Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson provides Bears stadium update on Football Night in Chicago originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago One of the most significant storylines surrounding the Bears — outside of their 0-3 start to the season — is their plans to find a new stadium. On Wednesday, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson — who has released two joint statements with …

USATSI Once again, the Big Sky made itself the story of the Football Championship Subdivision in Week 4. Five of the top 10 teams in last week’s FCS Power Rankings were from the Big Sky. With the start of conference play, last weekend’s results definitely shake things up a bit as we head into this Week 5. Four new teams …

FRISCO, Texas — The Lawrence Taylor-Micah Parsons comparisons have been in full force since training camp when Parsons compared his “positionless” style of play to Pro Football Hall of Famer Derrick Brooks while mentioning Taylor. Parsons, who is only the sixth player with 10 multi-sack games within their first three seasons, has since been put in the same conversation as …

The Rams are not sure when wide receiver Cooper Kupp will be able to return to action from a hamstring injury. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) A game against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday is the last one that Rams star receiver Cooper Kupp is mandated to sit out because he is on injured reserve. But there is …

Nick Saban provided an Alabama football injury update Wednesday, saying linebacker Deontae Lawson and guard Terrence Ferguson are in a category of “very questionable” ahead of the Mississippi State game. Lawson left the Ole Miss game before the end of the second quarter. After he walked off under his own power, he went to the medical tent for about seven …

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterSep 27, 2023, 06:59 PM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Two of the bigger questions facing the Calgary Flames were answered Wednesday when they signed center Mikael Backlund to a two-year extension while also naming him their captain. Re-signing Backlund, 34, to a two-year deal worth $4.5 million annually resolved one …

Ben Arthur AFC South Reporter Jaguars tight end Evan Engram stood in the locker room after Sunday’s humiliating loss to the Texans, surrounded by reporters and microphones, and shook his head as he spoke. A wry smile even slipped.  He’d been asked if he was worried that there was a sense in the locker room, amid the 1-2 start, that …

Getty Images The Miami Dolphins ran the Denver Broncos off the field this past Sunday, as former Broncos ball boy Mike McDaniel sent Sean Payton and Russell Wilson home with a 70-20 loss. It was the first 70-point NFL game since 1966, and looked more like a track meet than an actual football game. With 10 trips to the end …

No. 1 Georgia will try to remain unbeaten when it travels to Auburn during the Week 5 college football schedule on Saturday in a 3:30 p.m. ET showdown that can also be streamed live on Paramount+. Georgia played four straight home games to open the season, wrapping up the homestand with a 49-21 win against UAB last week. Auburn had …

The New York Jets had legitimate Super Bowl aspirations after acquiring four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers this offseason. However, the quarterback’s 2023 campaign was ended after just four plays due to a torn Achilles.  While head coach Robert Saleh was quick to hand the reigns to former No. 2 overall pick Zach Wilson, there was plenty of speculation concerning what …

The NFL has banned plays or strategies for different reasons through its history. Sometimes it’s for safety reasons. Once in a while it’s because a play becomes uncompetitive. Oftentimes the league bans things just for the aesthetics of the game. The Philadelphia Eagles’ “tush push” checks all of those boxes. When the Eagles have faced a third- or fourth-and-short the …

LSU moved to 2-0 in SEC play on Saturday with a 34-31 win over Arkansas, but it was a tougher game than many expected as the Tigers entered as a 17.5-point favorite. The Tigers ranked in the top 10 of ESPN’s Football Power Index last week after a beatdown on the road against Mississippi State, but despite pushing their winning …

NFL reporter hints Ryan Poles isn’t committed to Justin Fields ‘forever’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago As optimism continues to slip about Justin Fields and his tenure with the Bears, one begins to wonder what the minds inside Halas Hall are thinking about the quarterback they hoped would blossom into their franchise cornerstone. NBC’s Peter King jumped on 670 …

CBS Sports Network is back with extensive college football coverage in Week 5, featuring a lineup of five games over a three-day span. The American, Conference USA and the Mountain West all have league matchups featured within that slate. It all begins Thursday evening when Western Kentucky hosts Middle Tennessee in a Conference USA showdown, the first of two weeknight …

USATSI The budding romance between pop superstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce has the NFL world feeling enchanted. New England Patriots head coach Bill Belichick went on the record on Monday, saying landing Swift would be the two-time Super Bowl champion’s “biggest catch.” Another NFL luminary, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, expressed an incredible appreciation …