USATSI With the NFL Draft officially in the rearview mirror, there’s only one big event left on the NFL’s offseason calendar and that’s the release of the schedule. The only problem with this year’s release is that no one seems to have any idea when the schedule is actually going to come out.  Well, that was a problem, but it’s …

Rutgers football on Tuesday landed Ohio transfer offensive lineman Shedrick Rhodes Jr., the program announced on social media. Rhodes has already signed with the Scarlet Knights. The addition of Rhodes gives Rutgers some good competition for the starting right tackle spot, which returning linemen Reggie Sutton and Tyler Needham could also be in the mix for. Piscataway, NJ — April …

Joe Burrow threw some crisp passes in a team workout Tuesday and said rehabbing his surgically repaired right wrist is still a work in progress. The Bengals quarterback was cleared to throw about a month ago, but hasn’t been cleared for contact yet. He hopes to be fully ready to go by training camp. “I felt good the last couple …

Joe Collier, a longtime Denver Broncos defensive coordinator and mastermind behind the team’s famed “Orange Crush” defense, has died, the team announced on Tuesday. He was 91 years old.  Collier presided over three defenses that advanced to the Super Bowl during his time in Denver that spanned from 1972-88. Collier coached a bevy of Broncos defenders who are now in the …

Here’s when Bears, NFL schedules will be released: reports originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The NFL informed teams today that the highly-anticipated regular season schedule release will happen on Wednesday, May 15 at 7 p.m. (CT). Ben Fischer from Sports Business Journal was the first to report. NEWS: The full @NFL schedule is currently slated to be released at …

It seems like just yesterday, we were sitting on our couches watching Michigan and Washington battle it out for the CFP National Championship. We’re now preparing for the start of the 2024 regular season, an exciting time fans are increasingly eager for with Spring Games and transfer portal additions. The greatest headline to watch for the UNC football team, ahead …

CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks have re-signed forward Lukas Reichel to a two-year contract. The team announced the deal on Tuesday. It runs through the 2025-26 season with a $1.2 million cap hit. The Blackhawks were hoping for a breakout performance from Reichel this season, but he struggled with inconsistency for much of the year. Reichel, who turns 22 on …

If you’ve been waiting patiently for the NFL schedule to be released, you’re not going to have to wait much longer and that’s because it appears that the release date is now set. According to the Sports Business Journal, NFL teams have been informed in a memo that the 2024 schedule will be released on Wednesday, May 15, which makes …

As the Gophers have shown twice over the past three seasons, a team never can have enough running backs. On Tuesday, coach P.J. Fleck added another experienced back to his group. Jaren Mangham, a 6-2, 235-pounder who played the 2023 season at Michigan State, announced on X that he is transferring to Minnesota. The Gophers will be the fourth program …

Ben Arthur AFC South Reporter No other NFL team has received more hype than the Texans this offseason, and it’s easy to understand why.  Led by first-year coach DeMeco Ryans and C.J. Stroud, who had arguably the best rookie quarterback season in league history, Houston won 10 regular-season games in 2023 en route to its first division title in four …

Patriots GM search: Tracking news, rumors about open position originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots have begun their search for the next leader of their football operations department. Director of scouting Eliot Wolf has operated as New England’s de facto general manager since Bill Belichick’s departure in January. Wolf was the primary decision-maker during NFL free …

The Gophers football program added its third transfer running back of the offseason on Tuesday. Michigan State tailback Jaren Mangham confirmed his commitment to the U via the NCAA transfer portal. Mangham has totaled 1,332 yards on 344 carries (3.8 yards per carry) over five collegiate seasons — 2023 with Michigan State, 2021-21 with South Florida and 2019-20 with Colorado. …

The 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs are here! The NHL’s 32 teams are down to just eight left in the second round, after a thrilling first eight matchups in the first. Will the New York Rangers parlay their success in winning the Presidents’ Trophy to a championship — thus breaking the “curse” of that award? Are the Dallas Stars now the …

Kansas City Chiefs receiver Rashee Rice is suspected of assault in Dallas a little over a month after he was one of the speeding drivers in a chain-reaction crash that led to multiple charges, according to a newspaper report Tuesday. Law enforcement officials told The Dallas Morning News that Rice was suspected of assaulting a person at a downtown nightclub …

USATSI Shayanna Jenkins, the fiancée of late former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez and the mother of the couple’s child, responded to jokes directed at Hernandez during Netflix’s “The Roast of Tom Brady,” which aired Sunday. “It’s sad that I’m trying to raise my children in such a cruel world,” Jenkins told TMZ regarding her 11-year-old daughter. Hernandez was …