Once again, Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes are on opposite sides ahead of a major battle, but this one’s a bit different. The legendary quarterbacks shared separate hype videos for the Boston Celtics and Dallas Mavericks, ahead of Game 1 of the 2024 NBA Finals on Thursday. Brady, who won six Super Bowls with the New England Patriots, narrated the …

Receiver Mecole Hardman is returning to the Kansas City Chiefs. The six-year veteran has agreed to a one-year contract with the team, reports NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. Hardman signed with the New York Jets as a free agent before last season. However, he was a disappointment in five games, catching only one pass for six yards. The Jets traded him …

Longtime Wisconsin head coach Paul Chryst is no longer on the Texas coaching staff, according to a report from On3’s Inside Texas. Chryst was an offensive analyst and a special assistant to Longhorns head coach Steve Sarkisian during the 2023 season. Related: Where Paul Chryst, Jim Leonhard, Wisconsin football’s entire 2022 coaching staff is now It appears his agreement with Texas …

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterJun 6, 2024, 12:45 PM ET CloseKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The NHL’s newest franchise in Utah is close to choosing its name. Smith Entertainment Group — which owns the still-to-be-coined team — announced on Thursday the six potential nicknames Utah will take on before its inaugural season begins in 2024-25: Utah …

Getty Images We are right around the corner from training camp, which means the NFL offseason is about to become the NFL preseason. A total of 35 wide receivers were selected in the 2024 NFL Draft, the second-most drafted position this year behind the 36 cornerbacks selected.  You don’t have to be selected in the first round to make an …

Getty Images Just before the club opens up mandatory minicamp early next week, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are adding some depth to their wide receiver unit. The club has agreed to terms on a one-year deal with former New York Giants wideout Sterling Shepard, according to NFL Media. The financial terms were not immediately disclosed.  Up until this point, Shepard …

College football offseason talk is heating up as media outlets have been putting together their lists of what teams will be atop the sport if not their conferences. And while Michigan football is among the top teams in the country, just about no one expects a fourth straight Big Ten Championship. Part of that is the influx of new teams …

David Helman Dallas Cowboys Insider The hand-wringing always happens at this time of year, when there are no results to argue about. Spring in the NFL brings OTAs and mandatory minicamps, where teams are installing new schemes and players are getting their feet back underneath them. It’s several steps short of training camp practice, let alone the rigors of the …

49ers amazingly made eight players highest-paid at position since 2017 originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers know a thing or two about handing out historic NFL contracts. San Francisco has a plethora of stars on both sides of the ball and every year it seems they come to terms on a lucrative contract extension with one of …

When it comes to the 2024 college football season, no one is looking at the defending national champions. No, Georgia didn’t win it all last year, that honor belongs to Michigan football, but you’d think the Bulldogs were looking to get their fourth-straight championship. Their competition? It comes from either Eugene, Columbus, or Austin. But in Ann Arbor, many seem …

Getty Images The Dallas Mavericks and Boston Celtics will kick off the 2024 NBA Finals tonight, and both teams pulled out all the stops for their hype videos. Two of the greatest quarterbacks in the modern era, Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes, helped get the respective fan bases fired up for Game 1. Mahomes, who grew up outside Dallas, narrated …

Getty Images The Kansas City Chiefs were forced to postpone practice on Thursday after a medical emergency that occurred at the facility, the team announced.  The team didn’t offer very many details on the situation, but according to The Athletic, an unidentified player had to be taken to the hospital in an ambulance after suffering a medical emergency. According to …

Texas congressman Colin Allred might know the ins and outs of college athlete legislation better than anyone else on Capitol Hill. From 2001-05, Allred played linebacker at Baylor University and landed in the NFL for five seasons with the Tennessee Titans. He later went to law school and served in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development before winning …

The Giants are coming off a disappointing 6-11 season, looking to again resemble the team that won a playoff game in Minnesota two years ago. In this series, we’ll break down the depth chart for every position group heading into the 2024 season. This time, we’ll go in-depth at the linebacker spot… Projected depth chart* (*For the purpose of this …

Auburn football continues to make pushes on the recruiting trail, trying to land some of the nation’s top high school players for the future of the sport on the Plains. With many official visits having taken place last weekend, the Tigers are putting things into full motion more than ever. One major hope that head coach Hugh Freeze has is …