winner: New York Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers. On a historic day for Malik Nabers, Giants coach Brian Daboll wanted to discuss a play where the rookie didn’t register a stat. With New York backed …
Read More »Eagles place Britain Covey in IR and make corresponding moves
Eagles place Britain Covey in IR and make corresponding moves originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles on Tuesday afternoon made several roster moves in the wake of their 15-12 win over the Saints on Sunday. These three moves were connected: • WR Britain Covey has been placed on Injured Reserve • TE Jack Stoll has been signed to …
Read More »ESPN answers how important Louisville at Notre Dame is for the College Football Playoff
Sep 21, 2024; South Bend, Indiana, USA; Notre Dame Fighting Irish head coach Marcus Freeman prepares to lead his players onto the field for the game against the Miami Redhawks at Notre Dame Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matt Cashore-Imagn Images Notre Dame will be hosting Louisville this coming Saturday, in one of the biggest games across college football during Week 5. …
Read More »Steelers coach Mike Tomlin: ‘No need’ to name Justin Fields starting QB
Mike Tomlin is in no hurry to announce Justin Fields as the starting quarterback in Pittsburgh. While Fields will again get the nod on Sunday in place of the injured Russell Wilson when the Steelers (3-0) visit Indianapolis (1-2), Tomlin stopped short of giving the job to Fields on a full-time basis, mostly because there’s no need at this point …
Read More »Fantasy Football Week 4 Rankings: Tight Ends (Full-PPR)
Dallas Goedert led all tight ends in Week 3 with 27 fantasy points in PPR leagues. (Photo by Gus Stark/Getty Images) It’s no secret that the tight end position has been an odd one for fantasy football managers this season. Week 3 was no exception, as the top five tight ends off the board in Yahoo leagues — Travis Kelce, …
Read More »Michigan’s win vs USC delivers largest CBS Week 4 college football audience in 10 years
When USC and UCLA announced in June 2022 that they would be joining the Big Ten, there was no shortage of questions about the impending move. Namely, why were two schools in Los Angeles linking up with a league that didn’t have a member west of Lincoln, Nebraska? Last Saturday, one data point in a much larger answer was offered. …
Read More »Jerry Jones says it’s ‘very fair’ for Cowboys fans to blame him for 1-2 start
The majority of Dallas Cowboys fans are blaming Jerry Jones for the team’s 1-2 start to the season. The team owner is willing to take it. Jones said it is “very fair” to blame him for the Cowboys’ slow start after 78% of fans in a poll conducted by WFAA-TV in Dallas said they are doing just that. “It’s well …
Read More »Mike McDaniel: Dolphins uncertain if Skylar Thompson, Tim Boyle or Tyler Huntley will start at QB vs. Titans
Three weeks into the season, the Miami Dolphins are not where they envisioned they’d be before the 2024 campaign started. They’re 1-2 after consecutive losses to the Buffalo Bills and Seattle Seahawks. They’re coming off a Week 3 loss to Seattle in which they scored three points. They’ve experienced injures to quarterbacks Tua Tagovailoa and now backup Skylar Thompson who …
Read More »Vote for the El Paso Children’s Hospital high school athlete for Sept. 17-21
The El Paso Times will honor high school athletes this year every week that you, the readers, help determine. We will be taking weekly nominations and will release a list of finalists for the El Paso Children’s Hospital High School Athlete of the Week at 7 a.m. each Tuesday. Students in all varsity sports are eligible to be nominated. The poll will close at …
Read More »Shanahan outlines 49ers rookie receiver Cowing’s lack of usage
Shanahan outlines 49ers rookie receiver Cowing’s lack of usage originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Kyle Shanahan is not ready to put rookie wide receiver Jason Cowing in the mix yet, even though Brandon Aiyuk and Ronnie Bell had their challenges in the 49ers’ Week 3 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday at SoFi Stadium. Shanahan did …
Read More »Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney eager for revenue sharing: ‘We have the money’
CLEMSON — Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney will embrace revenue sharing when it arrives in college sports. The proposed settlement of three antitrust cases regarding the compensation of college athletes was approved in May by the NCAA, the Power Five conferences and lawyers for the plaintiffs. This means schools can pay their athletes directly, rather than players getting compensated through NIL deals and collectives. …
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