The NFL is officially back, with the Seattle Seahawks taking down the New England Patriots on Wednesday night. However, that also means we’ve got injury news to deal with ahead of the rest of Week 1. Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold and Patriots wide receiver A.J. Brown both received updates on the injuries that forced them…
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — In the hours after he was fired by the Baltimore Ravens, John Harbaugh knew he’d have options to coach again. He also knew not all of those options would be good. So, he had a shopping list of things he would need from his next NFL organization. One item was clearly…
Julian Sayin’s family group chat was blowing up. A video of Sayin went viral after one of his classmates recorded him introducing himself during the discussion portion of an online sports marketing class in the first week of school. The students had been asked to share their wellness habits. Instead of identifying himself as Ohio…
Lumen Field (Seattle) — Don’t screw it up. That’s the mindset of backup quarterback Drew Lock, taking over for Sam Darnold after the Seattle Seahawks starting quarterback suffered a hip injury in the first quarter that forced him to miss the rest of Wednesday’s season-opening win over the New England Patriots. Lock completed 72.7% of…
There aren’t many better ways to get ready for a major college football tilt than a live show before the game. Ahead of Michigan hosting No. 11 Oklahoma this Saturday, FOX Sports college football analyst Joel Klatt hosted a live showing of “The Joel Klatt Show” in Ann Arbor. The third-ever live “Joel Klatt Show”…
Let’s slow the “super team” chatter around the Los Angeles Rams. Just for now. Australia was not good to the Rams, who looked tired and sloppy in their season-opening loss to the San Francisco 49ers. The Niners took total control of the game, largely by controlling the line of scrimmage. By the fourth quarter, the…
Mossing cornerbacks down the sideline. Throwing nasty stiff arms to gain a few extra yards. Juking helpless defenders in space, making them whiff on tackles. The NFL’s best offensive skill players do these things at a higher clip than everyone else. Quarterbacks, of course, are the most important players and franchise faces, but it’s the…
In Follow The Money, Ben Portnoy will bring you into a weekly deep dive into the business of college sports. How about Week 1, huh? College football truly always delivers the goods — especially when the slate seems sleepy and we don’t expect anything weird to happen. But, as always in this sport, expect the…
Look, LSU. Look, Michigan. College football doesn’t like what you’re doing — or what you’ve been allowed to get away with. You’re paying the malicious compliance tax. That’s the tax where folks are doing just enough to satisfy the rules or the contract, but not enough to make the process a pleasant one. And being…
Lumen Field (Seattle) — The Seattle Seahawks avoided the heartbreak of losing on the night they unfurled their Super Bowl LX banner, scoring 13 unanswered points in the second half to defeat the visiting New England Patriots 13-10 in a Super Bowl rematch. The Seahawks struggled to contain quarterback Drake Maye and the Patriots early…
