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Getty Images Christian McCaffrey didn’t play, but the San Francisco 49ers offense was not devoid of weapons Monday night, and that included at the running back position.  With McCaffrey out, the bulk of the 49ers’ carries has gone to Jordan Mason, a third-year player who made his first career start. While he hasn’t had a lot of […]

Netherlands will host Germany at the Johan Cruijff Arena on Tuesday for their second game of the UEFA Nations League. Both sides won their first games of the tournament against Hungary and Bosnia and are now tied at the top of Group 3 of League A. Tuesday’s clash will probably tell us who the leading […]

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo vowed after Spartans’ loss to North Carolina in the second round of the 2024 NCAA Tournament that he will get MSU back to a deeper run in the NCAA Tournament or that, “I’m going to die trying.” Izzo’s first crack at making good on that vow will come with a […]

Friends and family, including members of the Columbus Blue Jackets and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, gathered Monday to pay their respects to NHL star Johnny Gaudreau, who was killed in a cycling accident last month. During a heartfelt eulogy for her husband, Gaudreau’s wife, Meredith Gaudreau, revealed she is pregnant with the couple’s third child.  […]

The Green Bay Packers officially have their new starting quarterback… if Jordan Love is not cleared to play. With Love’s status up in the air with an MCL injury, the team will turn to Malik Willis for their Week 2 game against the Indianapolis Colts if needed, head coach Matt LaFleur announced Monday.  Love will […]

A rematch of this summer’s Copa America final headlines CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying action on Tuesday, when Argentina travel to Colombia with the hopes of extending their near-perfect start to qualification. Argentina will close out this month’s matches atop South America’s 10 team table even with a loss but face stiff competition from third place […]

Emotional rollercoaster on the football field is the best way to describe this game. At different times of this double overtime game fans of both schools had feelings of euphoria, anxiousness, bewilderment, and exuberance. Who would have thought the longest pass reception of the game would come from OSUs under used fullback Jake Schultz. Amazingly […]

After the biggest win of his coaching career, 16-14 at Notre Dame, Northern Illinois coach Thomas Hammock couldn’t help but think about what it took to get to this moment. All the hours, all the effort, the heartfelt one-on-one conversations to hold together a veteran-laden Northern Illinois team. In a world in which Group of […]

USATSI In a decision that caught much of the industry off-guard, Pittsburgh announced Monday that athletic director Heather Lyke was out, effective immediately.  “Upon her arrival at Pitt in 2017, Heather guided our program through a unique period in college athletics and we thank her for her leadership during that time,” Pitt chancellor Joan Gabel […]

September, the final month of MLB’s regular-season calendar, has arrived. That means baseball’s stretch drive is here, and MLB playoff races have started heating up. There are plenty of intriguing postseason races happening with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles and Houston Astros among the teams trying to secure their […]