The Tigers are on a roll. Missouri football secured a verbal commitment from four-star wide receiver Donovan Olubode on Friday, marking the second blue chip receiver based in the state of Florida to pledge to Eli Drinkwitz’s Class of 2025 in as many days. Olugbode — who is originally from Naperville, Illinois — committed to the Tigers on the heels …

LSU has seen its standing in the 2025 recruiting rankings fall a bit in recent weeks, but it’s picked up quite a bit of momentum to start the July 4 weekend. The Tigers landed a trio of commitments capped off by the addition of four-star EDGE Damien Shanklin, who committed to the Tigers on Friday. Shanklin, an Indianapolis prospect, is …

Wide receiver Martavis Bryant isn’t thinking about ending his bid to make it back into an NFL game. Bryant was reinstated last November from an indefinite suspension that was put in place while he was playing for the Raiders during the 2018 season. Bryant had repeated violations of the league’s substance abuse policy, but signed to the Cowboys practice squad …

IMG Academy wide receiver Donovan Olugbode committed to the Missouri Tigers on Friday over Florida, Oregon, USC and Washington. Olugbode announced his decision live on 247Sports’ YouTube channel surrounded by his family. He reviewed each of his top five schools with national college football recruiting analyst Tom Loy before revealing his choice. “Billy Napier, him being a receiver guy, coming …

The Seattle Kraken on Friday agreed to terms with restricted free agent Eeli Tolvanen on a two-year contract worth $6.95 million. He will count $3.475 million against the salary cap through the ’25-26 season. A first-round pick by Nashville in 2017, Tolvanen found a home in Seattle after the Kraken claimed him off waivers early in the 2022-23 season. Tolvanen …

The state’s top high school football prospect is headed to bayou country for college. Warren Central defensive end Damien Shanklin, ranked as the No. 48 prospect in the country by 247sports and the No. 5 defensive end, announced his commitment to LSU on Friday on his Instagram page. The 6-5, 245-pound picked LSU over Alabama and Ohio State. He took …

Cam Newton is considered one of the best dual-threat quarterbacks in NFL history, maybe even the best. If pressed, Newton says he isn’t the GOAT of the dual-threat quarterbacks.  Newton deferred to Lamar Jackson as the greatest dual-threat quarterback, citing a different style of play than the quarterback who has the most rushing touchdowns for a player at his position …

Coach Mike McDaniel spent the offseason reminding the Dolphins how long it’s been since the franchise has won a playoff game. It came 24 years ago, in the 2000 season, when Miami beat the Colts 23-17 in overtime. The Dolphins reached the postseason each of the past two seasons under McDaniel but lost in the wild-card round. But with their …

If you didn’t know, Notre Dame football added 2025 North Carolina safety JaDon Blair to its recruiting class on Friday afternoon. Although he committed to the Irish, it wasn’t without a bit of decision day trolling. Blair had multiple hats on the table when he made his choice, but before he made the announcement, he trolled Penn State and Michigan. …

The Buffalo Sabres acquired forward Ryan McLeod in a trade with the Edmonton Oilers on Friday, getting an established NHL player who just experienced a long playoff run in exchange for one of the organization’s top prospects. Buffalo received McLeod and minor leaguer Tyler Tullio from the Western Conference champions for 20-year-old center Matthew Savoie. McLeod had four goals in …

Loss after loss, East Union football could feel the 2023-24 season slipping away. The Lancers would finish with a 3-7 overall record prompting the firing of the head coach and a search for someone who could lead them to victories. That’s where Rodney Daniels came in. “I saw the position vacant here and I hopped right on it,” Daniels said. …

Brian Kelly gave Texas a “Welcome to the SEC” present as he and his recruiting staff have flipped a four-star defensive line commit for the 2025 recruiting class. Brandon Brown is a 6-foot-1, 286-pound, four-star defensive lineman from Melbourne, Florida, where he plays for Eau Gallie High School. Brown committed to the Texas Longhorns on December 19, 2023, and has …

Tylon Lee is entering his senior year with a verbal commitment. Lee, a USA Today Top 100 recruit in the class of 2025 from Pace – slotting in at No. 38 overall – and the fourth-best edge-rusher in that Top 100 list, posted on social media on Friday that he has committed to the University of Central Florida. Lee took …

Getty Images Last year, Netflix introduced us to “Quarterback,” the documentary series that gave us a different kind of look at a handful of NFL quarterbacks, and their lives both on and off the field. This year, Netflix is creating a new sports series titled “Receiver,” which will star Davante Adams, Justin Jefferson, George Kittle, Deebo Samuel and Amon-Ra St. …

During fall Saturdays last year, Pac-12 official John Morton would gaze up at the stands, the sights and the sun and feel something else wash over him during the conference’s impending demise. Sentimentality. Melancholy. A sense of loss.   The CPA from the Pacific Northwest had spent 13 years as a Pac-12 on-field official. The 2023 season was his last …