Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota leads the 2014 Associated Press All-America team. Here’s the full list.
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Washington Redskins quarterback Colt McCoy was placed on injured reserve with a neck injury on Tuesday, clearing the way for Robert Griffin III to start the final two games of the 2014 season.
Running back DeMarco Murray could play Sunday for the Dallas Cowboys six days after surgery on his broken left hand.
Bo Pelini, fired by Nebraska after seven seasons, will be named head coach at Youngstown State University.
Drew Brees threw three short touchdown passes, and the New Orleans Saints took over first place in the NFC South by crushing the Chicago Bears 31-15 Monday night.
Dallas Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray, the NFL’s leading rusher, was scheduled to have surgery Monday to repair a broken bone in his left hand, team vice president Stephen Jones said.
Dean Blandino, the NFL’s vice president of officiating, said referees got it wrong when the San Francisco 49ers were called for a crucial roughing-the-passer penalty against the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
The NFL Players Association filed a lawsuit against the National Football League on Monday challenging an arbitrator’s decision to uphold the league’s suspension of Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson.
On any given Sunday, there is a quarterback who flops so miserably that he gets mocked by everyone on Monday. But never is Aaron Rodgers that guy.
A 22-year-old man has been arrested on a felony warrant charging him with murder in Sunday’s fatal shooting of Auburn football player Jakell Lenard Mitchell, police said.
At this point, the Washington Redskins have no so-called quarterback of the future. After a five-game losing streak and amid all sorts of turmoil, coach Jay Gruden’s future is in question, too.
The Sunrise Region dominated on both sides of the line of scrimmage and forced five turnovers Saturday en route to a 41-0 victory over the Sunset Region in the 44th edition of the West Charleston Lions Club Charity All-Star Football Game at Bishop Gorman.
Marcus Mariota has won the Heisman Trophy, becoming the first Oregon player to earn college football’s top individual honor. Mariota came into his junior the season as the favorite to win the Heisman and delivered a performance that turned the presentation ceremony into a foregone conclusion.
Former Florida coach Will Muschamp will become Auburn’s defensive coordinator, according to multiple reports Friday night.
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