Screenshot via ESPN/YouTube This explanation was too good. The San Francisco 49ers have a chance to win their fourth Super Bowl in franchise history, thanks to their 37-20 win over the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship. Afterwards, 49ers tight end George Kittle, who led the team in receiving yards in the regular season, met the media donning a shirt with a shirtless Jimmy Garoppolo on it: ... read more

Cary Edmondson-USA TODAY Sports Darrelle Revis criticized Richard Sherman. As is tradition, the 49ers CB responded in kind. Richard Sherman and Darrelle Revis are two of the best cornerbacks to take the field this millennium. They also don’t like each other very much. Revis called out the 49ers cornerback after he got beat on a Davante Adams deep route late in a 37-20 NFC title game win over the ... read more

Pop didn’t want to challenge a late foul call on Jimmy Butler until Hammon convinced him to go for it. The San Antonio Spurs were fighting off a comeback attempt from the Miami Heat in the final minutes of Sunday’s game when the NBA’s new coaching challenge rule came into play. As Jimmy Butler drove to the basket for the Heat and went for a layup, the refs called ... read more

Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images Utah committed to O’Neale with big dollars to keep him out of free agency this summer. The real pressure point is a couple of years down the road. The Utah Jazz gave defensive role player Royce O’Neale a four-year, $36 million extension. O’Neale is a third-year wing who signed with the Jazz out of Summer League in 2017 after going undrafted out of Baylor ... read more

Photo by David Eulitt/Getty Images The Super Bowl matchup is set, and Geoff Schwartz identifies one reason to believe in each team. Wow, folks. I’m emotional. This is awesome. For those who don’t know, my brother, Mitchell Schwartz, is the starting right tackle for the Kansas City Chiefs. And he’s now in the Super Bowl. How cool. I’m so happy for him and for his team. The Chiefs ... read more

Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports The NFL’s had plenty of blue vs. blue Super Bowls. Red vs. red is a first. For the first time ever, two teams with red as a primary color will meet in Super Bowl 54. That’s fitting, considering both teams are red-hot as double-digit winners in all of their playoff games. The Kansas City Chiefs wear red and white with a little bit of yellow. ... read more

Photo by Icon Sportswire Kansas City hasn’t won the Super Bowl in 50 years, while it’s been 25 years for San Francisco. The Super Bowl LIV matchup is set. On Feb. 2, the Kansas City Chiefs will meet the San Francisco 49ers at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami. Both of these franchises have Super Bowl histories, though it’s been a long time since either has hoisted the Lombardi Trophy. ... read more

Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports We did not get a terrible no-call in this year’s Conference Championship Round, but we did kind of get a buttfumble. Thank goodness we didn’t have another Conference Championship Weekend like last year. One moment in each game created a ripple effect that sent the Patriots (Dee Ford offsides!) and the Rams (that was PI!) to the Super Bowl, where they wasted our time ... read more

George Kittle has been the 49ers’ best playmaker in 2019. Kittle is one of the most exciting tight ends in the NFL, and he will be crucial to the 49ers’ Super Bowl. The San Francisco 49ers are in the Super Bowl, where they’ll face the Kansas City Chiefs, and that’s thanks in large part to the play of George Kittle. The third-year tight end out of Iowa can do ... read more

From the forgettable (Earl Morrall and Chris Chandler) to the GOATs (Tom Brady and Joe Montana). Coming into 2020, 61 different quarterbacks had started 53 different Super Bowls. At Super Bowl 54, we’ll get two big game debutantes trying to push their storied franchises back to glory. Patrick Mahomes’ Chiefs will take on Jimmy Garoppolo’s 49ers in Miami, a game that will either give San Francisco its first NFL ... read more

Three defensive coaches are leaving Wyoming to take a job at Washington State. Among them is Jake Dickert, who will be the new defensive coordinator for the Cougars. ... read more

A total of 111 underclassmen declaring for the 2020 NFL Draft would be a new record for the draft. ... read more

Taylor Stubblefield, who played at Purdue, is joining the Penn State coaching staff as a receivers coach. ... read more

Conflicting reports over the transfer decision of former Houston quarterback D'Eriq King popped up Sunday morning. One says he is heading to Miami, while another quotes King of saying he is still weighing a few more options. ... read more

Florida International's James Morgan, Charlotte's Benny LeMay and Navy's Malcolm Perry led the way as the East beat the West in the Shrine Bowl on Saturday. ... read more