49ers receiver Ricky Pearsall hasn’t been practicing, due to a shoulder injury. It’s apparently a condition about which the 49ers were aware, and that they hoped wouldn’t become a problem. It has. Mike Silver of the San Francisco Chronicle addressed the issue during his recent appearance on KNBR. “The other component of that is Pearsall, who looked amazing the like …

The Illinois Fighting Illini are college football’s version of a Rorschach test. Those who are optimistic see opportunity and a likely bowl game. The pessimists see danger lurking. The truth is probably somewhere in between. Such is predicting the outcome of the Fighting Illini season in the new-look Big Ten Conference for 2024. Nearly every expert prognosticator picks Illinois to …

49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan is optimistic that first-round rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall will play in the Week One opener against the Jets on Monday Night Football. Asked after Friday’s preseason finale whether Pearsall can go in Week One, Shanahan indicated that Pearsall’s shoulder injury is getting better and he is trending toward being cleared to play. “I hope …

Wanna remember some guys? College football is back. The Week 0 slate includes Florida State versus Georgia Tech in Dublin, Ireland, and ACC-newcomer SMU versus Nevada on Saturday. If you really, truly want to test your mettle, Hawai’i and Delaware State grace TV screens at 11 p.m. CT. Then, it’s five short days until No. 11-ranked Missouri football kicks off …

The following is an excerpt from the latest edition of Yahoo’s fantasy football newsletter, Get to the Points! If you like what you see, you can subscribe for free here. One thing we definitely do not lack at Yahoo Fantasy is data. After a quarter-century spent hosting fantasy leagues, we know a few things about winning and losing. Among the …

Screenshot and store for future ridicule, if you must. Yes, I’m sticking my neck on the line and attempting to predict the future ahead of Missouri football’s 2024 season, which kicks off with a game against Murray State at 7 p.m. Thursday on Faurot Field in Columbia. So, here are four bold predictions for the upcoming season, ranging from playoff …

Linebacker Andrew Dowell is back with the Saints. Dowell appeared in 34 games for the team between 2020 and 2022, but tore his ACL last summer. He spent the year on injured reserve and the Saints announced his signing to the 90-man roster on Friday. They also signed defensive tackle Camron Peterson. Defensive back Kaleb Ford-Dement and defensive end Trajan …

WOOSTER — Orrville’s players knew exactly how much time had passed since seeing a victory slip away against their biggest rival. Three hundred and seventy-two days. They made sure there wouldn’t be another countdown after the first Friday night of the 2024 season. High School Football Countdown Top Five: West Holmes, Dalton vie for top spot Orrville got out to …

Colts head coach Shane Steichen said recently that Jelani Woods would miss time with a toe injury and it looks like it will be another extended absence from the lineup for the tight end. According to multiple reports, Woods had surgery on his toe this week. The prognosis is for a four-month recovery, so Woods will be back at the …

Welcome to the 2024 college football season, where everyone makes the playoffs! Well, not everyone, but, for the first time, 12 schools will be playing in college’s postseason and this is how it will work. Get ready for a new look college football. New conference layout The realignment dust has finally settled and the conference makeups look a whole lot …

Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes and his wife, Brittany, have donated $5 million to Texas Tech. His departure from Texas Tech might have been delayed if he’d been able to make, say, $5 million in NIL money while in college. In a recent NFL.com Q&A, Mahomes acknowledged that he might have delayed his arrival to the NFL, if he could have …

MARION — Pleasant showed it will be a team to reckon with in 2024 after opening the season at North Union and winning 44-0 Friday night. As the scoreboard demonstrated, the Spartans dominated in all phases. Pleasant’s offense rolled up 402 total yards, while its defense held the Wildcats to just four yards rushing and 25 yards of offense all …

The Rams are going to be without their starting left tackle for the first two weeks of the regular season. The NFL announced that Alaric Jackson has been suspended for the first two games of the year. Jackson’s suspension comes under the Personal Conduct Policy, but the nature of the violation is not clear. Jackson started 15 games for the …

WOOSTER TWP. — Triway had the tough task of taking on visiting West Holmes to kick off the 2024 football season Friday, and “tough” described the play of the Titans, who pulled off a 17-7 triumph over the Knights. On the strength of two big plays — a 43-yard Luke Starr-to-Olley Krupp touchdown pass late in the first quarter and …

Cardinals wide receiver Zay Jones has been suspended for the first five games of the regular season. The NFL suspended Jones for violating the NFL personal conduct policy following an accusation that he abused the mother of his child, injuring her neck. Jones was arrested in November but prosecutors chose not to pursue the case in March. The 29-year-old Jones …