Week 1 of the NFL season, like most weeks, brought plenty of surprises. We saw boom performances from unexpected players and bust performances from several so-called studs. Things always feel magnified after the opening week because that’s all we have to evaluate. You should not overreact and try to trade away Joe Burrow or Ja’Marr Chase after one poor game. ...
There’s been a shift near the top of the USA TODAY Sports Super 25 football rankings: St. John Bosco’s (Bellflower, Calif.) victory over St. Frances Academy (Baltimore) pushed the west coast power into the top 3, with a chance to make a move toward No. 1 as the season progresses. Corner Canyon’s (Draper, Utah) big win over Liberty (Peoria, Ariz.) ...
The NFL is back – to being injured. We’re not even a week into the regular season and there are already a bunch of wounded players to monitor going foward. It doesn’t matter if you’re a star or a player just signed off the practice squad, the injury bug comes for all – and no repellent will prevent it. Some ...
Rodgers’ Steelers and Parsons’ Packers both collected statement wins in their debuts. Speaking of players on the move, Colts QB Daniel Jones managed something Peyton Manning never did for his new squad. Some high-profile rookies didn’t exactly light it up, though one propelled his team to victory. The 32 things we learned from Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season: ...
Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills mounted a 15-point comeback over the final four minutes of regulation to stun the Baltimore Ravens on ‘Sunday Night Football’ in Week 1 of the 2025 NFL season. The Bills scored on each of their final three drives to win the 41-40 shootout. They capped the miraculous comeback with a 32-yard field goal by ...
They’ve been nondescript and largely underwhelming all year. Suddenly, though, the New York Yankees have a puncher’s chance at a prime time spot in the playoffs. The Yankees finished off their season series with the first-place Toronto Blue Jays by winning two of three at Yankee Stadium and suddenly, with 19 games left in the season, are just two games ...
By the time Mike Quinlan arrived on the scene, people were running out on the mini-golf course looking for Caleb Williams. The Chicago Bears quarterback had shown up to Skokie Sports Park with a friend on the evening of July 15. Word had traveled fast. They arrived already wearing Bears jerseys, spilling out of cars before Williams had even made ...
AI-assisted summary Aaron Rodgers led the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 34-32 victory over his former team, the New York Jets. Aaron Rodgers led the Pittsburgh Steelers to a 34-32 comeback victory over his former team, the New York Jets. The 41-year-old quarterback threw for 244 yards and four touchdowns in his first game with the Steelers. Rodgers acknowledged he was ...
UCLA quarterback Pierce Clarkson has been suspended from the team after he was arrested on an unspecified felony charge. Clarkson was arrested by the Los Angeles Police Department at 12 p.m. local time on Friday, Sept. 5, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff online jail records. The charges against Clarkson were not released. UCLA said in a statement on ...
Resistance takes many forms. Sometimes it’s people taking to the streets in protest, as they did this weekend in Chicago and its suburbs. Sometimes it’s governors banding together to ensure their citizens have access to vaccines that have been thoroughly vetted, as the governors of California, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii have. And sometimes it’s ABC and ESPN not muting the ...