Carson Wentz finds another job as backup quarterback originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Former Eagles first-round pick Carson Wentz has signed a one-year deal to join the Kansas City Chiefs, according to multiple reports. Bleacher Report’s Jordan Schultz first reported the signing. This will be the fifth team for Wentz in five years, dating back to his final season …
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Former Wisconsin 2025 commit Cody Haddad immediately receives crystal ball to Big Ten rival
Former Wisconsin football class of 2025 commit Cody Haddad received a crystal ball prediction to choose Ohio State on Monday afternoon. The prediction took no time after the promising athlete decommitted from the Badgers earlier that day. Haddad is 247Sports’ No. 527 player in the class of 2025, No. 37 athlete and No. 16 recruit from his home state of …
Read More »2024 NHL mock draft: Projecting the first 32 picks
Rachel Doerrie, ESPNApr 2, 2024, 07:30 AM ET CloseRachel Doerrie is a professional data consultant specializing in data communication and modelling. She’s worked in the NHL and consulted for professional teams across North American and Europe. She hosts the Staff & Graph Podcast and discusses sports from a data-driven perspective. The NHL season is coming to an end, with the …
Read More »NHL playoff standings: How high can the Predators climb?
Heading into the 2023-24 season, it was unclear what to make of the Nashville Predators. GM Barry Trotz had been busy in the offseason, and that included cutting ties with veteran centers Matt Duchene and Ryan Johansen. Andrew Brunette took over as the new head coach. The club hovered in the mushy middle for much of the season, then lost …
Read More »Thirty-six inches: One yard, and mail from an Ashland legend, impacted Tressel’s OSU career
ASHLAND — Basketball icon Bob Haas was four years into his Hall of Fame coaching career at Willard when a young man, fresh out of Baldwin-Wallace College, interviewed for the football post at the high school. His name was Jim Tressel. Puff out your chest, preferably while wearing one of his signature sweater vests, if you already knew that. NJ …
Read More »How Michigan football linebackers are ‘trying to get to that level’ of last year
Michigan football had seemingly every necessary ingredient last season en route to a 15-0 record and a national championship. A quarterback who may go in the top five later this month in the NFL draft was key. A running back who rewrote the program record book didn’t hurt either. Of course, those records were all set largely because of an …
Read More »NFL’s first senior British coach: Louis Rees-Zammit has impressed but combine does not mean much
Louis Rees-Zammit has joined back-to-back Super Bowl champions the Kansas City Chiefs – Alamy Live News It took 17 years of London NFL games and countless heroic failures from wannabe players but, at last, the British are coming to American football. There have been isolated success stories. Osi Umenyiora, born in London, won two Super Bowls with the New York …
Read More »Once overlooked, transfers are competing with Tennessee football’s prized recruits
Jermod McCoy was a high school wide receiver who signed with the only power conference school that offered him a scholarship in the 2023 class. A year later, he was among the most coveted cornerbacks in the transfer portal. McCoy chose Tennessee over Texas A&M, Auburn, Oregon, Washington and other schools who weren’t interested in him the first time around. …
Read More »Jeff Brohm’s offense delivered for Louisville football in Year 1. Cards coach expects more
Cartwheels, fourth-down conversions and trick plays during the 2023 Louisville football season were only a glimpse of what a Jeff Brohm-orchestrated offense can look like. In his first year coaching the Cardinals, Brohm had three months between his hiring and the beginning of spring football to keep the 2023 high school recruiting class together while assembling one of the country’s …
Read More »Vontae Davis, former NFL star, found dead in Miami home at age 35
Former NFL cornerback Vontae Davis has died at age 35. (Photo by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) Vontae Davis, former NFL cornerback for the Miami Dolphins, Indianapolis Colts and Buffalo Bills, has died, with all three teams confirming the news on Monday. He was 35, just two months short of his 36th birthday. We are heartbroken by the sudden …
Read More »WSU offers head coaching job to Montana State coach Matt Logie, per report
Apr. 1—PULLMAN — If Montana State coach Matt Logie wants the job at Washington State, it’s his. That’s the word from CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander, who reported Monday that WSU offered the job to Logie, who just wrapped up his first season with the Bobcats. Last season, they collected a 17-18 record, winning the Big Sky Conference tournament title and …
Read More »Saquon Barkley has joined Jalen Hurts for offseason workouts
New Eagles running back Saquon Barkley has wasted no time in getting to work with quarterback Jalen Hurts. Barkley posted a picture on social media showing himself and Hurts together on a football field last weekend, where they’ve begun their offseason work together. Hurts often organizes offseason work with other players on the Eagles’ offense, but this was his first …
Read More »Here’s what Florida State transfer DT Malcolm Ray adds to Rutgers football’s defense
PISCATAWAY – With so many defensive players returning for next season, Rutgers football doesn’t have many holes to fill or position battles to sort through. But the Scarlet Knights do have to replace two starters on the defensive line. Enter Malcolm Ray, who’s in the mix to help fill one of those spots. Ray transferred to Rutgers after spending five …
Read More »LSU makes top 12 for 2025 4-star WR Corey Simms
One of the top wide receivers in the 2025 recruiting class has narrowed his list of final schools down to just 12. Brian Kelly and the LSU Tigers are one of those 12. Corey Simms is a 6-foot-3, 185-pound, four-star wide receiver from Saint Louis where he plays for Christian Brothers High School. The Christian Brothers Cadets finished the 2023 …
Read More »Eagles, Jets announce Haason Reddick trade
Edge rusher Haason Reddick has officially been traded to the Jets. The Jets and Eagles both announced that the deal agreed to and reported widely last Friday has been processed. The Jets will send a conditional 2026 draft pick to the Eagles. It will be a second-round pick if Reddick plays 67.5% of the snaps this season and has at …
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