Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSep 12, 2024, 05:18 PM ET CloseSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. What is our target this time? Glad you asked! We want a defender who is 24 years and 105 days old with …

49ers practice report: Gross-Matos, Winters return on Thursday originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — The 49ers had their full team in pads and on the practice field on Thursday. Defensive end Yetur Gross-Matos and linebacker Dee Winters returned to practice for the first time since the end of the preseason. Gross-Matos sustained a knee injury in …

Ralph Vacchiano NFL Reporter Jalen Hurts was a summer sensation. The reviews of his practices were raving. He famously didn’t throw an interception until the last day of camp. For a quarterback coming off a disappointing season, learning a new offense, with some key new teammates, things couldn’t have gone much better. And then came Opening Night. It’s not that …

Vaughn Dalzell breaks down his College Football Week 3 plays starting with Michigan hosting Arkansas State and a few rivalry matchups. Arkansas State at Michigan (-23.5): O/U 47.5 The Michigan Wolverines had a lot of problems hosting Texas last week which ended their home-winning streak, but a lot of those issues will be repatched with duct tape when Arkansas State …

Bears’ Shane Waldron takes blame for Cole Kmet’s curious usage in win vs. Titans originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Bears offensive coordinator Shane Waldron knows he has to be better. That starts with Waldron finding a way to get all of the Bears’ playmakers on the field and involved more than he did during Chicago’s …

Week 4 high school football in the Poconos is a three-day affair for fans, starting with two games Thursday, three on Friday and one Saturday. Follow sports reporter Mason Smith for sideline updates from Whitehall at Pocono Mountain West on Friday and then from Pocono Mountain East at Allentown Central Catholic on Saturday. And get live scores below from across …

Isaiah Rodgers details his broken hand and plan for return originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia Eagles cornerback Isaiah Rodgers had waited well over a year for his return to game action, so what was another week? After missing the entire 2023 season, Rodgers’ long wait became a little longer when he was ruled out of Week 1 with a …

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS – AUGUST 31: Head coach Marcus Freeman of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and head coach Mike Elko of the Texas A&M Aggies embrace after the game at Kyle Field on August 31, 2024 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Jack Gorman/Getty Images) Texas A&M (1-1) head coach Mike Elko and his team will travel to the …

‘They know what I can do:’ Devin White surprised to lose starting spot originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia We all thought Devin White would go into the regular season as a starting linebacker because every day but one during training camp he took the first set of reps with the starting defense. He seemed like a starter because he …

. On Saturday afternoon, the Alabama Crimson Tide will travel north to play what is the first true road game of the Kalen DeBoer era against the Wisconsin Badgers in Madison, Wisconsin. In what is Alabama’s first road trip to a Big Ten program since Penn State in 2011, the Badgers will likely provide a test for the Crimson Tide, …

Kansas City Chiefs rookie wide receiver Xavier Worthy ran a record 4.21 40-yard dash at the combine and had a pair of touchdowns in his NFL debut last week against the Baltimore Ravens. Consider Cincinnati Bengals cornerback Cam Taylor-Britt unimpressed. “Speed. That’s about it. He can run straight, run jet sweeps and just run straight. He can’t do too much …

Everything to know about Sunday night’s Bears-Texans game: TV, schedule, uniforms originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Bears and Texans will face off on Sunday Night Football for Week 2’s prime-time matchup on the NFL schedule. Both teams are coming off Week 1 victories, meaning only one team will remain undefeated after Sunday night. The Bears defeated the Titans, …

Lausanne football coach Kevin Locastro listens to a lot of sports talk radio. As expected, much of the conversation locally this week has been centered on No. 25 Memphis (2-0) at Florida State (0-2) on Saturday (11 a.m. CT, ESPN). The Seminoles’ winless start to the season and subsequent plummet from No. 10 in the country to unranked has raised …

Patriots Mailbag: A beefed-up run game, trade deadline needs and more originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Not many folks expected the Patriots to be 1-0 entering their home opener against the Seahawks on Sunday. Even fewer will expect them to emerge 2-0 after Week 2. But there’s some reason for optimism in New England after last week’s upset of …

After a brief-yet-incredibly-welcome break, the forces of conference realignment began churning again this week. Late Wednesday night, news broke that the Pac-12, with Oregon State and Washington State as its only existing members, would be bringing in Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State and Fresno State from the Mountain West, moves that were officially confirmed the following morning. A …