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Eric Williams NFC West Writer Carmen Vitali NFC North Reporter The San Francisco 49ers worked hard to earn the No. 1 seed in the NFC. Their reward: a bye before hosting a team on a heater, the Green Bay Packers. Led by Jordan Love and the youngest roster in the league, the Packers smoked the Dallas Cowboys at home last …

Another NFL postseason, another Green Bay Packers versus San Francisco 49ers showdown. If it feels familiar, that’s because the matchup is the NFL’s most familiar playoff matchup with Saturday night in the Bay Area serving as the 10th edition between these two historic heavyweights.  The seventh-seeded Packers became the youngest team (average age: 25 years, 214 days) to win a …

USATSI Reba McEntire and Post Malone headline the pregame entertainment lineup for Super Bowl LVIII from Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, which was announced by the NFL on Thursday. McEntire will sing the national anthem and Post Malone will sing “America the Beautiful.” The big game will be broadcast on CBS (Feb. 11, 6:30 p.m. ET kickoff) and there will …

Report: Belichick set for another coaching interview with Falcons originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston It appears there’s real mutual interest between the Atlanta Falcons and Bill Belichick. The former New England Patriots head coach is set to have a second interview with the Falcons this weekend after having a 1-on-1 with team owner Arthur Blank earlier this week, NFL …

The fourth-seeded Houston Texans will try to become the next team to pull off an upset this postseason when they visit the top-seeded Baltimore Ravens on Saturday in a 2024 AFC Divisional Round showdown. Houston (11-7), which routed Cleveland 45-14 in the wild-card round, will try to follow in the footsteps of Green Bay and Tampa Bay, which posted shocking …

The San Francisco 49ers have reached the conference championship game in their last six postseason appearances, tied for the second-longest streak in the NFL since 1970. The top-seeded 49ers will hope to extend the run when they host the seventh-seeded Green Bay Packers on Saturday in a 2024 NFC Divisional Round matchup. San Francisco (12-5) hasn’t lost in the divisional …

More and more, college hockey is becoming a fertile place for top NHL prospects — which is handy for fans hoping to get a glimpse into the future of their favorite teams. Of the top 50 picks over the last two NHL drafts, 24 are currently playing collegiately, with another 27 players who were drafted in the top 100 among …

Maybe the Cowboys like the drama. Or maybe they just screwed this one up. Regardless, the end result for Dallas and coach Mike McCarthy is that he apparently was staying as head coach, no matter what happened against the Packers. Even if the home team was caught flat-footed and unprepared for the coming storm of cheese. Even if they were …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter TAMPA, Fla. — It is 3:29 a.m., and Todd Bowles is late. Raymond James Stadium sits empty across the street, unlit except for a spotlight on the “GO BUCS” sign in the north end zone and blinking red lights up high to warn planes landing nearby. Entire minutes pass without another car driving by, but …

Welcome to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs! After a jam-packed Super Wild Card Weekend, just eight teams are left standing and each of them is trying to claw their way into the conference championships. The notable wrinkle for this week is that the No. 1 seeds are emerging from their first-round bye. They’re well-rested and ready to resume …

The majority of starters for the Ravens and 49ers, the top seeds in the NFL playoff bracket, will be playing their first game in three weeks on Saturday after both teams opted to rest their key starters in the final game of the regular season before having a first-round bye for the 2024 NFL playoffs. The Ravens host the Texans …

The Wild Card Round of the 2024 NFL playoffs saw several blowouts, with five of six games decided by 14-plus points. However, the Divisional Round NFL odds feature NFL spreads that are all 10 points or fewer. The largest involves 49ers vs. Packers (+9.5) and Packers vs. 49ers (-9.5), while the slimmest is Chiefs vs. Bills (-2.5). Three of the …

Schrock’s Bears season review, grades: Secondary set up to be great originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago General manager Ryan Poles was right when he said the Bears are “built on a solid foundation” during his year-end press conference. No position group showcases the bright potential of Poles’ rebuilding job better than the defensive backfield. With four of the five …

The Green Bay Packers were faced with a choice at some point last offseason, about the time “darkness retreat” hit our consciousness. Either continue on with a four-time NFL MVP quarterback or turn the page to a quarterback with one NFL start and 17 interceptions in his final college season at Utah State. The safe move was to run it …

All eight of the remaining teams in the 2024 NFL playoffs have one commonality — they possess a capable receiver … at tight end.  Over the past decade, the NFL finally welcomed analytics, and clubs collectively realized throwing was the most efficient way to move the football. Because of that, GMs prioritized not only having one, or two, but three quality …