Kansas head coach Lance Leipold leads his team onto the field before an NCAA college football game against Missouri State Friday, Sept. 1, 2023, in Lawrence, Kan. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Former University of Wisconsin-Whitewater coach Lance Leipold is getting quite the raise as head football coach at the University of Kansas. Leipold signed an updated contract Wednesday that increased his …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter INDIANAPOLIS — Jared Verse admits he really shouldn’t be here. Go back five years, and he’s an undersized 215-pound defensive end, taking his only scholarship offer — from the University of Albany, where he’d redshirt his first year and play just four games his sophomore spring due to COVID-19. Now, Verse might be the first …

Chiefs receiver Mecole Hardman, whose tenure with the Jets didn’t last long last season, ripped his former team this week. On The Pivot Podcast published Tuesday, Hardman questioned the culture and criticized the offensive coaching staff, including offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett, as well as quarterback Aaron Rodgers. “Y’all can’t tell me about winning,” Hardman said on the episode. “I’ve been …

INDIANAPOLIS — Six NFL teams plan to submit a proposal to the league that will push the NFL trade deadline from Week 8 to Week 10. The Browns, Commanders, Eagles, Jets, Lions and 49ers are set to propose a later trade deadline that would, in effect, lead to an increase in trades in the NFL and, in reality, heighten drama …

INDIANAPOLIS–The only schools with more players represented at the NFL combine this week than Florida State’s 12 are the teams that played for the national championship: Michigan with 18 and Washington with 13. That could be viewed as another slap for a Seminoles team that was unbeaten but still left out of the four-team playoff. Georgia football walloped undermanned Florida …

Getty Images Aaron Rodgers is leaving no stones, or weights, unturned as he prepares for his 20th NFL season. The New York Jets quarterback looks “pretty jacked” as he continues to prepare for the upcoming season, according to renowned sportswriter/author Ian O’Connor.  O’Conner, whose upcoming book about Rodgers will be out this summer, specifically noted that Rodgers’ upper body looks noticeably …

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterFeb 28, 2024, 02:27 PM ET CloseKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The five former members of Hockey Canada’s 2018 World Junior championship team facing charges for allegedly sexually assaulting and attacking a woman had their request granted Tuesday for a trial by jury. Dillon Dube, Cal Foote, Alex Formenton, Carter Hart and …

As the presumptive No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft, Caleb Williams is on the precipice of a huge payday, with a lucrative contract that will come with the responsibility of being the new face of whatever franchise selects him. As it turns out, he wasn’t doing too poorly for himself in college, either. In a Wednesday story …

Elite edge rushers excited about potential of playing alongside Montez Sweat for Bears originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago INDIANAPOLIS — While all the focus at the 2024 NFL Scouting Combine is on the Bears and the No. 1 overall pick, Chicago has many other needs to address outside of quarterback. Head coach Matt Eberflus noted Tuesday that high atop …

Need a Pro Bowl quarterback, an All-Pro defensive lineman or a future Hall of Fame wide receiver? NFL teams could find one of these guys and plenty more star-quality players when the free agency period begins on March 13. Kirk Cousins, Chris Jones and Mike Evans are among the best players who will be available on the open market unless …

Kansas went 9-4 in 2023 and won a bowl game for the first time since the conclusion of the 2007 season. (Photo by Chris Coduto/Getty Images) Kansas now has one of the highest-paid football coaches in the Big 12. A decade ago, the sentence above would be incomprehensible. But in February of 2024, it’s one that makes perfect sense given …

Happy midweek, everyone! Free agency continues to approach, and John Breech is taking the day off to celebrate Tee Higgins’ temporary return to the Bengals, or so we think. In the meantime, you’ve got me, Cody Benjamin, to deliver the latest. This is the Pick Six newsletter. Now let’s get to it. (And please, do yourself a favor and make …

Taylor Swift went from “Shake it Off” to “Bake it Off.” Swift is a 14-time Grammy winner, has released 14 albums, including re-recordings, is set to release another album, The Tortured Poets Department, in April, and has had the No. 1 song 11 times. But not only is she one of the biggest stars in the world and an award-winning singer; she …

It appears increasingly likely that Zach Wilson’s time with the New York Jets has ended. The quarterback has received permission from the team to seek a trade, Jets general manager Joe Douglas told reporters Wednesday at the NFL Scouting Combine. It has been expected for quite some time that New York would part ways with Wilson this offseason. The Jets …

These second-year players are now just fitting into their Penn State football positions, roles and expectations — on and off the field. Some in this 2023 recruiting class figure to be future stars, beginning with spring practice in two weeks. A handful certainly will be relied on heavily during this season featuring a new, expanded Big Ten and College Football …