There weren’t enough players on defense to stop them. They scorched the turf on Friday nights and Saturday afternoons, leaving behind tracks of a legacy that many probably can’t comprehend as being athletically possible. The top running backs in high school history have racked up yards and touchdowns that look like year-end team statistics. However, these were solo acts of …

The Week 16 NFL schedule concludes with a Christmas Day tripleheader on Monday, including a showdown between the top two teams in the NFL. San Francisco sits atop the NFC with an 11-3 record, while Baltimore is in first place in the AFC with the same record. Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson is one of the league’s premier players, but he …

Kansas faces UNLV at the Guaranteed Rate Bowl in Phoenix, Arizona, on Tuesday as two of the most innovative offenses in college football clash. The Jayhawks jumped to 8-4 in coach Lance Leipold’s third season and posted their first Big 12 winning record since 2007 despite missing quarterback Jalon Daniels for most of the year. The slate was highlighted by …

Just three weeks remain in the 2023 regular season and the Week 16 was packed with high-profile matchups that’ll certainly shake up the playoff picture — with three more remaining on Christmas Day. Division titles and playoff spots were up for grabs over the course of the holiday weekend — the Lions and Dolphins punched their tickets on Sunday — …

When winning a coin toss to start an NFL game, there are two primary choices: (1) “we want the ball and we’re gonna score”; and (2) we’ll defer the option to the second half. On Sunday, Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander almost made a mistake that would have given the Panthers the ball to begin both the first quarter and the …

On3 recently released a list of the top 10 tight ends in the 2024 recruiting class and the schools that they committed to. Trey’Dez Green was the No. 1 tight end on the list and thankfully, he signed with the LSU Tigers. Green is a 6-foot-7, 225-pound, four-star tight end who is ranked as the No. 1 tight end in …

Dabo Swinney and the Clemson football team are getting a great look at their newest signees, with multiple traveling to Jacksonville with the team for bowl practices. The number is 15 of 22, which is a great number to hit. “Several of those guys are going to meet us at the bowl,” Swinney said. “They changed that rule last year to …

It will be a merry Christmas indeed for NFL fans with three games slated for Christmas Day. Chiefs vs. Raiders (1 p.m. ET) is followed by Eagles vs. Giants (4:30 p.m. ET), with the day concluding with Ravens vs. 49ers at 8:15 p.m. ET on Monday Night Football. NFL DFS lineups figure to be loaded with playmakers like Christian McCaffrey, …

Martin Rogers FOX Sports Insider Even if a lump of coal came your way this Christmas, here’s a consoling thought. As sports fans, we are already ahead. We’re living through a period that is handing out gifts regularly. You don’t always realize such things when they’re happening, but sports are on an absolute tear, providing us with a constant thread …

San Francisco 49ers quarterback and league MVP favorite Brock Purdy is making a measly $870,000 in base salary this season. That’s part of his four-year, $3.7 million contract he signed as the last pick in the 2022 NFL Draft. Consider that he’s living in California and you may as well cut that salary in half to account for taxes. As …

Travis Kelce and the Chiefs are looking to find their stride before the playoffs. (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) The Kansas City Chiefs are still in the running for the top playoff seed in the AFC, but would need a lot of help to secure that spot. With the No. 1 seed unlikely, the Chiefs will look to find their …

The Oregon Ducks put the final stamp on an elite 2024 recruiting class on Thursday night with the addition of 4-star defensive lineman Jericho Johnson, but another prospect who they were pursuing in the future might have just become available in the present. On Monday morning, 4-star cornerback Kevyn Humes, the No. 29 CB in the 2025 class, announced that …

Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs will host Aidan O’Connell and the Las Vegas Raiders in a Christmas Day showdown on CBS and Paramount+. The Chiefs are still trying to secure a playoff spot after going 1-2 over their last three games, although they did pull off a 27-17 win against the New England Patriots in Week 15. The …

Sam Panayotovich FOX Sports Betting Analyst The 2023-24 NFL MVP conversation has been a roller coaster. Josh Allen, Joe Burrow, Jalen Hurts, Patrick Mahomes and Dak Prescott were all considered the betting favorite at one point in time, but current favorite Brock Purdy is starting to pull away from the pack. San Francisco’s quarterback has passed for almost 4,000 yards …

The Philadelphia Eagles will try to stop their late-season skid when they host the rival New York Giants as part of the 2023 Christmas Day schedule at Lincoln Financial Field. After starting the season 10-1, the Eagles (10-4) have lost three in a row and fallen to second in the NFC East. Philadelphia is the second team in NFL history to …