Two weeks ago, after the Jaguars fell to 0-4, coach Doug Pederson acted surprised about a question regarding his status. He can’t be surprised if it comes up now. Following Sunday’s embarrassing loss to the Bears in London, Pederson admitted the Jaguars need to change the culture. Six games into a season, it would be easier to change the tire …

DALLAS — Deron Brown’s phone wouldn’t stop buzzing. Engrossed in the craziest Saturday that Brown can remember in nearly 30 years working alongside a lifelong friend — ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit, who Brown was helping make his 2,000-mile trek from “College GameDay” in Eugene, Oregon, to the Cotton Bowl in Dallas for OU vs. Texas in the Red River Rivalry — …

QB Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets host the Buffalo Bills tonight on Monday Night Football. (Shaun Brooks-Imagn Images) Week 6 of the 2024 NFL season comes to a close tonight with a Monday Night Football game between the Buffalo Bills and the New York Jets. The Buffalo bills are 2-3 and the New York Jets are 3-2. The …

The OSU football team will continue its season with a Week 8 road game against No. 13-ranked BYU at 9:15 p.m. Friday. OSU (3-3, 0-3 Big 12) is fresh off a bye week following its 38-14 home loss to West Virginia in Week 6. BYU (6-0, 3-0 Big 12) earned a 41-19 home win over Arizona in Week 7. Here’s …

Hockey is the ultimate team sport, and just because a team has the greatest player in the world doesn’t guarantee it will win a championship. Of course, if a team has two of the top players in the world, it can come awfully close, as the Edmonton Oilers showed last season in getting to one win short of a Stanley …

The Chargers defense kept rookie Broncos quarterback Bo Nix (10) on the run. (David Zalubowski / Associated Press) The Chargers ended a two-game losing streak and vanquished their Mile High demons with a 23-16 win over the Denver Broncos. It was the Chargers’ first win in Denver since 2018, the year Derwin James Jr. was drafted in the first round. …

Free Press sports writer Tony Garcia looks ahead to Michigan football’s road contest against Illinois in a top-25 matchup on Saturday in Champaign, Illinois, on the heels of its first bye week of the season. Michigan Wolverines running back Donovan Edwards scores a touchdown against the Washington Huskies during the second quarter at Husky Stadium on Oct. 5, 2024 in …

Rams coach Sean McVay and quarterback Matthew Stafford need to produce more points to support a young, growing defense. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times) During his first 15 NFL seasons, Matthew Stafford’s teams experienced scheduled off weeks at various junctures. Three times they arrived as early as Week 5; once as late as Week 10. With the Rams 1-4 …

Though it didn’t nearly match the chaos of the previous week, Week 7 of the 2024 college football season gave fans across the country some memorable games. Oregon knocked off Ohio State 32-31 at home in a thrilling matchup of top-three teams and newly minted Big Ten counterparts. Top-ranked Texas rolled past Oklahoma 34-3 in an unusually lopsided result by …

Steelers fans took over the Raiders’ home stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday, with so many of them in attendance that it often sounded like a Steelers home game. Mike Tomlin appreciated that. In his comments immediately after the Steelers beat the Raiders, Tomlin opened by talking about how much it meant to the team to hear and see the …

As a college football fan, the initial inclination is to recoil at the very idea of our beloved sport getting into bed with a private equity firm and selling its soul for a massive influx of new cash to help fund the expensive impending revenue sharing with athletes. The No. 1 objection you always hear is this: “If a private …

Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh shared some more information about the health issue that sent him to the locker room during the first half of Sunday’s win over the Broncos. Harbaugh told the CBS broadcast team that he experienced a heart arrhythmia, but felt well enough to return to the sideline. “It’s called atrial flutter,” Harbaugh said after the game, …

The Texas Tech football team returns to action on Saturday by hosting Baylor (3 p.m., ESPN2) and tickets are still available as the Red Raiders try to become bowl-eligible much earlier than normal. Texas Tech is 5-1 on the season and 3-0 in Big 12 play. The next victory ensures the Red Raiders a spot in the postseason. Want to …

There hasn’t been much to write home about in Sunday’s matchup between the Bengals and Giants, but aside from one play, New York’s defense has contained Cincinnati’s high-powered offense. The Bengals have a 7-0 lead at halftime. Cincinnati quarterback Joe Burrow ran for a 47-yard touchdown on the team’s opening drive, converting a third-and-18 on the play. But after that, …

Alabama football had Tennessee’s number during the Nick Saban era. The Crimson Tide lost once to the Volunteers in the Saban era, falling to Tennessee in Knoxville 52-49 during the 2022 season, amounting to 16 wins in 17 seasons. Alabama coach Kalen DeBoer’s history with the “Third Saturday in October” rivalry begins at 2:30 p.m. Saturday in Neyland Stadium. Here …