Legendary NFL coach Bill Belichick interviewed for the vacant North Carolina job this week, according to Inside Carolina. This is the first known formal contact between Belichick and a collegiate job since he left the New England Patriots in 2023.  Belichick has primarily worked in television since separating from the Patriots, but ESPN reported in September that Belichick hopes to …

The Chicago Blackhawks fired coach Luke Richardson on Thursday after just eight wins in their first 26 games left them with the worst record in the league. The team announced the move in a release, noting that Anders Sorensen, the coach of its AHL affiliate in Rockford, will take over on an interim basis. “We have begun to take steps …

Belichick eyeing UNC coaching job? What to make of surprising report originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Bill Belichick has spent his entire 48-year coaching career in the NFL. Could he make a hard pivot in 2025? The former New England Patriots head coach has interviewed for the University of North Carolina head coach opening, Grant Hughes of 247Sports reported …

The NFC North is a collective of juggernauts, with three different teams entering Week 14 with at least nine wins, all of them on track to reach the playoffs. On Thursday night, two of them will square off in a prime-time showdown that could shake up the entire divisional race, with the Detroit Lions due to play host to the …

Photo: Isaiah Hole Many fans of Michigan football and basketball insisted that athletic director Warde Manuel wasn’t long for the job in recent years. However, in the interim, he was named chair of the College Football Playoff committee and essentially given an award that equates to AD of the year. Now, a sobering moment for those who were looking for …

Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter! We’re getting our first Thursday night game of December tonight, and things are starting off with a bang as the Lions will be hosting the Packers in an NFC North showdown. This is the old “Thanksgiving leftovers” game where the NFL takes two teams that played on Thanksgiving and has …

PHILADELPHIA — For the majority of his tenure with the Philadelphia Eagles, Philadelphia Eagles head coach Nick Sirianni has called Lane Johnson “the best tackle in the world.” He hasn’t shied away from that title, even as Johnson is hitting his mid 30s.  This season, Johnson may not even be the best tackle on his own team. Johnson’s fellow tackle …

Can the No. 5 Georgia Bulldogs sweep the No. 2 Texas Longhorns on Saturday and guarantee themselves a place in a College Football Playoff quarterfinals? A Sugar Bowl berth and the No. 1 or No. 2 seed in the CFP are on the line in this high-stakes matchup. The Bulldogs went to Austin and dominated the Longhorns on October 19th, …

Green Bay Packers vs. Detroit Lions will kick off the Week 14 NFL schedule on Thursday Night Football. It has the highest over/under of any game of the week at 51.5 points, according to the latest NFL odds from the SportsLine Consensus. Targeting a game with a high over/under is a popular NFL DFS strategy when playing multi-game contests, but …

Startling TD stat shows how 49ers stars declined from 2023 to 2024 originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area There really is a lot that seems inexplicable about the 49ers’ fall this season. San Francisco was the top team in the NFC last year. It clinched the top seed in the conference with a 12-4 record before resting many of …

Kaleb Webb. Tennessee Volunteers versus Kent State Golden Flashes on Sept. 14, 2024 at Neyland Stadium. Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire Tennessee (10-2, 6-2 SEC) is ranked No. 7 in College Football Playoff rankings ahead of conference championship week. The Vols will not play this week and await their final College Football Playoff ranking and seeding. Ahead of postseason …

Two of the top teams in the NFC will clash in Week 14 when the Green Bay Packers battle the Detroit Lions in a key NFC North divisional matchup on Thursday Night Football. Both teams posted wins on Thanksgiving Day, with Detroit outlasting Chicago, 23-20, and Green Bay downing Miami, 30-17. The Packers (9-3), who are third in the division, …

The Pittsburgh Steelers are getting some reinforcements for Sunday’s Week 14 home matchup with the Cleveland Browns. Pittsburgh (9-3) will have two defenders back in the lineup who did not play when the Browns upset the Steelers two weeks ago.  Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday that he “fully expects” to have starting outside linebacker Alex Highsmith for Sunday …

Three teams enter Week 14 of the 2024 NFL season with 2-10 records, and two of them are in need of a franchise quarterback. Unfortunately for the New York Giants and Las Vegas Raiders, the pool is extremely shallow after last year’s NFL Draft saw signal-callers taken with six of the first 12 selections – including each of the first …

Signing Day came and went Dec. 4 and was in part defined by the biggest college football recruiting flips — which is when a player decommits from one school and nearly simultaneously joins the commitment class of another. The early signing period runs through Dec. 6, but the fireworks mostly happen on Day 1, and we sure did see a …