The 2024 NFL playoffs continue on Sunday with the Baltimore Ravens hosting the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2024 AFC Championship Game and the Detroit Lions visiting the San Francisco 49ers in the 2024 NFC Championship Game. Kickoff for Ravens vs. Chiefs is scheduled for 3 p.m. ET, while 49ers vs. Lions starts at 6:30 p.m. ET. The latest NFL …
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Marlon Humphrey “super excited to hopefully” play Sunday
Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey has missed a lot of time due to injury this season, but it looks like he’s on the right path to playing against the Chiefs on Sunday. Humphrey has been practicing as a limited participant this week and told reporters that he feels “good” after missing the last two games with a calf injury. He missed …
Read More »Five NFL rookies who exceeded expectations during 2023 season: Packers WR, Bears CB among players undervalued
With the Shrine Bowl and Senior Bowl getting underway — and with it, the unofficial start of the NFL Draft season — it’s instructive to look back at the 2023 rookie class to see which players outperformed their draft expectations. It’s helpful to see what we missed and why, and to try to avoid those mistakes in the evaluation process …
Read More »Jim Harbaugh is in Michigan today, in Baltimore Sunday, then in Los Angeles “for good”
New Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh will make Los Angeles the last stop in a busy weekend — and perhaps the last stop in his coaching career. Harbaugh told the Detroit News that he will say goodbye to his Michigan players today, travel to Baltimore to cheer on his brother John and the Ravens in the AFC Championship game on …
Read More »Yahoo Sports AM: The Kingslayer
We hope you enjoy this edition of Yahoo Sports AM, our daily newsletter that keeps you up to date on all things sports. Sign up here to get it delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. 🚨 Headlines ⚽️ Breaking news: Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp will leave the club at the end of the season. “It is that I am, …
Read More »NFL expresses confidence in grass playing surface for Super Bowl LVIII
Last year’s Super Bowl saw plenty of players slipping on the grass field at State Farm Stadium in Arizona. This year, the NFL says it is confident in the grass field at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, home of Super Bowl LVIII. NFL Executive Vice President Peter O’Reilly said the playing surface will be in excellent condition on Super Bowl …
Read More »Jerrod Johnson will interview for Steelers offensive coordinator Friday
Texans quarterbacks coach Jerrod Johnson is making another stop on the offensive coordinator circuit Friday. According to multiple reports, Johnson is interviewing with the Steelers about their top offensive assistant role. The Steelers fired Matt Canada during the regular season and had running backs coach Eddie Faulkner and quarterbacks coach Mike Sullivan split the responsibilities for the rest of the …
Read More »NHL in Utah, trade rumblings and a Jack Eichel health update
Emily Kaplan, ESPNJan 26, 2024, 07:15 AM ET CloseEmily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. The NHL in Utah is starting to feel inevitable. That was the sense around the league this week when Ryan Smith publicly released a letter to the NHL formally requesting a team. As one NHL owner told me, “Entry to the NHL is a calculated …
Read More »How to watch the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Baltimore Ravens AFC championship game
The divisional round is done, and now it’s finally time for the NFL’s conference championship games. First up: The Kansas City Chiefs visit the Baltimore Ravens. Headed into the AFC championship match, the Ravens (13-4) are favored to win over the Chiefs (11-6). Ready to tune into the Kansas City vs. Baltimore showdown? Here’s how to watch the Chiefs at …
Read More »Raheem Morris hired as head coach by Falcons, who pass on Bill Belichick
Photograph: Kyusung Gong/AP The Atlanta Falcons hired Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris as their head coach on Thursday, capping an exhaustive search that included six-time Super Bowl winner Bill Belichick. The 47-year-old Morris is a familiar name in Atlanta, having served as the Falcons’ interim coach for the final 11 games of the 2020 season after the firing …
Read More »The humbling of Jared Goff began at Levi’s Stadium. Now it might host his best moment yet
Jared Goff sits on the bench in street clothes, hand on chin, while the Rams play at San Francisco in 2016. (Getty Images) It was supposed to be a glorious homecoming for Jared Goff. In 2016, five months after the Rams made the Marin County native and former California star the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft, Goff was …
Read More »NHL Power Rankings: 1-32 poll, each team’s questionable move
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterJan 26, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. While the Edmonton Oilers approach history with a record-breaking win streak, it’s another Western Canadian team that takes over the top spot of the NHL Power Rankings this week. Plus, while we identified each team’s best new addition in last week’s …
Read More »Jared Goff can become the fifth quarterback to lead two franchises to the Super Bowl
Jared Goff took the Rams to the Super Bowl at the end of his third NFL season, but when the Rams lost that game and then failed to win a playoff game in either of the next two years, they concluded that Goff couldn’t get them back to the Super Bowl and sent him to Detroit. Now Goff is one …
Read More »NFL Championship Games picks: is a Ravens-49ers Super Bowl inevitable?
Photograph: Will Oliver/EPA Story of the season: A new hierarchy has been established in the AFC. The Ravens dethroned the Chiefs in the regular season by cooking up a 13-4 record that is even better than it looks when an excusable loss from Tyler Huntley and the backups to Pittsburgh in Week 18 is taken into account. The Chiefs will …
Read More »Chiefs’ Isiah Pacheco on viral running style: ‘I ain’t no zombie’
Kansas City Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco has a unique running style, which leads to NFL fans joking about him being an angry runner. Pacheco finds humor in that narrative. “The funniest one that I thought was they said that I run like I bite people,” Pacheco said Wednesday at his media availability. “I ain’t no zombie. … That was …
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