Things continue to improve for the Jay football team. Under the guidance of third-year head coach Brian Watson, there’s been growth – whether that be the literal team size, or play on the field. For the first time since 2018, the Royals posted a winning record during the 2023 campaign. The season ultimately ended with a heartbreaking loss to Northview …
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Stuart Skinner ‘great’ in return as Oilers force Game 7
Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMay 18, 2024, 11:50 PM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. He spent the week on the bench. But by Saturday, Stuart Skinner had the Edmonton Oilers a win away from their second Western Conference final in three years. Skinner returned to the net for the first time since Game 3 last …
Read More »Breaking down Eagles’ crowded CB room heading into OTAs
Breaking down Eagles’ crowded CB room heading into OTAs originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia As the Eagles prepare for OTAs to kick off next week, they have 14 cornerbacks on their 90-man roster. Fourteen! The Eagles secondary was a weak spot in 2023 and general manager Howie Roseman has thrown resources at the issue. And there’s going to be …
Read More »Can FSU RB Roydell Williams be a breakout star? College Football 25 seems to think so
EA Sports College Football 25 is just not coming fast enough. But while we wait, everyone is preordering their copy before the official release date, July 19. On Friday, EA Sports released a nearly two-minute video game trailer. Without blinking, it showed a glimpse of what looked like Florida State running back Roydell Williams attempting a spin move in slow …
Read More »Najee Harris has cleaned up diet and lost weight ahead of contract year
The Steelers passed on picking up their 2025 option on running back Najee Harris’s contract earlier this month and that sets Harris up for contract year in 2024. Harris is planning on going into that year at a lighter weight. The back has looked slimmer in pictures from Steelers workouts and his trainer Josh Scott told Brian Batko of the …
Read More »Florida offensive lineman Demetrius Campbell sets up a Rutgers football official visit
Demetrius Campbell, one of the top offensive tackle prospects in the nation is set for a Rutgers football official visit. On Saturday, Campbell posted about the Rutgers football official visit, although he did not announce a date for the visit. Ranked the No. 66 offensive tackle in the nation by 247Sports, Campbell is a bigtime, Power Five prospect. The 6-foot-6, …
Read More »Report: Tua Tagovailoa has been absent for most of Dolphins offseason work
A potential contract extension for Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has been a subject of conversation around the team this offseason and it appears that the lack of one is impacting Tagovailoa’s attendance at the team’s offseason program. The team posted a picture of Tagovailoa at the facility in the middle of April during an early workout, but Jonathan Jones of …
Read More »NCAA president: ‘A lot of work to be done’ on potential settlement of multibillion-dollar antitrust lawsuit
Amelia Island, Fla. — NCAA president Charlie Baker said there was “still a lot of work to be done” on a potential multibillion-dollar settlement of an antitrust lawsuit that could have a major impact on the future of college athletics. Amid multiple reports Monday that the NCAA and Power Four conferences were working to settle the NCAA v. House lawsuit …
Read More »Edmonton Oilers force Game 7 after blowing out Canucks
May 18, 2024, 11:50 PM ET EDMONTON, Alberta — Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had a goal and two assists, Connor McDavid added three assists and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Saturday night to avoid elimination and force a deciding Game 7 in their second-round playoff series. Dylan Holloway, Zach Hyman and Evander Kane also …
Read More »3 questions still facing Giants after 2024 NFL Draft
The Giants surprised most to make the playoffs two years ago. They regressed quite a bit last year. Now they head into year three of the Brian Daboll, Joe Schoen regime a bit of an anomaly. Normally, this is the year in a rebuild where a team takes a significant jump. The Giants, though, appear still stuck in the early …
Read More »Matt Sieg is the latest offer from Rutgers football
A Friday offer went out from Rutgers football to Matt Sieg, a class of 2026 prospect from Pennsylvania. Sieg is a four-star athlete and the No. 140 prospect in the nation according to 247Sports. In addition to Rutgers, he holds offers from Maryland, Michigan State, Nebraska, Penn State, Pittsburgh and Syracuse among others. He attends Fort Cherry High School (McDonald, …
Read More »Jared Goff praises Lions for rewarding their key players
It’s hard to build a good football team. At times, it isn’t. Here’s a pretty solid rule of thumb: Pay your key players. That’s apparently not as easy as it sounds. Plenty of teams draft or otherwise acquire a player who comes in and contributes at a high level. Then, when it’s time for the player to get paid, he …
Read More »Can Ohio State’s Jeremiah Smith, No. 1 recruit in 2024, set new standard for freshman receivers?
College football recruiting has vastly changed over the years, but one of the constants that’s remained is the weight of expectations on five-star recruits. The higher a recruit is ranked, the higher the expectations are that they’ll immediately become a difference-maker for their team — and perhaps leave conference championships and College Football Playoff appearances in their wake. In the …
Read More »Greenlaw shares encouraging update about his Achilles injury recovery
Greenlaw shares encouraging update about his Achilles injury recovery originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Dre Greenlaw’s 2023 NFL season came to an abrupt end after suffering a torn Achilles tendon in the 49ers’ Super Bowl LVIII loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, but the star linebacker is on the road to recovery. While speaking to NBC Sports Bay …
Read More »EA Sports releases gameplay trailer for EA Sports College Football 25
The march to the return of the fan-favorite video game franchise continued this week with a look at the first official gameplay trailer for EA Sports College Football 25. Penn State was featured in multiple shots within the trailer released by EA Sports. The long-awaited return of EA Sports’ college football video game franchise will be official later this summer …
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