Community Picks: Kansas City 48% vs Tennessee 52%

The feel-good season for No. 14 Memphis plunged into uncertainty Friday after the school said second-year coach and former NBA star Penny Hardaway gave more than $11,000 to the family of top prospect James Wiseman, who got a court order allowing him to play while the university tries to restore his NCAA eligibility. Memphis issued an extraordinary statement less than an hour before the Tigers played Illinois-Chicago at home, saying Wiseman was going to be kept out of games based on interpretation of a rule by the NCAA until the temporary restraining order obtained by Wiseman's attorney Leslie Ballin late Friday afternoon. Continue to Article

November 09, 2019 4:01:am EST

The Minnesota Vikings will be without wide receiver Adam Thielen for their clash against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. Thielen suffered a hamstring injury during the Vikings' 26-23 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on November 3 and was ruled out of the meeting with the Cowboys. The 29-year-old has scored seven touchdowns for the Vikings (6-3) this season. Continue to Article

November 08, 2019 9:26:pm EST

Reigning NFL Most Valuable Player Patrick Mahomes will start for the Kansas City Chiefs at Tennessee on Sunday after missing two games with a dislocated right kneecap, coach Andy Reid said Friday. The 24-year-old quarterback increased his amount of work with the starters this week in anticipation he would be ready to face the Titans after suffering the injury October 17 in the first half of a 30-6 Kansas City win at Denver. Mahomes had been expected to miss at least three games but sat out only two, a 31-24 home loss to Green Bay and a 26-23 home win over Minnesota, before getting the call from Reid that he will start unless something unexpected happens. Continue to Article

November 08, 2019 4:02:pm EST

Here is a list of the five highest-paid head football coaches in the NFL today. Andy Reid (Kansas City Chiefs) Unfortunately, Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid is the only coach on this list that has yet to achieve the greatest accomplishment in sports, a Super Bowl victory. Still, for a man who earns $7.5 million a year and with a contract that runs until 2023, it is hard to feel too bad for this coaching legend. Continue to Article

November 08, 2019 2:28:am EST

The Oakland Raiders claimed a thrilling 26-24 win over the Los Angeles Chargers in the NFL on Thursday. A fourth-quarter touchdown from Josh Jacobs helped the Raiders (5-4) edge the Chargers (4-6) in a clash between two AFC West rivals. The Chargers had responded in the second quarter after a slow start, but they were unable to produce a late score as they suffered yet another narrow defeat. Continue to Article

November 07, 2019 11:55:pm EST