USC football enters the Big Ten Conference in a very real way this week at Big Ten media days. Penn State is not a longtime member of the Big Ten, but its tenure in the conference is longer than newer arrivals Nebraska, Rutgers, and Maryland. Penn State has been in the Big Ten for more than 30 years. We’re not …

Utah Utes head coach Kyle Whittingham and Utah Utes QB Cameron Rising (7) listen to a official as Utah and Penn State play in the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Monday, Jan. 2, 2023. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Last year, the Big 12 had nine teams qualify for the postseason. With four new teams — Utah, Arizona, …

Running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire’s stay on the Chiefs’ non-football illness list was a brief one. Edwards-Helaire landed on the list before the team’s first practice of training camp on Saturday, but the NFL’s daily transaction report for Sunday shows that he’s been activated after passing his physical. The Chiefs re-signed Edwards-Helaire this offseason. The 2020 first-round pick had 441 carries …

Incoming Utah State cornerback Andre Seldon Jr. died Saturday in an apparent cliff-diving accident at a reservoir about 20 miles from the school’s campus, the university said in a statement. Deputies were called to the Porcupine Reservoir at around 2:20 p.m. MT following reports that a man dove from the cliffs into the water and didn’t resurface, the Cache County …

The Vikings now have both of their first-round picks under contract. After it was reported on Friday that quarterback J.J. McCarthy had agreed to terms with Minnesota, the club announced on Sunday that McCarthy and linebacker Dallas Turner have each signed their rookie deals. The Vikings traded up to select McCarthy at No. 10 overall and then traded back into …