NASHVILLE – Donovan Starr couldn’t help but crack a smile on stage at Nissan Stadium during the Tennessee Titans Mr. Football awards on Tuesday. Starr had just been named Class 6A Mr. Football, becoming the first in Ravenwood’s history to win the award. This season Starr had 41 tackles, two interceptions and a sack, while adding 16 receptions for 446 …

With footage emerging of former Jets defensive end Mark Gastineau accosting former Packers quarterback Brett Favre for taking a dive to help former Giants defensive end Michael Strahan set the single-season sack record in 2001, Favre has taken to Twitter to tell his side of the story. In so doing, Favre says he wasn’t trying to hurt Gastineau. Favre admits, …

Scott Frost is returning to UCF, once again taking over the program he led to an undefeated season in 2017. The quarterback of that team is joining him, too. Former Knights star McKenzie Milton has officially been added to Frost’s staff as the team’s quarterbacks coach, the university announced on Monday. “I’m beyond excited to be back in Orlando and …

Report: 49ers strategically restructure Hargrave’s contract originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area While the 49ers still are fighting for a 2024 NFL playoff spot, the team also is focused on the 2025 season and beyond. San Francisco restructured the remaining two seasons of Pro Bowl defensive tackle Javon Hargrave’s contract, Over The Cap’s Jason Fitzgerald reported Tuesday, citing a …

Former Albertville High School football head coach Chip English as been named the fulltime head coach at Hoover High School. The school called a press conference for Tuesday night and posted a video on X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter, announcing English as the hire. The move comes after English led Hoover to a 10-3 year and …

The ball is in Bill Belichick’s court. The long-time NFL coach — who worked at that level every year from 1975 through 2023 — is considering an offer to become the next head coach at North Carolina, according to TheAthletic.com. Belichick has acknowledged the talks with the Tar Heels. With the cat out of the bag for nearly a week …

Students hold and shake a large banner just before kickoff as BYU and Kansas play at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo on Saturday Nov. 16, 2024. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News The early college football signing period for the Class of 2025 was just last week, but already the BYU Cougars are getting a strong start on their 2026 …

Belichick-UNC decision imminent? Breer shares the latest on negotiations originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Bill Belichick may not have to wait until the NFL offseason to land his next head coaching gig. The legendary New England Patriots coach recently interviewed for the University of North Carolina’s vacant head coach position and, according to reports, is serious in his pursuit …

Oct 2, 2021; Columbia, South Carolina, USA; Troy Trojans head coach Chip Lindsey directs his team against the South Carolina Gamecocks in the first half at Williams-Brice Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Jeff Blake-USA TODAY Sports Michigan football reportedly got its man (though it hasn’t been officially announced by the university as of yet) as Sherrone Moore has hired Chip Lindsey to …

The Patriots have gotten a key offensive lineman back on their 53-man roster. New England announced on Tuesday that guard Cole Strange has been activated off of the reserve/physically unable to perform list. Strange suffered a torn patellar tendon in his left knee during last year’s Week 15 matchup against the Chiefs. A first-round pick in 2022, Strange has started …

Not long after Sherrone Moore told reporters he was on the verge of hiring Michigan football’s next offensive coordinator, CBSSports.com reported that Chip Lindsey had accepted the job. Lindsey, who has directed the offense at North Carolina the past two seasons, is set to replace Kirk Campbell. Campbell was fired earlier this month following the end of a disappointing 7-5 …

The Cowboys still draw a decent crowd, even when the Cowboys are barely decent. Last night’s Bengals-Cowboys game on ABC, ESPN, and ESPN2 generated an average audience of 18.7 million viewers. That said, the combined broadcast and cable audience wasn’t much bigger than Thursday’s streaming-only Packers-Lions audience initially reported by Prime Video, at 17.29 million. (Updated numbers released on Monday …

LAS VEGAS — College Football Playoff executive director Rich Clark said he was “infuriated” by a leak that revealed SMU had made the field before the official CFP announcement on Sunday. A minute before the Selection Sunday show began on ESPN, Brett McMurphy of the Action Network tweeted, “SMU is in @CFBPlayoff and Alabama is out …”  It wasn’t until …

On Sunday at 4:25 p.m. ET, the 10-3 Bills and 12-1 Lions will kick off in Detroit, and at the same time the 10-3 Steelers and 11-2 Eagles will kick off in Philadelphia. That gives the NFL a great pair of late-season games, the likes of which football fans rarely get to experience. The last time the NFL had two …

Penn State head coach James Franklin was happy to see his team come out of the Big Ten championship game as healthy as possible despite coming out on the losing end of things against Orgeon. But the Nittany Lions will unfortunately still be without one of its key defensive players for the duration of the College Football Playoff as safety …