Brace yourselves, Giants fans. This might be a long year. You feel for Brian Daboll and Joe Schoen a little bit. They exceeded expectations with every possible lucky break of the football their first year, falling almost backward into a playoff appearance and victory over Minnesota. It gave a false sense of how close they were to contention. Last year, …

Of the 14 power conference schools that named new coaches during college football’s coaching carousel, three hired coordinators from other power conference schools. Most notable among them was Michigan, which promoted offensive coordinator Sherrone Moore after Jim Harbaugh left for the Los Angeles Chargers. Elsewhere, Duke landed Penn State defensive coordinator and former Miami head coach Manny Diaz, while Mississippi …

The defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs will raise their latest championship banner on Sept. 5, ahead of the first game of the 2024 NFL season. The Baltimore Ravens will be on the other sideline, hoping to get revenge against the team that beat them in the AFC Championship game last season. The Ravens fell, 17-10, in the conference title …

One of the most anticipated freshman signees is officially on campus at the University of Alabama. Five-star wide receiver Ryan Williams arrived over the weekend with the other summer enrollees set to join the rest of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team for summer workouts in preparation for the 2024 college football season. These young men are certainly part of …

Organized team activities have started around the NFL, and with these organized events, we get a look at the new faces in new places. Another fun facet of OTAs is that we see rookies take the field to practice with veterans. Plenty of first-year players are expected to make immediate impacts in 2024, but which ones appear to be making …

After jumping into the transfer portal for a second time since coming to Penn State, defensive lineman Davon Townley is officially on the move out of Happy Valley. Townley announced a commitment to his new school out of the transfer portal on Sunday. Townley announced he committed to Missouri State, an FCS program that will be making the move into …

Every year, the NFL standings are a showcase of the league’s parity. History tells us that at least a handful of playoff spots will change hands, regardless of the prior year’s results. The same can be said of the NFL’s eight divisions; in 2023, for example, half of them had different champions than the season before. So who’s best suited to keep …

Travis Kelce addressed Harrison Butker’s comments on this week’s episode of the “New Heights” podcast with his brother Jason. (AP Photo/Lachlan Cunningham) Travis Kelce was the latest member of the Kansas City Chiefs to respond to kicker Harrison Butker’s controversial commencement address at Benedictine College last week. On this week’s episode of the “New Heights” podcast that Kelce hosts with …

May 26—Steed Hill pointed to a collection of University of Georgia coins from the 1970s and ’80s that list the Bulldogs’ football schedules. “I’ve got these same ones,” Hill, who graduated from UGA’s pharmacy school in 1966 and was a pharmacist in Dalton for 48 years before retiring, said. “It brings me back.” The coins along with numerous other pieces …

For those who may not have their finger on the pulse of player movement in the NFL, let me be the first to tell you that it’s been a whirlwind of an offseason at the running back position. Several household names are now with new teams, which not only is poised to shake up your fantasy football drafts later this …

Wisconsin class of 2025 cornerback target Jayden Shipps will officially visit the Badgers the weekend of June 14. The program offered the three-star recruit on January 17. Shipps is a rising senior representing Archbishop Spalding High School in Maryland. 247Sports’ composite ranking has Shipps as the No. 1002 player in the class of 2025, No. 86 cornerback and No. 26 …

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMay 27, 2024, 07:40 AM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. DALLAS — Everything about Dylan Holloway and Darnell Nurse sitting next to each other on an elevated dais at the Western Conference finals said quite a bit before either one of them answered a single question. Between them, they represent so …

A new era of Texas A&M football is coming to College Station, as head coach Mike Elko and his staff welcomed the the 2024 recruiting class, led by five-star athlete Terry Bussey, as all 17 young men have officially arrived on campus to the chagrin of every Aggie fan. This offseason has seen significant strides in multiple areas, with Elko …

Alabama Crimson Tide football underwent a lot of change heading into the 2024 college football season. A new head coach, a new-look SEC, a refreshed roster and an expanded College Football Playoffs. One thing that Alabama fans can count on to stay the same is stating quarterback Jalen Milroe. The incumbent quarterback had a rocky start to the 2023 season. …

For the first time in a few years, scheduling won’t take center stage when the SEC powers that be converge in Miramar Beach, Florida. No, long-term scheduling hasn’t been decided. We don’t know if the SEC will play eight or nine conference games years down the road. That will have to be figured out, but much bigger issues and questions …