After spending all week previewing this weekend’s Penn State season opener, it is time to push our chips on the table and show our cards. Our staff has come together once again to share our predictions for every game around the Big Ten this weekend as the college football season formally kicks off for the conference, but now it is …

Rams quarterback Stetson Bennett showed enough in the preseason for coach Sean McVay to be comfortable with him as the primary backup for the first two weeks of the season. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) Quarterback Stetson Bennett got the news from Rams coach Sean McVay in a Houston hotel elevator. It was the morning of the Rams’ …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football opens the 2024 season against FIU on Saturday at Memorial Stadium. Will the new look Hoosiers bring the same winning mentality as their new coach Curt Cignetti? The long suffering fanbase is eager to find out. Cignetti overhauled two-thirds of the roster and hopes the 13 transfer he brought over with him for JMU will help …

The Broncos signed inside linebacker Kristian Welch, the team announced Thursday. They waived inside linebacker Levelle Bailey in a corresponding move. Welch, a fifth-year player, was released by the Packers on Tuesday despite tying for the team lead with 16 tackles in the preseason and leading the NFL with two interceptions. He has appeared in 57 games with the Packers …

A popular ESPN personality and Centerville High School alum will be honored before Friday night’s football game. [DOWNLOAD: Free WHIO-TV News app for alerts as news breaks] Centerville will host St. Xavier on Friday night and we will have a LIVE preview today on News Center 7 at 5. ESPN College Football analyst Kirk Herbstreit played quarterback for the Elks …

Louis Rees-Zammit and Travis Clayton are the latest players to have quit rugby to pursue a career in the NFL. It has proved a difficult task. Only Jordan Mailata has managed to make the transition. “It recalibrates what you think is hard,” says Christian Scotland-Williamson, one of those who missed out. So as Rees-Zammit and Clayton prepare for the next …

Another Central Texas high school football power is opening its season against a solid program from the Dallas area, and fans can stream it live. Travis Lake football, the No. 2 team in our preseason countdown, is traveling to Arlington to face Martin High School for a 7 p.m. Friday battle between two 2023 Class 6A playoff teams. The two met last …

The NFL does so well that even its games that don’t mean anything still draw plenty of viewers. Even with major events like the Olympics going on. Via Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal, the total TV and digital audience for the 2023 preseason averaged 1.93 million viewers, up slightly from last year’s 1.91 million average. This year, the Hall …

It’s a new era for Indiana football as first-year coach Curt Cignetti leads the Hoosiers into the expanded Big Ten. IU is coming off a 3-9 season (1-8 Big Ten), and the roster has seen extensive turnover. IU plays eight games at Memorial Stadium in 2024, including two against the participants in last season’s national championship game − Washington and …

With the 2024-25 NFL campaign set to kick off next week, it looks increasingly likely that the Dallas Cowboys and quarterback Dak Prescott won’t reach agreement on a contract extension before the season begins. As a result, Prescott’s contract status will loom over the Cowboys throughout the season. If Prescott doesn’t play well or the team is disappointing, the question …

Brighton’s football team has seen enough of the Carr brothers the last two years. A year ago, the Bulldogs faced current Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr, who threw for 308 yards during Saline’s 42-3 victory. On Thursday, junior Tommy Carr threw for three touchdowns and ran for another as Saline beat Brighton, 41-20, in a season opener. Carr’s 3-yard scramble …

Getty Images The 2024 NFL season is finally upon us. Before long, we’ll be knee-deep in new storylines as the race for the next Lombardi Trophy gets underway. And most of those storylines will center on which special players are driving the playoff race. Speaking of star talent, the NFC in particular is loaded with elite playmakers. In anticipation of …

Chargers edge rusher Joey Bosa broke his left hand in an Aug. 4 joint practice with the Rams, he said Thursday. He required surgery to repair the fracture. Bosa has been wearing a club on his hand, allowing him to practice, but doesn’t expect to wear it much longer. He has played only 14 games the past two seasons combined, …

It’s Year 2 for Purdue football coach Ryan Walters, and the Boilermakers hope greater stability yields more wins. They went 4-8 last season (3-6 Big Ten) and Hudson Card returns as the starting quarterback. Purdue has seven games at Ross-Ade Stadium, including an early-season matchup with Notre Dame, and Big Ten newcomer Oregon. ▶ BoilerUpdate: Sign up for our Purdue …

Some are saying that, at times, the 49ers can be a little low-key dysfunctional. (I’m not saying it. But some are.) For those who believe that, the team’s handling of the Brandon Aiyuk contract helps bolster their case. Apart from the CeeDee-style failure to set the deadline before the start of training camp (which the 49ers also did last year …