Jeff Fisher at the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl game at the Rose Bowl last year. ( Jordon Kelly / Getty Images) The man whose firing led to the Sean McVay era with the Rams has been tabbed to breathe life into the wobbly Arena Football League. Jeff Fisher, a longtime NFL coach and executive with deep Southern California ties, said Tuesday …

AMELIA ISLAND, Fla. — The future of Florida State and Clemson, amid ongoing litigation against the Atlantic Coast Conference, loomed over the ACC spring meetings this week, but commissioner Jim Phillips remained optimistic that those relationships could still be salvaged. The conference is currently embroiled in multiple lawsuits with Florida State and Clemson as the two schools legally challenge the ACC’s …

Ten years ago, when the NFL was facing political pressure to scrap the blackout rule, the league responded with a clumsy campaign to protect free football on TV. The argument never made sense. The league wanted to retain the ability to not televise games in the home market if they weren’t sold out. If anything, that rule compromised free football …

The 2025 recruiting cycle is steadily rising in crescendo ahead of the official visit season and the Florida Gators have been right in the mix when it comes to pursuing the top prep prospects in the land. The Athletic’s senior writer Ari Wasserman recently put together his list of the 10 most impactful uncommitted prospects in the class, which included …

The 49ers are down to one unsigned draft pick. Sixth-round offensive lineman Jarrett Kingston signed his four-year rookie deal with the team on Wednesday. First-round wideout Ricky Pearsall is their only unsigned pick. Kingston started 12 games at USC last season and started 26 games at Washington State before transferring within the conference. Those starts came at every position other …

Week 1 of the college football season used to be comprised mostly of tune-up games. That’s not the case this season. It could be one of the more exciting first weeks in recent memory. At a glance, the featured matchups look like bowl games. On Saturday of Week 1, the Georgia Bulldogs and Clemson Tigers kick off the day in …

How to watch NBC Sports Chicago’s Bears schedule release special Wednesday originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Bears will announce their full 2024 schedule on Wednesday night, and NBC Sports Chicago will be there to break down the biggest games, matchups and moments in real time. Starting at 7 p.m., NBC Sports Chicago will air a special edition of …

Outside of the military academies, Clemson was the only program in the country not to take a single transfer. While many have criticized coach Dabo Swinney’s approach to the portal, the Tigers’ head man defended his program’s lack of activity in the transfer market during an interview Tuesday on the ACC Network. “It wasn’t really necessarily an intentional thing,” Swinney …

A significant quarterback domino has fallen.  Jared Goff and the Detroit Lions agreed to terms on a four-year, $212 million contract extension that includes $170 million guaranteed earlier this week. The deal makes Goff, who’s had a career resurgence in Detroit, the second-highest-paid quarterback in terms of average annual value at $53 million, only trailing Cincinnati Bengals signal-caller Joe Burrow …

The Giants’ 2024 schedule will officially be released on Wednesday night, but in the hours leading up to the big reveal, some of the matchups have already been leaked. We know about one of Big Blue’s premier matchups, which the league announced Wednesday morning, as they’ll head to Germany to take on the Panthers in Week 10 as part of …

The college football recruiting grind continues in the month of May with programs around the nation preparing their official visit lists for the coming weeks. Scholarship offers have been handed out and plans are being made as the 2025 cycle climbs to a crescendo. The Florida Gators have been extremely active this offseason and so far have put together a …

May 15, 2024, 01:01 PM ET Pittsburgh Penguins defensemen Kris Letang and John Ludvig and forward Matt Nieto are recovering from recent surgeries, the team announced Wednesday. Letang, 37, faces an eight-week recovery timetable following an operation last Friday to repair a fractured finger on his left hand. The two-time All-Star and two-time Stanley Cup winner played all 82 games …

Detroit is adding to its front office. Per Vinny Bonsignore of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Raiders director of pro scouting Dwayne Joseph is departing Las Vegas to join the Lions. Joseph’s new title with Detroit is not yet known. Joseph, 51, had been with the Raiders since former G.M. Mike Mayock joined the team back in 2019. was previously the …

COLUMBIA — South Carolina football’s game at Kentucky on Sept. 7 will kick off at 3:30 p.m. and will be televised on ABC. The Gamecocks start the season at home with a nonconference game against Old Dominion on Aug. 31. Game time has not been announced along with 10 other games. In 2023, the Gamecocks beat the Wildcats 17-13 at …

The Washington Commanders selected Jayden Daniels with the No. 2 pick in the 2024 NFL Draft with the goal of changing their fortunes, and one of the players he’ll be relying on couldn’t be happier about the quarterback’s arrival. “I don’t know if I can say this, but that’s the quarterback that I wanted,” Commanders wide receiver Jahan Dotson said …