When a team doesn’t owns its own stadium, any effort to upgrade the venue can become a game of “mother may I?” In Green Bay, the Packers want the local stadium district to authorize payment of $3 million toward the building of a third locker room, at an estimated cost of $5 million. Via the Green Bay Press Gazette, the …

For the first time in nearly two decades, there will be a new coach roaming the sidelines of Bryant-Denny Stadium. Nick Saban, the legendary head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide football program, announced his retirement at the beginning of the 2024 offseason. Moving swiftly, Alabama athletic director Greg Byrne hired Kalen DeBoer, luring him away from the Washington Huskies …

Running back Gus Edwards was among the players the Los Angeles Chargers brought in to be a featured element of new head coach Jim Harbaugh’s offense. Furthermore, Edwards reunites with Greg Roman, his former offensive coordinator with the Baltimore Ravens who’s now the Chargers’ offensive coordinator. Coming to L.A. was a no-brainer for the 28-year-old back. “I just thought it …

The Chiefs took care of a little roster housekeeping before their offseason program gets underway next week. The team announced that they have re-signed guard Mike Caliendo and safety Nazeeh Johnson. Both players were tendered as exclusive rights free agents, which means they had no ability to negotiate with other clubs so there’s no surprise that they’re back in Kansas …

New Jersey Devils star forward Jack Hughes was ruled out of Tuesday’s game against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs due to an upper-body injury. Devils interim coach Travis Green would not specify how long that Hughes would be out of action. Hughes has a team-leading 27 goals and 74 points in 62 games this season for the Devils, who are …

With not much room left in Notre Dame football’s 2025 recruiting class, they have to be very picky at which position and prospect they want to add. Of the current 19 commits, the Irish have three current wide receivers in the fold and are looking like another one will join the trio. On Tuesday, two 247Sports Crystal Ball projections went …

After posting a career-best 9.0 sacks with the Ravens last year, linebacker Kyle Van Noy re-signed with Baltimore on a two-year deal last week. During his Tuesday pre-draft press conference, General Manager Eric DeCosta noted just how pleased the Ravens are to have Van Noy stick with the club. “Well first, we were very excited to bring Kyle back,” DeCosta …

Joel Klatt College Football Analyst The 2024 NFL Draft is fast approaching. In recent weeks, I’ve looked at the upcoming draft from all sorts of angles. I’ve ranked the top prospects at a few positions, I’ve conducted multiple mock drafts and I’ve shared which players I’m “planting my flag on” ahead of their perspective NFL careers. As we’re just over …

The much anticipated move to the SEC will come one day earlier as the University of Oklahoma announced a date change for their week one matchup with the Temple Owls. Originally slated to play on Saturday August 31, Joe Castiglione announced Oklahoma and ESPN have agreed to play the season opener on Friday night, August 30 at 6 p.m. CT. …

Kansas City Chiefs superfan, Xaviar Babudar (also known as Chiefsaholic), was already facing a 50-year prison sentence after pleading guilty to several bank robberies. Now, an Oklahoma judge has ordered Babudar to pay $10.8 million to Payton Garcia, a former bank teller Babudar threatened at gunpoint during a December 2022 bank robbery, according to ESPN.  According to the report, Babudar …

I’m thinking of this time of year as a relay race — the NCAA Tournament just passed the baton to The Masters and then, we’re up, baby! The 2024 NFL Draft will take center stage, literally in Detroit and will become the hub of the sports world for three glorious days in just a few weeks. It’s really not that …

USATSI Auburn University will be switching to Nike as its apparel and shoe provider once its current deal with Under Armour expires in July 2025, the school announced Tuesday. Auburn’s new deal with Nike covers 10 years and is set to make Auburn one of the highest-paid Nike-sponsored programs in the nation, according to 247Sports.  “We are excited to enter …

Geoff Schwartz FOX Sports Betting Analyst Even the two-time defending champions have needs.  The Kansas City Chiefs will look to three-peat come next NFL season, but first, there’s the 2024 NFL Draft.  And while every franchise chasing Patrick Mahomes, Andy Reid and the Chiefs will look to make big leaps via acquiring young talent, Kansas City will look to get …

Bears’ simple advice to Caleb Williams shows why QB shouldn’t have issue winning locker room originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Long before the Bears traded quarterback Justin Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers for a 2025 conditional sixth-round pick, the veterans inside the locker room were bracing for his departure and the arrival of a new signal-caller. Barring an unforeseen …

The New York Giants took a significant step backward in 2023, seeing their record drop from 9-7-1 in the first season of a new front-office regime to just 6-11 in the second year. They finished with the NFL’s sixth-worst record, and thus own the No. 6 overall pick in this month’s NFL Draft.  The Giants have been connected to players …