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just now (913+ words) Lane Kiffin announced Sunday he is leaving his one-loss Ole Miss team to become the coach at LSU, taking over a Tigers program that has won national titles under three of its previous four coaches. The move, disclosed by Kiffin on social media, comes two days after No. 6 Mississippi's 39-19 victory over Mississippi State in the rivals' annual Egg Bowl game that all but guaranteed the Rebels a playoff berth. "I was hoping to complete a historic six season run with this year's team by leading Ole Miss through the playoffs, capitalizing on the team's incredible success and their commitment to finish strong," Kiffin wrote, adding that he would maintained "guardrails in place to protect the program in any areas of concern." Kiffins said Ole Miss athletic director Keith Carter denied his request "despite the team also asking him to allow…...

just now (314+ words) Ahead of his own game tonight against the New Orleans Pelicans, LeBron James is keeping an eye on his hometown NFL team and its rookie quarterback. Shedeur Sanders is making his second career start for the Cleveland Browns Sunday, and his first at home. The Browns currently trail the San Francisco 49ers 17-8 in the fourth quarter on a dreary Ohio afternoon. Sanders has delivered one of his team's only highlights so far, which drew the attention of King James watching at home. With the Browns trailing 7-0 and less than a minute to play in the first half, Sanders faced a 2nd-and-9 from the 49ers 34-yard line. After taking the shotgun snap, the first-year signal caller calmly stepped up and delivered a strike down the left side to his fellow rookie, tight end Harold Fannin Jr. Fannin hauled in the pass with no…...

1+ min ago (132+ words) A pair of AFC West rivals meet up at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. on Sunday, Nov. 30 when the Los Angeles Chargers host the Las Vegas Raiders. The Chargers are 7-4 and coming off their bye, but the last time they took the field was a 35-6 blowout loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Quarterback Justin Herbert was held to 102 total yards with an interception. The Raiders 2-9 and are losers in each of their last five games. In Week 2, they hosted Los Angeles and lost 20-9 as Geno Smith had three interceptions. Who: Las Vegas Raiders vs. Los Angeles Chargers When: Sunday, Nov. 30 at 4:25 p.m. EST Where: SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif. Stream: DIRECTV (free trial); FuboTV; Paramount+ (free trial); NFL+...

1+ min ago (314+ words) The post Bills" Keon Coleman back vs. Steelers, but 2 key players inactive appeared first on ClutchPoints. The Buffalo Bills are looking to get back on track when they take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 13. However, Josh Allen won"t be throwing to two key targets. Both tight end Dalton Kincaid (hamstring) and wide receiver Joshua Palmer (ankle) have been ruled out, via Jay Skurksi of the Buffalo News. On the flip side, wide receiver Keon Coleman has made his return to the gameday roster. Coleman was initially a healthy inactive in Week 11 after missing a team meeting. Then, the Bills decided to keep him out of their Week 12 matchup as well. Perhaps two weeks on the sidelines has gotten the message across to Coleman. He"ll need to step up mightily with Kincaid and Palmer on the sidelines. Palmer…...

3+ min ago (346+ words) UPDATE:Pierre has been ruled out for the remainder of the game with a concussion, per Lauten. UPDATE: James Pierre has been ruled out the rest of today's game with a concussion. Our original story is below. Pittsburgh Steelers CB James Pierre suffered an injury in the second quarter of the team's Week 13 matchup against the Buffalo Bills. Pierre stayed down after a third-down stop and was attended to by trainers on the field. Per WPXI's Shelby Cassesse, Pierre walked off the field under his own power and headed to the blue medical tent after the play. James Pierre walks off the field after he was injured. He's headed to the blue tent. " Shelby Cassesse (@ShelbyCassesse) November 30, 2025 He returned for one play but later exited again in the third quarter, and per Steelers senior director of communications Burt Lauten, is…...

3+ min ago (286+ words) [T.J. Watt]The Buffalo Bills gashed the Pittsburgh Steelers on the ground Sunday. And primarily, it was on outside-zone runs, often to the right side, that beat the Steelers. Buffalo ran for 241 yards, with 124 of those yards coming on runs to the right end, per Pro Football Focus. After the game, T.J. Watt expressed frustration [] The Buffalo Bills gashed the Pittsburgh Steelers on the ground Sunday And primarily, it was on outside-zone runs, often to the right side, that beat the Steelers Buffalo ran for 241 yards, with 124 of those yards coming on runs to the right end, per Pro Football Focus After the game, T.J Watt expressed frustration at how much success the Bills had running the same play in their 26-7 win "I've never seen a team run the same play as much as they ran it tonight and have as much…...

3+ min ago (765+ words) No. 1 Ohio State and No. 2 Indiana, the only remaining unbeatens, are the top two teams for a seventh straight poll heading into their Big Ten title game clash on Saturday. No. 3 Georgia and No. 4 Oregon each moved up a spot, and Texas Tech's No. 5 ranking is its best since it spent three weeks at No. 2 in November 2008. Mississippi remained No. 6 and was followed by Texas A&M, which slipped four spots after its 10-point loss at Texas. Oklahoma, Notre Dame and Alabama rounded out the top 10 for the third straight week. The weekend results created two top-10 matchups in conference championship games this Saturday. Besides the Big Ten showdown, Georgia and Alabama will play for the Southeastern Conference crown. The other Top 25 matchup pits Texas Tech against No. 11 BYU in the Big 12. The Atlantic Coast Conference game matches No. 16 Virginia…...

3+ min ago (504+ words) They shutout the Minnesota Vikings 26-0 in week 13, and it seemed like everybody got in on the act for the Seattle Seahawks, everybody except the NFL's leading receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba. He was held to just two catches and a mere 28 yards from only four targets. All of those numbers represented season-worst marks for the Seahawks' star wide receiver, but Smith-Njigba explained what went wrong. Quarterback Sam Darnold was forced to look away from his go-to target because, as Bell pointed out, Smith-Njigba also credited "Flores' cloud and zone schemes shading to him for Vikings limiting him to season lows of 2 catches, 4 targets, 28 yards." Credits Brian Flores' cloud and zone schemes shading to him for Vikings limiting him to season lows of 2 catches, 4 targets, 28 yards This is uncharted territory for Smith-Njigba, but he can expect to see plenty more double coverage after…...

4+ min ago (301+ words) Lane Kiffin is officially leaving Ole Miss for LSU, and one analyst says he will bring the Tigers to the promised land. "Lane Kiffin will win a national championship in Baton Rouge," ESPN Insider Paul Finebaum said Sunday morning on "SportsCenter." Kiffin, 50, accepted a reported 7-year, $98 million offer to take over at SEC rival LSU. "I made the difficult decision to accept the head coaching position at LSU," he wrote, in part, in his official announcement. Ironically, Kiffin had a chance to win a national championship this season but won't coach Ole Miss in the College Football Playoff despite a desire to do so. "My request to do so was denied by [Ole Miss AD] Keith Carter despite the team also asking him to allow me to keep coaching them so they could better maintain their high level. of performance,…...

4+ min ago (139+ words) The Colts benefited from a questionable pass interference call against the Texans on their game-tying touchdown drive. The Texans, though, got one back on the ensuing drive. On third-and-15 from the Indianapolis 25, the play clock reached zero before the snap. Officials did not throw a flag, and C.J. Stroud threw a pass at Xavier Hutchinson, who was on the ground. Officials threw a flag on Kenny Moore for an 8-yard defensive pass interference penalty. Replays showed Moore did not interfere with Hutchinson. Four plays later, Nico Collins was in the end zone for a 7-yard touchdown. It appeared Ka'imi Fairbairn's extra point was wide left, but officials called it good. Houston leads 20-13 early in the fourth quarter. Stroud is 20-of-33 for 233 yards and an interception....