Before we know it, new Alabama head football coach Kalen DeBoer will hit the practice field with his Crimson Tide players for the first time when spring practice gets underway in March. With the retirement of the legendary Nick Saban, there have not been this many question marks surrounding the football program since 2007 when Saban took over. Contrary to …

The NFL announced a list of 321 invitees to their scouting combine that will last from February 26 to March 4. USC Football has several former players at the event: Calen Bullock, Solomon Byrd, Jarrett Kingston, Brenden Rice, Tajh Washington, MarShawn Lloyd, Christian Roland-Wallace, and projected No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams. There are a lot of storylines to consider …

Penn State head coach James Franklin is hoping to get some good recruiting news from an in-state recruiting target on Monday. Josh Williams, a Class of 2025 three-star offensive lineman from Haverford, PA, is scheduled to announce his college decision on Monday, Feb. 19 at 5:00 p.m. ET on the 247Sports YouTube channel. Penn State is one of the finalists …

AUBURN — It may feel like the season ended not too long ago, but spring practice is just around the corner. Auburn football will open the spring period with a practice Feb. 27. The Tigers will have 14 sessions after that, culminating in the second A-Day of the coach Hugh Freeze era April 6. Spring practice gives coaches the opportunity …

The Ravens are looking to regroup after exiting the playoffs via a disastrous 17-10 loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion Chiefs in the AFC title game. Baltimore is currently 20th in the NFL in cap space, with $7.3 million available, and there will be critical decisions regarding several vital contributors and two All-Pros. And they’re spending about $120+ million …

USC Trojans wide receiver and return specialist Zachariah Branch is a busy man. As you might have heard, he chose to join the USC track and field team this season. The freshman from Las Vegas Bishop Gorman High School was a bonafide superstar in 2023 when healthy. He had 29 receptions for 311 yards and 2 TDs during the season. …

With Chip Kelly bolting for the Ohio State offensive coordinator job, will Ethan Garbers still be the starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins and newly named head coach Deshaun Foster next season? Steve Henson of the Los Angeles Times has reported that “UCLA signed freshmen quarterbacks Karson Gordon from Bellaire (Texas) Episcopal and Henry Hasselbeck from Westwood (Mass.) Xaverian Brothers …

Two years after Bryan McClendon’s return to the Georgia football coaching staff, the former Bulldog wide receiver is jumping to the NFL to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers staff. Georgia paid nearly $845,000 in a buyout from Miami to land McClendon weeks after winning its first national championship in 41 years. The Bulldogs won another in McClendon’s first season back. …

This offseason has seen Ohio State football taking it personal. Multiple high-profile transfers, coaching changes and the signing of a top-5 class highlighted by the No. 1 player in the country, wide receiver Jeremiah Smith. One of those coaching hires that Ryan Day made was at offensive coordinator with Bill O’Brien. The Boston native didn’t stay long as the ultimately …

Sir Winston Churchill once said, “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it,” and that quote could not be more true when it comes to what’s reportedly going to happen in Austin this week. According to Wescott Eberts, a team site producer at Burnt Orange Nation, the University of Texas System Board of Regents is meeting …

It seems like just yesterday that Alabama safety Vinnie Sunseri picked off former Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel. Fast forward almost 11 years and Sunseri is the new safties coach at the University of Washington. It has come full circle for the former Alabama standout. Sunseri’s father, Sal has served as an assistant coach since 1985. His brother, Tino played …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 18, 2024, 09:16 PM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was a storybook finish for the New York Rangers in their Stadium Series win over the New York Islanders on Sunday. But not necessarily the story they intended to tell. “It wasn’t a script we would have written,” Rangers coach …

There is never a dull moment for Ohio State football and recruiting high school prospects. This weekend was another example of that, as the Buckeyes made a quarterback offer, saw multiple prospects set up visits for the spring, and a coach getting his well deserved respect. Here is a quick hitting update on what happened over this past weekend with …

Feb 18, 2024, 08:46 PM ET CALGARY, Alberta — Hockey Hall of Famer Lanny McDonald is out of a hospital following a cardiac event this month. The 71-year-old McDonald wrote in an Instagram post Sunday — with a photo of him standing outside Calgary’s Foothills Medical Centre — that he’s ending his “two-week visit with new and improved pipes, some …

Veteran receiver Nelson Agholor will remain in Baltimore in 2024. Agholor and the Ravens have signed on the dotted line for a one-year contract extension, the team announced today. If Agholor hadn’t agreed to an extension by tomorrow, his contract would have voided and he would have hit free agency. Instead, he’ll stay with the Ravens. In 2023 Agholor played …