Auburn basketball experienced the ebbs and flows of life in the SEC last week. The Tigers opened the week by blowing out rival Alabama by 18 points on Wednesday at home before experiencing a trap game in Gainesville on Saturday, losing 81-65 to Florida. The uneven week has caused Auburn to take a slight hit in the latest rankings. The …

USATSI Patrick Mahomes hears the Tom Brady comparisons, but the Kansas City Chiefs MVP has a hard time putting himself ahead of who many consider is the greatest quarterback who’s ever lived.  Mahomes’ reasoning behind his reluctance is simple, and it goes back to what happened when the two faced each other in the big game three years ago. Brady threw …

USATSI In each of their last three Super Bowl wins, the Kansas City Chiefs had to overcome double-digit deficits to hoist the Lombardi Trophy. Kansas City needed overtime this time around, but a 22-12 run after halftime downed Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers 25-22 in overtime. In the biggest game of his career, the former Mr. Irrelevant completed 23 …

Tennessee (17-6, 7-3 SEC) will play two Southeastern Conference games this week. Arkansas will host the Vols on Wednesday at Bud Walton Arena in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Tipoff is slated for 9 p.m. EST and will be televised by ESPN2. Tennessee will also host Vanderbilt at Food City Center on Saturday (6 p.m. EST, SEC Network). The latest USA TODAY Sports …

The Pittsburgh Steelers cut quarterback Mitch Trubisky on Monday, sending the former No. 2 overall draft pick into free agency after two disappointing seasons. Trubisky signed with the Steelers in March 2022 and was given first crack at replacing the retired Ben Roethlisberger. Trubisky started four games before being benched in favor of then-rookie Kenny Pickett. Trubisky struggled again this …

Super Bowl LVIII is in the books, and it was one for the history books. In terms of the commercials, there was one that forced us to revise out top 20 ads of all-time after the Kansas City Chiefs took down the San Francisco 49ers, 25-22, in overtime. As is always the case, there was just as much attention paid to …

Ward uses morbid analogy to describe mood after 49ers’ SB58 loss originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area LAS VEGAS — Plain and simple, the 49ers’ locker room was devastated after their stunning 25-22 overtime loss to the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday night at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Veteran cornerback Charvarius Ward was one …

Kalen DeBoer has been on the job exactly a month as Alabama football’s new coach. In 30 days’ time, he’s: REPORT: Scott Huff leaving Alabama football for Seattle Seahawks, too NICK SABAN COMMEMORATIVE BOOK: Relive Nick Saban’s epic Alabama football coaching career with our special book! Preorder here. Of course, that’s just been the personnel side of things. There’s also …

Feb 12, 2024, 06:30 PM ET TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs are bracing to play their next several games without top defenseman Morgan Rielly, who could be facing a lengthy suspension. He has an in-person hearing with the NHL’s department of player safety scheduled for Tuesday in New York. An in-person hearing allows the league to suspend Rielly for …

49ers have lengthy free agent list to consider entering offseason originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area With the 49ers’ heartbreaking Super Bowl LVIII loss now in the rearview mirror, the team’s focus shifts to the offseason — and the front office has plenty to consider. There are 19 San Francisco players due to become unrestricted free agents this offseason, …

Texas A&M junior Edgerrin Cooper recently put his talent on display for all 32 NFL teams at the East-West Shrine Bowl on Feb. 1 but the linebacker prospect stood out to one organization in particular according to a recent report. Per Ryan Fowler, an NFL & college football analyst for Bleacher Report & The Draft Network, Pittsburgh head coach Mike …

The great Super Bowl logo conspiracy may have been (partially) debunked over the past few weeks, but one Cleveland Browns player is still looking on the bright (orange) side after the logo for Super Bowl LIX on FOX was revealed on Monday. The conspiracy dictates that the colors in logo, which is customarily revealed in the days following the previous …

Winning one championship is hard, let alone two in a row. Three championships in a row? Well, that is the stuff of legend, a feat that very few teams have been able to over to achieve. That is the challenge that awaits the Kansas City Chiefs in 2024 as they look to become the first NFL team to win three …

Running back Kam Davis was a massive addition to the Florida State football program in the 2024 recruiting cycle. Davis, who played quarterback for Dougherty High (Albany, Ga.), finished with 5,575 passing yards and 40 touchdowns, also adding 3,157 rushing yards and 35 touchdowns. Davis posted pictures of himself earlier this winter of the 145th-overall-ranked prospect and the 11th-rated running …

Sports are about traditions, and going all out on Super Bowl Sunday with great dining spreads and having friends and family over to celebrate is one of America’s biggest ones. Another football tradition, albeit a cartoon one in the comic strip “Peanuts,” is Lucy never letting Charlie Brown kick the football after holding it out for him, time and time …