The Jets signed defensive end Carl Lawson to a three-year, $45 million contract ahead of the 2021 season, but their plans for him were thrown into disarray when he suffered a season-ending Achilles tear during training camp later that year. While he returned to action and had a good season in 2022, Lawson didn’t play much in 2023, as the …

Notre Dame football 2025 recruiting class is off to an incredible start, viewed by most as the best class in the nation to date. That class got even better this week when Owen Strebig, a mountain of a young man at 6-8, 295-pounds announced his commitment to the Fighting Irish. Notre Dame won the commitment of Strebig over the likes …

Whenever Taylor Swift has attended a Chiefs game this year, she’s almost always been sitting in a box with Donna Kelce, but that might not be the case for Super Bowl LVIII. That’s because it appears Travis Kelce’s mom won’t be sitting in a box.  During a Wednesday interview on the “Today” show, Donna Kelce was asked what the seating …

Emmitt Smith is a lifelong Dallas Cowboy, helping bring three Lombardi Trophies to the franchise while carving out a 15-year Hall of Fame career of his own. But he couldn’t be more dissatisfied with the team going into the 2024 offseason, telling “PFT Live” Friday that he’s “tired” of the team failing to reach expectations, suggesting everyone from Dallas’ star …

The Giants had high expectations heading into the 2023 season. But behind a battered offensive line, Big Blue ran headlong into a season of big disappointments, including losing quarterback Daniel Jones to an ACL tear in November. New York went on to finish the year 6-11 and they now own the sixth overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. While Jones is …

When it comes to the Super Bowl, it turns out that Taylor Swift’s biggest challenge isn’t going to be making it to the game on time from Tokyo. As we established earlier this week, Swift, who has a concert in Japan on Feb. 10, will have plenty of time to make it to Las Vegas for the big game thanks …

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks at his invitation-only state of the league news conference on Monday.Photograph: Matt York/AP A month before the NFL’s Las Vegas Super Bowl, a different sort of high-stakes football contest unfolded in the Supreme Court of Nevada. That’s where the league was called to defend itself in a lawsuit from Jon Gruden – the disgraced NFL …

And just like that, Alabama football is back on in the market for an offensive coordinator. The Crimson Tide appeared set at the position with one of the best in the country. Ryan Grubb had accepted and was working for Alabama football. Then the Seattle Seahawks came calling. Grubb had a chance to return to Seattle and he took it. …

49ers quarterback Brock Purdy has been the center of conversation leading up to San Francisco’s matchup against the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 58 on Sunday. At 24, Purdy will become the third-youngest quarterback to start a Super Bowl behind Dan Marino and Ben Roethlisberger. Now, he’ll have the opportunity to hoist the Lombardi Trophy in Las Vegas 652 …

USATSI Super Bowl LVIII is just about here! The defending NFL champion Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers will be squaring off in just one day at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. This is a familiar showdown as both teams met for Super Bowl LIV just four years ago, which the Chiefs won 31-20. Now, the teams are set to face off …

The competition is ending, and there’s no competition whatsoever as to our final selections of the year. Chris Simms and I both agree on the winner of Super Bowl LVIII: Kansas City Chiefs. The picks were made at the live joint podcast from the Mandalay Bay sportsbook on Wednesday night. If you haven’t seen it, you should. If only to …

Rutgers football sent out an offer on Friday to three-star edge Taeshawn Alston. It is yet another push by Rutgers into North Carolina, where the Big Ten program pulled some significant talent a year ago. Alston is a 6-foot-4, 205-pound defensive lineman from Vance County High School (Henderson, North Carolina). He is a consensus three-star recruit. Per 247Sports, he is …

TOKYO — Will she make it in time? Taylor Swift’s last song was still ringing in the ears of thousands of fans at the Tokyo Dome on Saturday night when the singer rushed to a private jet at Haneda airport, presumably embarking on an intensely scrutinized journey to see her boyfriend, NFL star Travis Kelce, play in the Super Bowl …

Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders decided to keep playing for his father Deion instead of enter the 2024 NFL draft, but if he had turned pro, he thinks he’d be the best quarterback in this year’s class. “I’m biased, but I don’t see a quarterback that’s better than me,” Sanders told SI.com. “I don’t see a quarterback that went through as …

Seahawks fans who’ve been frustrated by a lack of evolution from the team’s offense under Pete Carroll are about to get a very early Christmas present. Last night Seattle general manager John Schneider, head coach Mike Macdonald and Alabama offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb were spotted drinking beers at a pub near the team facility in Renton. Soon after, the news …