One of the worst kept secrets around the Michigan football program is finally official. Don “Wink” Martindale has been named the team’s next defensive coordinator, the program officially announced in a release on Friday. Martindale, 60, was first reported to be set join U-M’s staff back on Feb. 9, and was seen in the crowd along with new head football …

DENVER — Valeri Nichushkin will return to the Avalanche lineup Friday against the Minnesota Wild after receiving care through the player assistance program, Colorado coach Jared Bednar said. It will be Nichushkin’s first game since Jan. 10. The 29-year-old Russian was the second Colorado player to take part in the joint NHLPA/NHL program this season after defenseman Samuel Girard. Nichushkin …

Getty Images All indications are the Chicago Bears plan to trade quarterback Justin Fields and select Caleb Williams atop the 2024 NFL Draft. But at least one former Pro Bowl signal-caller believes the team is bending to public pressure when it comes to evaluating Fields’ future, arguing the Bears would be better off building around their current quarterback than starting …

Mar. 8—Both national signing days have come and gone, but Ohio State apparently still wasn’t finished with its 2024 recruiting class. Australian punter Nick McLarty announced Friday morning he has committed to Ohio State. Per BuckeyeHuddle.com, McLarty is a 6-foot-7, 255-pounder who will enroll this summer and be part of the team this fall. Ohio State already had two punters …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter TAMPA — As it turns out, when Bucs general manager Jason Licht got the call Sunday night that free-agent-to-be Mike Evans had agreed to terms on a new deal to stay in Tampa, he was at a charity event hosted by Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper and talking with hockey legend Wayne Gretzky. Licht …

Lions linebacker and special teamer Jalen Reeves-Maybin has been elected president of the NFL Players Association. Reeves-Maybin succeeds former Browns center JC Tretter, who is concluding his second two-year term as president of the players’ union. The 29-year-old Reeves-Maybin had previously served as Vice President of the players’ union and was voted onto the NFLPA Executive Committee in 2022. He …

Emily Kaplan, ESPNMar 8, 2024, 01:59 PM ET CloseEmily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. The New Jersey Devils traded for Jake Allen as veteran goaltending insurance, sources told ESPN. The Devils are sending a conditional third-round pick to the Canadiens, who are retaining 50% of Allen’s $3.85 million salary. The draft pick could improve to a second-rounder based off …

It’s been exactly one month since Michigan football was revealed to be hiring former Baltimore Ravens and New York Giants defensive coordinator Don ‘Wink’ Martindale, whose defense was the archetype for those run in Ann Arbor under Mike Macdonald and Jesse Minter. Not too long after, the Wolverines were revealed to be bringing in former Wisconsin defensive line coach Greg …

The Pittsburgh Steelers are releasing veteran cornerback Patrick Peterson after one season with the team, according to ESPN. Parting ways with Peterson means the Steelers will save $6.5 million against the salary cap. If they kept him, Peterson would have accounted for $9.775 million against the salary cap. The team will have $2.925 million in dead money after the release. …

The Dallas Cowboys have reportedly reworked All-Pro right guard Zack Martin’s contract in order to open up salary cap space this year. This potentially allows them to spread a cap hit over the 2025 and 2026 seasons, if 2024 ends up being his final year with the team, per ESPN. The 33-year-old’s contract was set to expire after this season, …

A season of raised expectations ended with disappointment for Rutgers women’s basketball, who lost in the opening round of the Big Ten Tournament on Wednesday. The Scarlet Knights, in their second season under head coach Coquese Washington, finished the year 8-24 (2-14 Big Ten). There was hope that this year under Washington would see Rutgers take a step forward in …

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49ers re-sign OL Colton McKivitz to one-year, $7M contract originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers are bringing back a familiar face. San Francisco is re-signing Colton McKivitz to a one-year, $7 million contract, with 65 percent fully guaranteed, his agency AMDG Sports announced on Friday. 65 percent of $7 million is $4,550,000, with the deal coming on …

Memorable as it was off the field, Michigan State’s 2023 college football season is one its fans would understandably like to forget. As instability engulfed the program, the Spartans went 4-8, tied for their second-fewest wins in a full season since 1992. Through that struggle, though, Jonathan Smith saw promise. In an appearance this week on ESPN’s “College GameDay” podcast, …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMar 8, 2024, 01:22 PM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. The Nashville Predators acquired Arizona Coyotes winger Jason Zucker ahead of Friday’s NHL trade deadline as they seek to clinch a Western Conference playoff spot. The Coyotes acquired a 2024 sixth-round draft pick from Nashville that was originally owned by the Dallas Stars, sources said. …