The shocking photograph was taken exactly one day before the execution of avid racist John William King for dragging a black man to death behind a truck in 1998. The horrifying murder is considered one of the most gruesome hate crimes in modern U.S. history. Kaepernick made national headlines in 2016 when he began kneeling during the national anthem to protest police brutality and racial inequality. “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” Kaepernick said to NFL....

And now the site where that information was listed appears to agree with her. The intrigue started Friday night when Nessa Dab, Kaepernick’s longtime girlfriend, tweeted her anger over Kaepnerick being listed as retired on his NFL.com player page. It appears she was tipped off by another user. Users replying to her post, in addition to staking out their usual uncharitable positions on Kaepernick, claimed the site regularly lists players who have been inactive a long time as retired even if they’ve never announced their retirement....

Before we start to look forward to the second half of the season, let's look back at some of the best moments of the first half—specifically, the best dunks of the season. MORE: Midseason All-Americans | Midseason All-Name All-Americans | Best buzzer-beaters Top Ten Dunks of the 2013-2014 Season: 10. Michael Qualls - Arkansas vs. Kentucky: Circumstantially, this was the most important dunk of the first half of the season....

The reigning national champions lead the Atlantic Coast Conference and improved to 8-0 this season after thrashing Boston College 59-7 in Week 9. It would take an upset of monumental proportions for the Tigers not to make it 9-0 when they host the Terriers on Saturday. Any matchup between an FBS program—the top tier of college football—and an FCS team is often hopelessly lopsided, even more so when the former is on a winning run that dates all the way back to January last year....

Why? Because making unpopular picks is a big part of winning office pool strategy. Every time an underrated team wins, whomever picked that team get an extra boost in the pool standings, relative to the risk they took in making the pick. Here are six teams – three favorites and three underdogs – that each offer a very attractive risk vs. reward profile in college bowl pick ’em contests this year....

Sporting News’ Bill Bender will pick all 40 games, beginning with the R+L Carrier New Orleans Bowl on Dec. 16 all the way to the College Football Playoff championship game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Jan. 8. The College Football Playoff semifinals also return to New Year’s Day with Oklahoma and Georgia the Rose Bowl Game and Clemson and Alabama at the Sugar Bowl. MORE: Where to Watch: fuboTV (7-day free trial)...

On Saturday, Baylor at Texas Tech, Louisiana at Louisiana Monroe, Arizona State at Arizona and Oklahoma State at TCU should all provide options to round out your lineups. WEEK 12 NFL DFS: Values | Stacks | Lineup Builder Your college DFS research should start by checking out the highest Vegas totals. That’s what the CFBDynasty writers do when putting together their college fantasy player rankings and college DFS rankings, as they know the higher the over/under, the more chances players have to rack up yards and touchdowns...

Here are two money-line picks for this week’s college football card: Mississippi State (3-0) @ LSU (3-0) The LSU Tigers head into Week 4 for their first SEC matchup of the year as they host the Mississippi State Bulldogs. Past trends are fully in favor of coach Les Miles and LSU. He is 9-0 against Mississippi State, while Bulldogs coach Dan Mullen has been within 10 points of the Tigers just once in five matchups....

Trust me, it could have been worse. In our Week 2 Picks Against the Spread, we whiffed on the first eight picks. That led to a 5-11 record ATS in Week 2, something we’re not proud of. Fortunately, Week 3 offers several chances at redemption, including three games involving ranked teams. No. 1 Alabama meets No. 11 Florida in a rematch of last year’s SEC championship game. No. 22 Auburn travels to No....

Wait, that’s not much of a defense, is it? Well, weak defense is kind of a theme for Alabama this fall. The Tide are allowing 335.4 yards per game, which ranks just 30th among teams in the Football Bowl Subdivision. They allowed 46 points to LSU in defeat, spotting the opposition a 33-13 halftime lead the Tigers were able to string out to the end of 60 minutes. MORE: What CFP committee’s placement of Georgia over Alabama really means...

USA Today first reported Wednesday the College Football Playoff moved the semifinals from New Year’s Eve after watching the ratings drop last season. CFP executive director Bill Hancock told USA Today, “We looked at the play, and we reversed the call.” MORE: Surprise contenders for CFP title | It’s difficult to go back-to-back Good move. Are we allowed to say that? The decision won’t affect this year’s CFP semifinals, but everything from 2017-18 on looks good....

There were no top-10 upsets in Week 8, but there were plenty of statements. Alabama, Penn State and TCU all covered big spreads and solidified their playoff position. MORE: It’s Penn State’s time to show it’s big-game ready There’s still a long way to go. Sporting News will break down the College Football Playoff picture each week, with the four teams we think are in and the field behind them....

That doesn’t mean there aren’t significant storylines to discuss, most notably the cancellation of Saturday’s meeting between No. 4 Ohio State (5-0) and Michigan (2-4). As it stands now, the Buckeyes don’t meet the Big Ten’s six-game requirement to make the conference championship game, raising questions of whether the league will amend its requirements to protect its one true Playoff-caliber team (there’s also the potential, if other games get canceled, for the Buckeyes to play a different team)....

After nearly a month-long hiatus, the top-four teams in the country will take the field on New Year’s Eve for the College Football Playoff semifinals. The action starts with No. 3 TCU vs. No. 2 Michigan at 4 p.m. EST in the Fiesta Bowl (Glendale, AZ), and wraps up with No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 1 Georgia at 8 p.m. EST in the Peach Bowl (Atlanta, GA). Below, find the full slate of odds along with my best bet for both games, and head over to SBD for the latest national championship odds....

It fell short of that goal in heart-breaking fashion Saturday, dropping the championship game in overtime to the Wildcats 31-28 to finish the regular season 12-1 and invite doubt about their College Football Playoff chances. With USC also losing on Friday, the discussion will be centered around Ohio State, Alabama, and TCU, who could still backdoor their way into the playoff. It will all come down to what the committee values....

The new trophy will replace the “crystal football” which had been given out to the BCS title game winner since its inception in 1998. The crystal football will live on to a degree however, as one will be part of the AFCA Coaches Trophy, awarded to the team that finishes No.1 in the Amway coaches poll. That trophy was also revealed on Monday. The national championship game at AT&T Stadium on Jan....

They’re still taking inventory in places like Michigan and Texas, ranked teams that lost on the road on Saturday. Washington and Miami fell in neutral-site games on opening weekend, and Florida State capped Week 1 with a home loss to Virginia Tech. Now, those five schools face almost impossible odds in getting back to the College Football Playoff after just one week. Was it worth stepping out? Miami coach Mark Richt tried to put the right spin on it after the Hurricanes’ 33-17 loss to LSU on Sunday, a game that led to a 14-spot jump up for the Tigers and the same drop down for the Hurricanes in the AP Poll....

There are no ranked teams facing each other, but two top-25 teams are playing rivalry games, with No. 13 Penn State welcoming Pitt and No. 19 Iowa visiting Iowa State. Here is the full schedule for teams in the AP Top 25 (all times Eastern). MORE: Watch select college football games with fuboTV (7-day free trial) College football schedule Week 2: What games are on today? Here’s the full schedule for Friday and Saturday’s top 25 college football games in Week 3, plus final scores and how to watch every game live....

The Sooners continued to live dangerously last week, scraping past Texas Christian University 28-24 just seven days after needing a record comeback to have the better of Baylor. Despite the close win, Oklahoma climbed up two spots to No. 7 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings. The inclusion of Oklahoma State—at No. 21—and Iowa State in the Top 25 means the Sooners could end the regular season as a one-loss team with three wins over ranked opponents....