Gone are the days when the Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals were battling atop the Metropolitan Division. But believe it or not, with the Capitals clinging to the East’s second wild-card spot, the Penguins aren’t entirely out of the running to make the Stanley Cup playoffs. Editor’s Picks 1 Related Heading into Thursday’s clash between the clubs (7 p.m. ET, …

Stefon Diggs has been on the NFL’s best receivers for a number of years. Photograph: Bryan M Bennett/Getty Images The Houston Texans appear to be gearing up for a Super Bowl challenge after a wildly successful rookie season from quarterback CJ Stroud with a trade for Stefon Diggs. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports that the Texans will send a 2025 second-round …

The Cowboys are bringing back one of their own free agents. According to multiple reports, Chuma Edoga will sign a one-year deal to return to Dallas. Edoga, 26, spent last year with the Cowboys. He appeared in all 17 games with six starts. He played 35 percent of Dallas’ offensive starts and 17 percent of special teams snaps. The Jets …

At the same time as Johncarlos Miller II was taking finals at Elon, his phone was blowing up with coaches trying to gain his services for next season. Schools such as Duke, Florida, Oklahoma State and many others were after the 6-foot-5 tight end in the transfer portal. Miller said when he put his name in to leave his FCS …

Bears General Manager Ryan Poles is planning to hold an in-house debate about which position to target with the ninth overall pick in the first round of this month’s draft and he named three positions that will be part of the conversation. Wide receiver, offensive tackle and defensive end were those three positions and head coach Matt Eberflus probably won’t …

With Jacksonville State football entering its fifth week of practice next week, the two new defensive hires have started to make an impact and have gathered early first impression of the Gamecocks. The bigger hire of the two by Rich Rodriguez was Luke Olson joining the staff at defensive coordinator after Zac Alley left to take the same role with …

The Houston Texans have come a long way in a year. At this time in 2023, they didn’t yet have quarterback C.J. Stroud and were considered one of the worst NFL teams. A lot has changed since then. The Texans had a fantastic season with rapid growth, and then made one of the biggest moves of the offseason Wednesday by …

Why are Jerod Mayo, Patriots delaying start of offseason workouts? originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The Atlanta Falcons officially began their offseason program Tuesday, with first-year head coach Raheem Morris laying out a detailed plan for the 2024 season in front of the entire team. The New England Patriots and first-year head coach Jerod Mayo didn’t do the same. …

One came from Elder High School’s “Pit, one from near Tampa, the other near Charlotte. All three came 109 miles from Ohio State’s “Horseshoe” to the University of Cincinnati’s intimate Nippert Stadium. The trio of Buckeyes-turned-Bearcats are Joe Royer, Kye Stokes and Evan Pryor. All three transfers could be head-turners in the upcoming season. Elder Panthers Luke Kandra and Joe …

Five wide receivers caught passes for the Bills in 2023. Four of them are now on other teams. Stefon Diggs led the Bills with 107 catches, 1,183 yards and eight touchdowns last season. He was traded to the Texans today. Gabriel Davis was the Bills’ No. 2 wide receiver in 2023, catching 45 passes for 746 yards and seven touchdowns. …

When Georgia football fans last saw Peyton Woodring, the kicker finished his freshman season on quite the groove after a rocky start to his college career. He’s still in a good rhythm, according to punter Brett Thorson this week. “He’s been kicking well,” Thorson said before Tuesday’s practice. “I don’t want to jinx him but he hasn’t missed one in …

Seahawks General Manager John Schneider said last week that interior offensive line is a “fairly obvious” need for the team and suggested that they’d look at both the draft and free agents as ways to address it. The draft is still a few weeks away, so the Seahawks are looking at the other route in the time being. Aaron Wilson …

Ohio State has hired longtime offensive line coach Tim Drevno as part of its support staff, the school confirmed Wednesday. Drevno, who will be a quality control coach for the Buckeyes, worked with Chip Kelly for the past three seasons at UCLA. He was let go last month by DeShaun Foster, who took over for the Bruins when Kelly left …

One of the top quarterbacks in this year’s draft has been spending time with a pair of teams in the AFC West this week. Per Ian Rapoport of NFL Media, former Washington QB Michael Penix Jr. took a pre-draft visit with the Broncos on Tuesday and is doing the same with the Raiders on Wednesday. Denver holds the No. 12 …

El Pasoans will always be the biggest contingent on the UTEP football team. Most of the 18 locals on the current roster going through this spring are walkons, not all will see the field, but some will. In many of these cases that will be the fulfillment of a dream held since watching the Miners years ago in the Sun …