Skyler Bell came to UConn for a chance to be “the guy,” the No. 1 option on a competitive team. After a year becoming just that, the Huskies’ star wide receiver tested the transfer portal waters and seemed to be taking the path of UConn’s other recent top receivers as schools like Michigan, the 2024 national champion, reportedly expressed interest. …

The Packers announced a change to the injury report for Sunday’s game against the Bears. Wide receiver Romeo Doubs is now listed as questionable to play because of an illness. Doubs was not on the injury report at all during the week. Christian Watson (knee) is also listed as questionable, so the Packers could wind up being thin at receiver …

Syndication: USA TODAY Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love is expected to start Thursday against sixth-seeded Penn State, enabling the seventh-seeded Fighting Irish and their trademark ground game to operate at — or near — full capacity in the first College Football Playoff semifinal. Love re-injured his ailing right knee late in the third quarter of Notre Dame’s 23-10 Sugar …

While Ravens head coach John Harbaugh did not have a complete update on receiver Zay Flowers, it doesn’t sound like Flowers has suffered a knee injury that will keep him out for the entire postseason. “It’s something that he has a chance to be OK with,” Harbaugh said in his press conference. “But we’ll probably have more details after an …

Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson has added to his case to win a third MVP award. Jackson has become the first quarterback in NFL history to record 4,000 passing yards and 900 rushing yards in the same season. He’s also the first QB to have 4,000, 900, and 40 touchdown passes in a single year. Jackson got to 4,000 passing yards …

A familiar combination got the Bengals on the board early in Saturday night’s game in Pittsburgh. Quarterback Joe Burrow hit wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase for a 12-yard touchdown to give the Steelers a 7-0 lead with just over minutes off the clock. It was the third catch of the drive for Chase and his league-best 17th touchdown catch of the …

NCAA Football: Fiesta Bowl-Penn State at Boise State STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — It’s still too early to determine if Penn State defensive end Abdul Carter will be available when the sixth-seeded Nittany Lions (13-2) play seventh-seeded Notre Dame (13-1) in their College Football Playoff semifinal, but his teammates and coaches are optimistic. The Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year …

The Bengals extended their lead to two scores on their first offensive possession of the third quarter, but their most important player needed to be helped off the field by trainers ahead of Cade York’s third field goal of the night. Quarterback Joe Burrow stayed down after getting driven into the ground on a sack by Steelers edge rusher Nick …

SOUTH BEND —Notre Dame football, Orange Bowl-bound and set to face Penn State for the first time in 17 seasons, won’t have to search very long to find star power in Happy Valley. From the Mackey Award winner in tight end Tyler Warren to the Big Ten defensive player of the year in Abdul Carter, the sixth-seeded Nittany Lions have …

Quarterback Joe Burrow gave the Bengals a scare, but he did not miss a snap in Pittsburgh on Saturday night. Chase was slow to get up after being sacked by Steelers edge rusher Nick Herbig in the third quarter and he went to the sideline medical tent after a Cade York field goal extended Cincinnati’s lead to 16-7. ESPN reported …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Happiness was all over the faces of members of the Gophers football program on the field at Bank of America Stadium after its 24-10 win over Virginia Tech in the Duke’s Mayo Bowl on Friday night. This was outside of the hype toward coach P.J. Fleck’s mayonnaise bath, which went viral with celeb rapper Flavor Flav lending …

The Bengals did what they had to do to give themselves a chance at making the playoffs. Trey Hendrickson had 3.5 sacks of Steelers quarterback Russell Wilson, including one in the final minute that led to the Steelers turning the ball over on downs with 11 seconds left to play. That secured a 19-17 win for the Bengals and they …

A centerpiece of the Alabama football defense will be back in Tuscaloosa in 2025 Deontae Lawson, a redshirt junior linebacker out of Mobile, announced Saturday he would return to the Crimson Tide in 2025, joining linebacker Justin Jefferson and defensive lineman LT Overton. “This program and the staff have been like a second home to me,” Lawson wrote in a …

The final push to the NFL playoffs is on, and it started Saturday with a doubleheader to kick off Week 18.  The first game of the day took place in Baltimore, where the Ravens destroyed the Browns 35-10. With the win, the Ravens have now clinched the AFC North and the third overall seed in the AFC.  Heading into Week …

Nov 9, 2024; Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide tight end Ty Lockwood (89) warms up before the game against the LSU Tigers at Tiger Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Stephen Lew-Imagn Images The departures continue for Kalen DeBoer and the Alabama Crimson Tide as TE Ty Lockwood announced today that he intends to enter the transfer portal. Senior Josh Cuevas …