Larry Lage

Michigan State has hired former Northwestern coach Pat Fitzgerald to lead its football program. The announcement on Monday comes a day after the Spartans fired Jonathan Smith two seasons into his seven-year contract.

Jahmyr Gibbs and the Detroit Lions have beaten the Dallas Cowboys to help their playoff chances. Gibbs ran three touchdowns in Thursday night's 44-30 win.

Former Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore has been jailed, according to court records. He was detained on Wednesday, just hours after he was fired for what the university said was an “inappropriate relationship with a staff member.”

Michigan has quite a mess on its hands. Sherrone Moore spent the night in jail awaiting arraignment while college football’s winningest school suddenly started searching for a new coach to lead the Wolverines.

Prosecutors say fired University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore threatened to kill himself in front of a woman with whom he had been having an affair after she broke off the relationship and reported it to school officials.

The firm hired by Michigan to search for a football coach to replace Sherrone Moore has contacted representatives for Arizona State’s Kenny Dillingham and Missouri’s Eli Drinkwitz.

Michigan interim football coach Biff Poggi had a Zoom call with the program’s signees and their parents just hours after Sherrone Moore was fired last week.

Michigan has hired Kyle Whittingham as its football coach, giving the former Utah coach a five-year contract to replace the fired and disgraced Sherrone Moore.

By missing the NFL playoffs, the Detroit Lions did not meet their expectations or preseason predictions.

The Detroit Lions have reached out to Mike McDaniel about their offensive coordinator opening. That's according to a person familiar with the situation who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Thursday because the team’s interest in the former Miami Dolphins coach has not been pub