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49ers rout bumbling Bears to snap 3-game skid
Brock Purdy passed for 325 yards and two touchdowns, Isaac Guerendo ran for two scores and Leonard Floyd registered two sacks against his former team as the host San Francisco 49ers routed the skidding Chicago Bears 38-13 on Sunday in Santa Clara, Calif.,San Francisco (6-7) stopped a three-game losi...

49ers star defensive end Nick Bosa to miss third straight game
San Francisco 49ers star defensive end Nick Bosa will miss his third straight game after being downgraded to out for Sunday's contest against the Chicago Bears.,Bosa has been sidelined by hip and oblique injuries. He didn't practice at all this week.,Bosa has seven sacks in 10 games. He won the NFL ...

Unamused 49ers GM: Cool it with Kyle Shanahan 'hot seat' talk
Seven losses in a season is unfamiliar territory for the San Francisco 49ers. ,With two Super Bowl appearances in five seasons, general manager John Lynch openly admits the 49ers haven't earned the right to be called "as good" as the 2023 NFC championship group. ,San Francisco is 5-7 but only two ga...

Week 14 NFL Capsules
New Orleans Saints (4-8) at New York Giants (2-10), 1 p.m. ET, FOX,The Giants lost their seventh game in a row last week and New York is mathematically eliminated from the playoff race. New Orleans won its first two games under interim head coach Darren Rizzi before losing to the visiting Los Angele...

Bears bid to stop 6-game slide in clash vs. injury-riddled 49ers
A lengthy losing streak that has shown consistent confusion and a high-profile case of clock mismanagement ultimately deep-sixed Matt Eberflus as head coach of the Chicago Bears.,As the team prepares to close the season under interim coach Thomas Brown, rookie quarterback Caleb Williams knows he mus...

Injured 49ers star Christian McCaffrey: 'This wasn't my year'
Christian McCaffrey, at the premature end of a season that started late, too, waxed philosophical in a social media post on Wednesday.,The San Francisco 49ers running back, three days after tearing the posterior cruciate ligament in his right knee in the snow at Buffalo, wrote on Instagram, "This wa...

Take 5: Contenders flex, Tennessee State makes mark, is Florida ... back?
College football's ecosystem has undergone radical transformations since returning from the COVID-19 pandemic, not the least of which are the changes to recruiting.,The February National Signing Day already lost some of its significance as a major tentpole of the college football calendar. The intro...

Canada loaded with Lightning, U.S. with family ties for 4 Nations Face-Off
Tampa Bay Lightning forwards Brandon Hagel, Anthony Cirelli and Brayden Point will join head coach Jon Cooper on Team Canada, while two pairs of brothers will suit up for Team United States at the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off.,Rosters for the four-team event were revealed Wednesday. Finland and Sweden's ...

Finland, Sweden rosters heavy with Panthers for 4 Nations Face-Off
The defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers have four players on Team Finland - the most on that squad -- and one player on Team Sweden with full rosters announced Wednesday for the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off.,Rosters for the United States and Canada will be revealed later Wednesday for the tou...

49ers claim RB Israel Abanikanda off waivers from Jets
The San Francisco 49ers claimed running back Israel Abanikanda off waivers from the New York Jets on Tuesday, one day after placing running backs Christian McCaffrey and Jordan Mason on injured reserve.,The Jets released Abanikanda on Monday after adding Kene Nwangwu to the active roster. Nwagwu had...

49ers RBs Christian McCaffrey, Jordan Mason placed on IR
San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey and top backup Jordan Mason are being placed on injured reserve. ,McCaffrey left the snowy field in Buffalo on Sunday night after a 5-yard gain that was preceded by him heading to the sideline in apparent pain at the end of an 18-yard run. ,McCaff...

49ers RB Christian McCaffrey (knee) potentially out for season
San Francisco 49ers star running back Christian McCaffrey's season is in jeopardy after he sustained what is believed to be a posterior cruciate ligament injury in Sunday's 35-10 loss to the Buffalo Bills in Orchard Park, N.Y. ,"I think potentially (it's season-ending)," 49ers head coach Kyle Shanah...

Josh Allen makes TD history as Bills stomp on 49ers
Josh Allen became the first quarterback since 1970 to score a rushing touchdown, pass for a touchdown and have a scoring reception in the same game and the Buffalo Bills clinched the AFC East for the fifth consecutive season with a convincing 35-10 victory over the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday nigh...

49ers star RB Christian McCaffrey leaves game with knee injury
San Francisco 49ers star running back Christian McCaffrey departed Sunday night's snow game against the Buffalo Bills early in the second quarter due to a knee injury.,The 49ers originally listed McCaffrey as questionable to return shortly after he left the playing surface for further examination. H...

QB Brock Purdy active for 49ers against Bills
San Francisco quarterback Brock Purdy, after missing one game because of an ailing right shoulder, will start for the 49ers on Sunday night against the host Buffalo Bills.,Purdy was listed as questionable after being limited at practice Wednesday and Thursday but was a full participant on Friday and...

Surprising Oklahoma clips Louisville to earn Battle 4 Atlantis title
Jalon Moore matched his career high of 24 points to propel Oklahoma to a 69-64 win over Louisville and an unlikely title in the Battle 4 Atlantis on Friday in Paradise Island, Bahamas.,Glenn Taylor Jr. provided 12 points off the bench for Oklahoma (7-0), which was picked in the preseason to finish 1...

Banged-up 49ers hope to get well against soaring Bills
The Buffalo Bills might have a chance to clinch the AFC East on Sunday night when they battle the injury-decimated San Francisco 49ers at Orchard Park, N.Y.,Buffalo (9-2) has won six straight games and is on the verge of a fifth straight AFC East crown. If the Miami Dolphins lose to the Green Bay Pa...

Injuries pile up, 49ers uncertain QB Brock Purdy can return Sunday
San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy was limited with the right shoulder injury that sidelined him last week and there is growing concern about the long-term status of left tackle Trent Williams. ,Wednesday's practice was not the start to the NFL workweek head coach Kyle Shanahan had hoped af...

NWSL sees 6 percent increase in setting new attendance record
The NWSL set a new attendance record in 2024, according to a report from Sports Business Journal, as clubs averaged 11,250 fans in attendance, a six percent increase compared to the previous year.,This year, the league expanded to 14 teams, up from 12 in 2023, giving it an even bigger boost in overa...

Josh Jacobs, Packers roll over banged-up 49ers
Josh Jacobs rushed for 106 yards and three touchdowns and the defense forced three turnovers to lift the host Green Bay Packers to a 38-10 rout of the slumping San Francisco 49ers on Sunday.,Green Bay (8-3) avenged last season's playoff defeat to the reigning NFC champion 49ers, who lost their secon...