BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football offensive lineman Carter Smith was one of the rare returning players on the team’s roster who didn’t get displaced by a transfer. He didn’t even have to fend off one to retain his starting job. Smith was penciled in the starting lineup at left tackle the minute he withdrew his name from the portal back in …

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker has no regrets about expressing his beliefs in a recent commencement speech, and he said he has received support as well as “a shocking level of hate” from others. Butker spoke Friday night at the Regina Caeli Academy Courage Under Fire Gala in Nashville, Tennessee. He made his first public comments since his controversial …

Over the last three years, Hollin Pierce has been a mainstay on the Rutgers football offensive line. Due to his play, he enters the 2024 campaign with high expectations after being named the No.98 best player in the country on the On3 Top 100 Players in College Football list. Since making his college debut in 2020, Pierce has been a …

The University of Utah campus, with Rice-Eccles Stadium in the foreground, in Salt Lake City on Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. | Ben B. Braun, Deseret News On Thursday, a huge step was taken to soon make college sports as we know them changed forever. The NCAA settled three lawsuits, including House vs. NCAA, and agreed to pay a nearly $2.8 …

May 25, 2024, 11:29 PM ET DALLAS — Mason Marchment scored for the first time since the playoff opener and the Dallas Stars defeated the Edmonton Oilers 3-1 on Saturday night to even the Western Conference Final at a game each. Marchment broke a tie at 3:41 of the third period when he deflected shot that went through the legs …

Where Purdy ranks among NFL QBs on third-, fourth-down conversions originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area NFL quarterbacks are judged on their ability to execute in high-leverage situations on third and fourth down — an area where 49ers star Brock Purdy excelled during his first full season as the starting signal-caller in San Francisco. Purdy finished second among all …

It’s been a long offseason, but one filled with a lot of very positive developments for the Ohio State football team. A bushel of NFL draft eligible players decided to come back, the Buckeyes nabbed some top-end talent in the transfer portal, and welcomed in a consensus top-five recruiting class. Still, it’s been quite a while since a real, live …

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and Charles Robinson discuss the interesting scenarios surrounding the Dallas Cowboys, Dak Prescott and Mike McCarthy this season. Hear the full conversation on the “Zero Blitz” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript D A particularly this year is one of the 100 things I’m most excited …

Warner shares ‘key’ to 49ers winning sixth Super Bowl originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers have come very close to winning a sixth Super Bowl in recent seasons, but is there a way San Francisco finally can get over the hump? Star linebacker Fred Warner believes it’s only a matter of time — and knows how the …

Penn State quarterback Drew Allar is entering his second season as the starting quarterback of the Nittany Lions in 2024. Allar has shown he has all of the tools to make some big things happen in the Penn State offense, but the 2023 season saw more than enough growing pains when it came to establishing consistency with his receivers. With …

May 25—A busy week for Silver Bluff High School’s football program wrapped up Saturday morning with what’s become a familiar — and fun — spectacle for current, former and future Bulldogs alike. Tarron Jackson’s third annual youth football camp capped the week, with nearly 80 kids receiving instructions from Jackson, some of his NFL friends and former Coastal Carolina teammates, …

The start of a new college football season is beginning to creep up on us already with the countdown to kickoff for Penn State recently entering double digits. Penn State has added a number of key players to the roster out of the transfer portal since the close of the 2023 season, and it has seen its share of players …

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterMay 25, 2024, 07:47 PM ET CloseKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — New York Rangers forward Jimmy Vesey is out, and has been classified as week-to-week with an upper body injury, coach Peter Laviolette said on Saturday. Vesey took a thundering hit from Florida Panthers’ forward Ryan Lomberg in …

Receiver Brandon Aiyuk was a no-show for the San Francisco 49ers’ organized team activities (OTAs) last week, which was expected as the two sides are navigating a contract dispute. Aiyuk and the 49ers reportedly aren’t close on agreeing to a contract extension, according to NFL Network’s Mike Garafolo. That has led to speculation that the fourth-year wideout will request a …

May 25, 2024, 07:41 PM ET SAGINAW, Mich. — Michael Simpson made 31 saves, Ruslan Gazizov scored twice and the London Knights opened Memorial Cup round-robin play with a 4-0 victory over the Drummondville Voltigeurs on Saturday. Oliver Bonk and Kasper Halttunen also scored for the Ontario Hockey League champion Knights. Riley Mercer stopped 17 shots for Drummondville, the Quebec …