PISCATAWAY – Rutgers football is just past the midway point of training camp with its season opener against Howard about two weeks away. The Scarlet Knights have played one scrimmage with another coming up on Saturday, their next chance to game into a game-like setting – an important experience for the quarterbacks with the addition of helmet communication starting this …
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Mayo gives Patriots stern warning about joint practice fighting
Mayo gives Patriots stern warning about joint practice fighting originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston New England Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo doesn’t want to see any fights when his players square off against the Philadelphia Eagles in Tuesday’s much anticipated joint practice at Gillette Stadium. And if there is fighting, there will be consequences involving Thursday night’s preseason matchup …
Read More »Vote for Upstate’s top running back headed into 2024 high school football season
The Upstate is full of talented high school football running backs. Here’s a chance for fans to vote for their favorites. Polls will close at 5 p.m. Friday. Multiple votes are allowed. Here are 10 candidates listed in alphabetical order: Aiden Gibson, Woodruff: Gibson had three 100-yard games last season as a freshman. He finished with 765 yards (4.8 per …
Read More »Fantasy Football: Key ADP risers and fallers heading into Week 2 of NFL preseason
Fresh off a full week of preseason action, we’ve got ADP movement across the board! We kicked off last week’s risers and fallers with a set of players seeing movement based on training camp hype and injuries. This week, the majority of movement can be attributed to real football. The weekend was certainly full of hype but many teams blessed …
Read More »NCAA sued over major-junior hockey player ban
Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterAug 13, 2024, 10:31 AM ET CloseKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Canadian junior hockey player Rylan Masterson filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the NCAA and 10 universities on Monday evening, alleging the NCAA is violating anti-trust laws by preventing any player who has appeared in a major-junior hockey game from also …
Read More »SP+ rankings: How good is Ohio State 2024 football schedule?
On ESPN college football reporter Bill Connelly’s final 2024 preseason SP+ rankings – “a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency” that predicts the best teams in the sport heading into the season – Ohio State remains near the top. Connelly has the Buckeyes as his second-ranked team behind No. 1 Georgia and ahead of No. 3 Oregon, No. …
Read More »Fantasy Football: 5 TEs who deserve way more attention in 2024 drafts
With so many players to choose from in drafts and so many to rank, some underrated gems are bound to fall through the cracks. But here, fantasy football analyst Sal Vetri wants to help you make sure you don’t miss the players possessing great value, and those with potentially league-winning upside. Here are five tight ends to consider late in …
Read More »Why the ACC is all about quantity over quality in 2024
Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz looks ahead to the upcoming season in the Atlantic Coast Conference – highlighted by a 17-team roster that is led by Clemson and Florida State. View more Video Transcript The theme for the AC C in college football this season might be quantity over quality. And no, that’s not a Misspeak for once. For me. It’s …
Read More »Commanders sign WR Martavis Bryant
Martavis Bryant will get at least one more shot at his comeback. The Commanders announced on Tuesday that they have signed Bryant. After an indefinite suspension for violating the league’s drug policy lasted for years, Bryant was reinstated last November and signed with Dallas’ practice squad. He did not appear in a game, though he did re-up with the team …
Read More »3 things to know about the ACC: Can anyone crash the Florida State and Clemson party?
Winning your conference is very important in the era of the expanded College Football Playoff. The top four conference champions will receive byes to the second round of the 12-team postseason. With just four power conferences remaining following the demise of the Pac-12, a conference title is essentially a guaranteed off week. With the 2024 season quickly approaching, here’s a …
Read More »Former Steelers WR Martavis Bryant, who hasn’t played in NFL since 2018, signs with Commanders
Martavis Bryant’s football journey included playing with the Beasts of the Fan Controlled Football League in 2022. (Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Fan Controlled Football/Getty Images) Nov. 11, 2018 wasn’t that long ago, unless you’re an NFL receiver. Then it’s a lifetime. That’s the last time Martavis Bryant appeared in an NFL game. Bryant has been in just about every league …
Read More »Oklahoma duo named to Bednarik Award watch list
Oklahoma’s Billy Bowman Jr. (2) runs on to the field before the college football game between the University of Oklahoma Sooners and the University of Central Florida Knights at Gaylord Family Oklahoma-Memorial Stadium in Norman, Okla., Saturday, Oct., 21, 2023. Preseason [autotag]watch list[/autotag] season rolls right along this summer, as we count down the days to the beginning of the …
Read More »NFL Franchise Valuations Ranking List: From Cowboys to Bengals
2024 Valuation: The sum of the enterprise value of an NFL franchise combined with the value of team-related businesses and real estate holdings. Team Value: NFL franchise valuation, derived from metrics by which football-team transactions occur, including aggregating local and national revenues and factoring in a team-specific multiplier. This represents the market value of the team itself, excluding related businesses held …
Read More »OC Derrick Nix wants more ‘explosive plays’ from Auburn offense
Auburn Tigers offensive coordinator Derrick Nix during practice at Woltosz Football Performance Center in Auburn, Ala., on Tuesday, April 2, 2024. The Ole Miss Rebels did not become one of college football’s top offenses by playing with a slow tempo. New offensive coordinator [autotag]Derrick Nix[/autotag], who spent the previous 16 seasons with the Rebels, has been coached several high-octane offenses …
Read More »When is the right time to start a rookie QB? Those who’ve made the call tell all
Henry McKenna AFC East Reporter Six NFL teams are trying to figure out what to do with their rookie quarterback. That’s because the 2024 NFL Draft featured a record six quarterbacks selected in the top 12 picks: Caleb Williams, Jayden Daniels, Drake Maye, Michael Penix Jr., J.J. McCarthy and Bo Nix. The next QB didn’t go until the fifth round. …
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