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Who is joining Belichick at UNC? Tracking coaching staff hires originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Is Chapel Hill about to become Foxboro South? The University of North Carolina confirmed the stunning news Wednesday that Bill Belichick will be its next head football coach, announcing a five-year contract for the former New England Patriots legend. It’s a fascinating development on …

How the Eagles have kept secondary together despite rash of injuries originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Quinyon Mitchell, Cooper DeJean, Darius Slay, Reed Blankenship, Chauncey Gardner-Johnson. That’s a heck of a secondary. It’s also a secondary that hasn’t been together all that much. Only twice in 13 games have the Eagles had those five guys together for an entire …

Not only will CBS and Paramount+ be carrying one of the most anticipated NFL games left on the 2024 schedule this Sunday, but “The NFL Today,” the award-winning pregame show, will be onsite in Detroit, just outside Ford Field, to preview the Lions’ Week 15 showdown with the Buffalo Bills. Ahead of the matchup (4:25 p.m. ET kickoff), Emmy Award-winning …

Cowboys cornerback Amani Oruwariye is trying to take what happened in Monday night’s loss to the Bengals as a “learning lesson.” After teammate Nick Vigil blocked a punt late in the fourth quarter, Oruwariye tried to field it down the field and mishandled the ball. The Bengals recovered and scored the game-winning touchdown a few plays later. On Wednesday, Oruwariye …

The NFC West is one of the most unpredictable divisions heading into the last four weeks of the season as all four teams are still vying for division supremacy. All the teams in the division are separated by two games, making each division game more paramount at this stage in the season.  The Los Angeles Rams and San Francisco 49ers …

Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa heads into Week 15 with the highest completion percentage in the league and one of the highest single-season completion percentages of all time. Tagovailoa has completed 73.8 percent of his passes this season and former Saints quarterback Drew Brees is the only quarterback in NFL history with a higher percentage for a single season. Brees completed …

Bill Belichick steps in a rapidly changing world in college football. Photograph: David Butler II/USA Today Sports Bill Belichick, the most successful coach in NFL history, is off to college. The architect of six Super Bowl titles with the New England Patriots has agreed a deal with North Carolina to become the school’s new head coach. A year after his …

The Steelers won’t have a chance to add K.J. Osborn to their receiving corps. The Commanders have claimed Osborn on waivers, a day after he was released by the Patriots. The move comes on the same day coach Dan Quinn announced that receiver Noah Brown will likely miss the rest of the season with a “serious internal injury.” It’s unknown, …

The Los Angeles Rams will play the San Francisco 49ers in this week’s Thursday Night Football game, here’s how to watch. (Gary A. Vasquez-Imagn Images This week’s Thursday Night Football game, an NFC matchup between the Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers, could have serious playoff consequences… at least if all goes well for the Rams. A win …

Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert did not take part in practice on Wednesday because of a pair of injuries he picked up in last Sunday’s loss to the Chiefs. Herbert sprained his left ankle and suffered a thigh contusion, which meant he “didn’t feel great running out the pocket” against the Chargers’ divisional foe. On Wednesday Herbert said he “didn’t think …

Rams receiver Puka Nacua (17) keeps his toes inbounds to catch this pass past Bills cornerback Christian Benford. (Kyusung Gong / Associated Press) They were two moments seemingly frozen in time, balletic catches by Puka Nacua and Cooper Kupp that not only indicated the Rams offense could finally produce consistently but also could do it with panache. In Sunday’s victory …

(Tim Hubbard / Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles Times NFL writer Sam Farmer examines the matchups this week. Lines according to FanDuel Sportsbook (O/U = over/under). Record last week 10-3 (.769); season 141-67 (.678). Using point spreads with the scores Farmer predicted, the record against the spread last week would have been 5-8 (.385); season 111-95-2 (.539). Times Pacific. TV …

The 49ers may have Nick Bosa back for Thursday’s matchup against the Rams, but they will not have left tackle Trent Williams. San Francisco has listed Bosa (hip, oblique) as questionable for the contest. He was listed as a limited participant in Wednesday’s walk-through. Bosa has missed the last three games. Williams, however, has been ruled out. He’ll miss his …

The Rams will not have one of their top cornerbacks when they play the 49ers on Thursday night. Cobie Durant has been ruled out with his chest injury. He was listed as a non-participant on all three injury reports this week. Durant has recorded six passes defensed with an interception and a forced fumble in 13 games this season. Los …

Williams out, Bosa questionable for 49ers’ Thursday game vs. Rams originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Programming Note: Watch “49ers Now” with Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan at 4 p.m. PT today from Santa Clara, streaming live on the NBC Sports App, YouTube and Facebook. The 49ers will be without a pair of starters and one key backup on “Thursday Night Football,” …