The National Football League has teamed up with Roc Nation to release a 13 song playlist that will be featured throughout this 2024 NFL season. The Songs of the Season initiative continues to support the NFL's Inspire Change platform, aimed at advancing social justice efforts. Through Roc Nation distribution, fans...
Bills’ Hamlin Breathing on His Own, Joins Team via Video
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin is breathing on his own and able to talk after having his breathing tube removed, his agent said Friday — the latest step in his remarkable recovery in the four days since going into cardiac arrest and being resuscitated on the...
David Carr: Tedford Should Press Local Recruiting Advantage for Bulldogs
Just like the Red Wave, I'm excited to see Jeff Tedford return as Fresno State's head coach. Jeff is going to be great at bringing the school and community together because he understands that a football player at Fresno State needs to be tough, needs to be kind of hard...
Derek Carr Is the King of the Audacious Audibles in 2020
A byproduct of the NFL playing its games in front of few, if any, fans because of the novel coronavirus is that viewers can hear loud and clear all the quarterbacks hollering out their calls, cadences and credos. Along with all those audibles wrapped in super-secret code. And Derek Carr...
AP Source: NFL Probe 49ers for Possible COVID Violations
SANTA CLARA — The NFL and the union are investigating the San Francisco 49ers and receiver Kendrick Bourne for possible violations of the league’s coronavirus protocols. A person familiar with the investigation says the probe is looking into whether Bourne was wearing a face covering as required by the COVID-19...
49ers Get Back Into Groove Headed Into Showdown in Seattle
SANTA CLARA — When the San Francisco 49ers lost back-to-back home games to Philadelphia and Miami it appeared as if the season could be spiraling out of control for the defending NFC champions. Coach Kyle Shanahan saw enough glimmers of hope in those two losses to believe a turnaround was...
Fred Dean, 68, Fearsome Pass Rusher of 49ers’ Dynasty, Dies
SAN FRANCISCO — Fred Dean, the fearsome pass rusher who was a key part of the launch of the San Francisco 49ers' dynasty, has died. He was 68. His death on Wednesday night was confirmed Thursday by the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio. Dean was hospitalized last...
Unmasked: NFL Fines Coaches, Teams for Not Covering Faces
NFL coaches thumbed their collective — and exposed — noses at the NFL’s mask mandate in Week 2. The league responded with hefty fines of $100,000 per coach and $250,000 per club. The first three to get fined were Denver’s Vic Fangio, San Francisco’s Kyle Shanahan and Seattle’s Pete Carroll, according to...
Raiders Ready for Big Opening Act on Las Vegas Strip
LAS VEGAS — The Death Star comes alive for the first time Monday night in a prime-time debut that just a few years ago would have been unimaginable. The NFL in Sin City. Even the bookies in this gambling city would never have bet on this happening. It took a...
Rams Open SoFi Stadium in Style With 20-17 Win Over Cowboys
INGLEWOOD, Calif. — The Los Angeles Rams ran through their tunnel and into empty SoFi Stadium for the very first time amid sparkling fireworks, flashing lights and the prerecorded cheers of fans watching from home. So this isn't the Hollywood ending that anybody pictured on a landmark night for professional...