Author: Mitch Lucas

NFL

Packers bludgeon banged-up Niners, 38-10

So, does Green Bay’s “revenge” win over San Francisco on Sunday at Lambeau Field really count as revenge from all those recent playoff losses, if the Niners didn’t have quarterback Brock Purdy, left tackle Trent Williams, linebacker Dre Greenlaw, defensive

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NFL

Cowboys top Commanders in wild finish

Leave it to the Dallas Cowboys to provide excitement when you absolutely least expect it, in a season where they haven’t provided much excitement at all. On the road Sunday facing longtime NFC East Division rival Washington, Dallas led, 27-26,

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NFL

Chiefs escape Carolina on walk-off FG

They say it’s better to be lucky than good. The Kansas City Chiefs, at least in the Patrick Mahomes era, have been a good bit of both. Mahomes had a Mahomes-like afternoon Sunday in Charlotte – three touchdown passes, two

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College

Heupel, Vols sink OU in SEC opener

If all of his homecomings are like the one Saturday, Josh Heupel might just buy a house in Norman. Heck, for all we know, he has one now. Heupel, who as the quarterback of the Oklahoma Sooners back in the

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Manning to start for injured Ewers

It’s likely not the start of a new era at the University of Texas. But it is the admission that quarterback Quinn Ewers cannot go. At least, not this week. Arch Manning will replace Ewers on Saturday for the first

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Rodgers, Jets’ D take care of Pats

Thursday night football became Thursday night blowout again on Amazon Prime – the victors were the New York Jets. The victims were the New England Patriots. And the man doing most of the damage: 40-year-old Aaron Rodgers, the Jets’ quarterback

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College

Milroe, Dart among SEC Players of the Week

From SECsports.com The Southeastern Conference Football Players of the Week: Sept. 16 Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe Jalen Milroe delivered a stellar performance in Alabama’s 42-10 victory at Wisconsin, accounting for five total touchdowns. Milroe completed 12 of 17 passes for

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San Francisco running back Jordan Mason (24), filling in for the injured Christian McCaffrey, runs past New York Jets safety Tony Adams during a "Monday Night Football" game Sept. 9 in Santa Clara, Calif. Mason and the 49ers won, 32-19. (Photo by GODOFREDO A. VASQUEZ, courtesy of THE ASSOCIATED PRESS)

CMC-less Niners win big over Jets

First, the story going into the first “Monday Night Football” game of the season was the return of quarterback Aaron Rodgers not just to the New York Jets lineup, after being injured in the season opener last year, but to

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TFB headed to Starkvegas on Saturday

Doing this for a living, we get to go a lot of places we enjoy. One of those places is Starkville, Mississippi, the home of the Mississippi State University Bulldogs. It’s the home of a great baseball tradition, great barbecue,

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