Blame Sean McVay for devaluing the preseason. The Los Angeles Rams coach was the first to treat preseason games like a nuisance and sit his starters. Other teams followed suit. We’ll see some teams use their starters in the preseason but the list seems to shrink every year. This embedded content is not available in your region. There are still …

When college football returns in one month, we will begin to learn the answers to important questions. Will Tennessee be a surprise SEC championship contender? Will the Vols make the 12-team playoff? One thing there’s no mystery about, though. Tennessee will be electric on offense. That’s why athletic director Danny White hired Josh Heupel three years ago. White wasn’t wrong. …

Seven men will be formally enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame on Saturday in Canton, Ohio. Yahoo Sports will take a relatively short look at each legend and how he reached football immortality. Patrick Willis | Randy Gradishar | Steve McMichael | Andre Johnson In a sport where physicality and brute force are celebrated, Dwight Freeney used speed …

Editor’s Note: The El Paso Times begins its high school football countdown with No. 31 Anthony. The Wildcats compete in Class 3A, Division II. Practice begins Monday, Aug. 5, and the first game is Friday, Aug. 30. Outlook for 2024 season The Wildcats will be in a four-team district with Crane, Alpine and Odessa Compass Academy. They will play each of their district opponents …

Colts wide receiver Michael Pittman had career-highs of 109 catches for 1,152 yards last season, but his average of 10.6 yards per catch is not what he was hoping for. This year, he thinks things will be different. Pittman said that with Gardner Minshew at quarterback for most of the season, the offense had to play to Minshew’s strengths, which …

Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter The huge devaluation of NFL running backs in recent years is built on the theory that they are all replaceable and interchangeable. This offseason, though, NFL teams sure did put that theory to the test. Running backs spent the offseason on a wild and unprecedented carousel ride, resulting in nearly half of all NFL teams …

As the Jackson State football team opened fall camp Monday, the hope was for another Cricket Celebration Bowl appearance. It is fitting the defense finally received validation at the Southwestern Athletic Conference Media Day on July 16. JSU defensive lineman Jeremiah Williams and defensive back Esaias Guthrie were chosen to the preseason All-SWAC Team. A year before, there were no Tigers …

Patrick Mahomes has made four Super Bowls in six seasons as the Chiefs’ starting quarterback. (Yahoo Sports/Grant Thomas) Other NFL team previews: 32. Panthers | 31. Patriots | 30. Broncos | 29. Commanders | 28. Giants | 27. Titans | 26. Raiders | 25. Cardinals | 24. Saints | 23. Chargers | 22. Vikings | 21. Seahawks | 20. Buccaneers …

Jul. 31—EMORY, Va. — Due to health concerns, Curt Newsome, who has served Emory and Henry as head football coach for the past 10 years, announced on Tuesday, July 30 that he is stepping down, effective immediately. Additionally, assistant coach and offensive coordinator, Quintin Hunter, has been appointed interim head coach for the 2024 season. “It’s been a true honor …

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab discuss Kansas City’s enormous advantage and whether anyone can defeat the back-to-back, defending Super Bowl champions. Listen and subscribe to the “Zero Blitz” podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. Video Transcript None of it matters like this is what we’re gonna do. We’re gonna look at Rashid Rice, we’re gonna …

GAINESVILLE — Florida senior analyst Joe Houston came to revive the Gators’ special teams rather than reinvent them. Houston recalls a time when the third phase of the game was in full flight in Gainesville instead of stumbling at critical moments. When Houston was a kicker for the USC Trojans from 2007-10 after an All-American season at El Camino College …

Things got heated at Dolphins training camp on Tuesday and that’s just fine with wide receiver Tyreek Hill. Coaches often lament practice fights as an opportunity for players to get injured without any rewards, but Hill shared a different view. Running back Jaylen Wright and cornerback Kader Kahou got into it after a play and rookie tackle Patrick Paul also …

The 2024 Oklahoma high school football season is coming up, so it’s time to look at some of the top players in each position group. Out of all the positions in the state, the quarterbacks definitely stand out. From Power Four commits to some players who have gone slightly under the radar, this is a great group of signal callers. …

Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers has not played in a game since Week One of the 2023 season and the current plan is for his next game action to come in Week One of the 2024 season. That was the word from head coach Robert Saleh when the topic of playing Rodgers in the preseason came up during a Tuesday press …

Colorado football safety Shilo Sanders reported to preseason football camp in Boulder this week with two big questions hanging over his head in his final season of college football: ∎ Can he help lift the Buffaloes to a bowl game after they fell short last year in father Deion Sanders’ first season as Colorado’s coach? ∎ Will he be freed …