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Read More »Monthly Archives: May 2024
5 questions for another glimpse at Eagles’ 2024 OTAs
5 questions for another glimpse at Eagles’ 2024 OTAs originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles are back at OTAs this week to wrap up their voluntary offseason before next week’s mandatory minicamp. Access is limited for reporters to just two of six sessions. We were there one day last week and will be back for Thursday’s session at …
Read More »NFL’s post-June 1 deadline: Biggest remaining needs for 2024 contenders, plus top cut and trade candidates
By this point in the NFL offseason, most teams are finished making sweeping changes to their rosters. But another key catalyst for potential change is fast approaching, with June 1 marking the date when many player contracts can more easily be traded or terminated. With that in mind, here’s a look at the biggest remaining needs for some of the …
Read More »Remembering Colorado football’s last matchup with Cincinnati
You’ll have to stretch your memory to remember the last time the Colorado Buffaloes matched up with the Cincinnati Bearcats. That will soon change, however, now that the two teams share a conference in the Big 12. The only other time Colorado and Cincinnati met was in 1972. Colorado was coming off a 10-2 campaign in 1971 that saw the …
Read More »NFL divisional rankings post-free agency and draft: AFC North remains supreme; NFC North takes huge leap
Prognosticating which division is going to be the best in the NFL heading into the season is a tough chore, yet it was clear the best division last season was the AFC North. The only division where every team finished over .500 since the 1935 NFL West, the AFC North lapped the field in 2023. Will that be the case …
Read More »Florida president on ending walk-ons: ‘Killing Rudy solves nothing’
DESTIN — SEC football coaches and administrators spent the last two days discussing the possibility of smaller NCAA rosters and, perhaps, the elimination of walk-ons. At least one powerbroker doesn’t understand it. “Killing Rudy solves nothing,” University of Florida president Ben Sasse said. “Don’t rob athletes of joy, and don’t rob fans of drama.” The issue stems from the impending …
Read More »Khalil Shakir: Everybody eats in Bills offense this year
The departures of wide receivers Stefon Diggs and Gabe Davis this offseason put the Bills on a new course offensively for 2024. Offensive coordinator Joe Brady emphasized quarterback Josh Allen’s role as the central piece of that offense when he spoke to reporters this week and other members of the unit are embracing the varied ways that Allen will be …
Read More »Rutgers football set to host three-star commit Renick Dorilas
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. …
Read More »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 …
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