Pete Carroll officially stepped down as Seattle Seahawks head coach Wednesday, ending a 14-year tenure that saw him build the Seahawks into Super Bowl champions and perennial contenders. Carroll is considered one of the greatest football coaches of all time, especially when evaluating his tenure at USC in the 2000s that delivered the school’s two most recent college football national …

Getty There’s certainly bad blood between the Cincinnati Bengals and Kansas City Chiefs, the AFC’s last-remaining teams in each of the previous two years. The rivalry between the two teams was on full display Wednesday when Bengals wideout Ja’Marr Chase was asked to predict which team will make it out of the AFC to play in Super Bowl LVIII.  “Anybody …

Jan. 10 will be a memorable day for the college football world. Legendary Alabama head coach Nick Saban announced his retirement on Wednesday afternoon. The greatest college coach of all time won seven national championships, six with Alabama and one with LSU. Saban consistently adapted to new eras of college football. His astonishing resume includes 11 SEC Championships, 5x SEC …

The NFL Players’ Association has released its second “Players’ All-Pro Team” list, the only such list exclusively voted on by NFL players themselves.  “The Players’ All-Pro is the only team voted on exclusively by players, in a way that makes the most sense to the game of football,” NFLPA president J.C. Tretter said in a statement accompanying the inaugural list …

The Giants fired special teams coordinator Thomas McGaughey earlier this week. They have begun the process of requesting interviews with candidates. One of those requests was sent to the Chargers to talk to Ryan Ficken. The Chargers, though, have blocked Ficken from interviewing with the Giants, Mike Garafolo of NFL Media reports. Despite firing head coach Brandon Staley, the Chargers …

The dominos are already falling after the announcement of Nick Saban’s retirement. Five-star wide receiver Ryan Willams decommitted from Alabama on Wednesday, just hours after the report of Saban retiring. Willams is ranked as a top 10 recruit in the nation and the No. 3 wide receiver in the 2024 class. He committed to Alabama in October of 2022 and …

Six games are on the docket for Super Wild Card Weekend as the NFL opens up the postseason and the race to Super Bowl LVIII begins. Of course, just as it is throughout the regular season, injuries certainly will play a key role in who ultimately is hoisting the Lombardi Trophy when the dust settles. And that includes this weekend …

FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Cowboys have won at a rate in the past three regular seasons not seen since the 1990s Super Bowl dynasty years. Dallas now has at least 12 wins for three seasons in a row under head coach Mike McCarthy after going 12-5 every year since 2021. This stretch marks the second time in franchise history …

Now that the 2023 NFL regular season has come to a close, bettors can start looking back at how their win total futures turned out. Betting on title futures is fun, but wagering on win totals is even more thrilling, especially toward the end of the season. There’s nothing better than the sweat during the final weeks, especially if you …

Nick Saban is retiring as the head coach at Alabama after the greatest 17-year run in college football history. Tributes on social media have been flooding in for the sport’s greatest coach, including from peer and Aflac commercial co-star Deion Sanders – who had an interesting take about why the 72-year-old coach is finally stepping away. Though Saban has yet …

There’s one similarity between the Pittsburgh Steelers’ upcoming playoff game against the Buffalo Bills and one of the franchise’s most iconic wins. Sunday’s game is between two teams that have won a combined eight straight games. In January 1979, the Steelers prevailed against the Dallas Cowboys in a Super Bowl that featured two teams that had won a combined 15 …

Bears say they never reached out to Jim Harbaugh originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Jim Harbaugh was never going to be the next head coach of the Chicago Bears. It’s not because Harbaugh isn’t qualified. He certainly is. Harbaugh has found a way to win wherever he goes, from taking the downtrodden Stanford Cardinal and leading them to a …

It was overtime of the 2017 national title game. Alabama trailed Georgia by three. That’s when Tua Tagovailoa, the true freshman thrown into the game to save the day, was sacked on first down for a 16-yard loss, only to then whip a perfect 41-yard touchdown to win it all. Amid the celebration, Tagovailoa ran into his coach, the forever-demanding …

The Kansas City Chiefs and Miami Dolphins will play in the AFC Wild Card round of the 2023 NFL Playoffs. The Chiefs are the favorites, expected to win by at least a field goal but less than a touchdown (currently -4).  The Chiefs enter the postseason having won three of their last four games, while the Dolphins are in the …

Getty Images Nick Saban has made a profound impact on college football. The Alabama coaching legend, who retired Wednesday after winning seven national championships — one at LSU (2003) and six at Alabama (2009, 2011-12, 2015, 2017, 2020) — has had a big impact on the NFL, too.  A whopping 35 players who played for Saban at Alabama will suit up …