Alabama softball is on its SEC bye weekend as it hosts Virginia Tech for a two-game slate at Rhoads Stadium this weekend. The No. 13/15 Crimson Tide come into the matchup following midweek wins against Samford (11-2, 5 innings) and UAB (4-3). They are facing a No. 12/16 Virginia Tech team that sits at 24-4-1 on the season and atop the …
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Shaq Barrett likes his chances of being first player to win Super Bowls with three teams
Shaq Barrett played for the Broncos when they won Super Bowl 50. Then Barrett played for the Buccaneers when they won Super Bowl LV. And now he likes his chances of winning another Super Bowl after signing with the Dolphins. “I like the potential of being a Super Bowl champion. I think this team has that potential for sure,” Barrett …
Read More »Can’t Wait For Saturday | Why won’t the SEC — and ACC for that matter — play a nine-game conference schedule? Inquiring minds want to know
Mar. 22—College football fans have been led to believe over the years that the SEC is all-powerful. A league without an equal. And that seems to make sense given the conference dominance on the biggest stage. Though it didn’t win it all this year, Georgia took the two previous national titles and Alabama and LSU have dominated for stretches. But …
Read More »Report: Titans’ trade for L’Jarius Sneed stymied by contract talks
The Chiefs gave cornerback L’Jarius Sneed permission to seek a trade on Feb. 28. More than three weeks later, nothing has changed. Nate Taylor of TheAthletic.com reports that the Chiefs and Titans had the framework for a trade last week, but Tennessee could not come to terms with Sneed on a long-term deal. The Chiefs placed the non-exclusive tag on …
Read More »Colorado still waiting on television deal for spring football game
During a press conference earlier this week, head coach Deion Sanders told the media that the Colorado Buffaloes are still waiting on a television rights deal for their 2024 spring football game on April 27. ESPN, which went live from Folsom Field last April, will be prioritizing the NFL draft, but Fox (or Fox Sports 1) and the Pac-12 Network …
Read More »Bills sign OL Will Clapp to a one-year deal
The Bills signed offensive lineman Will Clapp to a one-year deal, the team announced Friday. Clapp, 28, spent the past two seasons with the Chargers, playing 31 games with 14 starts in his time in Los Angeles. He saw action on a career-high 706 offensive snaps in a career-best 11 starts. Clapp entered the NFL as a seventh-round selection of …
Read More »Former NFL receiver Braylon Edwards says 80-year-old man he saved is out of hospital
Former Michigan wide receiver Braylon Edwards stepped in as an elder man was being attacked in a YMCA locker room. (AP Photo/Tony Ding) Braylon Edwards is happy to report “Mr. Khel” has been released from the hospital more than three weeks after he was attacked inside the Metro Detroit YMCA. The former NFL receiver, and star for the Michigan Wolverines, …
Read More »Despite playoff expectations, Caleb Williams isn’t Bear facing most pressure in 2024
Despite playoff expectations, Caleb Williams isn’t Bear facing most pressure in 2024 originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Barring a last-minute stunner, the Bears will select USC quarterback Caleb Williams with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and inject a heavy dose of NOS into a rebuild that is entering a new phase. Bears general manager …
Read More »Rutgers football offers ’27 Anthony Cartwright
Rutgers football became the latest program to officially get involved in with sophomore tight end Anthony Cartwright from Michigan. The Big Ten program offered Cartwright on Thursday. He is a class of 2027 recruit from Detroit Country Day School (Beverly Hills, Michigan). The offer from Rutgers is the latest in a recruitment that is certainly blowing up. Cartwright’s offer list …
Read More »Despite playoff expectations, Caleb Williams won’t be Bear facing most pressure in 2024
Despite playoff expectations, Caleb Williams won’t be Bear facing most pressure in 2024 originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Barring a last-minute stunner, the Bears will select USC quarterback Caleb Williams with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and inject a heavy dose of NOS into a rebuild that is entering a new phase. Bears general …
Read More »Jeremy Hathcock steps down as Blue Ridge football coach
Jeremy Hathcock may have his sights set on the Buckeye Verrado football job, after he resigned Friday as head coach at Lakeside Blue Ridge. Hathcock interviewed as a finalist for the Verrado job. An announcement could come Wednesday. Hathcock said he could not comment. He returned to his alma mater at Lakeside Blue Ridge in 2021 after leading Mesa Desert …
Read More »Joe Flacco: I’ll help Anthony Richardson simplify the game and play fast
Joe Flacco doesn’t have the same skill set that Anthony Richardson brings to the field with him, but the new Colts quarterback doesn’t think that will hinder his ability to have a hand in his new teammate’s progression as a player. Flacco agreed to terms with the Colts last week and he officially became a member of the team on …
Read More »Chargers GM Joe Hortiz on Keenan Allen: ‘I knew who I was trading’
Joe Hortiz knew he was going to be in for a rough first two months as general manager of the Los Angeles Chargers. Considering the salary cap situation he inherited, Hortiz is hoping that doesn’t repeat itself. “I don’t ever want to be in a situation like we were this year where you’re having to make hard decisions [about the …
Read More »And then what? Plans for Florida State, Clemson remain unclear if rivals successfully exit ACC
Florida State exploring a potential ACC exit was a curious move. After all, should the school even find a way to skirt around the conference’s grant of rights agreement, there’s not a clear path to wrangle itself into a higher payday in the SEC or Big Ten. Insiders do not believe adding Florida State to one of those conferences makes …
Read More »Jaguars new QB Mac Jones explains what led to him being traded from Patriots
Mac Jones wasn’t blindsided by the trade that sent him from the New England Patriots to the Jacksonville Jaguars. Actually, Jones saw it coming. Jones recently shared that he and the Patriots mutually agreed to part ways prior to the team sending him to the Jaguars in exchange for a sixth-round pick. The trade ended his three-year run with the …
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