The Detroit Lions and their playoff failures are well known, having only two playoff victories since their last championship in 1957. One of those wins came in the wild-card round last week, as the Lions are one victory away from their first conference championship game since the 1991 season.  Detroit hosts its second playoff game in as many weeks, the …

Getty Images Regardless of what happens against the Detroit Lions in Sunday’s divisional-round game, it appears Baker Mayfield’s “prove it” season will have a happy ending. There is mutual interest between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and their quarterback on bringing him back next year, possibly on a big contract extension, according to NFL Media.  It’s a pretty simple situation. The Buccaneers want …

The Clemson football program has a huge opportunity in 2024 as the College Football Playoff expands to 12 teams. The more teams, the more opportunities for the Tigers to return to the playoff and make a run at a title. While the team needs a lot of development for them to do so, college football is a crazy place where …

Emily Kaplan, ESPNJan 21, 2024, 02:56 PM ET CloseEmily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. Corey Perry is signing a one year deal to finish the season with the Edmonton Oilers, sources told ESPN on Sunday. The contract will include performance bonuses and is prorated to the league minimum, sources said. Perry, 38, had his contract terminated by the Chicago …

The Seahawks can have in-person interviews with head coaching candidates who currently work for other teams this week and they have several coaches in mind for their next round of meetings. Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Seahawks are setting up second interviews with five candidates. The group includes Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris, Cowboys defensive coordinator Dan …

South Carolina football has hired Marquel Blackwell as running backs coach with SEC experience. Blackwell has been a running backs coach at three different programs in four years. Most recently, Blackwell was at Texas A&M, where he oversaw a rushing attack that averaged 136.2 yards per game. Blackwell was the running backs coach at Ole Miss in 2022, where he …

Detroit Lions star rookie tight end Sam LaPorta will be active against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in Sunday’s NFC Divisional Round matchup (3 p.m. ET). LaPorta was questionable with a knee injury, which he suffered in the Lions’ Week 18 win over the Minnesota Vikings. He was also questionable for the Lions’ wild-card round game against the Los Angeles Rams …

New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers suffered a season-ending Achilles injury just four plays into the 2023 NFL season, and while he teased a return throughout the year, he remained sidelined for the remainder of the games. Whether he will look like the same future Hall of Famer when he gets back on the football field after the injury is …

Elite class of 2025 cornerback Tae Harris has decommitted from the Georgia Bulldogs. Harris is ranked as a four-star recruit. Harris originally committed to Georgia football in June 2023. However, a lot has changed for the Georgia coaching staff since then. Former Georgia defensive backs coach Fran Brown accepted the head coaching job at Syracuse. The Bulldogs subsequently hired USC …

Jan 21, 2024, 02:18 PM ET Calgary Flames forward Dillon Dube is taking an indefinite leave of absence from the team to address his mental health, the team said Sunday. “Dillon is under the care of health professionals, and we request that Dillon’s privacy is respected during the period,” a team statement read. Dube, 25, is in his sixth season …

Tim Washington, a Dallas Cowboys fan, posted to Facebook a couple weeks ago about the tragic and sudden passing of his father, Tim, who collapsed as the two were walking into FedEx Field to see the Cowboys play the Washington Commanders in Week 18 of the 2023 NFL regular season. Washington posted again recently, expressing appreciation to all those who …

49ers amazingly extend bizarre 21-year streak with win vs. Packers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers are nothing if not consistent. For the most part. As one of the most historic NFL franchises, San Francisco has plenty of impressive streaks to its name, but after the 24-21 NFC divisional playoff round win over the Green Bay Packers …

Stanford defensive tackle Jaxson Moi committed to transfer to Tennessee football on Sunday. Moi chose the Vols over Washington, which recently lost coach Kalen DeBoer to Alabama. And he also took an official visit to Arizona after entering the transfer portal on Dec. 31. Moi, a 6-foot-2, 302-pounder, played all 12 games at Stanford this season, including seven starts. He …

USATSI San Francisco 49ers star wide receiver Deebo Samuel’s status for the NFC Championship is up in the air, as he deals with a shoulder injury. Samuel suffered the injury during the team’s 24-21 Divisional Round win over the Green Bay Packers on Saturday. He was originally ruled questionable to return and was eventually downgraded to out.  He will have …

Getty Images Shoveling Highmark Stadium is becoming a weekly job for some fans. Just as they did last week, the Buffalo Bills asked fans to come to their stadium and help shovel snow to get the place ready for Sunday’s divisional-round game against the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs, which kicks off at 6:30 p.m. ET.  The good news …