MADISON – Wisconsin held its second practice of the spring on Tuesday inside the McClain Center. Head coach Luke Fickell, who brought in another dozen transfers and has nine freshmen already enrolled, addressed several topics afterward. Wisconsin football’s new offensive line coach A.J. Blazek needs more bodies UW’s No. 1 offensive line Tuesday featured left tackle Jack Nelson, left guard …

Apr. 2—David Riley looks legit. Credentials. Experience. Eye test. Local connections. He would have been a solid decision if he’d been the first candidate for Washington State’s new head basketball coach. Wish you nothing but good luck, coach, because you’re going to be starting from scratch. Somehow, after almost comically botching the job search for the new coach, the landing …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue football coach Ryan Walters fancies himself as a morning person. Walters, with seemingly fresh legs, bounced up and down and dabbed his players with cornerbacks coach Sam Carter. “It’s just good to get up and get to work and while you’re alert fresh and already energized,” Walters said. “Then you’re energized when you go to class, …

It was a rough weekend in the office for the Texas A&M (28-7, 8-4 SEC) softball team in Baton Rouge. They entered the weekend as one of the hottest teams in the SEC but left as one of the coolest. The Aggies’ had way too many missed opportunities, and a few calls did go their way leading to Coach Trisha …

Throughout the rest of this spring and summer, questions will continue to be asked about the interior of Texas’ defensive line. That’ll happen when you lose players like T’Vondre Sweat and Byron Murphy II. Last season, Sweat was a unanimous All-American and won the Outland Trophy as college football’s top interior lineman and also was named the Big 12’s defensive …

Running back J.K. Dobbins already had a visit with one AFC West team and now he’s meeting with another. Per ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Dobbins is in Kansas City to visit with the Chiefs on Tuesday. Dobbins, 25, is coming off a torn Achilles suffered in the first week of the 2023 regular season. A report from NFL Media last week …

WEST LAFAYETTE — Purdue football coach Ryan Walters fancies himself as a morning person. Walters, with seemingly fresh legs, bounced up and down and dabbed his players with cornerbacks coach Sam Carter. “It’s just good to get up and get to work and while you’re alert fresh and already energized,” Walters said. “Then you’re energized when you go to class, …

The Bears appear to be pretty settled on what they’ll be doing with the first overall pick in this year’s draft, so the next few weeks are likely to center on discussion about their other first-round pick. Chicago also has No. 9 in its control and head coach Matt Eberflus said last week that free agency has left the team …

NORMAN — OU redshirt junior offensive lineman Troy Everett will have surgery Wednesday, head coach Brent Venables announced after practice on Tuesday. Everett didn’t participate Tuesday following an injury that occurred last Wednesday during practice where he walked off on his own power. Appearing in nine games in 2023, Everett was expected to step up as one of the leaders …

After Vikings offensive coordinator Wes Phillips was arrested in December for driving while intoxicated, he got a plea deal for a lesser charge of careless driving. Now the Vikings have decided that Phillips won’t get much punishment from the team. Phillips has been suspended by the team for the next three weeks, according to multiple reports. Three weeks in April …

The SEC has announced their track and field athletes for week three and another Aggie has earned honors for their performance. Freshman thrower Abigail Martin was named the SEC Freshman of the Week after tossing a personal best 56.92m/186-6 in the discus. She is currently the No. 1 freshman in the SEC and No. 17 nationally. Below is the excerpt …

The only game that cornerback L’Jarius Sneed missed over the last two seasons came in Week 18 last year when the Chiefs rested him and other starters ahead of their playoff run, but his health was still the subject of a question at his first press conference as a member of the Titans on Tuesday. Sneed was traded to the …

It’s official. Ohio State has a new running backs coach, and his name is Carlos Locklyn. After a few days of rumors surrounding Locklyn, the move was made official on Monday evening. Locklyn replaces Tony Alford who left for Michigan earlier in March. Locklyn has spent the last couple of years in Oregon in the same position where he has …

Receiver Malik Nabers has a couple of pre-draft visits out West this week. Per Cameron Wolfe of NFL Media, Nabers is taking his top 30 visit with the Cardinals on Tuesday and will visit with the Chargers on Wednesday. The Cardinals have the No. 4 overall pick in this month’s draft. The Chargers have the No. 5 overall selection. Both …

PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Even now well into his fourth decade of coaching, pat Flaherty still has pep to his step. The Rutgers football offensive line coach has seen it all and coached it all. And perhaps most importantly for his players on the Rutgers offensive line, he has won it all. This time a year ago, Flaherty was the only …