The San Francisco 49ers are not in a good place right now, and that includes the status of Christian McCaffrey. The All-Pro running back was placed in injured reserve Monday after spraining his PCL in Sunday’s blowout loss to the Buffalo Bills. The loss was a low point for the 5-7 Niners, who have been beset by injuries in a …

Photo: Isaiah Hole In late October, there were but mere rumblings that Michigan football was making a late push to lure Bryce Underwood away from LSU. It was message board fodder, rumors that had more than a hint of truth. But very few knew what was going on between the Wolverines and the No. 1 recruit in the country — …

The NFL has suspended Saints special teams player Roderic Teamer for the next three games. The suspension is a result of his arrest for driving under the influence when he was with the Raiders last season. The Raiders cut him after the arrest and he was out of the league for the rest of that season and most of the …

Penn State’s Drew Allar has been to Lucas Oil Stadium before as a college football fan, not as a player. Allar and his father, Kevin, attended “two or three” Big Ten championship games in Indianapolis, the last one in 2013 when Michigan State beat Ohio State 34-24. “I probably saw the last one when I was in grade school,” he …

Wide receiver DeVonta Smith looks like he’s on track to return to the Eagles lineup against the Panthers on Sunday. Smith was a full participant in practice on Wednesday. Smith has missed the last two games with a hamstring injury, but practiced on a limited basis last week and was listed as questionable to play against the Ravens last Sunday …

Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks are known for stealing the show and making history during the early signing period. In year one of the Lanning era, we saw the head coach light up a cigar for all of social media to see after flipping several of the top prospects in the nation to Eugene. Last year, the Ducks signed …

Subscribe to Yahoo Fantasy Forecast It’s Thursday and ‘Fantasy Film Room’ is back with Nate Tice and Matt Harmon. To start the show, Harmon reveals the top ten defenses in EPA since Week 8 with a handful of defenses that you’d be shocked to know are playing as well as they are. Harmon and Tice then discuss how Seattle, Arizona, …

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Ducks forward Trevor Zegras left Anaheim’s game against the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday night with a lower-body injury. Zegras left the ice early in the second period, apparently unable to put weight on his injured leg. The Ducks quickly announced he wouldn’t return. The cause of Zegras’ injury wasn’t clear, but it wasn’t a collision. After …

BIRMINGHAM — Wednesday was a good day for Auburn football signee Anquon Fegans. It started in the morning when the four-star safety out of Thompson High School signed with the Tigers. That night he was a major force as the Warriors reclaimed their throne atop the AHSAA Class 7A with a 21-7 win over Central-Phenix City. Fegans led the way …

The final stretch of the season is here. The AFC playoff race is just about set, the NFC is duking it out and there’s a host of teams just waiting to be officially eliminated from the playoffs. This week’s Four Verts starts with a division that’s the very definition of duking it out. NFC North is living up to the …

247Sports Texas added a major commitment from one of the top available players in the country as five-star athlete Michael Terry III committed to the Longhorns on National Signing Day. Terry, a member of the Class of 2025 at Alamo Heights High School in San Antonio, Texas, picked the Longhorns over Nebraska and Oregon.  Terry ranks as one of the …

Already on injured reserve with a concussion, Trevor Lawrence’s season likely was finished anyway. If there was any questions about whether he might return for Week 18, the Jaguars quarterback now definitively is done. He will undergo season-ending surgery on the AC joint injury in his left shoulder, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. Lawrence is expected to recover from …

Trinity Christian celebrated senior Elijiah Oehlke on Wednesday as the Crusaders’ quarterback made his future at Wake Forest official, signing an offer from the Demon Deacons on the first day of the early signing period in a ceremony with friends, family, coaches and staff. A two-time NCISAA all-state passer who threw for more than 4,000 yards in his two seasons …

Shanahan confident rookie Guerendo ready for feature 49ers role originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Kyle Shanahan is confident that rookie Isaac Guerendo can perform as the team’s lead running back. Guerendo, a fourth-round 2024 NFL Draft pick, is slated to make his first career start against the Chicago Bears on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium after injuries to star …

No. 2 Texas will have an opportunity to get revenge for its regular-season loss to No. 5 Georgia when they meet in the 2024 SEC Championship on Saturday afternoon during the Championship Week college football schedule. The Bulldogs picked up a 30-15 road win in Austin earlier this season, but they are 2.5-point underdogs in the Championship Week college football …