Chargers coach Jim Harbaugh greets quarterback Justin Herbert (10) on the field before their game against the Raiders. (Ashley Landis / Associated Press) Justin Herbert came in for a hug. Jim Harbaugh punched him in the chest. Over and over and over. If the towering 6-foot-6 quarterback looked uncomfortable in the viral clip of Harbaugh’s pregame greeting that involves the …

STILLWATER — Coming off a double-overtime scare against Arkansas, Oklahoma State is hoping for a more comfortable outcome this week. The 14th-ranked Cowboys are nearly a three-touchdown favorite at Tulsa on Saturday in an 11 a.m. kickoff at H.A. Chapman Stadium. With Big 12 play a week away, this is OSU’s final tune-up in hopes of getting the offense — …

Whatever the hell Brat Summer was supposed to be, it’s over now. Make way for the Autumn of Belichick. In his first fall away from the sidelines in 49 years, football’s dour Da Vinci is keeping the wolf from the door with at least six different media gigs, including a plum role as the first-half scowler-in-residence on ESPN2’s Monday Night …

Sep. 13—RIDGE SPRING-MONETTA 21, AMERICAN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY 6 MONETTA — Patience was at a premium Thursday night for Ridge Spring-Monetta’s football team. It wasn’t just because the Trojans’ Week 4 game against American Leadership Academy took just a few ticks past three hours to finish. Or because there was as much yellow fabric on the field in the form of …

Titans receiver DeAndre Hopkins is off the team’s injury report this week after being limited by his knee injury all of last week. Coach Brian Callahan expects Hopkins to have a bigger role this week after he played only 17 snaps and made one catch for 8 yards. “Likely to be closer to full,” Callahan said this week. “Still be …

Mandarin will travel to Bradford on Friday night in a battle between two North Florida heavyweights. The reigning 2S-Region 2 champion Tornadoes are looking to stay unbeaten and will have to take down an undefeated power in the Mustangs, who went to the state title game just like Bradford after winning the 4M-Region 1 title last year. Mandarin (3-0) is …

Players on both teams expressed their concern on Thursday night for Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa, who suffered a concussion in the loss to the Bills. After the game, Bills quarterback Josh Allen said on the Prime post game show what many were thinking: That they’re concerned not just on a football level but on a personal level for Tagovailoa, who …

There’s a 44-year first coming to Columbia. When No. 6 Missouri football faces No. 24 Boston College on Saturday morning on Faurot Field, it will be the first nonconference game played at Memorial Stadium between two teams that are ranked in the AP Top 25 since an Oct. 4, 1980, matchup between Mizzou and Penn State. The game has sold …

The Browns’ best defensive player was added to the team’s practice report on Thursday. Defensive end Myles Garrett did not participate in the day’s session with a foot injury. Garrett, the 2023 AP defensive player of the year, recorded a strip-sack and a tackle for loss in the Week 1 loss to the Cowboys. He was on the field for …

Nixa High School will host Joplin in the third week of the 2024 high school football season. Eagles five-star junior offensive lineman Jackson Cantwell will be the main event as the No. 2 overall player in the country. Cantwell, the son of Olympians Christian Cantwell and Teri (Steer) Cantwell, is considering 14 different college programs, including Mizzou, where his parents …

Giants wide receiver Malik Nabers and Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels no longer have any money on the line concerning the offensive rookie of the year award, but Nabers said things will still be competitive when the former LSU teammates get together this weekend. Nabers, who spoke to reporters before the Giants announced he was limited in practice with a knee …

AUBURN — Auburn football will host New Mexico at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday in its third straight home game of the 2024 season. This is the first matchup between the Tigers and Lobos. Auburn holds a 6-0 record all-time against Mountain West Conference opponents. Here’s our scouting report on the Lobos, and a score prediction for the matchup on Saturday …

Yahoo Sports fantasy analysts Matt Harmon and Tera Roberts look ahead to Week 2 of the season and pick a pair of players who can lift fantasy managers to victory. Hear the full conversation on the “Yahoo Fantasy Forecast” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript Let’s toss it to …

BLOOMINGTON — Former Indiana football player Eric Stolberg has been itching to get back to the Rose Bowl Stadium for years. It’s why he was cheering on the Big Ten’s expansion plans every step of the way. Stolberg, who currently resides in Bloomington, thought the Hoosiers making a trip out west would provide the perfect excuse to get back to …

It’s looking more likely that Tee Higgins will miss another game with his hamstring injury. Higgins remained out of practice on Thursday after he didn’t participate to open the work week on Wednesday either. Higgins has not practiced since last Thursday when he was limited. He then did not participate last Friday. Linebacker Logan Wilson, however, was upgraded to a …