49ers corner Ward undergoes successful core muscle surgery originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Charvarius Ward underwent successful core muscle surgery Thursday, the 49ers cornerback confirmed to NBC Sports Bay Area on Friday. Ward originally announced the successful procedure on social media, but did not include specific details. The standout corner suffered the injury to his groin/core muscle area …

Back in 1998, 21-year-old Mike Elko was finishing his playing career as a safety for Penn University of the Ivy League. That same year, the Texas A&M football team won the Big 12 Championship led by R.C. Slocum. 26 years later, Elko is head coach of the Aggies, Slocum is interim director of athletics and Texas A&M hasn’t won a …

What Chiefs DC Spagnuolo texted Purdy after 49ers’ Super Bowl loss originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Brock Purdy might not have walked away from the 49ers’ Super Bowl LVIII loss to the Kansas City Chiefs with the franchise’s sixth Vince Lombardi Trophy, but he did earn the respect of the opposing sideline. While Purdy was not able to …

The Georgia Bulldogs are hunting for a new running backs coach after Dell McGee became the head coach at Georgia State. McGee will coach his son, Austin, at Georgia State, so who can blame him for leaving to become a head coach. Head coach Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs are looking for a new running backs coach that can replace …

Star free agents are the players who have the most to celebrate with today’s news of a massive increase in the NFL salary cap to $255.4 million for the 2024 season. But the lower-paid players at the bottom of the salary structure have plenty to celebrate, too. The NFL and NFL Players Association have negotiated an increase in the league’s …

Florida A&M quarterback Jeremy Moussa (8) celebreates after an NCAA Celebration Bowl football game against Howard, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in Atlanta. Florida A&M won 30-26. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart) Jeremy Moussa has to make some more room in his trophy. On Friday night, the Florida A&M quarterback earned a share of the Deacon Jones Trophy, given to the best player in Black College Football. …

NFL increases 2024 salary cap to $255.4 million in historic spike originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area NFL teams will have some extra money to spend this season. The league announced that its 2024 salary cap will be $255.4 million per team. The number marks a $30-plus million jump from the 2023 salary cap, which was $224.8 million. The …

With last month’s news that Alabama head coach Nick Saban will not return to Tuscaloosa after 17 highly successful years at the helm, The SEC will look a lot different in 2024, including several new hires led by Mike Elko (Texas A&M) and Saban’s successor, former Washington head coach Kalen DeBoer. With Texas and Oklahoma entering the SEC this Fall, …

Eagles finalize their coaching staff for the 2024 season originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles on Friday announced their entire coaching staff for the 2024 season with plenty of changes after a disastrous end to last season. While we already knew about many of the changes coming to Nick Sirianni’s staff — including new coordinators Vic Fangio and …

How much Patriots would need to pay to put franchise tag on Dugger, Onwenu originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots have some major decisions to make in the coming weeks with some of their own free agents, most notably offensive tackle Michael Onwenu and safety Kyle Dugger. These are two homegrown players the Patriots drafted and …

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Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and Jori Epstein discuss the Bears quarterback’s decision to unfollow the team on Instagram, his analogy comparing the move to a relationship and why it was always going to up for public interpretation. Hear the full conversation on “Inside Coverage” – part of the “Zero Blitz” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever …

Dell McGee, running backs coach on the Georgia football coaching staff for all eight seasons under Kirby Smart, was announced Friday night as Georgia State’s head football coach. McGee became the second Georgia assistant in the last three months to land a head coach opening after defensive backs coach Fran Brown at Syracuse. He will be introduced at a press …

It’s been more than a month since the Eagles’ season crashed to an end with a playoff loss to the Buccaneers, but this week saw renewed discussion of why their season collapsed after a 10-1 start. Some of that discussion included reports of serious dissension in the locker room and Eagles wide receiver A.J. Brown took some time on Friday …

The Texas Longhorns and Oklahoma Sooners play next season in the Cotton Bowl like they have since 1929. For the first time, the teams will play as members of the SEC. The game will be of added importance for Texas after losing last year. While the Oklahoma game might have been on the back burner in preparation for Alabama last …