One of the top players committed to Rutgers football class is locked in for an official visit this weekend. Renick ‘Stretch’ Dorilas, a three-star defensive back, will be taking an official visit to Rutgers this weekend. He committed to Rutgers in March from a top five that included Tennessee, Penn State, Syracuse and West Virginia. He was recently offered by Miami. …
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Jack Jones says he’s a premier cornerback, and Raiders can have the NFL’s No. 1 defense
Last year the Patriots decided they’d seen enough of Jack Jones, waiving him in November. Jones was claimed by the Raiders, earned a spot in the starting lineup by the end of the season, and now has very high expectations for 2024. Jones thinks he’s one of the NFL’s best cornerbacks, playing on what could be the NFL’s best defense. …
Read More »Point spread revealed for Wisconsin football vs. USC Trojans in Week 5, 2024
Wisconsin football opens as 4.5-point underdogs in its Week 5, 2024 contest against the USC Trojans, odds via DraftKings Sportsbook. The game marks the start of Wisconsin’s gauntlet 2024 Big Ten schedule. That conference slate also includes contests at Iowa, vs. Nebraska, vs. Penn State and vs. Oregon. Related: Big Ten football 2024 schedule power rankings The Badgers will make their …
Read More »Josh Jacobs: I texted Davante Adams, asked if he’s thinking about coming back here
After speculation that he might want to be traded this offseason, wide receiver Davante Adams said in April that Las Vegas “is where I want to be” and that he would be playing somewhere else already if that were not the case. That didn’t stop a former teammate from making sure Adams wasn’t thinking about a return to old stomping …
Read More »Point spread revealed for Wisconsin football vs. Alabama Crimson Tide in Week 3, 2024
Wisconsin football opens as an 8-point underdog in its Week 3, 2024 contest against the Alabama Crimson Tide, odds via DraftKings Sportsbook. The game marks the beginning of the Badgers’ gauntlet 2024 schedule. The team faces Alabama in non-conference play before Big Ten matchups at USC, at Iowa, vs. Nebraska, vs. Penn State and vs. Oregon. Related: Big Ten football 2024 …
Read More »Free agent Yannick Ngakoue hopes to re-establish himself as a top edge rusher
Since leaving Jacksonville in free agency in the spring of 2020, edge rusher Yannick Ngakoue has played for five teams. He’s hoping to make it a sixth for this season. Ngakoue, though, remains a free agent. He made only four sacks and seven quarterback hits in 13 games in 2023 after signing a one-year, $10.5 million contract with the Bears. …
Read More »How friends Panarin, Bobrovsky changed the Rangers, Panthers
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 30, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Artemi Panarin and Sergei Bobrovsky were dancing. It was July 2019. The two had been teammates with the Columbus Blue Jackets, becoming close friends when Panarin was traded there from the Chicago Blackhawks in 2017. Their families are friends. Panarin is the godfather to Bobrovsky’s …
Read More »49ers sign WR Jauan Jennings to extension amid backdrop of Brandon Aiyuk negotiations
The San Francisco 49ers have a new deal with a wide receiver, but it’s not Brandon Aiyuk. The 49ers announced on Wednesday that they’ve signed Jauan Jennings to an extension to his rookie contract through the 2025 season. Per multiple reports, the deal is worth a guaranteed $10.5 million over the next two seasons and carries a maximum value of …
Read More »More SEC expansion coming? Why I’m listening to what Greg Sankey (doesn’t) say | Toppmeyer
MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla. – The SEC prominently projected its pinwheel logo featuring 16 school pennants onto a hotel wall this week throughout the conference’s spring meetings. It’s a visual reminder of Oklahoma and Texas joining the nation’s most powerful conference. Whose pennants will join that pinwheel next? I asked Commissioner Greg Sankey on Tuesday about the SEC’s appetite for further …
Read More »Allen Robinson is surprised the Steelers cut him, but found the right fit with the Giants
The Steelers traded for wide receiver Allen Robinson last year, and he started all 17 games for them. But in March, they cut him, and in May he signed with the Giants. Robinson didn’t expect that. Although his numbers — 34 catches for 280 yards and no touchdowns — were not good for a receiver who started 17 games, Robinson …
Read More »How friends Texas’ Chris Del Conte, OU’s Joe Castiglione decided on SEC move
OU athletic director Joe Castiglione speaks during a press conference in Norman on Monday, November 29, 2021. OU athletic director Joe Castiglione was seated across SEC personality Paul Finebaum on a beach in Destin, Florida, when a familiar face showed up. Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte, an arch rival but close confidant of Castiglione’s, joined the two on Finebaum’s …
Read More »How hot is Nick Sirianni’s hot seat? | The Exempt List
Yahoo Sports NFL writer Charles McDonald and ESPN’s Kevin Clark discuss Nick Sirianni’s hot seat in Philadelphia and why they’re surprised he’s still coaching the Eagles in 2024. Hear the full conversation on “The Exempt List with Charles McDonald” – part of the “Zero Blitz” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. View more Video …
Read More »How a football recruiting whirlwind landed this Princeville lineman at Illinois
Princeville native Kellen Francis has committed to play football for the University of Illinois. The former Princeville high school lineman started his college career at Butler Community College in Kansas. Kellen Francis can’t wait to play football in Champaign. The 2023 Princeville grad committed to join Illinois on Saturday, choosing the Fighting Illini over scholarship offers from Arkansas, Houston, Texas …
Read More »Doug Pederson: Trevor Lawrence is giving us ideas, really becoming a coach on the field
Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence is entering his fourth season, his third under head coach Doug Pederson. During his Tuesday press conference, Pederson said that Lawrence has done a good job progressing in his leadership, saying that the quarterback is “becoming the vocal leader in the locker room, on the field, in meetings.” “He’s engaging,” Pederson said. “When we got him …
Read More »USC football’s Pac-12 greatest hits — Arizona State
The USC Trojans welcomed Arizona State to the Pac-10 in 1978. ASU and Arizona turned the Pac-8 into the Pac-10. ASU had no interest in playing nice or thanking the Trojans for their newfound status as a Pac-10 member. The Devils knocked off USC in 1978, giving that Trojan team its only loss of the season. If ASU had not …
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