Unusual May FCS title game: South Dakota St vs Sam Houston
FRISCO, Texas (AP) — There are more twists to this FCS championship game than just being played in mid-May to wrap up a unique spring season. Top-seeded South Dakota State takes on No. 2 seed Sam Houston on Sunday, guaranteeing that one of the Football Championship Subdivision playoff regulars will become a first-time champion. This […]
Fifth-year options are a good measure of NFL draft classes
DENVER (AP) — Most NFL teams are getting their first glimpse of their 2021 draft class at rookie minicamps over the weekend. This year’s draft class is more intriguing than usual because of COVID-19, which resulted in numerous 2020 opt outs, the combine cancellation and a prohibition of teams interacting with prospects at pro days. […]
Highland Springs’ Gilliam becomes school’s first Gatorade Football Player of the Year
Senior defensive end Kelvin Gilliam became the first player in Highland Springs High School history to win the Gatorade Virginia Player of the Year Award. Committed to Oklahoma, the four-star recruit will look to put his school even more prominently on the map at the next level.
Fresh start: Steelers rookies understand high expectations
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kendrick Green grew up wearing No. 53. Still, the Pittsburgh Steelers rookie center wasn’t so sure if it would be available after the team selected him in the third round of the NFL draft. The number, after all, belonged to nine-time Pro Bowler Maurkice Pouncey for more than a decade until his […]
LaFleur on Rodgers: ‘We want him back in the worst way’
Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur reiterated his hope that he’d get to continue working with Aaron Rodgers this season while offering no news on the quarterback’s status. “I’ve got nothing new to update, and we still obviously feel the same way,” LaFleur said Friday after the opening workout of the Packers’ rookie minicamp. “We […]
Browns rookie LB Owusu-Koramoah brushes off heart concerns
BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Browns rookie linebacker Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah said he’s medically cleared and not concerned about a heart condition that may have caused some teams to pass on him in the NFL draft. Cleveland traded up in the second round to select the versatile Owusu-Koramoah, an AP first-team All-American from Notre Dame who was […]
Packers add QB depth with Bortles as Rodgers saga continues
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — The Green Bay Packers have signed Blake Bortles as they attempt to add quarterback depth while MVP Aaron Rodgers’ future with the team remains uncertain. Rodgers, who has reportedly expressed his desire not to return to Green Bay, had been one of two quarterbacks on the roster along with 2020 […]
Pac-12 picks MGM executive Kliavkoff as next commissioner
The Pac-12 hired George Kliavkoff to be the conference’s next commissioner on Thursday, replacing Larry Scott with another college sports outsider and charging him with rebuilding the league’s football brand. Kliavkoff has been the president of MGM Sports & Entertainment in Las Vegas since 2018. Michael H. Schill, the University of Oregon president and chairman […]
Unique, exhausting season reaches finale with FCS title game
The longest college football season in history comes to a close this weekend after a grueling, haphazard stretch that saw the Football Championship Subdivision push the majority of its games into the spring for the first time because of the pandemic. While Bowl Subdivision teams staged a shortened season last fall, the FCS took the […]
Cleveland’s Luke Wysong wins New Mexico Gatorade award
UNM commit Luke Wysong was named the Gatorade New Mexico Football Player of the Year after he made the most of a shortened season with the defending 6A state champion Cleveland Storm.