USATSI The Big 12 bid farewell to Oklahoma’s Brent Venables and Texas’ Steve Sarkisian after the 2023 season and welcomes in five new coaches for 2024 as the league undergoes another makeover. Of the league’s 12 incumbent programs, 11 have the same coach as they did in 2023. Houston is the lone exception as Willie Fritz comes over from Tulane …

ARLINGTON, Va. — In the midst of overhauling the Washington Capitals this offseason, Brian MacLellan received Alex Ovechkin’s seal of approval. Ovechkin texted his general manager a thumbs up emoji for acquiring new first-line center Pierre-Luc Dubois. MacLellan was not done, getting a new goaltender in Logan Thompson and a new defenseman in Jakob Chychrun via two more trades. He …

D’Andre Swift gets rave reviews from Giants front office in ‘Hard Knocks’ season premier originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The newest iteration of “Hard Knocks” premiered on Tuesday, giving NFL fans an inside look of the Giants’ offseason. Even though the show follows GM Joe Schoen and others in the Giants front office, Bears fans got a little bit …

2025 four-star linebacker Christian Gass from Covington, Georgia, has been offered by USC along with other top schools. That list of other schools includes Auburn, Colorado, Georgia, Ole Miss, Florida, Tennessee and Georgia Tech. Gass ranks as the No. 264 prospect in the 2025 class, according to the On3 Industry Rankings. Gass is ranked No. 243 overall and No. 28 at his …

USATSI The focus of the first episode of the “Hard Knocks” was on the New York Giants’ decision to retain Saquon Barkley. The Giants front office debated on whether they were in a position to retain Barkley or move on from the former No. 2 overall pick.  At the end of the day, the Giants decided to move on from …

Subscribe to Zero Blitz This embedded content is not available in your region. On today’s episode of Zero Blitz, Jason Fitz and Frank Schwab pitch which NFL teams have the best Mount Rushmores for every position group. They kick off the show with a short reaction to the release of the new Hard Knocks offseason edition. Schwab and Fitz each …

The spring camp season ended at the beginning of June and then the Rivals Five-Star event took center stage for the top prospects in the nation. College camps, the Elite 11 Finals and the Future 50 camp provided great settings for talented players to be evaluated as well. The results from each event have given the national analyst team a …

The Ottawa Senators acquired Jan Jenik from the Utah Hockey Club in exchange for fellow forward prospect Egor Sokolov on Wednesday. Jenik, 23, recorded four goals and two assists in 22 games with the Arizona Coyotes over the past four seasons. Arizona drafted the Czech Republic native in the third round in 2018. Sokolov, 24, had one goal and one …

Pigs get fat. Hogs get slaughtered. The NFL — which looks and subsequently acts like the Hogzilla of all Hogzillas — undoubtedly brushes such an old adage aside. After all, it is selling football to Americans (and now even international fans). How could it ever not succeed? It may not be wrong, but how about expressing a modicum of respect …

Other than the weeks leading up to National Signing Day in December, there is no busier time in the recruiting calendar now than the month of June. The Big Ten had 160 commitments in the month. Today, we look at which programs won June and which ones didn’t with the 2025 class. RELATED: Big Ten Team Recruiting Rankings | Who …

Happy Wednesday, friends. You’re just one day away from enjoying the warm weather, cold drinks, and plenty of fireworks this Fourth of July, so let that be the motivator to get you through this final stretch of the work week. It’s Tyler Sullivan here to guide you through all the latest happenings in the NFL world before the holiday. While …

Getty Images The New York Giants made the decision to move on from Saquon barkley in favor of a different approach to the running back position. Instead of paying Barkley top dollar, the Giants wanted to reverse course and allocate that money elsewhere. They still needed a running back in 2024. With a deep free agent pool of running backs, …

STILLWATER — All 10 Oklahoma State football assistants received new two-year contracts with raises for the nine returning coaches, plus an updated five-year deal for strength coach Rob Glass, according to contracts obtained by The Oklahoman and the USA TODAY Network. Two years ago, head coach Mike Gundy boosted Glass’ salary to make him what was believed to be the …

The first episode of HBO’s “Hark Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants” debuted on Tuesday night, and there was plenty of juicy behind-the-scenes content for Big Blue fans to dig in to. From early offseason talks about how to handle the Saquon Barkley situation, to how the Brian Burns trade started with a light-hearted conversation at the Senior Bowl, …

USC is scheduled to play the Utah State Aggies on September 7, the second week of the season. The Aggies will travel to Los Angeles without their head coach. The Utah State Athletic Department issued a statement on head coach Blake Anderson: “Utah State University officials informed Head Football Coach Blake Anderson on Tuesday of their intent to terminate his employment …