TAMPA — In the wake of the most successful fall and winter sports seasons in recent USF history, the school appears poised to reward the first-year coaches who helped orchestrate those seven surreal months. USF athletic director Michael Kelly confirmed Monday talks are ongoing to revise the six-year deals of football coach Alex Golesh and men’s basketball coach Amir Abdur-Rahim. …

The 49ers made a mistake last year when calculating total player payroll. And they’re going to pay for it. Via Matt Maiocco of NBC Sports Bay Area, the 49ers will lose a 2025 fifth-round pick and have a reduced 2024 fourth-round pick, due to “payroll accounting errors at the close of 2022 [that] resulted in a misreporting of the club’s …

Jesse Simonton of On3 released his power rankings of the top head coaches in the SEC. Where does Brian Kelly rank out of the 16 head coaches in the conference? Kelly comes in as the No. 2 head coach in the conference. That only puts him behind one man, Kirby Smart. This is fair because Kirby is not far removed …

The 49ers announced a number of previously reported free agent signings on Monday and they also announced one unreported one. Offensive lineman Brandon Parker has joined the team. The team said it is a one-year deal and did not announce any other terms. Parker was a Raiders third-round pick in 2018 and he played in 60 games during his time …

Trojans coach Lincoln Riley has plenty of work to do this spring with nearly a dozen starters to replace on offense and defense. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) After a disappointing 8-5 season salvaged only by a morale-boosting bowl win, USC opens spring practice Tuesday surrounded by more skepticism than optimism. The Trojans have to replace 12 starters on …

The Dolphins have re-signed defensive tackle Da’Shawn Hand, the team announced. Hand appeared in 16 games for Miami last season, totaling 17 tackles, a sack and two passes defensed. He saw action on 198 defensive snaps and 45 on special teams. Hand, a fourth-round pick of the Lions in 2018, he has appeared in 47 career games with 11 starts. …

2025 three-star defensive tackle recruit Xavier Ukponu got offered by USC earlier this year. Things are heating up between the Texas native and the Trojans’ staff. Denton (Texas) Guyer High School prospect Xavier Ukponu holds offers from USC, Texas, Texas A&M, Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado, Florida, LSU, Oregon, Baylor, Oklahoma State, Cal and Kansas. The 6-foot-3, 290-pound lineman is the …

Free agency started eight days ago. Already, most of the best available players are spoken for. Our list of the 100 (plus a few) top free agents, as compiled by Charean Williams, has most of the players already signed with new teams, or tagged. By my count (which could be off because it’s early and I’m dumb), only 18 of …

The Georgia Bulldogs are continuing to heavily pursue five-star quarterback Julian Lewis, who is currently committed to the USC Trojans. Lewis recently attended a Georgia spring practice recently and has upcoming visits with Colorado (March 22) and USC (March 30). Lewis’ next trip to Georgia is set on May 31 and will be an official visit. The five-star prospect recently reclassified …

Defensive lineman Byron Cowart didn’t see any regular season action in 2023, but he’ll give it another shot in Chicago this year. The Bears announced that they’ve signed Cowart to their offseason roster. It is a one-year contract for Cowart. Cowart spent time with the Chiefs and Texans during last year’s offseason and then signed to the Dolphins practice squad …

Tim Kavanagh, ESPN.comMar 19, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseTim Kavanagh is a senior editor for ESPN digital editorial. He’s a native of upstate New York. Twenty-six of the NHL’s 32 teams will be in action tonight, including seven of eight in the Atlantic Division. The Florida Panthers are off until Thursday, but the results for everyone else will help the …

Greedy conference commissioners, television deals and college football’s moneymaking clout sparked such persistent realignment that we need a cheat sheet to identify what teams are in which conference. Rutgers and Southern Cal soon will be conference brethren, because, you know, Los Angeles and Piscataway, New Jersey, share a lot in common. The Big 12 spans from Orlando to Provo, Utah, …

The NFL announced before the Super Bowl that the Eagles will be the home team for the league’s Week One game in Brazil. One Browns player says the Browns will be the visiting team. Browns defensive tackle Maurice Hurst made the statement while appearing on the team’s Cleveland Browns Daily Show. “We’re playing in Brazil this year,” Hurst said. That …

LAWRENCE — Lance Leipold had an idea Scott Fuchs might leave college for the NFL one day. In February, Leipold recalled the conversation from when the two first met. Fuchs didn’t want to be a coordinator or a head coach, just the best offensive line coach he could be, hopefully in the NFL. So when Fuchs had the chance to …

Gibson explains what made Patriots a good fit for him in NFL free agency originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots didn’t make a huge splash during the first few days of NFL free agency, but one signing that could pay plenty of dividends next season is the addition of Antonio Gibson. The 25-year-old running back signed …