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Brian Daboll helped turn around the New York Giants during his first year as head coach, leading them to the playoffs and winning 2022 AP Coach of the Year honors. The Giants enter the 2023 season with raised expectations.  Friday’s preseason game was an opportunity for players to show Daboll …

There still is a small question mark as to who will start Week 1 for the San Francisco 49ers. Brock Purdy, the last pick of the 2022 NFL Draft, was called upon unexpectedly after not one, but two QBs ahead of him went down for the season with injuries. All …

Deion Sanders was hired as the next head coach of the Colorado Buffaloes football program in December, given the job of turning around a program that has won 10 games in a season just once in the past 21 years.  Sanders has gone about rebuilding the roster he inherited, using …

Given the uncertainty with their primary running back, the Las Vegas Raiders are seeking some insurance, signing veteran running back Damien Williams, his agent told ESPN Friday. Josh Jacobs, the league’s leading rusher last season, and the Raiders were unable to come to terms on a long-term deal before camp …

It has been more than seven months since Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin’s cardiac arrest during an NFL game.  In April, the 25-year-old was cleared to resume football activities, and he was a full participant during the Bills OTAs earlier this offseason.  After going through drills during training camp over …

The youngest son of NBA superstar LeBron James, Bryce James, is making a big change ahead of the 2023-24 high school basketball season.  The 16-year-old shooting guard announced he will transfer to Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California.  The high school junior shared his decision on X, formerly …

Two-time major champion Collin Morikawa on Thursday announced that he is donating $1,000 for every birdie he makes during the FedEx Cup Playoffs to help support those affected by the devastating wildfires tearing through Hawaii.  Morikawa, who has close ties to Maui, where most of the devastation has occurred, revealed …

The death of Tajh Boyd was not football-related, Liberty University football coach Jamey Chadwell confirmed on Friday. Boyd was 19. Chadwell added that the team learned of Boyd’s passing on Aug. 5. The 19-year-old was a Virginia native and was preparing to enter his freshman season with the football team. …

Caitlin Clark’s stardom has reached new levels.  The Iowa Hawkeyes basketball star took the sports world by storm during the 2022-23 women’s college basketball season, leading the Hawkeyes to a Final Four berth before losing to LSU in the national championship game.  Caitlin Clark, #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes, dribbles …

Rory McIlroy has been outspoken against Phil Mickelson and LIV Golf after the lefty joined the new league last year. Despite the PGA and the Public Investment Fund, which financially supports LIV, coming to a merger deal and Mickelson’s move to LIV now well over a year old, McIlroy is …