Safety Quentin Lake and the Los Angeles Rams will host the New Orleans Saints this week on Thursday Night Football. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong) Tonight, Thursday Night Football returns to Amazon Prime Video to kick off Week 16 of the NFL season. With just a month left in the regular season, less than two months out from the 2024 Super Bowl, …

Cam Williams.jpg Notre Dame signed a five-star Pacific Coast linebacker on Wednesday. That’s happened before. The Irish pulled in arguably the best quarterback on the market this offseason. Did that just last winter, too. And they are already watching a consensus four-star recruit in practices, also true last spring with current freshman Kenny Minchey. Notre Dame landed at No. 9 …

Dec 21, 2023, 06:35 AM ET PRAGUE — Jaromir Jagr has made his ice hockey season debut at age 51 for his hometown Kladno Knights in the Czech league. Jagr began his 36th professional season with an assist to help Kladno come back from 3-0 down at league leader Pardubice. Kladno eventually tied the score but conceded a short-handed goal …

Elijah Green was wearing a Tulsa hat and had on a nice pair of sunglasses as one person after another walked up to him and posed for photos. Standing inside the Classen SAS gymnasium, Green had a big smile on his face as he celebrated a special day. It wasn’t just an important moment for him, though. The day also …

EAST LANSING — Jonathan Smith showed up to his first signing day news conference sporting a green hoodie. The casual attire seemed to fit a man who has an unassuming persona, an indistinct face and a common name. In a sport populated with attention seekers and loud characters, the new Michigan State football coach doesn’t seem to covet the spotlight …

PROVIDENCE — Justin Denson told himself he wasn’t going to cry. By the time Wednesday’s 3 p.m. signing day ceremony at La Salle took place, Denson was already officially signed to play football at Michigan State. The coaches there woke him up this morning to make sure he was still going to be a Spartan and there wasn’t a last-second …

The teams that are tied with the best record in the NFL will face off on Monday night when the Ravens face the 49ers, so it’s only natural to think of the game as a potential Super Bowl preview. But Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson doesn’t want to hear it. Asked about people saying it’s a Super Bowl preview, Jackson said …

With Oregon’s move to the Big Ten in Summer 2024 comes a transition to a conference that prides itself on a more physical brand of football than what the Ducks may have been accustomed to in the Pac-12. Even with that in mind, Oregon coach Dan Lanning hasn’t seen much of a need to change his recruiting approach … not …

PISCATAWAY – Greg Schiano identified three areas that Rutgers football looks for when evaluating recruits. The Rutgers football head coach said prospects need to have what the program is looking for from a physical standpoint, cultural standpoint and academic standpoint. Schiano acknowledged that in the past, the coaching staff at times have brought in players who maybe fit one or …

Georgia won’t have to wait until February to be crowned king of the 2024 college football recruiting cycle. Coach Kirby Smart and the Bulldogs clinched the cycle’s top-ranked recruiting class on Wednesday during National Signing Day after flipping five-star defensive back KJ Bolden from Florida State at the opening of the early signing period. With Bolden’s commitment, Georgia secured a class …

Dec. 20—The 2024 early signing period for football begins today and WVU is expected to sign around 20 prospects. This story will be updated throughout the morning and afternoon as WVU officially announces its signings. 7:10 a.m. Makai Byerson, DL, 6-4, 270, Richmond, Va./Manchester HS Four-year starter at defensive end and tight end for coach Tom Hall at Manchester High …

Dec. 20—MORGANTOWN — There was clear intention present in West Virginia’s 2024 recruiting class that signed with the Mountaineers on National Signing Day Wednesday morning. In the 22-man class, four signees are wide receivers, five are defensive backs and two are linebackers. It is no coincidence that those signings match up with WVU’s weakest position groups. Head coach Neal Brown …

Christmas came early for many college football programs across the country. Five days before the holiday, Wednesday marked the first day that high school football players could sign their national letters of intent to play at the NCAA Division I collegiate level. And whether months of recruiting was rewarded or the day was spent anxiously hoping a commit didn’t flip, …

EAST LANSING – Jonathan Smith, it seems, pulled it off. In the 22 days since he was introduced as Michigan State’s head coach, he hired most of his staff, including his two coordinators, met with MSU’s current players in the mornings and hit the recruiting trail by afternoon and evening, all the while analyzing he roster, getting a handle on …

Vero Beach signings included Kevin Pollock (Army), Amar Reynolds (Illinois), Chase Stevens (Florida), Xavion Griffin (Western Kentucky) and Tyler Aronson (SMU) on Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. VERO BEACH – On the biggest day of the year for high school athletes, six Vero Beach Fighting Indians inked letters of intent to play at the next level on Wednesday afternoon at the …