Just one week remains in the NFL’s regular season. Several teams already have secured a spot in the postseason, while 11 teams are fighting for just five remaining playoff berths.  Here’s a look at which AFC and NFC teams can clinch either playoff spots or division titles in Week 18 games. AFC Already clinched: Baltimore Ravens (13-3) have clinched the …

USATSI Oklahoma defensive coordinator and linebackers coach Ted Roof will not return in 2024, coach Brent Venables announced in a release. Roof spent the past two seasons as the Sooners’ DC, arriving as part of Venables’ first staff ahead of the 2022 campaign, after previously working alongside Venables as a defensive assistant at Clemson in 2021. The decision to move …

With Week 18 in our sights, it’s that time of year where everyone in and around the NFL starts handing out end-of-season awards. Things are no different here at CBSSports.com. This week, on the With The First Pick podcast, CBS Sports NFL Draft expert Ryan Wilson and former NFL general manager Rick Spielman unveiled their All-Rookie Team for the 2023 …

There’s still a chance rookie quarterback Will Levis will be on the field when the Titans take on the Jaguars this weekend. After exiting the Week 17 loss to Houston early on, Levis (foot) returned to practice as a limited participant on Thursday. Levis said earlier this week that his foot injury isn’t too much to worry about and he …

With all of the transfer portal departures across the landscape of college football, it’s always nice when a player stays put and is hopeful for next season. Oregon has already learned wide receiver Tez Johnson was going to return for his senior season and now he has company. Traeshon Holden, another wide receiver and a former transfer portal player himself …

Prior to last week’s 56-19 loss against the Ravens, Miami Dolphins defensive coordinator Vic Fangio stated the only viable comparison for Baltimore quarterback Lamar Jackson is none other than Michael Vick.  Now, ahead of Sunday’s critical matchup against the Buffalo Bills (8:20 p.m. ET), Fangio is comparing the opposing quarterback to a legendary Hall of Fame signal-caller.   “This guy …

The Miami Dolphins and Buffalo Bills are squaring off in game No. 272 of the regular season, the NFL season finale on “Sunday Night Football,” with a lot on the line. The winner will be crowned the AFC East champion and the ‘Fins are looking to change the script from the way the division has gone the last three years: …

SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Sharks defenseman Matt Benning underwent surgery on his hip that will sideline him for the rest of the season. General manager Mike Grier announced Thursday that Benning had the surgery and is expected to be back for the start of training camp next season. The Sharks said the estimated time of recovery is typically …

Michael Penix Jr. has beaten Michigan more recently than Ohio State. As Penix and Washington to prepare to face the Wolverines in the national championship Monday, the Huskies’ senior quarterback will try for his second win against Michigan in his career. His first came 1,153 days ago: leading Indiana to a 38-21 win against Michigan Nov. 7, 2020. 1,153 Days …

Wide receiver DeVonta Smith remained out of Eagles practice on Thursday. Smith injured his ankle during last Sunday’s loss to the Cardinals and he has now missed both of the team’s practices this week. Friday will bring another practice, but the Eagles know they’ll be playing in the first round of the playoffs and that may take precedence over pushing …

Eric Williams NFC West Writer A previously unheralded player on one of the top defenses in the NFL, 49ers cornerback Charvarius Ward is finally getting his flowers nationally. The sixth-year pro earned his first Pro Bowl nod this week, one of a league-high nine San Francisco players voted to the annual all-star team, announced on Wednesday. Ward has developed into …

Leading his alma mater to its first state championship in two decades, Mainland’s Travis Roland was named Football Coach of the Year on Thursday afternoon, the Florida Dairy Farmers announced in a release. Roland, in his third season in charge of the Bucs, guided the team to a 14-1 record and a 21-19 victory over St. Augustine in the FHSAA …

Montreal Canadiens center Christian Dvorak will have surgery on a torn pectoral muscle and miss the rest of the season, the team announced Thursday. For Dvorak, 27, this is his second consecutive season that has ended prematurely. He underwent season-ending knee surgery after playing 64 games in 2022-23 and missed the first 10 games of this season. “His left-handed faceoffs, …

Both of the Dolphins’ top two receivers were absent from practice on Thursday. Tyreek Hill was limited in practice on Wednesday because he left the team’s facility when he learned his house was on fire. He was not present on Thursday either and those personal matters rather than an ankle issue that is also on the report are the reason …

Julian Fleming is not a solution to Penn State’s problems, but he should be a valuable addition to a Nittany Lions receiver room that could use a boost. Fleming, who spent the last four seasons with Big Ten rival Ohio State, committed to the Nittany Lions on Wednesday after entering interest from other Big Ten programs, including Nebraska.  In his four …