GAINESVILLE — The value of spring football practice isn’t just seeing which newcomers look like early contributors or which veterans are playing their way into larger roles this fall. It’s the emergence of players you’ve never heard of who get a rare chance to shine. Players like Florida Gators edge rusher Tyreik Norwood. He’s a seventh-year senior from a 9,000-person …

AMES – Iowa State’s Tyler Miller remembers how daunting it was to start on the Cyclones’ offensive line for the first time as a redshirt freshman in the 2021 Cheez-It Bowl. Miller noticed two Clemson players coming off his side of the ball, but it was too late. He was supposed to call out to his teammates before the play …

Dante Moore put himself back on Oregon’s radar with a phone call to Dan Lanning in December. But the two didn’t talk football, at least not at first. The former UCLA quarterback, who was once committed to Lanning and the Ducks, reached out to the Oregon coach soon after entering the transfer portal when the 2023 regular season ended. “I …

The Western Conference does not officially have its eight playoff teams identified yet (though that could change after Friday night’s action). But even when that octet is confirmed, the seeding remains to be clarified. Heading into Friday’s five-game slate, the current matchups are as follows: C1 Dallas Stars vs. WC2 Vegas Golden KnightsC2 Winnipeg Jets vs. C3 Colorado AvalancheP1 Vancouver …

AUBURN — Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze met his own expectations for recruiting in the Class of 2024. Freeze’s goal was to reel in a top-10 class nationally, and with the help of a couple of signatures from notable prospects such as five-star receiver Cam Coleman and four-star defensive lineman Amaris Williams, the Tigers achieved that. The 54-year-old Freeze wasted …

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterApr 12, 2024, 07:30 AM ET CloseKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Less than a week remains in the 2023-24 NHL season, so we have a great sense of which teams overperformed, which teams underperformed and which teams were who we thought they were. For this week’s edition of the power rankings — …

On Oct. 3, 1995, at 1 p.m. ET, America stopped in its tracks. From living rooms to break rooms to classrooms, people huddled around televisions and radios to find out the fate of Orenthal James Simpson, a Hall of Fame running back-turned-charismatic television personality, movie actor and double murder defendant. Some 95 million people had tuned in to a low-speed …

At first, the idea of joining the same recruiting class was a source of amusement for DePaul Catholic High School teammates De’zie Jones and DeShawn Stewart. The Wayne, New Jersey, natives grew up together, played youth football together and eventually developed into key pieces for DePaul Catholic’s football team together. Their recruitment, however, was separate. “We would joke around and …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNApr 12, 2024, 07:45 AM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. The Stanley Cup Final is the grand finale of the NHL season. It’s just that some finales are a bit grander than others. Here are the 10 best possible Stanley Cup Final matchups in 2024, based on the teams that have a mathematically significant chance …

2023 record: 6-11, missed playoffs Draft picks per round 1st round: No. 72nd round: No. 384th round: No. 1065th round: No. 146 (from Vikings)6th round: No. 1827th round: No. 2277th round: No. 242 (from Eagles)7th round: No. 252 (from Chiefs) (Taylar Sievert/Yahoo Sports) Top needs Offensive tackleDefensive endCornerback The transition from Derrick Henry is official with Tony Pollard signed to …

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TAMPA — He scanned the offensive line depth chart he inherited and recoiled, like a steak lover staring at a veggie menu. Alex Golesh saw few appealing options, and nothing fulfilling. It was at that point, perhaps more than any other, that USF’s new coach understood he wasn’t facing a mere rebuild, but a wholesale reclamation. “We had to go …

2023 record: 8-9, missed playoffs Draft picks per round 1st round: No. 123rd round: No. 764th round: No. 121 (from Dolphins)5th round: No. 136 (from Panthers)5th round: No. 145 (from Jets)5th round: No. 1476th round: No. 203 (from Texans)6th round: No. 207 (from 49ers) (Taylar Sievert/Yahoo Sports) Top needs QuarterbackEDGEWide receiverCornerback After the offseason with the departure of Russell Wilson, …

STATE COLLEGE − Penn State football will rely on its ever-increasing talent depth to make a hopeful “playoff jump” in the expanded Big Ten in 2024. Which means Saturday’s Blue-White Game should highlight some rising standouts who could play key roles this fall − difference-making roles. This scrimmage will be about the “provers” on the team, those fighting to establish …

Video Details Dave Helman sits down with another NFL draft prospect, wide receiver Roman Wilson out of Michigan, on a special episode of the NFL on FOX Podcast! Dave and Roman discuss Roman’s background growing up in Hawaii and winning 38 straight high school football games before enrolling at Michigan for the COVID-19-shortened 2020 season. They also talk about Roman’s …