Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow speaks with the media, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023, in Cincinnati. Damar Hamlin was taken to the hospital after collapsing on the field during the Bill’s NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Monday night. (AP Photo/Aaron Doster) Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow felt it was important to let the Buffalo Bills know how his …

Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter In his three years running the Washington Commanders, Ron Rivera has now had eight different starting quarterbacks. And the one who has started the most games for him — Taylor Heinicke, with 24 — is the one he’s spent most of the past 12 months trying to replace. “Quarterback” is, as Rivera said back in …

USATSI Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh, while noncommittal, believes a return to the Wolverines in 2023 is in the cards amid interest from multiple NFL franchises. Harbaugh previously spoke with Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper about the Panthers’ vacant head coach position, according to ESPN, though the conversation was not characterized as a formal interview. “Although no one knows the future, I …

It all comes down to this. The 2022 NFL regular season will wrap up this weekend with Week 18 and there is still plenty to digest as it relates to the overall playoff picture in both conferences. Both No. 1 seeds are still to be had and we have winner-take-all tickets to the postseason that need punching, so we have …

Getty Images The Miami Dolphins will play in a massive Week 18 matchup against the rival New York Jets this Sunday. With a win and a New England Patriots loss to the Buffalo Bills, the Dolphins would clinch the final wild card spot in the AFC. However, they do not know who will be starting at quarterback just yet. Tua …

ESPN has released their latest college football SP+ rankings after bowl season, with the Florida Gators coming in as a top 40 team in the country. Connelly developed the SP+ ranking system in 2008 and, in his own words, is “a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency” and “intended to be predictive and forward-facing.” The offensive metric is …

The Detroit Red Wings placed forward Jakub Vrana on waivers Tuesday, less than three weeks after he returned to the team following a stint in the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program. Vrana is midway through a three-year, $15.75 million deal that carries a $5.25 million cap hit. Vrana, 26, sought treatment through the league’s channel — which handles everything from substance …

Jamaal Williams will have even more reasons to smile. Not that the Detroit Lions running back didn’t have a grin already, but now he’s got some new hardware. Williams won the FedEx Ground Player of the Week for his outstanding Week 17 performance in the Lions win over the Chicago Bears. Williams led the league with a career-high 144 rushing …

Getty Images Sports gambler Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale has placed over $3 million in bets on the TCU Horned Frogs to win next Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship game against the Georgia Bulldogs, according to a report by Darren Rovell of Action Network. Mattress Mack placed $2.13 million on the TCU moneyline, betting $1.5 million on DraftKings at +370, …

One week remains in the 2022 NFL regular season, and plenty remains unsettled across the sport.  Will the Jacksonville Jaguars or Tennessee Titans win the AFC South? Could the Philadelphia Eagles drop three games in a row, losing the NFC East to the Dallas Cowboys? Who will grab the third AFC and NFC wild card spots? Here’s Colin Cowherd’s “Herd …

In a tearful and emotional response Wednesday, NFL executive vice president of football operations Troy Vincent vehemently denied ever giving the Buffalo Bills and Cincinnati Bengals a five-minute warmup period to resume Monday night’s game that saw Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapse due to cardiac arrest. Vincent, one of the league’s top football executives, reiterated the same stance he took …

Brad Crawford of 247Sports recently took a look at the highest average home attendance numbers for the 2022 college football season. Texas landed among the top 10 after breaking a few attendance records early in the season. The Longhorns set an attendance record at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium in Week 2 for the Alabama game with 105, 213 fans …

The Broncos acquired Russell Wilson last March to provide the stability at quarterback that’s been missing since Hall of Famer Peyton Manning retired after a Super Bowl winning 2015 season. The Seahawks received multiple players (tight end Noah Fant, defensive lineman Shelby Harris and quarterback Drew Lock), 2022 and 2023 first-round picks, 2022 and 2023 second-round picks and a 2022 …

The NHL season is nearing its midpoint, which means teams separating out into the hopeful and the hopeless. Here are the Stanley Cup Hope Tiers as they are currently constituted. The projected points and playoff probabilities are through Monday’s games and provided by FiveThirtyEight. The Stanley Cup champion probabilities are via Money Puck. We begin with the highest of hopes: …

I just can’t stand prosperity. One week after killing it with my picks, it was back in the dumpster for me in Week 17. I went 6-9 with my expert picks against the spread, 10-5 straight up and a disappointing 2-3 with my best bets as part of the Pick-Six Podcast. That drops my record to 120-126-9 ATS, 159-95-1 straight …