San Francisco 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel (shoulder) was left off the team’s injury report Friday, meaning he’ll be active against the Detroit Lions this coming Sunday in the NFC Championship Game (6:30 p.m. ET on FOX and the FOX Sports app). “Little scary at the beginning of the week, but being able to go full go today and no …
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NFL DFS Picks: Plays and Strategy for Conference Championship Baller
The AFC Championship Game and NFC Championship Game will be played Sunday, with Kansas City-Baltimore kicking things off at 3 p.m. EST, followed by Detroit-San Francisco at 6:30 p.m. Super Bowl LVIII berths will be on the line, and Yahoo will be running NFL DFS contests for Sunday’s two-game slate, led by the $100K Conference Round Baller, which pays out …
Read More »Report: Notre Dame football raids LSU coaching staff for the second time in a month
SOUTH BEND — Notre Dame football reportedly has raided LSU’s coaching staff again. According to the trade publication Football Scoop, senior offensive analyst Trent Miles is leaving the Bayou for the same role at Notre Dame. Miles, 60, follows longtime coaching colleague Mike Denbrock, hired last month as offensive coordinator after two highly productive seasons with 2023 Heisman Trophy winner …
Read More »Super Bowl national anthems: Ranking best performances of ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ in Super Bowl history
For each Super Bowl, the NFL invites prominent musicians to perform songs honoring the country. Of the many performances that take place before kickoff, the singing of the national anthem gets the most attention. Some renditions of “The Star Spangled Banner” have been so powerful and memorable that years, and even decades, later, we are still going back to them. …
Read More »Steelers claim Jeremiah Moon off waivers
The Steelers will kick off the offseason by adding a former Raven to their roster. According to multiple reports, the Steelers have claimed linebacker Jeremiah Moon off of waivers. The Ravens cut Moon on Thursday and filled his roster spot by activating tight end Mark Andrews off of injured reserve on Friday. While the Steelers have claimed Moon, he won’t …
Read More »Fred Warner the game wrecker: How 49ers’ star LB found his football voice
Eric Williams NFC West Writer Chris Hauser noticed Fred Warner’s presence as a gangly freshman at Mission Hills High in San Marcos, just north of San Diego. He watched it grow as Warner developed into a playmaking two-way player who would eventually help lead his school to a CIF-San Diego section open championship during his senior season, earning a scholarship …
Read More »2025 Oklahoma Sooners commitment tracker
The Oklahoma Sooners are off to a much faster start in the 2025 recruiting cycle than they were in 2024. In fact, Kevin Sperry, who committed in March of 2023, committed to the 2025 class before OU had received their first commitment for the 2024 class in Jeremiah Newcombe. Since Sperry’s commitment, eight more players have pledged to the Sooners, …
Read More »2024 NFL playoff schedule, bracket: NFC and AFC Championship, dates, times, TV channel, stream
Ted Hyman, CBS Sports When the NFL season started, there were 32 teams aiming to get to the Super Bowl, and now, we’re down to just four after a wild divisional round weekend. The divisional round ended with a bang on Sunday night with the Chiefs beating the Bills 27-24 in another instant classic. The outcome of the game wasn’t …
Read More »2024 NFC Championship: Lions player lands on injured list for unusual reason ahead of 49ers game
Getty Images The Detroit Lions are gearing up to battle the San Francisco 49ers for a spot in Super Bowl LVIII, and they released their final injury report on Friday afternoon. It brought forth good news in general, as tight end Sam LaPorta and center Frank Ragnow carry no game designations into this week, but there was something interesting included …
Read More »DelVal promotes former star quarterback Mike Isgro to head football coach
It’s didn’t take long to find the next football coach at Delaware Valley University. And the search committee didn’t have to go far to find Duke Greco’s successor. Former Aggies standout quarterback Mike Isgro, a 2010 graduate and 2021 DelVal Hall of Fame inductee, became head coach on Friday. The 36-year-old Isgro has been on Greco’s coaching staff since 2015, …
Read More »Final four teams in NFL playoffs rely heavily on tight ends
Few people proselytize about the importance of tight ends more than San Francisco’s George Kittle. He helped the NFL create a “holiday” to honor the position each October and launched the annual Tight End University where scores of players gather to share tips of the trade. So Kittle showed no surprise about the fact that the four teams playing on …
Read More »Patriots to interview Nick Caley for offensive coordinator
A longtime Patriots assistant may be headed back to New England. Per Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, Rams tight ends coach Nick Caley will interview for the Patriots offensive coordinator vacancy on Sunday. Caley, 41, was with the Patriots from 2015-2022 before heading to Los Angeles last offseason. Caley began his tenure with New England as an offensive assistant before …
Read More »Big 12 baseball preseason poll: Oklahoma State picked third, OU tied for sixth
OSU picked third, OU tied for sixth in Big 12 baseball poll Oklahoma State baseball was picked to finish third and OU was selected to finish in a tie for sixth in the Big 12 preseason poll, the conference announced Thursday. TCU, which advanced to the semifinals of the College World Series last summer, was picked to win the conference …
Read More »Super Bowl 2024: How to watch, live stream Super Bowl LVIII in HDR and 4K on CBS, Paramount+
USATSI Super Bowl LVIII is just a few weeks away, set for Feb. 11, 2024, and while we don’t know which two teams will be competing yet, we finally have the playoff picture set. Whichever teams do make it to the big game, CBS Sports will be bringing the matchup to fans in a new way. For the first time, CBS …
Read More »Super Bowl 2024 pregame performers: Daniel Durant to perform national anthem in American Sign Language
Getty Images When Super Bowl LVIII kicks off from Allegiant Stadium on Feb. 11, the pregame festivities will feature plenty of entertainment and that includes an announcement from The National Association of the Deaf (NAD), LOVE SIGN, and the NFL that deaf performers Daniel Durant, Anjel Piñero, and Shaheem Sanchez. The NFL has already revealed that Reba McEntire will be …
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