The long wait to see wide receiver Hollywood Brown in the Chiefs offense is about to come to an end. The Chiefs announced on Friday that they have activated Brown from injured reserve. Brown has missed the entire season with the shoulder injury he suffered on his first play of his first preseason game for Kansas City, but he returned …

Seventy years after his father last coached at the school, Bill Belichick will follow in his footsteps by roaming the sidelines at the University of North Carolina. Belichick, who owns eight Super Bowl rings, will coach in college for the first time after signing a five-year contract to be the new North Carolina football coach. Belichick has decades of experience …

Shanahan dismisses Purdy’s recent self-critique about competitiveness originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Brock Purdy recently offered a self-critique that he needed to play with a “chip” on his shoulder again after experiencing a regression during the 2024 NFL season. Coach Kyle Shanahan doesn’t share that belief, voicing his confidence in Purdy’s competitive nature while speaking to reporters on …

Florida and Tulane are set to clash in this year’s Gasparilla Bowl at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. It’s the seventh time the game will be played under the name — it was canceled in 2020 — and the sixth time since moving from Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. No offense to Tropicana Field, but any time you …

Cardinals linebacker Jesse Luketa’s season is over unless the team makes the postseason. Luketa is required to miss at least four games after the Cardinals placed him on injured reserve Friday, the team announced. He injured a thigh in the first quarter of Sunday’s game against the Patriots. He has three sacks this season. Mack Wilson Sr., who has been …

Friday was for the big guys up front in Columbia. Missouri football landed its second commitment in a matter of hours Friday — both from offensive lineman — in Wake Forest transfer lineman Keagen Trost, who announced he was transferring to the Tigers via his personal X account. Trost follows Michigan transfer Dominick Guidice, whose transfer to Mizzou was announced approximately two …

49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan called running back Isaac Guerendo a long shot to play against the Dolphins earlier this week and he moved to no shot on Friday. Guerendo was ruled out for Week 16 when the team released its final injury report ahead of their trip to Miami. Guerendo has had a foot injury for a couple of …

The first 12-team College Football Playoff kicks off on Friday with No. 7 Notre Dame hosting No. 10 Indiana (+6.5) at 8 p.m. ET, followed by three games on Saturday. The Big Ten has representation in three of the four 2024 College Football Playoff first-round matchups with No. 6 Penn State hosting No. 11 SMU (+8.5) at noon ET on …

Shanahan stresses importance of NFL coaches being able to adapt originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Those who opine that 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan must continue to evolve and adjust his offense have found someone who agrees. His name is Kyle Shanahan. Shanahan on Friday said the essence of coaching is to find a way to constantly adapt and …

. There is perhaps no better way to sum up the current state of the Michigan-Ohio State rivalry than ESPN’s Desmond Howard going on live television to express both pity and sympathy for Buckeyes head coach Ryan Day. Howard, the 1991 Heisman winner at Michigan and Wolverines icon, went on an impassioned rant about Day’s critics during College GameDay before …

Just two months after becoming a Baltimore Raven, wide receiver Diontae Johnson has been let go by the team. The Ravens waived Johnson on Friday, two weeks after the receiver refused to play during Baltimore’s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Johnson came to Baltimore in October, as part of a trade with the Carolina Panthers. The Ravens also received a …

Billy Napier wouldn’t have said so publicly before the season began, but if you could get him to let down his coach facade and be honest, you probably could’ve made him admit he’d be happy with an 8-5 record. After watching his team lose home games to Miami and Texas A&M to start the year 1-2, he may have even …

Lynch remains confident in Purdy despite 49ers’ rocky season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Brock Purdy and the 49ers are in the midst of a disappointing season, but San Francisco general manager John Lynch remains confident as ever in the 24-year-old quarterback. Lynch detailed his continued belief in Purdy during an interview with Brian Murphy and Rod Brooks …

SOUTH BEND, INDIANA – DECEMBER 20: Jeremiyah Love #4 of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish runs the ball 98-yards for a touchdown during the first quarter against the Indiana Hoosiers in the Playoff First Round game at Notre Dame Stadium on December 20, 2024 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Justin Casterline/Getty Images) After a pair of interceptions from Notre …

Packers head coach Matt LaFleur said on Tuesday that the team will give linebacker Quay Walker the entire week to see if he can play through an ankle injury, but things aren’t moving in the right direction for Green Bay. Walker missed practice for the second straight day on Friday. The Packers will practice again on Saturday and issue injury …