Getty Images The Saturday night showdown between Iowa State and Kansas State will go a long way in determining which teams reach the Big 12 Championship. “Farmageddon” will be one of the biggest games of the weekend, and it should also be one of the most entertaining. If Iowa State wants to play for a conference championship, it needs to …

The Minnesota Vikings signed Daniel Jones to their practice squad, they announced Friday, and the former Giants quarterback addressed his decision five days after New York released him. “You look at, offensively, what they’ve been able to do,” he said. “The system, coach (Kevin) O’Connell, his staff, just a lot of good things happening across the board — as a …

The name Kadale Williams is going to be in the Michigan high school football history books forever, as the Jackson Lumen Christi senior running back set the record for the most rushing yards in a state championship game. Williams ran for 314 yards and five touchdowns in a 56-18 win over Lansing Catholic. But Williams doesn’t expect to see his …

Seahawks wide receivers DK Metcalf (shoulder) and Tyler Lockett (knee) returned to full participation in Friday’s practice. Neither player has a designation for Sunday. Metcalf and Lockett missed the first two practice days this week. Metcalf has 46 receptions for 697 yards and three touchdowns, and Lockett 38 receptions for 495 yards and two. Every player on the roster practiced …

Getty Images The chaotic Big 12 title race will come down to this weekend, and BYU is still one of many teams still in the mix. To give itself the best shot possible, BYU must get a win over a Houston team that has struggled all season. At one point, BYU was 9-2 and looked like a lock for the …

Another day, another coaching blunder keeps a lesser team from upsetting a member of the NFL elite. On Thursday, it was Bears coach Matt Eberflus who squandered a chance to force overtime against the one-loss Lions. On Friday, Raiders coach Antonio Pierce mismanaged a chance to upend the two-time defending (and also one-loss) Chiefs. The problems started for the Raiders …

The Bakersfield College Athletics Hall of Fame welcomed its fourth class with a ceremony at Luigi’s Warehouse on Oct. 16. Seven individuals and the 1976 Renegades football team were inducted, joining 25 honorees and the national-championship 1959 BC football squad. The individual inductees were Dr. William Baker (team physician/football player); Phil Dumatrait (baseball); Louis Wright (football); Ken Calvin (football player); …

Getty Images In what was somehow not the strangest ending to a Thanksgiving weekend NFL game, the Kansas City Chiefs survived a Black Friday scare against the division rival Las Vegas Raiders thanks to a combination of bizarre game management and a perhaps even more bizarre penalty ruling. With just 15 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, the Raiders spiked …

USATSI Heading into Week 13, there had been zero playoff berths clinched so far in the NFL this year, but that changed on Friday.  Thanks to their wild 19-17 win over the Las Vegas Raiders, the Kansas City Chiefs (11-1) became the first team to clinch a playoff spot in 2024. Going into Week 13, the Chiefs had multiple scenarios …

Getty Images The No. 1 Oregon Ducks are one win away from capping off a perfect 12-0 regular season. That final win will have to come against former Pac-12 and current Big Ten foe Washington. The Ducks nearly lost their undefeated record last weekend when they survived a scare from Wisconsin in Madison. Oregon managed to pull out a 16-13 …

Sam Panayotovich FOX Sports Betting Analyst I hope you’re all enjoying your leftover Thanksgiving sandwiches. Last week’s picks went 3-2, and I’m still laughing at that 26-yard field goal by Northwestern (+10.5) to make a 10-3 game a 10-6 game in Ann Arbor.  Michigan marched right down the field to make it 17-6 at halftime and the Kitties didn’t score …

NFL playoffs: Teams who have clinched spot or been eliminated from contention originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Kansas City Chiefs will officially carry their three-peat bid into the postseason. The two-time defending Super Bowl champions on Friday became the first NFL team in the 2024 season to clinch a spot in the playoffs — and they did it …

Michigan high school football is a recruiting hotbed. There’s no better time to see some of the state’s top talent than to watch the 16 finalists in the 2024 MHSAA state finals at Ford Field in Detroit. From the talent-rich Division 1 battle between Detroit Cass Tech and Hudsonville to Orchard Lake St. Mary’s being led by three Michigan State …

America’s Team is no longer America’s Team. But a captive audience is a captive audience. Thursday’s Giants-Cowboys game racked up 38.5 million viewers, according to Fox. It’s the fourth highest audience for a Thanksgiving game ever. And it gave Fox a 14-percent bump over last year’s Packers-Lions game on Thanksgiving. The Dallas game still dropped from last year. Commanders-Cowboys on …

The No. 4 Penn State Nittany Lions will host the Maryland Terrapins in a Big Ten matchup on Saturday. Penn State is 10-1 overall and 5-1 at home, while Maryland is 4-7 overall and 1-3 on the road. Penn State is 43-3-1 all-time against Maryland, including winning three straight contests by an average of 27.7 points.  Kickoff is set for …