Wednesday’s transaction report from the NFL brought word that the Chiefs have re-signed one of their practice squad wide receivers. The team has held onto Cornell Powell and he will be part of their 90-man offseason roster as a result. Powell joined the Chiefs as a 2021 fifth-round pick, but he failed to make the team and spent the year …

Answer this: Other than the money, why does anyone choose to coach at the major college football level when presented with an opportunity to do what you love in the NFL? Big-time college football has morphed into something a lot more than just the X’s and O’s on the practice field and putting them to work during games. Still, that …

Cornerback has been a revitalized position since Brent Venables was hired. Oklahoma has changed the caliber of athletes and the type of cornerbacks they have recruited. Venables’ hire of Jay Valai to take over as the cornerbacks’ coach has paid off in spades. The depth and talent in the room have been elevated tremendously in just a couple of years. …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. There’s a reason the top 10 centers are the final list we publish in the NHL Positional Rankings. It’s the most star-studded group of players in any of these rankings. One could do a top 30 of only NHL centers and still have significant snubs. …

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterFeb 22, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Perhaps the most significant moment in American hockey history is being immortalized in one of the most American ways possible. On Thursday, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum unveiled three officially licensed “Miracle on Ice” Team USA bobbleheads. The …

STARKVILLE — The recruitment and signing of 2024 high school prospects are complete for first-year Mississippi State football coach Jeff Lebby. However, the conclusion of national signing day on Feb. 7 only signaled the start of the next recruiting cycle. The 2025 class, barring any surprising head coaching change, will be the first one at Mississippi State where Lebby oversees …

Collin Brunstein’s dad, Kevin, believed he would make a good receiver. He nailed it on the head. Brunstein tore up the record books this past fall at NCAA Division III Illinois College. The 2020 Jacksonville graduate hauled in 91 catches for 2,200 yards and 31 touchdowns to lead all of NCAA as well as set Midwest Conference and school single-season …

Carson Beck’s first season as the starting quarterback for Georgia football produced an unbeaten regular season for a team coming off back-to-back national championships. His decision to return in 2024 rather than enter the NFL draft is viewed as a big boost for the Bulldogs. Sportsbooks are bullish on Beck. Caesars lists him as the Heisman Trophy betting favorite for …

Georgia running backs coach and run-game coordinator, Dell McGee, is expected to be Georgia State’s next head coach, according to a report by Graham Coffey of The Players’ Lounge late on Wednesday night. Multiple reports confirmed earlier on Wednesday that McGee was a “strong candidate” to replace Shawn Elliot, who left the Panthers in his seventh year to be tight …

A video of a Florida football recruit was posted this week. It will not make some people happy. It shows D’Antre Robinson, a defensive lineman from Orlando, giving his mother quite the Valentine’s Day surprise. “Welcome to your new house, Ma,” Robinson says as she walked through the door. He’s dangling a set of keys in his mother’s face, and …

Rutgers football landed a massive addition to its 2025 recruiting class last week when Matawan offensive lineman Jayden Elijah announced his commitment to Greg Schiano and the Scarlet Knights. Perhaps nobody knows more about the player Rutgers is getting than Jay Graber, Elijah’s high school coach who earlier this month took over at Brick Township. Simply put? Elijah already boasts …

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Arkansas football is gearing up for an exciting stretch of spring football. There will be a competition to determine the starting quarterback, and the Razorbacks will welcome a handful of new coaches, including the return of Bobby Petrino. The pressure is on head coach Sam Pittman to show meaningful improvements in 2024 after a disappointing 4-8 campaign …

Kyle Dvorchak breaks down the top free agents for every NFL team heading into the 2024 offseason. Arizona Cardinals WR Marquise Brown Traded to Arizona two offseasons ago, Brown hasn’t made the type of impact the Cardinals expected after spending a first-round pick to acquire him. He missed time in both seasons and his yards per game fell from 59 …

This could be a big week for Michael Hershey. The Spring Grove senior has the chance to win his first District 3 wrestling title Saturday. And he was the lone YAIAA football player named to the prestigious Big 33 Classic all-star game Wednesday. The game pits some of the top seniors from Pennsylvania against all-stars from Maryland. The 2024 Big …

Mike Sullivan will no longer be calling plays for the Steelers, and will no longer be their quarterbacks coach. But he will remain on the coaching staff. The Steelers now have Sullivan listed on their coaching roster as senior offensive assistant. Sullivan had been the Steelers’ quarterbacks coach for the last three seasons, and during the 2023 season he also …