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The 49ers still haven’t announced their starting quarterback for Monday night, but Nick Mullens beat them to the punch. Mullens told reporters Tuesday that 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan informed Mullens that he will start against the Giants. Mullens took first-team reps in practice Tuesday, followed by C.J. Beathard and Tom Savage. It does not come [more]

Star to miss Thunder-Cavaliers

Aric Almirola tells NASCAR.com: 'I think we both know where each of us stands.'

A fork-in-the-road after firing Joel Quenneville.

Saints receiver Michael Thomas went back in time for his touchdown celebration Sunday, and Titans safety Kevin Byard followed Monday night. Byard danced on the midfield star at AT&T Stadium after his end zone interception. He was joined by teammates. 49ers receiver Terrell Owens did the original midfield star celebration in 2000. He promptly was [more]

One of the storylines for this weekend’s game between the Patriots and the Titans will be cornerback Malcolm Butler facing the Patriots for the first time since leaving for Tennessee as a free agent. Butler didn’t play at all on defense in his last game with the Patriots and thoughts of his Super Bowl benching [more]

"The crowd is big for them and it's been a long time since they've been in the Champions League," said James Milner after the game.

The 49ers haven’t announced their starting quarterback for Monday night, but the first indication is that Nick Mullens is going to hang onto the job. According to Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports Bay Area, Mullens took the first reps in practice Tuesday, and was followed by C.J. Beathard and Tom Savage. While no coach wants [more]

The Dallas Cowboys last won a Super Bowl nearly 23 years ago. Since then, they haven’t even played for a berth in the Super Bowl, one of only three NFC teams (along with Washington and Detroit) to fail to qualify for conference title games. But the Cowboys still move the needle, generating gigantic ratings, selling [more]

Giants coach Pat Shurmur told reporters earlier today that quarterback Eli Manning‘s job was safe, but the more he talked about their meeting, the more clear it became that it’s a conditional status. Via Ryan Dunleavy of NJ.com, Shurmur made it clear that he had higher expectations for his veteran quarterback “I spoke to Eli a couple [more]

Other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?

The Lions parted ways with running back Ameer Abdullah on Tuesday and they also made a move that brought a former member of the backfield back for another stint. In the team’s announcement of Abdullah’s departure, they announced that they have signed running back Zach Zenner to the 53-man roster. Wide receiver Bruce Ellington also [more]

The CBA provision that potentially prevents the Steelers from re-tagging running back Le'Veon Bell at $14.54 million if he fails to show up in 2018 carries a more clear limitation regarding the transition tag for 2019. Article 10, Section 15(a) of the Collective Bargaining Agreement provides as follows: “If any Franchise Player does not play [more]

Ameer Abdullah‘s time in Detroit has come to an end. Abdullah, the former second-round draft pick who never became the kind of player the Lions thought he would, is being released today, according to Ian Rapoport of NFL Network. Although he showed promise as a rookie in 2015, Abdullah was limited by injuries to just [more]

Lions head coach Matt Patricia spoke to reporters on a conference call Tuesday and that meant he addressed Monday’s firing of special teams coordinator Joe Marciano for the first time. Marciano was hired by the Lions when Jim Caldwell was the head coach in 2015 and Patricia kept him on board when he took over [more]

In honor of Election Day, Tuesday’s PFT Live draft took a look at a very important question. Which NFL figures would make the best presidents? Peter King and yours truly picked three candidates each. One of mine was (mostly) tongue-in-cheek, one was dead serious, and one has very real potential based on the movement he [more]

Spurs have to win against PSV, while Inter host Barcelona and Atletico welcome Dortmund in a massive day of UCL action.

With offensive numbers exploding around the league over the first half of the season, it’s no surprise that there are a lot of players on pace for big numbers this season. That group includes the five quarterbacks currently on pace to throw for 5,000 yards. That’s the same number of players who have done it [more]

Ottawa isn't getting its wish about keeping things "in-house."

NFL Network will air two Saturday games on December 15 and December 22, and now the broadcast teams for those games have been announced. The league-owned network announced today that Curt Menefee, Nate Burleson, Steve Mariucci and Melissa Stark will call the Texans-Jets game in Week 15 and the Washington-Titans game in Week 16, while [more]

There are 38 cars on the preliminary Cup entry list.

Former GM didn't complain, though

Let’s assume that running back Le'Veon Bell doesn’t report to the Steelers and sign his franchise tender by next Tuesday at 4:00 p.m. ET. If/when that happens, the battle lines could be drawn for a CBA fight regarding the terms of a franchise tag that would be applied to Bell in 2019. Here’s the basic [more]

After rookie quarterback Kyle Lauletta was arrested and charged with offenses including eluding police and resisting arrest last week, Giants head coach Pat Shurmur promised there would be consequences. Those consequences will not include a suspension and whatever they entail will not be announced by Shurmur. The coach said Tuesday that any punishment will be [more]

The Patriots will get a chance to see one of their former running backs when they face Dion Lewis and the Titans in Week 10 and there’s an optimistic report about their chances of having rookie running back Sony Michel in the lineup for the game. Michel has missed the last two games after hurting [more]