Rams safety John Johnson III talks to kids at the Edwin Markham Middle School in Watts. (Gary Klein / Los Angeles Times) John Johnson III intercepted a Drew Brees pass in the NFC championship game. He went up against Tom Brady in the Super Bowl. This week, moments before Johnson was to speak to a large room of middle school …

. The Oklahoma Sooners are off to a 2-0 start in 2024 and welcoming a Tulane Green Wave team to town that is a few plays away from being 2-0 themselves after nearly pulling off the upset over the Kansas State Wildcats. Tulane brings in an explosive offense led by Tulane true freshman quarterback Darian Mensah and standout running back …

It’s only Week 2 and the Rams already are decimated by injuries. Receiver Puka Nacua and offensive linemen Steve Avila and Joe Noteboom were placed on injured reserve because of injuries suffered in a 26-20 season-opening overtime defeat at Detroit. Matthew Stafford still has Cooper Kupp, but Tyler Johnson, Jordan Whittington and Tutu Atwell will be called upon to help …

NORMAN — Mario Williams showed promise in his first collegiate game. Against Tulane in the 2021 season opener, Williams had six catches for 37 yards and a touchdown in OU’s 40-35 win. Saturday, Williams returns to Norman, this time playing for the Green Wave. The 13th-ranked Sooners host Tulane at 2:30 p.m. Saturday at Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. The game …

Bryce Huff not discouraged by quiet start to Eagles career originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia It was a quiet Eagles debut for Bryce Huff. Down in São Paulo, the Eagles’ $17 million-per-season edge rusher played just 30 defensive snaps and had just one assist on a tackle. Huff knows some Eagles fans are already worried but that doesn’t bother …

Bryce Huff not discouraged by quiet start to Eagles career originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia It was a quiet Eagles debut for Bryce Huff. Down in São Paulo, the Eagles’ $17 million-per-season edge rusher played just 30 defensive snaps and had just one assist on a tackle. Huff knows some Eagles fans are already worried but that doesn’t bother …

If we’ve learned anything from watching college football over the years, it’s that the sport’s capacity to produce crazy results is constant. So while the Week 3 schedule might at first glance appear to lack meaningful contests, the unexpected should always be – well, expected. With that in mind, here are our picks for the best games of the weekend …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNSep 13, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. The Beer League Leafs, a 40-and-over adult hockey team in South Florida, sat nervously in their dressing room. With their starting goalie unavailable, they didn’t have a clue who would be in the net for their win-or-go-home semifinal playoff game that night. Suddenly, their replacement …

It was the city in which Jim Harbaugh’s playing career officially ended. While he thought he could stretch his playing days at least two more years, when he didn’t appear in a single game for the Carolina Panthers as a 15-year quarterback in 2001, Harbaugh knew it was time to trade his helmet for a headset. “This is the football …

EAST LANSING — No logical reason exists to think Michigan State football will be tested by Prairie View A&M on Saturday. The Spartans are back at home coming off an offensive awakening in last week’s 27-24 win at Maryland, a Big Ten victory in the second game of the year. The connection of quarterback Aidan Chiles and wide receiver Nick …

Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh greets quarterback Justin Herbert (10) on the field before their game against the Raiders. (Ashley Landis / Associated Press) Justin Herbert came in for a hug. Jim Harbaugh punched him in the chest. Over and over and over. If the towering 6-foot-6 quarterback looked uncomfortable in the viral clip of Harbaugh’s pregame greeting that involves the …

STILLWATER — Coming off a double-overtime scare against Arkansas, Oklahoma State is hoping for a more comfortable outcome this week. The 14th-ranked Cowboys are nearly a three-touchdown favorite at Tulsa on Saturday in an 11 a.m. kickoff at H.A. Chapman Stadium. With Big 12 play a week away, this is OSU’s final tune-up in hopes of getting the offense — …

Whatever the hell Brat Summer was supposed to be, it’s over now. Make way for the Autumn of Belichick. In his first fall away from the sidelines in 49 years, football’s dour Da Vinci is keeping the wolf from the door with at least six different media gigs, including a plum role as the first-half scowler-in-residence on ESPN2’s Monday Night …

Sep. 13—RIDGE SPRING-MONETTA 21, AMERICAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY 6 MONETTA — Patience was at a premium Thursday night for Ridge Spring-Monetta’s football team. It wasn’t just because the Trojans’ Week 4 game against American Leadership Academy took just a few ticks past three hours to finish. Or because there was as much yellow fabric on the field in the form of …

Titans receiver DeAndre Hopkins is off the team’s injury report this week after being limited by his knee injury all of last week. Coach Brian Callahan expects Hopkins to have a bigger role this week after he played only 17 snaps and made one catch for 8 yards. “Likely to be closer to full,” Callahan said this week. “Still be …