MANHATTAN — Kansas State football continued to replenish its secondary through the transfer portal on Monday with the addition of Arizona safety Gunner Maldonado. Maldonado is the Wildcats’ seventh portal pickup and third defensive back, filling a need with the loss of three starters to graduation, the portal or the NFL Draft. He played four years at Arizona, but was …

Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander practiced fully last week, but he will miss his fifth game with a posterior cruciate ligament injury in his knee. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that Alexander is “not himself,” and the team will reevaluate Alexander’s injury later this week. Alexander has missed six of the past seven games, and he played only briefly in …

Former Penn State quarterback Beau Pribula committed to Missouri over Iowa on Sunday night. Though the Hawkeyes and offensive coordinator Tim Lester would have love to have added Pribula into their quarterback mix, Pribula instead opted for the Tigers and the SEC. According to On3’s Pete Nakos, Pribula’s NIL package with Missouri will pay him $1.5 million in 2025. Nakos …

The Packers dealt the Saints only their second shutout defeat in 370 games [Getty Images] Jordan Love starred as the Green Bay Packers routed the New Orleans Saints 34-0 to secure their spot in the NFL play-offs. The 26-year-old quarterback threw for 182 yards and a touchdown as the Packers earned their place in the play-offs for the fifth time …

When the Georgia Bulldogs begin their College Football Playoff run, they will do so without their starting quarterback. Carson Beck is out for the remainder of the season, the school announced on Monday. The fifth-year senior suffered an elbow injury on his throwing arm in the final play of the first half in the SEC championship game against Texas. He …

The Green Bay Packers might be the best third-place team in NFL history. The Packers can’t win the division despite an 11-4 record, because the Detroit Lions or Minnesota Vikings are each 13-2 and one of them has to win (or they tie) when they meet in Week 18. But the Packers are on the short list of teams that …

BOISE, ID – DECEMBER 23: The Fresno State Bulldogs defense celebrate a successful goal line stand during the first half of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl against the Northern Illinois Huskies at Albertsons Stadium on December 23, 2024 in Boise, Idaho. (Photo by Loren Orr/Getty Images) Monday’s Famous Idaho Potato Bowl featured one of the strangest typographic errors in ESPN …

Beyoncé performs during the Super Bowl XLVII half-time show at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in February 2013.Photograph: Ezra Shaw/Getty Images The NFL Christmas games are taking place on, you guessed it, Christmas. And if you’re anything like millions of people around the world then you’re probably wondering: what time does the Beyoncé show begin? But is that all you really need …

The 2024 College Football Playoff has hit the second round. A new, expanded 12-team bracket began with byes for four teams and four first-round games hosted by Texas football, Penn State, Notre Dame and Ohio State. The byes belonged to Oregon, the top seed and winner of the Big Ten; Georgia, which won the SEC title game and grabbed the …

The Texans claimed wide receiver Diontae Johnson off waivers from the Ravens on Monday, but they were not the only team to submit a claim. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports the Chargers also put in a claim. The Texans and Chargers have the same 9-6 record, but Houston had a higher claim based on the aggregate winning percentage of …

Texas football is preparing to face the champion of its old conference in the College Football Playoff, with Big 12 champion Arizona State awaiting in the Peach Bowl. Texas was tested in the first round, defeating Clemson 34-24 behind a rejuvenated running attack led by Jaydon Blue and Quintrevion Wisner. However, the Sun Devils, winners of six straight games, also …

49ers left tackle Trent Williams will not return this season. The 49ers are out of postseason contention, and Williams’ balky ankle hasn’t healed enough for him to get back before the season ends in two weeks. “He won’t be playing in these next two games,” 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said, via David Bonilla of 49erswebzone.com. “He hasn’t been able to …

Ohio State Buckeyes quarterback Will Howard (18) lines up during the first half of the NCAA football game against the Northwestern Wildcats at Wrigley Field in Chicago on Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024. The Ohio State Buckeyes will battle the Oregon Ducks in the Rose Bowl on Jan. 1, 2025. Because Ohio State lost its last game of the season to …

With Tuesday being Christmas Eve, Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers made his weekly visit with Pat McAfee and company a day earlier than usual. And Rodgers made, unprompted, a comment about his future with the Jets. Via Rich Cimini of ESPN.com, Rodgers brought up the possibility of being released by the Jets at the end of the season. “Being released would …

No. 2 Georgia is resting its national championship hopes on backup quarterback Gunner Stockton following Carson Beck’s season-ending elbow surgery on Monday. Coach Kirby Smart said Monday that Georgia is preparing Stockton to start in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1 in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal against No. 3 Notre Dame. Stockton took over when Beck suffered a right …