There were some great performances during Week 9 of the 2024 TSSAA football season and beyond. Now, you get your chance to vote on the Nashville area’s best. Cast your choice in the poll below for who you think should be the Nashville area boys athlete of the week for the week of Oct. 14-18. Voting will close Thursday at …

The Jets have gone up 15-6 with a little bit of controversy midway through the second quarter of Sunday’s game against the Steelers. New York scored a touchdown on a 1-yard pass from Aaron Rodgers to tight end Tyler Conklin. That came a play after Jets running back Breece Hall ran it up the middle for a couple of yards. …

A few readers are offended that some of my literary contributors are overly critical of the Vols, even when they win. That bothers me, too. But as a powerful advocate for free speech, I never will censor my literary contributors — unless, of course, they’re overly critical of me. Jimmy writes: (Josh) Heupel is an absolute moron. He made no …

The Browns medical staff attends to Deshaun Watson (4) after the quarterback apparently tore his Achilles tendon against the Bengals. (David Richard / Associated Press) It was a brutal Sunday for NFL quarterbacks. Injuries, inefficiencies and in-your-face defenses made for rough outings all around the league. The Rams beat the Las Vegas Raiders, 20-15, and the quarterbacks combined for zero …

The Texas Tech football team hits the road to take on the TCU Horned Frogs inside Amon G. Carter Stadium in Fort Worth. The Red Raiders (5-2, 3-1) were dropped 59-35 by the Baylor Bears on Saturday to snap the team’s four-game winning streak. Meanwhile, the Horned Frogs improved to 4-3 overall and 2-2 in Big 12 play with a …

The Jets looked like they were going to put up some more points before the end of the second quarter. But an interception by an undrafted rookie gave Pittsburgh an extra opportunity and the club took advantage of it. Now New York leads Pittsburgh 15-13 at halftime. On second-and-4 with 1:21 left in the half, quarterback Aaron Rodgers was looking …

PANHANDLE — Panhandle football coach Dane Ashley has found plenty of success at the quarterback position for the Panthers. Landyn Hack, Ashley’s son, was the last player to lead the team’s offense, earning District 2-2A Most Valuable Player and All-State honors as a senior in 2022. When Hack graduated and went to play at West Texas A&M, he handed the …

Jets offensive lineman Xavier Newman has been carted off the field on a backboard after a collision with Steelers linebacker Patrick Queen in the third quarter of Sunday night’s matchup between New York and Pittsburgh. The collision occurred on Steelers cornerback Beanie Bishop’s second interception of the night. Queen hit Newman near the sideline, with Newman going down out of …

The Illinois Fighting Illini football team will face the No. 1-ranked Oregon Ducks on Saturday, Oct. 26 in Eugene, Oregon. The Illini (6-1) are No. 21 in the US LBM Coaches Poll and No. 20 in The Associated Press poll after their 21-7 victory Saturday against Michigan. Has Illinois football ever beat No. 1? Illinois is 3-14 all-time against teams …

Steelers cornerback Beanie Bishop made his second interception of Aaron Rodgers. Bishop may or may not have gotten a finger tip on the pass, but it bounced off Garrett Wilson and into the air. The ball caromed to Bishop, who snatched it and weaved his way the other way. Davante Adams sprinted to pull down Bishop at the 1-yard line …

Indiana football (7-0) is ranked No. 13 nationally by both the coaches and the media. How many teams make the College Football Playoff? 12. The Hoosiers are rolling after their nationally televised blowout win over Nebraska, and the hype is growing. ESPN’s “College GameDay” is coming to Bloomington next weekend, when IU hosts Washington. This game will bring a challenge …

Van Jefferson’s father, Shawn, coaches the Jets receivers. None of the Jets receivers have a touchdown tonight, as tight end Tyler Conkin has Aaron Rodgers’ only scoring pass. Van Jefferson just scored his first touchdown since 2022, catching a 4-yarder from Russell Wilson. It has the Steelers on top 30-15 with 12:09 left. Wilson has two touchdown throws in his …

BLOOMINGTON – Indiana football’s meteoric rise across the course of the 2024 season will bring College GameDay, ESPN’s flagship pregame program, to Bloomington on Saturday. It marks the first time the Worldwide Leader has elected to house its long-running college football pregame show at IU on a Saturday. ESPN brought GameDay to campus for the season opener against Ohio State …

NFL Week 7 winners, losers: 49ers still can’t beat Chiefs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Spooky season has taken over the NFL. With Halloween quickly approaching, teams across the league have started showing their true colors. Whether it was a last-second kick or an upset road win, Week 7 provided plenty of surprises through the early window of …

As one might expect given the weekend’s results in college football, there is a new No. 1 team atop the US LBM Coaches Poll. As one might also expect, that team is last week’s No. 2. Oregon ascends to the top spot for the first time since Nov. 11, 2012. The Ducks were voted first on 51 of 53 coaches’ …