LAS VEGAS — If the NCAA is evaporating into irrelevance, it is not going away quietly. Not with Charlie Baker, the association’s 67-year-old president, who for a brief moment Monday took the “pulpit” out of bully pulpit.  “I was certainly trying to be calm and have a discussion [with Baker],” Collin Sherwin, college sports editor at DraftKings Network, told CBS …

The Pittsburgh Steelers have their QB1 at the moment. While the Steelers are only in mandatory minicamp, Russell Wilson is the leader in the clubhouse for the starting quarterback job.  “The standard is on the record. Russ is in the pole position,” Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith said Tuesday, via a transcript provided by the team. “It’s a competition. Obviously, …

In late March, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin put Russell Wilson in the “pole position” to win the starting quarterback job. On Tuesday, Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith reiterated that point. “Russ is in the pole position,” Smith said Tuesday, via Brooke Pryor of ESPN.com. “It’s a competition. Obviously, we get to Latrobe, I’m sure things will heat up, but both …

Ohio State football has no issues recruiting wide receivers, but it doesn’t always work out for the Buckeyes. Illinois 2026 wide receiver, Tayln Taylor, was set to make an official visit to Columbus later this month, but after he saw Georgia, a decision was made for the Bulldogs. Ohio State has one commitment in the class at the current moment, …

Jun 12, 2024, 11:30 AM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins hired former San Jose Sharks and New York Rangers head coach David Quinn as an assistant coach on Wednesday. Quinn, 57, joins assistants Mike Vellucci and Ty Hennes on head coach Mike Sullivan’s staff. Quinn will oversee the team’s defensive group. “David Quinn brings a wealth of coaching and developmental experience …

Tom Brady ceremony further proves Patriots are living in the past originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston What happens when the franchise notorious for only looking forward suddenly has nothing to look forward to? You get Tom Brady Night in June opposite the NBA Finals. Didn’t we just roast this guy? Didn’t he just ring the lighthouse bell? We did …

Can’t make it to a Florida A&M football game this season? No worries. Most of the defending Black College Football National Champions’ games will be televised during the 2024 season. The Southwestern Athletic Conference released its ESPN football schedule for 2024 on Wednesday. Eleven of the Rattlers’ 12 games will be on the network and its affiliates. FAMU’s opener versus …

Getty Images The Baltimore Ravens may have built the most formidable backfield in the NFL after signing former Tennessee Titans running back Derrick Henry to pair with two-time NFL MVP and dual-threat quarterback Lamar Jackson. Henry is a two-time NFL rushing yards and rushing touchdowns leader, former Offensive Player of the Year and became just the eighth player in league history …

Getty Images New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers missed Tuesday’s mandatory minicamp and he’s planning to skip even more as the veteran won’t be attending the team’s mandatory minicamp all week, according to The Athletic. The absences are not excused, according to Robert Saleh, who said Rodgers had a previously scheduled event that is “important to him.” The veteran will now …

Jun. 12—*** Better late than never, time for CWFS to chime in on the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame ballot, which was released last week. There is plenty to consider with the players, but two of the coaches listed should be locks. College football’s coaching GOAT Nick Saban in his first year of eligibility and should be the easiest …

The Carolina Panthers, by any measure, were awful last season. They got the No. 1 overall pick and earned it. Of course, they had already traded that pick away to the Chicago Bears. They went 2-15 and their two wins came by a combined four points. They were outscored by 180 points. And yet, the Panthers are the one team …

The college football teams with the best quarterbacks will enter any season ranked among best in the country. So it’s no surprise that when it comes to ranking the best quarterback rooms, the collection includes many of the teams expected to contend for championships in 2024.  Quarterback remains the most important position on the field, but the ability to remain …

Aerial attacks get most of the attention in the NFL for good reason, but I’ve got my eyes on three dynamic duos on the ground that could be giving defensive coordinators fits across the league in 2024. The three duos — Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry, Jalen Hurts and Saquon Barkley, plus Anthony Richardson and Jonathan Taylor — all have …

Getty Images Russell Wilson is 35 years old, about to play for his third different team in four years. Still, the quarterback is both confident and refreshed ahead of his Pittsburgh Steelers debut, telling reporters at minicamp he feels “revived.” “I feel the fountain of youth, man,” Wilson said, months after his release from the Denver Broncos. “I just feel revived …

Marvin Harrison Jr. has not been with the Arizona Cardinals for long, but in the short period of time, he has already impressed those in the building. The Cardinals selected Harrison No. 4 overall in the 2024 NFL Draft as the first non-QB taken off the board. The wide receiver out of Ohio State is expected to be a star …