Why Michael Irvin believes Alonzo Highsmith will thrive with Patriots originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Eliot Wolf reportedly will have final say in the New England Patriots’ front office, but he’ll have plenty of help — including from an intriguing new addition. Former NFL fullback and University of Miami general manager of football operations Alonzo Highsmith is set to …

Getty Images The NFL’s regular season and most of the postseason are in the books. Almost exactly five months since the 2023 season opener, it’s time to crown a champion. One game remains: Super Bowl LVIII, which will determine which team claims the Lombardi Trophy. The big game is just two days away, and what’s Super Bowl Sunday without special …

Chip Kelly is stepping down as UCLA’s head football coach, the school announced Friday. Hired in 2018 after four seasons as an NFL head coach, Kelly ends his tenure with a 34-34 record overall and 26-26 mark in Pac-12 play. Kelly is expected to become Ohio State’s offensive coordinator, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. He will replace Bill O’Brien, …

The NFL is headed to Spain in 2025 for the first regular-season game ever in that country. The league announced Friday that its international slate of games for the 2025 season will feature a game at Real Madrid’s iconic Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. “We could not be more excited to bring the best of the NFL, the best of our teams …

It’s a good thing Don Shula didn’t have a trade partner for Larry Csonka. If he had, the Miami Dolphins’ legendary fullback wouldn’t be presenting the Vince Lombardi Trophy to the winner of Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday night.  It’s been 50 years since Csonka capped off the Dolphins’ successful title defense with an MVP performance in Super Bowl VIII. It was the defining …

The coaching carousel chairs never seem to stop turning in college football. It’s February 9, yet coaches are taking other jobs as if its the middle of bowl season. The latest changes are significant to Wisconsin and the rest of the Big Ten landscape. First, Ohio State offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien took the Boston College opening. Then, surprisingly, it’s reported …

Eric Williams NFC West Writer George Kittle believes this time will be different. Four years ago, a young San Francisco 49ers squad lost to the Kansas City Chiefs in the Super Bowl. But now that Kittle and his teammates are back, a little wiser and more experienced with an offense averaging 29 points a contest — the most since that …

Chip Kelly spoke to NFL teams about offensive coordinator openings in recent weeks, but he didn’t land any of the available positions around the league. Kelly remained the head coach of UCLA while pursuing those jobs, but it looks like he won’t be returning to the school for a seventh season. Pete Thamel of ESPN.com reports that Kelly is expected …

While National Signing Day was relatively quiet for most programs in college football, that was certainly not the case for Texas A&M and new head coach Mike Elko. He was tasked with holding the 2024 recruiting class together following Jimbo Fisher’s dismissal, and he was able to do so with a class that is No. 18 in the 247Sports team …

When Sean Payton took over as the head coach for the Denver Broncos last offseason, it was immediately clear that one of two things was going to happen: Either Payton was going to turn Russell Wilson’s career back around after his disastrous 2022 season, or the Broncos were going to move on from Wilson as soon as possible. Toward the …

Getty Images In February of 2020, the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers squared off for the NFL title, Fast-forward to 2024 and these same two teams will meet again in Super Bowl LVIII, which is just days away. Both franchises are busy preparing in Las Vegas for the big game. When exactly will it be played? You’ve come to the right place …

With all the football coaching changes going on for 2024 at every level, high school, college and professional, then toss in transfer portals, and it’s all whirring around in one’s mind. Two changes at the college level involve Lake View grads, who have now found new coaching spots after coaching together at the University of Mississippi. Sterlin Gilbert has now …

Are you looking to bet on Super Bowl LVIII? Of course you are. With that, you’ll want to listen to The Group Chat segment in each episode of “Bear Bets,” this week, as the fellas break down several ways to bet the Big Game. FOX Sports’ Chris “The Bear” Fallica and Geoff Schwartz, along with Sam Panayotovich and Will Hill, …

LAS VEGAS — On the big electronic board inside every sportsbook in this town, the information reads mostly the same. San Francisco -2. The 49ers are the betting favorite to win the Super Bowl on Sunday, at least according to the oddsmakers. The public is less convinced. Some 83 percent of all bets and 82 percent of all the money …

Super Bowl Sunday wouldn’t exist without the action on the gridiron, but it also wouldn’t become the most televised event of the year if it weren’t for entertainment. The Super Bowl brings out the biggest in music and showbusiness every year, and Super Bowl 58 is no different. Reba McEntire will perform the National Anthem and Usher will play the …