Vacation be damned, I’m making time to trudge through the 2,506-page Sunday Ticket trial transcript. And I’ll be posting items regarding specific portions of the testimony and other developments of interest. Many of the witnesses testified through prerecorded depositions. Unfortunately, none were included in the official transcript. (Then again, that probably kept it from being 4,000 pages long.) After former …

With the Big Ten drastically changing, many have wondered how Ohio State football will fare in this new 18-team dynamic. Oregon, Washington, and USC are the major players who have entered the picture, with top holdovers in Penn State, Iowa, Michigan and the Buckeyes still challenging for the conference crown. As the season is rapidly approaching, ESPN updated its 2024 …

All underage gambling and fraud charges against Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte have been dropped by the state of Louisiana. (Robert Deutsch-USA TODAY Sports) The state of Louisiana has dropped the underage gambling and computer fraud charges against New England Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported on Tuesday. Boutte, a sixth-round pick in 2023, was arrested in …

DALLAS ― Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin is not green, nor is he 26 inches tall. He does not speak in backward riddles and he does not wield a lightsaber. That did not stop his quarterback, Jaxson Dart, from comparing Kiffin to Yoda, the wise old Jedi Knight from the Star Wars franchise. Fortunately for Kiffin, Dart’s goal was …

Five first-round picks remain unsigned. The Bears have two and the Vikings have two. As to quarterback J.J. McCarthy, a source with knowledge of the situation says that the Vikings haven’t engaged much when it comes to negotiating the contract. One possible explanation is that the Vikings want to see what happens with the Caleb Williams contract before finalizing things …

The wait is over, EA Sports “College Football 25” went live Monday with the early access period ahead of Friday’s worldwide release. It was the hot topic of the day, and rightfully so as it ended an 11-year drought of the video game since its last release and had its anticipation and hype built up over the last several months …

The first official practice of Giants 2024 training camp is just eight days away, but rookies are already in the process of reporting on Tuesday, with veterans scheduled to do the same in one week. One veteran who will surely be the center of attention during camp is quarterback Daniel Jones, who has said all along that he expects to …

DALLAS — The headline from a year ago at Georgia football’s appearance at SEC media days in Nashville still applied Tuesday morning as coach Kirby Smart and three players took their turn here. The Bulldogs actions behind the wheel become front and center again when two players were arrested for reckless driving and another was cited for racing. It’s the …

San Francisco 49ers do-it-all superstar, Christian McCaffrey, is once again the consensus No. 1 pick for 2024 fantasy football drafts among our analysts. A pair of young, electric running backs are being drafted after CMC — but in what order should they go? Dalton Del Don and Andy Behrens debate below. Team Breece Hall averaged the third-most 0.5 PPR fantasy …

DALLAS — Big 12 officials are off the hook. With Oklahoma and Texas off to a new land, how to legislate the Horns Down hand gesture is now the SEC’s problem. John McDaid’s problem. After giving a presentation to open SEC media days on Tuesday, McDaid, the SEC’s coordinator of football officials, didn’t get far before he was surrounded by …

What we have all suspected, New York Giants general manager Joe Schoen said out loud. Not just about his own quarterback, but all highly compensated quarterbacks across today’s NFL. This is the gift that a surprisingly interesting offseason version of “Hard Knocks” has given us. Specifically, a window into how money and pressure shape roster decisions around a quarterback. All …

. Auburn football is looking to get a head start in its 2026 recruiting efforts, and one of its top targets has scheduled a visit during a critical weekend. [autotag]Anthony Jones[/autotag], a five-star EDGE from Mobile, will be on campus during Auburn’s annual Big Cat Weekend beginning July 27 according to a report by On3’s Chad Simmons. Auburn has been …

David Helman Dallas Cowboys Insider The doldrums of summer never last too long in this league. The NFL grinds to a bit of a halt in the month leading up to training camp. But with most teams set to report this week, it’s again time to give our attention to the gridiron. Among other things, the return to the practice …

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College football and video game fans rejoiced this week with the long-awaited, and long-overdue, release of EA Sports College Football 25. The game is the first college football game released by EA Sports in 11 years, and the reviews are suggesting the wait was worth it. For the first time in the history of EA Sports’ line of college football …