One game is only a first date, but that’s all it took for most in the media to make a long-term commitment to UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen. He is being hyped as the next great one.
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Tim Tebow apparently just wasn’t “good enough” to be the Philadelphia Eagles’ third-string quarterback in coach Chip Kelly’s offense.
Backup quarterback Tanner Mangum threw a 42-yard Hail Mary touchdown pass to Mitch Mathews on the game’s final play as BYU stunned Nebraska 33-28 on Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb.
A high school football player in Louisiana died from injuries he sustained on the field during a game, officials told Reuters on Saturday.
The Rebels are 22-point underdogs when they open the Tony Sanchez era today against Northern Illinois. Kickoff is at 4:30 p.m.
Rutgers coach Kyle Flood dismissed five players from the football team on Saturday following their arrests earlier this week.
The Philadelphia Eagles have released quarterback Tim Tebow among their moves to reduce the roster to 53 players by Saturday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline, according to ESPN.
Say this for Tony Sanchez: He has spread the word about UNLV football like a politician might his platform around Iowa cornfields.
Almost every measurable edge goes to Northern Illinois, and the first UNLV football game under coach Tony Sanchez very well could become one to forget. But the Rebels have one big advantage going into today’s 4:30 p.m. PDT game at Huskie Stadium.
Two of college football’s bluebloods — Texas and Notre Dame — will share the stage today in South Bend, Ind., marking the schools’ first meeting since 1996.
In the wake of another courtroom defeat, NFL owners are prepared to discuss changing commissioner Roger Goodell’s role in player discipline, sources told the Washington Post on Friday.
Here is the Review-Journal’s 2015 directory of NFL team bars in the Las Vegas area. A “team bar” is defined as a place where only the hometown team’s game is being aired while that team is playing.
New England Patriots president Jonathan Kraft said the organization does not plan to fight to regain lost draft picks or the $1 million fine as part of the original Deflategate penalties.
Twitter exploded following Tom Brady’s four-game suspension being overturned Thursday by U.S. federal judge Richard Berman. St. Louis Rams defensive end Chris Long summed up the madness by posting, “I declare this day meme Christmas.”