For the second time in three weeks, the state of Florida is facing a major hurricane. As of Tuesday morning, Hurricane Milton has reached Category 4 status and is angling toward the Tampa area and then Orlando. On Thursday, Sept. 26, Hurricane Helene made landfall in the Big Bend region of Florida, which affected the college sports schedule. Milton reached Category …

Carmen Vitali NFL Reporter Are the Minnesota Vikings the best team in the NFL right now? Headed into their Week 6 bye at a perfect 5-0, they have an incredible case. Quarterback Sam Darnold, in the year 2024, is currently sixth in odds to win MVP, according to DraftKings Sportsbook. He has the second-most touchdown passes (11) behind only Joe …

What Saleh’s Jets firing could mean for potential 49ers reunion originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area On Tuesday morning, reports surfaced that New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh had been relieved of his duties, with owner Woody Johnson confirming the news in a statement shortly after. And it didn’t take long for 49ers fans to start wishing their …

No. 2 Ohio State is set to face the No. 3 Oregon Ducks as the Buckeyes head west in one of the biggest matchups of the 2024 college football season. The Buckeyes moved to 5-0 last week with a 35-7 win over Iowa. They now will travel to Eugene, Oregon, for a game at 7:30 p.m. Saturday. The game will …

JuJu Smith-Schuster seems to have quickly regained a connection with Patrick Mahomes, and fantasy football managers should take notice. (Photo by Cooper Neill/Getty Images) The following is an excerpt from the latest edition of Yahoo’s fantasy football newsletter, Get to the Points! If you like what you see, you can subscribe for free here. Everyone has a favorite old sweatshirt, …

Wayne Gretzky owns a laundry list of NHL records, including the mark for the most career points. A player earns a point by either scoring a goal or getting an assist, which is credited to up to two players who pass the puck toward a teammate who scores. Gretzky’s 894 career goals plus his 1,963 career assists give him a …

The forward pass in football was finally permitted in 1906. Someone please tell Michigan. All kidding aside, the Wolverines had an elite quarterback in JJ McCarthy last season as he led them to a national championship but Michigan seemingly had no serious answer for a post-McCarthy world. MORE GORNEY: Loaded weekend brings new buzz | Hot seat coaches starting to …

Jets fire ex-49ers DC Saleh after 2-3 start to 2024 season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The New York Jets have parted ways with coach Robert Saleh. ESPN’s Adam Schefter first reported the news on Tuesday, citing sources, just two days after the Jets’ 23-17 loss in London against the Minnesota Vikings. Jeff Ulbrich, who was serving as …

Kalen DeBoer could be excused for failing to live up to impossible standards. How could anyone be expected to match Nick Saban’s six national championships at Alabama? Losing to Vanderbilt, though, constitutes a collapse, an inability to clear the SEC’s lowest hurdle, not the highest bar, a failure to win a game in which then-No. 2 Alabama was a 24-point …

New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh was the first coach fired during this NFL season. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger) The NFL is a results business. You are what your record says you are. And so forth. But Robert Saleh was the first coach fired this season because he couldn’t catch a break. Saleh never got his quarterback and that wasn’t …

Another title is heading to the Big Easy. The New Orleans Saints have won FOX Sports’ NFL uniform contest, giving them the bragging rights for having the best uniforms in the NFL. New Orleans’ win in the Super Bowl round of voting was quite decisive, too. The Saints’ uniforms earned 64% of the vote in their matchup against the Los …

Oct. 8—GRAND FORKS — The UND football team, off to a 4-2 start and ranked No. 9 in the latest FCS Top 25, is a new-look group in 2024 partly due to a string of transfers in the offseason. Here’s a rundown of how some of the top transfers from UND’s 2023 team are performing in a new spot in …

Curran: Patriots’ culture issues are ‘extremely distressing’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston On its face, the New England Patriots’ 1-4 record shouldn’t cause much consternation. They’ve played one of the NFL’s hardest schedules to date, and this was supposed to be a rebuilding year anyway. What’s more concerning is that there doesn’t seem to be much rebuilding happening in …

The 2024-25 NHL season begins Tuesday night with a tripleheader on ESPN and ESPN+, but we’re looking beyond those games. Will the Florida Panthers repeat as Stanley Cup champs? Which team will top the standings in each division? Who will take home all of the individual hardware? We’ve gathered our cross-platform ESPN hockey family together to predict the winners of …

Oct. 8—WORTHINGTON — The Minnesota West Community and Technical College football team poured it on throughout their game with Minnesota North College-Vermilion, overcoming two early turnovers to win in blowout fashion. Two days later, the Bluejays defeated Dordt University’s JV squad in Sioux Center, Iowa 35-19 to finish the regular season undefeated at 7-0. Minnesota West scored 66 points against …