ST. LOUIS — Kasparas Jakucionis scored 21 points, including the go-ahead basket with 28 seconds left and Illinois defeated Missouri 80-77 on Sunday in the annual Braggin’ Rights game between the nonconference rivals. Illinois held the lead for nearly 30 minutes of game time, but a late rally by Missouri took the game down to … Read more
What Purdy, Bosa learned about 49ers after missing out on playoffs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Not much has gone right for the 49ers during the 2024 NFL season, and that domino effect resulted in San Francisco being eliminated from playoff contention before the team even played a snap against the Miami Dolphins … Read more
Subscribe to Yahoo Fantasy Forecast Week 16’s Sunday slate is in the books and there were performances and injuries that will have long term fantasy implications. Andy Behrens joins Matt Harmon to breakdown all the action and place the games in three categories: Games we care about the most, games we sort of care about … Read more
How Deebo, Kittle showed Purdy their ‘character’ in 49ers’ loss originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Real recognize real. Even though the 49ers’ NFL playoff aspirations came to an end before their 29-17 loss to the Miami Dolphins on Sunday at Hard Rock Stadium, Brock Purdy made sure to recognize the valiant effort from … Read more
NFL power rankings: Where 49ers sit after loss to Dolphins originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Welcome to mock draft season, 49ers fans. San Francisco and a handful of other middling teams officially were eliminated from playoff contention this week, and while the fight for postseason seeding is ongoing, we pretty much know the … Read more
New England Patriots @ Buffalo Bills The Bills won, but Josh Allen fell crushingly back to earth during the fantasy semifinals coming off a historical two-week stretch. Allen managed just 5.3 YPA while failing to score a rushing TD for the first time in six games. He picked a bad time to have one of … Read more
Nick Sirianni corrected the phrasing. A reporter asked the head coach how his Philadelphia Eagles responded after losing franchise quarterback Jalen Hurts to a concussion. Hurts sustained a concussion in the first quarter of a 36-33 loss to the Washington Commanders on Sunday, leaving Kenny Pickett to play relief after just four passes. “What about … Read more
Maiocco’s 49ers Report Card: Team grades in sloppy loss to Dolphins originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The 49ers’ NFL playoff hopes came to an official end on a day that unofficially encapsulated their entire season. “It’s happened way too many times this year,” 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa said. … Read more
What we learned as Kings hit rock bottom with huge loss to Pacers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SACRAMENTO – Another game, another double-double from Domantas Sabonis and another frustrating loss for the Kings. Sabonis had 17 points, 21 rebounds and four assists but finished minus-26 as the Kings bungled their way to … Read more
It’s nearly time for championship week! We’re done looking forward; instead, we’re and looking at which players can help us right now. Recent weeks have brought forth some big repeat performances from several unsung heroes, but are we bold enough to turn to them during championship week? Let’s take a look at some unlikely playoff … Read more