The Bears put a couple of defensive players on injured reserve Thursday. Cornerback Jaylon Jones went on the list with a shoulder injury and defensive tackle Andrew Billings is set for pectoral surgery. Billings is expected to miss most or all of the rest of the season while Jones will have to be out for at least four games. They …

. Saturday night will bring about one of the most important games of the 2024 season for the Alabama Crimson Tide, as the program travels for a matchup with the LSU Tigers in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In what is likely an elimination game for the College Football Playoff, the Crimson Tide will need a win Saturday night in order to …

No player in NFL history has done what Bengals wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase has done to the Ravens this season. Chase had 264 receiving yards against the Ravens on Thursday night, following his 193-yard game against the Ravens in Week Five. That gives Chase a total of 457 receiving yards against Baltimore this season, an NFL record for receiving yards …

It has been called the greatest atmosphere in college football. The Penn State football annual White Out game began 19 years ago as an idea to perk fan interest during the program’s roughest on-field stretch in modern history. It has morphed into one of the nation’s top prime time sports events. The mixing of ingredients makes it unique: the second-largest stadium …

Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence is looking like he will be ruled out for the team’s game on Sunday against the Minnesota Vikings. We don’t know much about how Lawrence injured his shoulder, or even what’s wrong with it. He was all over the place against the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 9, going 16-of-31 for 169 yards and two interceptions. …

Lee Corso gives the thumbs up after picking Ohio State to win while, from left, Desmond Howard, Rece Davis, Archie Griffin, and Kirk Herbstreit sit on the set of ESPN’s College GameDay broadcast from the campus of Ohio State prior to the NCAA football game against the Michigan State Spartans in Columbus on Nov. 21, 2015. (Adam Cairns / The …

In our everlasting mission to predict the future, a top-down look at how an offense might attack their opponent’s defense is, in my humble estimation, a good place to start. We find defenses every season that profile as a so-called run funnel, meaning opponents lean unusually hard on the rushing attack in neutral and positive game scripts. The same goes …

The ability to quickly move on is not exclusive to athletes. It’s just that the negative impact of not doing so is more immediate in a stadium, arena or on a playing field. Dwell on a missed tackle or dropped pass one second longer than you should and you risk cascading into another missed tackle and dropped pass moments later. …

When Ravens safety Kyle Hamilton was injured late in the first half, it looked like it might be the start of a long absence for a key member of the defense in Baltimore. After the game, however, the news was more positive than some might have expected. Hamilton returned to the sideline in the second half with a boot protecting …

OU begins a daunting three-game stretch to close the season when it takes on No. 24 Missouri on Saturday at Faurot Field (6:45 p.m., SEC Network). But with No. 11 Alabama and No. 15 LSU looming to close the season, the renewal of an old Big 12/Big Eight rivalry figures to be the Sooners’ best chance of picking up another …

The 2024-25 NHL season turned one month old this week. That’s too small of a sample to draw too many conclusions, right? Forget it. For this edition of the Power Rankings, we’ll be taking a look at the preseason over/under point total futures from ESPN BET compared to each team’s current points pace. Which teams are the furthest off of …

Yahoo Sports AM is our daily newsletter that keeps you up to date on all things sports. Sign up here to get it every weekday morning. 🚨 Headlines 🏈 CMC is back: All-Pro Christian McCaffrey is expected to make his season debut for the 49ers on Sunday after an “awesome” performance at practice this week. 🏒 NCAA lifts ban on …

It’s that time of year when schools have to make decisions on their coaches who have underperformed. There are many, starting with Florida State’s Mike Norvell. It’s unthinkable that the Seminoles were ranked No. 10 in the first rankings and are now 1-7 in the ACC and 1-8 overall and playing with no energy or inspiration. Expect a huge exodus …

The Bengals were inside the 5-yard line on the first possession of Thursday night’s game when Joe Burrow completed a short pass to Mike Gesicki, and Ravens coach John Harbaugh threw his challenge flag. To most people watching the game, the question was obvious: Why did Harbaugh think he was going to win a challenge of a pass that looked …

There are four weeks left before the conference championship games, meaning we are inching closer to finding out who will be in the first 12-team College Football Playoff. The initial reveal of the College Football Playoff rankings may have caused some surprises or frustrations, and while fans have to remember there’s still plenty of football left to make one of …