More than three weeks ago, the Patriots and coach Bill Belichick parted ways. Today, the first Sunday without NFL football since the Sunday after Labor Day, Belichick issued an official “thank you” to Patriots fans. In a full-page letter appearing on A3 of the Boston Globe, Belichick acknowledged those who supported the team through his 24 years on the job. …

The Oregon Ducks landed a huge win in the recruiting world on Saturday afternoon with 5-star wide receiver Gatlin Bair announcing his commitment in the 2024 class. This is the second 5-star player that the Ducks added in this class, with the other being EDGE Elijah Rushing. Oregon’s 2024 class was already the highest-rated in school history, and it now …

Making 2024 Super Bowl touchdown bets will be popular for many in 49ers vs. Chiefs, but doing so would be a disservice if you don’t do research beforehand. Players like Brandon Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel will be highly sought-after, especially among Niners fans for NFL TD bets, but you should be aware of how stingy Kansas City has been versus …

The NFL season comes to a close with Super Bowl 58 between the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, giving NFL DFS players one more chance to compete in NFL DFS contests. 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey has rushed for at least 90 yards in seven of his last eight games, making him a consistent performer in NFL DFS …

2025 cornerback prospect Shamar Arnoux committed to Tennessee on April 7, 2023. Arnoux decommitted from Tennessee on Saturday. He was the first commitment in the Vols’ 2025 recruiting class. The 6-foot-1, 175-pound cornerback is from Carrollton High School in Carrollton, Georgia. He previously played at Milton High School in Alpharetta, Georgia. Arnoux visited Georgia on Saturday and was offered a scholarship …

When Jordan Anthony committed to the Arkansas football team out of the transfer portal over the winter, the addition was one that made Razorbacks happy, but also one that had them asking why. Anthony had three catches for 14 yards for Texas A&M last year and would be entering an Arkansas program that ultimately returned its top seven wide receivers …

The Nebraska Cornhuskers have made a scholarship offer to a class of 2025 quarterback. Madden Iamaleava is a four-star prospect for Warren High School out of Downey, California. As a junior, he played in 13 games, throwing for 3,626 yards with 43 touchdowns and four interceptions. He holds multiple offers, including Michigan State, Washington State, and Colorado. Iamaleava is the …

Chris Messner remembers the dancing. James Patton remembers the leadership. Alan Bowman remembers the fire. Each had a story to tell about Michigan coach Sherrone Moore, who played at OU in 2006 and 2007. Messner was a teammate of Moore’s on the Sooners’ offensive line. Patton was Moore’s offensive line coach. And Bowman? The Oklahoma State quarterback was a backup …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter ORLANDO – The Pro Bowl is back in Florida, and so too is our Pro Bowl Confidential — a fourth edition of the anonymous player survey which got its humble start when the game was last here in 2020. We have some evergreen questions worth asking every year — who’s your MVP? Most underrated players …

A new era of Big Ten football begins this fall with four powerful brands joining the conference. No more Big Ten East and West divisions and no more Midwest-centric geography. Now the Big Ten reaches coast-to-coast and contains some of the biggest brands in the sport. What this means for business has been discussed at length. What it means for competition …

(Tim Hubbard / photo illustration; Associated Press photos) The conversation occurred in the immediate aftermath of Super Bowl XXVII, when Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman was riding with his agent from the Rose Bowl back to the team hotel in Santa Monica. “Do you know what just happened?” Leigh Steinberg asked his exhausted client. “Yeah,” Aikman said, “we just won …

STILLWATER — Sitting alone in his Atlanta home, David Paulsen looked down at his buzzing phone where a news alert had just come through, telling him that his hometown NFL team, the Falcons, had just hired a new offensive coordinator. Paulsen let out a brief but joyous scream. You see, there’s only one other football team that conjures as much …

Brian Kelly and his recruiting staff took a trip to Oklahoma to extend an offer to one of the best cornerbacks in the 2025 recruiting class. If Kelly wants him, he will have to fight fellow SEC school Oklahoma to get him. Trystan Haynes is a 6-foot-2, 175-pound, four-star cornerback from Midwest City, Oklahoma, where he plays for Carl Albert …

Texas A&M’s 2025 recruiting class has the potential to grow exponentially over the next couple of months, as head coach Mike Elko and his staff hosted a bevy of 2025 and 2026 prospects during the third junior day weekend, which also happened to include the Aggies remaining 2024 commit, 5-star athlete Terry Bussey. On Saturday, it was reported that a …

We are all in for a treat when the Big Ten football season kicks off this September with four former Pac-12 schools joining the conference. UCLA and USC were announced as future members in the summer of 2022, while Washington and Oregon joined at the beginning of August. With the extinction of the Pac-12 all but complete, Big Ten’s new …