UCF‘s Board of Trustees approved naming its proposed football operations building the Taylor A. Gerring Football Center. The move acknowledges a $5.5 million financial gift from Gerring, a 2005 UCF graduate who is a pioneer in blockchain technology and co-founder of Ethereum Foundation. The gift is the largest single cash pledge given to the athletics department and is part of …

Feb 22, 2024, 06:52 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone could be out for an extended period with an injury that coach Bruce Cassidy said Thursday wasn’t related to his surgically repaired back. Cassidy said Stone was week to week with an upper-body injury. He got hurt during Tuesday’s 5-3 home loss to the Nashville …

Eagles reportedly bringing back TE before he hits free agency originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles have signed tight end Albert Okwuegbunam to a one-year deal that could keep him in Philadelphia through the 2024 season, ESPN’s Field Yates reported. Okwuegbunam, 25, was set to become an unrestricted free agent next month. It seems a bit strange that …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — SEC leaders are exploring a way to unclutter the month of December. In a concept that the league is socializing with other conferences, the entire month of December would be a dead period for recruiting and the early national signing day would move up about two weeks to the early portion of the month, SEC commissioner Greg …

Getty Images One of the major milestones of the NFL offseason kicks off next week with the NFL Combine from Indianapolis. While this is a time when clubs can get an up-close look at some of the top prospects, the Los Angeles Rams will not be one of them. The franchise will once again opt out of attending the combine, …

The Seahawks are currently just over the 2024 salary cap, but they’ve made a move to free up some money. Field Yates of ESPN reports that the Seahawks have restructured the contract of quarterback Geno Smith, converting his $9.6 million roster bonus into a signing bonus. That creates $4.8 million in 2024 cap space while increasing his cap hit by …

In-state 2025 wide receiver Travis Smith Jr. will visit Georgia football this spring. The four-star wideout will be in Athens on April 6 while the Bulldogs will be participating in spring practice. Smith (6-foot-4, 290 pounds) plays for Westlake High School in Atlanta. He is rated as the No. 25 wide receiver, the No. 26 player in the state and …

While he has his doubters, Kenny Pickett does have a pretty significant Hall of Fame quarterback on his side. Terry Bradshaw, who helped lead the Steelers to four Super Bowl wins during the 1970s, says his former team should stay the course with Pickett, who is only two years into his NFL career.  Bradshaw passionately defended his stance on Pickett, …

Last year around this time, a favored son returned home, but not even a year later, unceremoniously, he was gone. After departing Michigan football for Ole Miss following the 2019 season, Chris Partridge had something of a rumspringa in Oxford before returning to Ann Arbor in 2023. However, Partridge was a casualty of the NCAA investigation into Connor Stalions. With …

Patriots defensive back Malcolm Butler spent the vast majority of Super Bowl LII on the sideline. Seven years later, it’s still not publicly known why coach Bill Belichick failed to use him in the biggest game of the year — one that the Patriots could have won with just a little more help on the defensive side of the ball. …

The Kansas City Chiefs are signing punter Matt Araiza, who was dropped from a lawsuit in December that had been filed by a woman who alleged she was raped by San Diego State football players in 2021. The signing was announced by Araiza’s agent, Joe Linta, and confirmed a short while later by the team. “I am proud and honored …

Wisconsin is hiring E.J. Whitlow to be its new defensive line coach, according to reports from ESPN’s Pete Thamel and BadgerExtra’s Colten Bartholomew. Whitlow takes over for Greg Scruggs, who recently left to take the same position at Michigan. The Badgers’ new hire spent the last two years as the defensive line coach at Air Force. That stop came after …

Getty Images If the New York Giants want to increase their odds at selecting a top quarterback in the 2024 NFL Draft, it will likely come at a stiff price.  There’s a thought that the Giants — who hold the sixth overall pick in April’s draft — could try to swap picks with the Patriots, who currently own the third …

Penn State head coach James Franklin has promoted graduate assistant Danny O’Brien to a new role on the coaching staff ahead of the 2024 season. O’Brien will now be labeled as the quarterback coach for the Nittany Lions. O’Brien will take over the role that was previously held by former offensive coordinator Mike Yurcich. Yurcich was removed as offensive coordinator …

Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter Everything went right for the New York Giants in 2022, the first year under GM Joe Schoen and Brian Daboll. Daniel Jones was electric. Saquon Barkley was healthy. Players all over the roster overachieved. They even won a playoff game for the first time in 11 years. It’s almost hard to believe that was all …