Russell Wilson wants to play in Friday’s preseason opener. He won’t. Instead, the Steelers starting quarterback will have to be content with the work he’s getting at practice. Wilson, who injured his calf in a conditioning test before the first practice, is back working in team drills. “I’m feeling great,” Wilson said Wednesday, via Teresa Varley of the team website. …

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The NCAA announced a four-year, show-cause order for former Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh on Wednesday for impermissible contact with recruits and players during the COVID-19 pandemic, effectively banning him from college athletics until August 2028. The NCAA said Harbaugh, who left his alma mater to coach the Los Angeles Chargers after last season’s undefeated national …

Last year, the Dolphins didn’t need to use their backup quarterbacks. The year before, they did. This year, they’ll need to have someone ready to go, in case Tua Tagovailoa is injured. So, between Mike White and Skylar Thompson, who will it be? Coach Mike McDaniel says it’s currently too close to call. “It’s neck and neck, and far from …

. Texas A&M football head coach Mike Elko is building his defense in the trenches and that was re-emphasized on hump day as he landed another talented defensive line prospect. According to On3 national recruiting expert Hayes Fawcett, four-star defensive lineman DJ Sanders committed to the Aggies on Wednesday night. Sanders is 6-foot-3, 315 pounds and will graduate from Bellville …

Deebo delivers epic one-word quip to question about his weight originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The phrase “best shape of his life” can be overused during NFL training camp, but 49ers wide receiver Deebo Samuel certainly arrived in Santa Clara this summer looking quite trim. Just don’t ask him about it, though. Samuel kept coy about his weight …

The Oklahoman recently ranked the top running backs heading into the 2024 Oklahoma high school football season, and now the fans have a chance to have their voices heard. The Oklahoman’s poll for the state’s best high school running back is now live and will be available until noon Sunday. Cast your vote and check out all of our coverage …

Chargers linebacker Daiyan Henley is looking forward to the Chargers’ first preseason game Saturday at home against the Seahawks. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times) The Chargers have listed Los Angeles native Daiyan Henley as the starting left inside linebacker on the team’s first posted depth chart of the Jim Harbaugh era but, despite the hype surrounding his progress, his …

An ESPN logo appears on a camera before an NCAA college football game. Here’s what you need to know to watch the Utes on TV and streaming the season. | Reinhold Matay Utah fans will be able to watch their team on some familiar channels this season, but there are some broadcast changes coming with the Utes’ move from the …

This embedded content is not available in your region. As any fantasy manager or stock trader knows, predicting the future is hard. That’s why we rely on analysis from experts to distill complicated systems down to their most easy to understand metrics so we can get a leg up on the competition. But even then, oftentimes, fantasy analysis isn’t perfect. …

Running off at the typewriter … Truly, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Even though the Michigan Wolverines got nailed months ago for spying; they’re still lying and denying. And even though the NCAA just sent Michigan a notice of allegations in which former head coach Jim Harbaugh, current head coach Sherrone Moore and other assistant …

The Brandon Aiyuk situation has been all over the place of late. So where is it going? It’s gone from being very quiet to being very loud, to being sort of quiet again. It’s created a wide range of conflicting reports regarding which teams are in and which teams are out, and which teams are out and which teams are …

BATON ROUGE — Kaleb Jackson displayed his talent. As his freshman year at LSU football last season progressed, the Baton Rouge native began to carve out more and more of a role at the running back position, gaining more playing time later in the season. Jackson, the Liberty Magnet High School star and No. 1 tailback in Louisiana in the …

The 49ers plan to sign safety Tracy Walker, Matt Barrows of TheAthletic.com reports. Walker, 29, worked out of the team Wednesday. San Francisco, which cut safety Erik Harris this week, looked at veteran safeties this spring with Rayshawn Jenkins and Julian Blackmon among those who visited. The Lions made Walker a third-round pick in 2018, and he started 43 games …

The Greater Catholic League-Southhas four of the most storied football programs in the area, if not the country. Each of the teams has won at least two state championships this century. All four are capable of doing it again in any given season. This year’s iteration of the conference features multiple future Divison I players and a lot of interesting …

Joe Flacco didn’t sign with the Browns until Dec. 14 after Deshaun Watson was lost for the season. If he hadn’t done what he did in winning comeback player of the year and leading the Browns to the postseason, he might not be where he is now. Flacco signed a one-year, $4.5 million contract with the Colts in March to …