Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 10, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. SUNRISE, Fla. — Kyle Okposo doesn’t see himself as “the old guy without a Stanley Cup.” Even if everyone else does. “I don’t look at myself like I’m Joe Pavelski or all of these other guys that have been around for a long time. I …

After leading his team to the UFL title game, Wade Phillips made a point of singling out one of his opponents for praise. Phillips, head coach of the San Antonio Brahmas, spoke to St. Louis Battlehawks wide receiver Hakeem Butler while the TV cameras rolled and told Butler that he belongs in the NFL. “I’m going to tell everybody in …

The Oklahoma Sooners are still almost three months from beginning their first season in the SEC. Year 3 under head coach Brent Venables will be a crucial one, as OU tries to build upon a 10-3 record in 2023. With the dog days of summer and the college football calendar upon us, Athlon Sports is doing season previews for multiple …

Missouri State football will face challenges many have gone through before it transitions from FBS to FCS when it joins Conference USA next year. Every situation is different with some coming from having great FCS backgrounds to having immediate success in the FBS. Some had limited FCS success before finding more at the next levels. Some haven’t had as good …

Penn State football still needs a receiver, a running back and an offensive lineman to step up this summer. A perfect true freshman opportunity. While most of the Nittany Lions’ depth chart will be filled by returning, experienced players, there are a few glaring position needs to account for by any means possible in preseason camp. Which means the next …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti set a high bar for his staff in the spring portal window. The Hoosiers came out of spring camp with a laundry list of needs mostly on the defensive side of the ball after signing 22 transfers in the winter. “I’m looking for the best I can get,” Cignetti said, after IU’s spring game. …

The commitments keep rolling in for Rutgers football. One week after 10 prospects pledged to Greg Schiano and the Scarlet Knights, Rutgers landed two more commitments on Sunday as its 2025 recruiting class expanded to 20 players. June is typically a busy recruiting month – and that’s putting it mildly through the Scarlet Knights’ first two recruiting weekends of the …

TAUNTON— A very familiar face is taking charge of the Bristol-Plymouth varsity football team. Assistant coach Roger Saraiva has been selected as the next head coach of the Craftsmen, the fourth overall in the program’s over 50 year history. He succeeds longtime coach John Parris, who himself was promoted from assistant to head coach in 2008, who retired last month …

After committing to Rutgers football on Sunday afternoon, Gerrick Gordon has shut down his recruitment. His verbal over the weekend while on an official visit to the Big Ten program represents a significant recruiting win for the program. Rutgers fought off some stiff competition to land Gordon, who is a 6-foot-4 and 270-pound interior offensive lineman from Trinity Catholic (Ocala, …

Edge rusher Maxx Crosby entered the NFL as a fourth-round pick of the Raiders in 2019. He’s hoping to exit the NFL many years from now still with the Raiders. Crosby, 26, noted this week that there is something special about great players who play their entire career in one place. “The guys who inspire me are the Kobes [Bryant] …

Utah celebrates their 34-32 win against the USC Trojans at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News This article was first published in the Ute Insiders newsletter. Sign up to receive the newsletter in your inbox each Wednesday night. What are Big 12 coaches saying about the Utah Utes as they get …

The only issue Ohio State football has had in recruiting over the past few cycles has been on the offensive line. The Buckeye coaching staff is looking to correct that in the 2025 cycle, and one of those who could help is Indiana offensive tackle jackson lloyd. The 6-foot, 7-inch and 280-pound mauler was in Columbus over the weekend for …

Upon his arrival in Bloomington, Curt Cignetti overhauled IU football’s recruiting department. And so far, the Hoosiers are starting to see the fruits of their labor with 11 commitments in a 2025 recruiting class ranked in the top-40 by On3.com. After spending “90%” of his time on the transfer portal in his first months on the job, Cignetti has been …

Haason Reddick might . . . or might not show up for the team’s two-day mandatory minicamp this week. He isn’t saying. The Jets edge rusher declined to comment to Ryan Dunleavy of the New York Post during Reddick’s appearance at a Family Fun & Fitness day Sunday. The Jets haven’t seen Reddick since he passed his physical following a …

Georgia football’s latest commitment is a local product. Prince Avenue Christian defensive lineman Christian Garrett confirmed his pledge to the Bulldogs Sunday night on social media. “HOMETOWN LEGEND??,” Garrett reposted on X, formerly Twitter after Garrett told On3’s Hayes Fawcett he had committed. The 6 3 1/2 , 285-pound Garrett is rated as the nation’s No. 15 defensive lineman and …