Changing the UNLV football program will take time, and new head coach Tony Sanchez is quite aware of what he faces. So are his new coordinators — Barney Cotton on offense and Kent Baer on defense.
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Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was back on the practice field Thursday after resting and undergoing treatment on his injured left calf for more than a week.
The Seahawks say that one of the keys to having gotten in this position — holders of the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs — is that they decided to stop thinking about having won last year and repeating, and focusing on simply winning this year’s Super Bowl.
There’s no evidence that anyone at the NFL saw or possessed a video showing Ray Rice striking his then-fiancée until it was made public, but the league should have known it needed to dig deeper into the incident, former FBI Director Robert Mueller concluded in a report released Thursday.
LSU will face BYU in the 2017 Kickoff Classic at NRG Stadium in Houston, it was announced Thursday.
A woman who accused college football star Jameis Winston of raping her in 2012 filed suit Wednesday against Florida State University, alleging the school violated her rights under Title IX.
Bishop Gorman’s football program will officially stay in the family. The school announced Wednesday that Kenny Sanchez will take over as head coach, replacing his brother Tony, who took the head coaching job at UNLV in December.
If head coach Mike McCarthy planted any seed of doubt a short time earlier Wednesday, the man of the hour, the day and the week for the Green Bay Packers provided the definitive answer.
Two-time Pro Bowl cornerback Tim Jennings of the Chicago Bears was arrested on Wednesday in an Atlanta suburb on charges of drunken driving, speeding and reckless driving, authorities in Georgia’s Gwinnett County said.
Canyon Springs football coach Hunkie Cooper, who guided the Pioneers to the Northeast League title this past season, is set to become an assistant coach at San Diego State, according to an online report.
Chris Christie’s decision to accept a plane ride and a box seat at Sunday’s Dallas Cowboys game has national Democrats screaming for an ethics investigation and even some Republicans questioning the New Jersey governor’s judgment.
Florida State Seminoles quarterback Jameis Winston will skip his remaining two years of eligibility and enter the NFL draft, his father told ESPN on Wednesday.
Los Angeles police have recovered a stolen Heisman Trophy honoring retired American football star O.J. Simpson that had been missing for over 20 years, officials said on Tuesday.
A decision on whether or not Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston opts for the NFL Draft will be made sometime after the College Football Playoff championship game on Monday, his father said.
Former Washington Redskins defensive back Fred Smoot was acquitted on Monday on a misdemeanor charge of domestic assault.
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