No one can stand in Ohio State’s way if the Buckeyes keep playing like this. The No. 8 Buckeyes absolutely throttled No. 1 Oregon in the first half on the way to a 41-21 Rose Bowl win on Wednesday while earning a matchup with No. 5 Texas in the College Football Playoff semifinals. Ohio State … Read more
Jaden Ivey appeared to suffer a severe ankle injury on Wednesday. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) Detroit Pistons guard Jaden Ivey was enjoying a career year, which will now probably have to be put on hold. The former fifth overall pick exited Wednesday’s game in a stretcher after a collision with Orlando Magic guard Cole … Read more
Rams backup quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo speaks to reporters during a news conference on Wednesday. (Gary Klein / Los Angeles Times) Quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo last started an NFL game in October 2023. On Sunday, the 11th-year pro will start in place of Matthew Stafford for the playoff-bound Rams in the season finale against the Seattle Seahawks … Read more
ATLANTA — Cam Skattebo, his voice raw and weary, kept repeating the word over and over again: “Undeniable.” This season, this game, this Arizona State team … undeniable. Skattebo and the rest of his Sun Devil brethren had just come up on the losing end of one of the finest games of the 2024 college … Read more
Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson told reporters on Wednesday that the back injury which kept him out of Week 17’s 45–33 loss to the New York Giants was more serious than head coach Shane Steichen initially disclosed. It may even be a condition the QB has to deal with throughout his career. Richardson did not … Read more
The St. Louis Blues blew out the Chicago Blackhawks at the Winter Classic. The final score was 6-2, and the home team never really had a chance to win at Wrigley Field. After the game, no one was harder on the situation than Taylor Hall. One of the Chicago’s two goal scorers was visibly upset … Read more
Cornerback Jaire Alexander appeared in seven games this season for the Green Bay Packers. (Photo by Chris Leduc/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Green Bay Packers cornerback Jaire Alexander underwent surgery on his injured right knee and will miss the rest of the season, head coach Matt LaFleur announced on Wednesday. The Packers still have their … Read more
Former Pittsburgh Penguins captain Jaromir Jagr, who is 52 years old, is still playing professional hockey in Czechia with Rytíři Kladno. While skating behind the net in a recent game against Mountfield HK, Jagr got caught by an errant high stick and lost most of his upper front teeth. He proudly showed off his future dental … Read more
Former Princeton football player Tiger Bech was among those killed in a terrorist attack in New Orleans on Wednesday, both his brother and former high school athletic director confirmed. He was 28. Bech, whose younger brother played at TCU this past season, was injured after a man allegedly rammed a pickup truck into a crowd … Read more
49ers overreactions: Is Purdy really worth top-dollar contract? originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area One more game. That’s it. And the end cannot come soon enough for the 49ers and their frustrated fanbase. This has been a 2024 NFL season in which seemingly everything that could go wrong has gone wrong. The 49ers’ 40-34 … Read more