Three long, dry decades. That’s how long it’s been since the San Francisco 49ers last won a Super Bowl. I always know when we’re close to the anniversary of Super Bowl XXIX, which was played on Jan.

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It started with Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports reporting that, effectively, the Wolverines are ready for a long battle with the NCAA over the allegations. Then, Illinois head football coach Bret ...

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A mantra that Jim Harbaugh also holds near and dear to his made-of-pigskin heart. Which is what these two men have been doing against each other for decades - competing - ever since Harbaugh was a ...

Now that Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh are in the same division again, get ready for more amazing battles between two coaches who have always made each other better. Coke and Pepsi. Ali and Frazier.

Pete Carroll is back. One year removed from being run outta town as the head man of the Seattle Seahawks, the peppy coach nicknamed "Big Balls Pete" is headed back to an NFL sideline as the new ...

After battling for supremacy in the Pac-10 and the NFC West, Carroll and Harbaugh are now set to square off in the AFC West.

In the NFL, the last true coaching rivalry we saw like this was the one between Pete Carroll and Jim Harbaugh from 2011 through 2014, when Carroll was the Seattle Seahawks' head coach, and ...

In addition, Michigan defended ex-head coach Jim Harbaugh, current head coach Sherrone Moore, other Michigan staffers and even Stalions on the matter. Per Dellenger: "In the 137-page document ...

He joined Harbaugh's staff in Baltimore a year later as a secondary coach and stayed in that role until 2011 when he was promoted to defensive coordinator. After his time with the Colts and the ...