Sep 23, 2024, 08:20 PM ET The Colorado Avalanche and forward Logan O’Connor agreed to a six-year contract extension on Monday. The extension kicks in with the 2025-26 season and runs through 2030-31. The team did not announce financial terms, but several reports said the deal carried a $2.5 million average annual value for a total of $15 million. Editor’s …

Michigan State’s Brandon Tullis runs for a gain against Prairie View A&M during the fourth quarter on Saturday, Sept. 14, 2024, at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing. Michigan State football will host one of the top running backs in the 2026 class this weekend. Four-star running back Shahn Alston of Painesville, Ohio will visit Michigan State for the Ohio State …

Hargrave injury is latest break for Pats ahead of 49ers game originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The San Francisco 49ers will be down yet another star when they host the New England Patriots on Sunday. Defensive tackle Javon Hargrave will likely miss the rest of the regular season with a partial triceps tear, Niners head coach Kyle Shanahan announced …

Ohio State head coach Ryan Day, left, shakes hands with Iowa head coach Kirk Ferentz after a NCAA football game, Saturday, Oct. 22, 2022, at Ohio Stadium in Columbus, Ohio. College football can be a little funny these days with all of the big money contracts, especially with the Big Ten and the various network partners it has. Rather than …

Purdy day to day with back soreness; 49ers QB’s MRI results ‘good’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area After plenty of bad luck on the injury front, the 49ers are being careful with their quarterback. Brock Purdy is day to day as he deals with some back soreness, coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters Monday, and all signs point to …

When it comes to college football recruiting, nothing is a done deal until a player signs their letter of intent and enrolls in classes. Flipping a commitment from one school to another is part of the process and Penn State has been on both sides of that game in the Class of 2025. On Monday, it was on the side …

49ers’ Hargrave likely out for season after sustaining triceps injury originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Adding injury to insult following the 49ers’ crushing 27-24 loss to the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday, defensive tackle Javon Hargrave sustained a partially torn triceps in the game and likely will miss the remainder of the 2024 NFL season, coach Kyle Shanahan …

Yannick Ngakoue is returning to the Baltimore Ravens. The team is signing the edge rusher three games into the NFL season, according to a person familiar with the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Monday because the contract had not been announced. Ngakoue, 29, last played for Baltimore in 2020 after a trade that …

AUSTIN, TEXAS – SEPTEMBER 21: Kobe Black #6 of the Texas Longhorns celebrates after a tackle near the goal line in the second half against the Louisiana Monroe Warhawks at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on September 21, 2024 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Tim Warner/Getty Images) Texas football appears to have earned its No. 1 ranking. This weekend, that …

The NFL has suspended Los Angeles Chargers star Derwin James for repeatedly violating player safety rules, the league announced on Monday night. James, the NFL said, made “forcible contact” to Steelers tight end Pat Freiermuth with his helmet during their game on Sunday despite having an “unobstructed path” to Freiermuth. The “illegal contact,” the league said, “could have been avoided.” …

Texas A&M football head coach Mike Elko was happy his Aggies beat Bowling Green on Saturday but pointed out in his weekly talk with reporters Monday that his team has a lot of work to do going forward. The Aggies (3-1) weathered a tough storm brought on by Bowling Green to win 26-20. Now it’s back to SEC play. As …

49ers QB Purdy appears to miss wide-open Aiyuk touchdown vs. Rams originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Brock Purdy played relatively mistake-free football on Sunday but there was one possible miscue that looms large. Purdy completed 22 of 30 passes for 292 yards and three touchdowns through the air in San Francisco’s 27-24 loss to the Los Angeles Rams …

ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN – SEPTEMBER 21: Alex Orji #10 and Kalel Mullings #20 of the Michigan Wolverines celebrate a 27-24 win over the USC Trojans at Michigan Stadium on September 21, 2024 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) Week 4 of the 2024 college football season gave us our first real taste of the wackiness the latest …

For the first of four times this season, there will be two Monday Night Football games. In the first kickoff, the 2-0 Buffalo Bills take on the 0-2 Jacksonville Jaguars at 7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN, and in the second game, the 1-1 Washington Commanders head to Cincinnati to take on the 0-2 Bengals at 8:15 p.m. ET on ABC. …

Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce did little Monday to clear up questions surrounding his quarterback situation following Sunday’s 36-22 home loss to the previously winless Carolina Panthers. Veteran QB Gardner Minshew started the match under center but was replaced late in the fourth quarter by second-year signal-caller Aidan O’Connell, the team’s 2023 fourth-round pick who started 10 games …