Guard Dalton Risner is back on the Vikings’ roster. Risner was activated from injured reserve on Saturday. Risner injured his back this summer and has spent the entire season on injured reserve, but will now be available on Sunday night against the Colts. A preview of that game and the rest of the Week Nine slate appears here. Risner played …

The Arizona State football team is 6-2 overall and 3-2 in the Big 12. It impressed in a 42-21 blowout win over Oklahoma State in Stillwater, Okla., Saturday, shining before and after a lengthy weather delay. But was it enough for the Sun Devils to be ranked for the first time under coach Kenny Dillingham? Probably not, but ASU could …

The Bears activated offensive lineman Larry Borom off injured reserve, the team announced Saturday. Borom is expected to start with starting left tackle Braxton Jones (knee) ruled out of Sunday’s game against the Cardinals and backup Kiran Amegadjie (calf) also unavailable. Borom has 23 starts and 16 other appearances the past three seasons, primarily playing the right side. He has …

Michigan football now knows when it will get a chance to respond from Saturday’s 38-17 loss to Oregon. The Wolverines (5-5, 3-3 Big Ten) will travel to Bloomington, Indiana, next week to take on undefeated Indiana (9-0, 6-0 Big Ten) at 3:30 p.m. with the game to be broadcast on CBS. The Hoosiers entered Week 10 ranked No. 13 in …

It feels like the end is coming for the Cowboys and running back Ezekiel Elliott. He’s been left behind by the team for disciplinary reasons. It sounds as if he was told he’d be inactive for Sunday’s game against the Falcons, and that it went downhill from there. Elliott has never been a healthy scratch at any point in his …

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Don’t put this on an injured quarterback. Don’t give Billy Napier that excuse. What played out here at the World’s Largest Cocktail Party could’ve been just about any other week, in any of the three dysfunctional and discombobulated seasons under Napier. This one just included a possible season-ending injury to Florida freshman quarterback DJ Lagway, the last …

The officials missed it when Rams linebacker Bryon Young grabbed Vikings quarterback Sam Darnold’s face mask on the game-cementing safety in their Week 8 game. The league office — along with the rest of the world — did not miss it. The NFL fined Young $7,014.19 for the violation. It’s the closest the league will come to publicly admitting the …

JACKSONVILLE — The early diagnosis for DJ Lagway is a “soft tissue” injury. Whatever it is, things are about to get really hard for the Florida football team. The Gators lost to Georgia Saturday, though by now you know the real story. Lagway damaged his left hamstring in the second quarter and was scootered off the field. Florida’s hopes of …

The Steelers don’t play this weekend. Which gives the organization more time to attempt to finalize a trade for a starting receiver. It started before the season, when they hoped to trade for 49ers receiver Brandon Aiyuk. They were linked to Davante Adams, before he was traded by the Raiders to the Jets. More recently, and as noted by Adam …

The difference between Michigan football and No. 1 Oregon became apparent in the first two series of the Wolverines’ 38-17 loss at home on Saturday. Michigan got the ball first and punted after picking up 3 yards on three plays and the Ducks offense answered with a 12-play, 63-yard touchdown drive. Dillon Gabriel lofted a back-shoulder throw to Evan Stewart …

ST. LOUIS — Blues defenseman Philip Broberg left Saturday night’s game against the Toronto Maple Leafs with a lower body injury in the second period. Broberg collided with Maple leafs forward Mitch Marner in a battle for the puck 8:08 into the period. Marner landed on Broberg’s right leg, and Broberg was unable to put much weight on his leg …

How 49ers QB Purdy fixed key throwing issue before 2022 NFL Draft originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Brock Purdy’s road to becoming the 49ers’ starting quarterback has been anything but ordinary, from entering the league as the final pick of the 2022 NFL Draft to leading San Francisco onto the field in Super Bowl LVIII less than two …

Nov 2, 2024; University Park, Pennsylvania, USA; Penn State Nittany Lions head coach James Franklin walks on the field during a warmup prior to the game against the Ohio State Buckeyes at Beaver Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Matthew O’Haren-Imagn Images Ohio State went on the road to play No. 3 Penn State and got the job done, coming home with a …

Two New York playmakers, Mike Williams and Darius Slayton of the Jets and Giants, are reportedly among five wide receivers who have “garnered interest on some level in the trade market” before Tuesday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline. Adam Thielen (Carolina Panthers), K.J. Osborn and Tyquan Thornton (New England Patriots) are the three others mentioned in NFL Network’s report Saturday evening. “Williams has been …

Photo: Isaiah Hole https://uwhuskieswire.usatoday.com/igan football got back onto the winning side of the ledger this past week, but the next few weeks promise to be daunting. Not only do the Wolverines face No. 1 Oregon this upcoming week, but Indiana — a usual pushover — is ranked No. 13 going into Week 10. The Wolverines have only lost to the …