Southern Miss football is putting the finishing touches on its coaching staff for the 2024 season, most notably naming Jack Walker as its quarterback coach. Walker had been a graduate assistant at Southern Miss the past two seasons after playing quarterback in 2020 and 2021. He will replace Jordy Joseph, who is expected to be hired onto Houston’s staff. Southern …

Travis Kelce is inactive for the Kansas City Chiefs’ season finale against the Los Angeles Chargers, ending the star tight end’s chance to reach the 1,000-yard mark for the eighth straight season. Kelce needed 16 yards to hit the milestone, which would have been the fourth-longest streak in NFL history regardless of position, but with the Chiefs (10-6) locked into …

Patriots-Jets takeaways: Awful season fittingly ends with ugly loss originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots’ nightmare season is finally over. The Patriots lost 17-3 to the New York Jets in Sunday’s Week 18 finale at Gillette Stadium. It was a fitting end to the worst season for the Patriots in 30 years. New England finishes with …

The Kansas City Chiefs visit the Los Angeles Chargers for an AFC West regular season finale on CBS and Paramount+. Blaine Gabbert will start for the Chiefs, who have locked in a playoff spot and are coming off of a 25-17 win against the Cincinnati Bengals. Easton Stick will get another start for the Chargers, who have lost three of their …

Taylor Pope, left, converses with Washington Huskies quarterback Dylan Morris ahead of Monday’s national title football game between Washington and Michigan in at NRG Stadium in Houston. While Taylor Pope was starring on the football field for La Quinta High School, his aim was to one day become a high school football coach and maybe an athletics director. The idea …

Getty Images The Lions apparently weren’t just aiming to beat the Vikings on Sunday. They may have also set out to poke fun at NFL officials, referencing their offensive line’s infamous reporting-as-eligible penalty from Week 17, then successfully completing a pass to offensive tackle Dan Skipper, who reported as eligible multiple times against Minnesota. Skipper was accused of wrongly reporting …

It’s the final week of the 2023 NFL regular season and the final game for many players in the league. While some teams entered Week 18 in a good spot, already locking down a playoff spot, a number of teams still needed a win and/or help from others to punch their ticket into the playoffs. Some players may be playing …

We’ve nearly reached the final College Football Playoff National Championship of the four-team era as No. 1 Michigan and No. 2 Washington will square off on Monday in Houston, Texas. The winner of this much-anticipated showdown will emerge as the last undefeated team standing in the FBS ranks while bringing home the first college football national title for their school of …

Tyrod Taylor and the New York Giants host Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles in a Week 18 NFC East showdown on CBS and Paramount+. The Giants have been eliminated from playoff contention but have played well with Taylor under center, only narrowly losing to the Los Angeles Rams 26-25 in Week 17. They host an Eagles team that has lost …

The Cowboys added All-Pro right guard Zack Martin to the injury report Sunday morning with an illness but expected him to play. He won’t. Martin was among the team’s inactives. That means the Cowboys will play without both starting guards against the Commanders. Smith, who was questionable with a foot injury, will miss his third game of the season. He …

The Texas football program has endured plenty of roster attrition to the NFL draft and transfer portal over the last 72 hours. Some national college football analysts don’t seem too concerned. ESPN’s Rece Davis and Greg McElroy can see the Longhorns returning to college football’s elite in 2024. McElroy had the following to say of the Longhorns for next season. …

Getty Images Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell made the executive decision to play his starters in the Week 18 finale even though the Lions had already won the NFC North. It appeared Detroit wanted to get the bad taste out of its mouth after the controversial loss to the Dallas Cowboys before the postseason, but playing your starters means …

New Orleans wide receiver Chris Olave picked the right day to have a big day. With his team in a fight to stay in the playoff hunt, Olave reeled in a magnificent 26-yard touchdown catch early in the second half to surge ahead of the Atlanta Falcons. Here, check it out: That’s a triple-tap grab, tough to do even while …

USATSI Travis Kelce entered Week 18 with a chance to extend a historic statistical streak, but the star Chiefs tight end will not suit up against the Chargers at all, with Kansas City announcing Kelce among its inactives for Sunday’s regular-season finale. Kelce, 34, has 984 receiving yards on the 2023 season, meaning he would’ve needed just 16 yards against …

Jan. 7—ANN ARBOR — Traverse City connections paid off for Peyton Wilkening. Now he enjoys the best seat in the Big House. The Traverse City West grad is a student manager for the University of Michigan football team that will play in Monday’s College Football Playoff national championship game in Houston, Texas. He’s one of about 20 student managers who …