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ESPN names broadcast crew for Alabama football vs. Mercer

The view from the Million Dollar Band’s perspective in Bryant Denny Stadium. Million Dollar Band Fresh off their 42-13 win over the LSU Tigers in Week 11, Jalen Milroe and the Alabama Crimson Tide are hosting the Mercer Bears in Bryant-Denny Stadium Saturday. Kickoff for Alabama vs. Mercer is set for 1 p.m. CT. The game can be seen on …

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Getting Defensive: 2024 Week 11

We’re in the thick of it now. In most fantasy football leagues, just one month remains in the regular season. Four games to determine who moves on to the playoffs and who calls it a year well before Christmas. The stretch run has arrived. After 10 weeks, the team defense landscape looks like exactly no one suspected – which is …

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CFP bracket bubble: Making case for and against Tennessee, Texas, Indiana

If hyperbole reigns in July, then hypotheticals rule in November. If this team does this, and that team does that, who’s making the College Football Playoff? And, who’s getting snubbed? The CFP picture gained no clarity Saturday. In fact, it became more opaque after No. 3 Georgia fell to Ole Miss and No. 4 Miami went down against unranked Georgia …

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Georgia Bulldogs drop in ESPN’s Football Power Index

Nov 9, 2024; Oxford, Mississippi, USA; Mississippi Rebels wide receiver Jordan Watkins (11) breaks a tackle attempt by Georgia Bulldogs defensive lineman Mykel Williams (13), after a catch during the second half at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images ESPN’s FPI (Football Power Index) is out after Week 11’s college football action, which featured several games that shook up …

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Hockey Hall of Fame weekend buzz: Class of 2025, expansion, more

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterNov 12, 2024, 07:30 AM ET CloseKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. There’s something special about Hockey Hall of Fame Induction weekend. It happens every year right when the weather turns fully into fall mode, when the leaves are changing, the clocks have gone back and a chill in the air signals the …

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Matthew Stafford: Rams shot ourselves in the foot settling for field goals

The Rams’ offense repeatedly settled for field goals at the ends of long drives in Monday night’s 23-15 loss to the Dolphins, and quarterback Matthew Stafford knows that’s not good enough. “We shot ourselves in the foot a little bit, in that strike zone area, 30-yard line area, and that was the difference in the game, not coming away with …

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CMC didn’t meet 49ers fans’ expectations on ground in season debut

CMC didn’t meet 49ers fans’ expectations on ground in season debut originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Christian McCaffrey has set such a high bar for his on-field performance that 49ers fans expect a lot from him, even in his first game following a lengthy bilateral Achilles tendinitis recovery. Before McCaffrey’s 2024 NFL season debut on Sunday against the …

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Brian Callahan: I saw progress from Will Levis

When Titans quarterback Will Levis spoke to reporters last week, he said he thought he’d “show improvement” in terms of his ability to operate the offense in his return from missing three games with a right shoulder injury. Levis’s return took place against the Chargers on Sunday and he went 18-of-23 for 175 yards and two touchdowns. That wasn’t enough …

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Linebacker Xavier Griffin Will be Honored as a 2025 Navy All-American

Xavier Griffin.png Linebacker Xavier Griffin (Gainesville, Georgia/ Gainesville High School), the USC commit, will be officially honored Wednesday as a 2025 Navy All-American during a virtual jersey presentation as part of the Navy All-American Bowl’s Road to the Dome digital series. The episode will be released Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET on the Navy All-American Bowl’s social platforms. Griffin will …

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Seahawks claim DL Brandon Pili, place S K’Von Wallace on IR

The Seahawks made a couple of changes on the defensive side of the ball on Monday. The team announced that they have claimed defensive lineman Brandon Pili off of waivers and that they have placed safety K’Von Wallace on injured reserve. Pili appeared in eight games for the Dolphins before being waived on Saturday. He recorded two tackles and also …

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Guilford earns girls flag football IHSA All-State honors in first year

Four players from Guilford’s state-runner-up team — as well as the head coach — were recently named to the very first IHSA Girls Flag Football All-State Team, including two who made a similar list last year, even before the sport was sanctioned. While Greg Taylor was named the first Coach of the Year, safety Zariah Burnett and linebacker Mya Page …

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Dallas Goedert, DeVonta Smith listed as non-participants in practice

The Eagles listed several key players as non-participants in practice on Monday. Those listings were just estimations because the Eagles didn’t hold an actual practice a day after beating the Cowboys, but the statuses of tight end Dallas Goedert (ankle), wide receiver DeVonta Smith (hamstring), cornerback Darius Slay (ankle), and linebacker Nakobe Dean (groin) will be something to keep an …

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