Maria Lysaker / USA TODAY Sports The Trey Sermon experience in San Francisco is over after just one season. On Wednesday, the 49ers waived the second-year running back, a move that comes a day after the club was required to trim down the roster to 53 players before Tuesday’s deadline. According to ESPN, Sermon’s release was made to create room …

CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson quarterback DJ Uiagalelei was bulky, bothered by injuries, and beaten down last year by critics upset that the Tigers were out of the ACC and national championship picture. Now, some 15 pounds trimmer, 100% healthy and mentally refreshed, Uiagalelei believes he’s once more the dynamic playmaker he showed his freshman season instead of the misfiring mess …

The Green Bay Packers are returning wide receiver Juwann Winfree on the practice squad, according to agent Mike McCartney. Winfree was released during final cutdowns on Tuesday. He cleared waivers on Wednesday, opening the door for a return to Green Bay. Winfree, 25, caught eight passes for 58 yards for the Packers last season. For the second straight year, he’ll …

Frustrated with the leadership of FBS commissioners, the College Football Playoff Board of Managers will meet Friday with a goal of adopting an expanded playoff bracket as soon as the 2024 season, CBS Sports has learned. The bracket would likely expand to 12 teams under the leading proposal, which was the original concept put in front of stakeholders from the …

By Martin RogersFOX Sports Columnist Is Baker Mayfield, after the casual dropping of a stored-up, pent-up and fired-up F-bomb, now even more motivated to wreak revenge on his former team in Week 1?  After hearing the muscular prediction mentioned above, are the Cleveland Browns now so mad that they want to beat Mayfield and the Carolina Panthers even more than …

Getty Images There are plenty of things to do while waiting for the NFL regular season to kick off, and apparently one of them is dancing. A dance duo decided to choreograph the NFL theme songs used by every major network, including the one for NFL on CBS.  Austin and Maribeth Telenko are professional dancers who have been posting videos …

Expectations aren’t as high for Florida State or LSU this season compared to what they generally have been, but Sunday night’s game in New Orleans still qualifies as one of college football’s most intriguing games of the week. Neither team is ranked as the Seminoles (1-0) meet the Tigers in the Allstate Louisiana Kickoff in the Caesars Superdome, as LSU …

Nine-time Pro Bowl offensive lineman Jason Peters is slated to meet with the Dallas Cowboys on Thursday, per USA Today’s Jori Epstein. The team is in need of extra help at the tackle position following Tyron Smith’s hamstring injury, which is expected to keep the valuable mainstay out for a majority of the regular season. Cowboys coach Mike McCarthy told …

ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks acquired defenseman Dmitry Kulikov from the Minnesota Wild on Wednesday in a trade for future considerations. The 31-year-old Kulikov had seven goals and 17 assists with a plus-23 rating over 80 games last season for the Wild, who signed the Russian to a two-year contract as a free agent last summer. The Florida Panthers’ …

Quite a few teams are set to debut a new alternate helmet this season, and the New Orleans Saints are one of them. With the NFL changing its uniform policy allowing for teams to now allow two base helmet colors, New Orleans is opting to debut a new black helmet in 2022. The players got to test out the new …

Who’s Playing Saint Francis U @ Akron Last Season Records: Akron 2-10; Saint Francis U 5-6 What to Know The Akron Zips will play against a Division II opponent, the Saint Francis U Red Flash, in an early-season tune-up on Thursday at 6 p.m. ET at Summa Field at InfoCision Stadium. Coming off of an uninspired 2-10 last-season record, the …

The Minnesota Vikings are acquiring wide receiver Jalen Reagor from the Philadelphia Eagles, the two teams announced Wednesday. Philly received a 2023 seventh-round draft pick and a 2024 conditional fourth-round pick that downgrades to a fifth-round pick if certain statistical marks are not met. Reagor, the Eagles’ lone first-round selection in 2020, has reeled in 65 passes for 695 yards …

USATSI The Dallas Cowboys don’t have a single quarterback other than Dak Prescott on their 53-man roster as of now, but they welcomed back a pair of familiar faces as emergency depth Wednesday, re-signing backups Cooper Rush and Will Grier to their practice squad.  Hours later, Cowboys head coach Mike McCarthy said Rush will back up Prescott. Rush will get promoted …

The Lions have added some depth for their defensive line. Detroit has claimed Benito Jones off waivers, the team announced on Wednesday afternoon. Jones was let go from the Dolphins this week. Jones entered the league as an undrafted free agent out of Ole Miss in 2020 with the Dolphins. He appeared in six games for the franchise that year, …

By Ralph VacchianoFOX Sports NFC East Writer For a change, there is no quarterback controversy in Washington.  The Commanders are fully committed to Carson Wentz. They’ve invested in him financially and emotionally. He is their unquestioned starter. And last year’s starter, Taylor Heinicke, is the clear No. 2. But that’s for this year. Lurking behind both of them is a …