Apr 27, 2024; Boulder, CO, USA; Colorado Buffaloes offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur during a spring game event at Folsom Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur has received plenty of criticism so far this season regarding Colorado football’s continued neglect of the run game. Through two games, primary running backs Dallan Hayden, Charlie Offerdahl and Isaiah …

Caleb Williams’ Week 1 struggles likely to be meaningless blip in expected rise originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Caleb Williams’ rough NFL debut is unlikely to be a precursor of things to come. Rookie quarterbacks almost always struggle at some point early in their career, and the great ones quickly learn from it and use …

Photo by Dan Harralson, Vols Wire Tony Vitello enters his eighth season as Tennessee’s baseball head coach in 2025. He guided the Vols to a national championship in 2024. Vitello and Tennessee have won the Southeastern Conference regular-season championship in 2022 and 2024, while also winning the SEC Tournament in 2022 and 2024. Tennessee advanced to the College World Series …

New York Jets linebacker Haason Reddick has yet to play a game with the team who traded for him last spring, and has continued his holdout for a contract extension into the regular season. Will Reddick’s stint with the Jets end with him never donning the team’s uniform? “It would be hard for them to pay him at this point, …

Cleveland Browns defensive end Myles Garrett did not practice Thursday due to a foot injury and was added to the team’s injury report. However, Garrett is expected to play in the Browns’ Week 2 matchup against the Jacksonville Jaguars, according to the Cleveland Plain Dealer’s Mary Kay Cabot. That also applies to fellow defensive end Za’Darius Smith, who sat out …

Syndication: South Bend Tribune Notre Dame Fighting Irish fans have not been happy with the offense, particularly the pass game, during the first two weeks of the season. The offense struggled in both the 23-13 victory over Texas A&M and the 16-14 upset loss to the Northern Illinois Huskies. Quarterback Riley Leonard has run the ball well but looked tentative …

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSep 12, 2024, 05:18 PM ET CloseSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. What is our target this time? Glad you asked! We want a defender who is 24 years and 105 days old with …

49ers practice report: Gross-Matos, Winters return on Thursday originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — The 49ers had their full team in pads and on the practice field on Thursday. Defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos and linebacker Dee Winters returned to practice for the first time since the end of the preseason. Gross-Matos sustained a knee injury in …

Ralph Vacchiano NFL Reporter Jalen Hurts was a summer sensation. The reviews of his practices were raving. He famously didn’t throw an interception until the last day of camp. For a quarterback coming off a disappointing season, learning a new offense, with some key new teammates, things couldn’t have gone much better. And then came Opening Night. It’s not that …

Vaughn Dalzell breaks down his College Football Week 3 plays starting with Michigan hosting Arkansas State and a few rivalry matchups. Arkansas State at Michigan (-23.5): O/U 47.5 The Michigan Wolverines had a lot of problems hosting Texas last week which ended their home-winning streak, but a lot of those issues will be repatched with duct tape when Arkansas State …

Bears’ Shane Waldron takes blame for Cole Kmet’s curious usage in win vs. Titans originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Bears offensive coordinator Shane Waldron knows he has to be better. That starts with Waldron finding a way to get all of the Bears’ playmakers on the field and involved more than he did during Chicago’s …

Week 4 high school football in the Poconos is a three-day affair for fans, starting with two games Thursday, three on Friday and one Saturday. Follow sports reporter Mason Smith for sideline updates from Whitehall at Pocono Mountain West on Friday and then from Pocono Mountain East at Allentown Central Catholic on Saturday. And get live scores below from across …

Isaiah Rodgers details his broken hand and plan for return originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Isaiah Rodgers had waited well over a year for his return to game action, so what was another week? After missing the entire 2023 season, Rodgers’ long wait became a little longer when he was ruled out of Week 1 with a …

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – AUGUST 31: Head coach Marcus Freeman of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and head coach Mike Elko of the Texas A&M Aggies embrace after the game at Kyle Field on August 31, 2024 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Jack Gorman/Getty Images) Texas A&M (1-1) head coach Mike Elko and his team will travel to the …

‘They know what I can do:’ Devin White surprised to lose starting spot originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia We all thought Devin White would go into the regular season as a starting linebacker because every day but one during training camp he took the first set of reps with the starting defense. He seemed like a starter because he …