Five 49ers to watch in illuminating Week 2 matchup vs. Vikings originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Minnesota Vikings have a new quarterback, running back and edge rusher. The 49ers are quite familiar with some of the Vikings’ key offseason acquisitions, especially quarterback Sam Darnold and running back Aaron Jones. San Francisco is coming off an impressive Week …

Two top-10 Texas high school football programs will meet Thursday night and fans across the country can watch it live. Westlake, the No. 1 team in our preseason countdown, is taking on Humble Atascocita, a Houston-area power, in a premier Friday night showdown. The Chaparrals are 2-0 after a strong performance over fellow Class 6A contender Prosper to open the …

Sep 13, 2024, 11:29 AM ET PHILADELPHIA — The driver charged with killing NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew as they bicycled on a rural road had a blood-alcohol level of .087%, above the .08% legal limit in New Jersey, a prosecutor said Friday. Gaudreau, 31, and brother Matthew, 29, were killed in Carneys Point, New Jersey, …

Fantasy football sit-and-start advice should always be relative and league-dependent. Many starts and sits are obvious too, so we will instead focus on fringe options in this column, the ones that take real thought. Good luck with your Week 2 lineups! Start: Isaiah Likely Expect a nice bounce back game from Mark Andrews, but he and Likely can both remain …

College football’s week three slate may not be filled with ranked matchups and raucous atmospheres, but the games are certainly not without compelling storylines. One of the more underrated matchups college football fanatics should be tuned into is the Texas A&M Aggies heading into the Swamp to take on the Florida Gators. A midday contest of a pair of 1-1 …

Rob Rang NFL Draft Analyst The 2024 NFL Draft featured a record six quarterbacks among the first 12 picks, yet the never-ending search for talent at the position remains.  Entering this year’s college football season, several signal-callers — like Colorado’s Shedeur Sanders, Texas’ Quinn Ewers and Georgia’s Carson Beck — had already gained significant traction with NFL scouts. Through the …

Report: 49ers eyed Meyers trade with Raiders before Aiyuk deal originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers worked through contingency plans in the event they were unable to come to an agreement with star wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk. San Francisco reportedly inquired with the Denver Broncos about a trade for receiver Courtland Sutton but were rebuffed before Aiyuk …

Sep 8, 2012; College Station, TX, USA; General view of the line of scrimmage during a game between the Texas A&M Aggies and Florida Gators in the fourth quarter at Kyle Field. Florida defeated Texas A&M 20-17. Mandatory Credit: Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports Florida football prepares to host the Texas A&M Aggies this Saturday in the Swamp to open up …

While Jordan Love has not yet officially been ruled out for Sunday’s matchup with the Colts, the Packers are preparing for backup Malik Willis to make his first start for the club in Week 2. Willis just joined Green Bay on Aug. 26 when Tennessee traded him for a 2025 seventh-round pick. On Thursday, receiver Christian Watson told reporters that …

Texas Longhorns take the field before they take on Colorado State at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024. No letdown. That’s the mantra echoing through the halls of the Texas Longhorns athletic department this week. Coming off a huge win in Ann Arbor vs. Michigan, the Longhorns will want to keep the program’s considerable momentum …

Every year that I do this list for ESPN fantasy hockey, I dig for inspiration. Some names lend themselves naturally to puns or pop culture references, which creates a solid, standard Fantasy name such as “A Jack Hughes Brothers Film” or “Auston Matthews McConaughey”). The secret sauce, though, is to play with more challenging names; that’s where you find your …

For the second season in a row, the Giants began the year with a blowout loss at home. On Sunday, they’ll be eager to get back to winning ways as they seek to avoid the same kind of start that saw them lose five of their first six and eight of their first 10 games in 2023. Here are the …

COLUMBIA — For the first time in 10 years, ESPN’s “College GameDay” will be live from Columbia, ahead of South Carolina football against LSU. Kickoff is scheduled Saturday at 12:12 p.m. ET on ABC, but “College GameDay” will be live from 9 a.m. to noon ET on ESPN and ESPNU. The show will be set up in Gamecock Park, located …

The Yahoo Fantasy crew has full confidence in these players delivering a memorable performance in your fantasy football lineups for Week 2. The Eagles wideout didn’t have the same level of explosive box-score performance as his teammate A.J. Brown did in Week 1. However, the Week 1 usage indicated that the pendulum could swing back his way at any moment. …

Sep. 13—This week in Ohio State football, the Buckeyes do not have a game, but we still have a thoughts on what we’ve seen in the early season. Here are three: 1. Maybe having the play caller independent of the head coach really will make all the difference for the Ohio State offense. Ryan Day did not want to give …