On Friday, Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly made a move that will enable the state to lure the Kansas City Chiefs as well as the MLB’s Kansas City Royals from Missouri, via ESPN. Kelly signed legislation that will help both professional sports teams pay for new stadiums if they indeed decide to change locations.  The Chiefs have had every intent to …

Defensive lineman Charles House chose Tennessee football over Georgia, committing to the Vols on Saturday. House is a 6-foot-3, 288-pounder from North Mecklenburg High in Charlotte, North Carolina. He is rated a three-star prospect and ranked the No. 63 defensive lineman and No. 609 player overall in the 2025 class by 247Sports Composite. Charles House, a defensive lineman from Charlotte, …

Jun. 22—CHAMPAIGN — Illinois turned its first big recruiting weekend in June into a trio of commitments from in-state, three-star recruit Cameron Brooks and a pair of three-star prospects out of Indianapolis in wide receiver Davion Chandler and defensive lineman Isaiah White. The dozen prospects Illinois hosted that first weekend in June included most of the program’s committed players, including …

Oklahoma Sooners head coach Brent Venables will be staying with the Sooners long-term. (Photo by Brian Bahr/Getty Images) The Oklahoma Sooners have locked up their leadership long-term: The Sooners agreed to a six-year contract with head coach Brent Venables, per ESPN’s Pete Thamel. The deal will be worth a little over $46 million, per multiple reports. Sources: Oklahoma has agreed …

2023 Stats (Rank) Points per game: 13.9 (31st)Total yards per game: 265.3 (32nd)Plays per game: 64.5 (9th)Pass Attempts + Sacks per game: 38.3 (10th)Dropback EPA per play: -0.16 (30th)Rush attempts per game: 26.2 (19th)Rush EPA per play: -0.16 (24th) Coaching Staff The Panthers shoved all their chips in on Bryce Young last year and paired him with veteran head coach …

One of Nebraska’s top defensive targets in the 2025 recruiting cycle, linebacker Dawson Merritt, is being projected to land with a top SEC program. Merritt is ranked as a four-star prospect throughout the primary recruiting services. Across the recruiting industry, experts are putting in FutureCasts, Crystal Balls, and RPMs for the Kansas native to land with the Alabama Crimson Tide. …

The betting odds says the Vikings are long shots to make the playoffs this season, but safety Camryn Bynum doesn’t see it that way. Bynum says that after looking across the field at offseason practices, he saw so much talent that he believes the Vikings are going to the Super Bowl. “I expect a Super Bowl. Everybody says that, and …

In a pleasant surprise, Oklahoma’s top target at quarterback for the 2026 recruiting class announced on Friday that he would be moving up his commitment timeline.. 2026 four-star QB Jaden O’Neal will announce his commitment on Monday, June 24. His commitment will be a part of the College Football Recruiting Show from 247Sports and can be streamed on YouTube. On …

The Steelers signed free agent receiver Jacob Copeland to a one-year contract, the team announced Friday. Copeland spent time on the Steelers’ practice squad in 2023. He originally signed with the Titans as an undrafted free agent following the 2023 draft. Tennessee cut him, and he later signed with the Vikings during training camp. Minnesota waived Copeland out of the …

Current Arizona Cardinals starting quarterback and former Oklahoma Sooners star Kyler Murray doesn’t seem fond of the Wisconsin football program. Not in a rivalry sense, or anything the Badgers have specifically done. But more so when putting himself in the shoes of a top quarterback recruit looking for a college destination. Related: Big Ten football offensive coordinator and defensive coordinator rankings …

Former Bears running back Darren Lewis died after a battle with cancer, Texas A&M announced Friday. He was 55. Lewis was a two-time All-American running back for the Aggies and the all-time leading rusher in both A&M and Southwest Conference history. Nicknamed Tank, his career total of 5,012 rushing yards broke the old SWC record of 4,450 yards set by …

Jun 21, 2024, 12:12 PM ET The Minnesota Wild acquired Graeme Clarke from the New Jersey Devils on Friday in exchange for fellow forward Adam Beckman. Both players are 23 years old. They were drafted five picks apart in the third round in 2019, with Beckman going 75th overall and Clarke 80th. Clarke is a right-shooting winter and Beckman shoots …

So much happens in the DFRC Blue-Gold pregame that sometimes the football seems almost secondary. The Delaware Stadium field was strewn with cheerleaders, ambassadors, band members and other participants when the football players joined them on a sultry Friday night. What followed was the usual potpourri of positive energy for an event that, since its 1956 debut, has raised nearly …

Jun 21, 2024, 01:42 PM ET Detroit Red Wings captain Dylan Larkin is recovering from surgery for an upper-body injury sustained late in the season. General manager Steve Yzerman provided the update Friday, adding that the 27-year-old forward is expected to be at 100 percent by the start of training camp. Larkin scored a career-high 33 goals and added 36 …

At a time when NFL Media has made some curious programming decisions, a new mystery has emerged. What happened to the Around The NFL podcast? Multiple readers have asked us that question, given that one of the three members of the show, Gregg Rosenthal, previously worked at PFT. Here’s the answer, and I’m providing it in order to stop getting …