Yearly Archives: 2024

Charlie McAvoy on Bruins, USA hockey, more

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 10, 2024, 08:00 AM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Defenseman Charlie McAvoy is one of the foundational players for the Boston Bruins, who have shown how sturdy their foundation is this season. After setting regular-season records for wins and points in 2022-23, the Bruins have overcome some offseason adversity to challenge for the league …

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Lombardi: Why Eliot Wolf will succeed as Pats’ front office leader

Lombardi: Why Eliot Wolf will succeed as Pats’ front office leader originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston With the Bill Belichick era officially over in New England, the Patriots have a new decision-maker leading the front office. Eliot Wolf is in charge of the personnel department heading into the most pivotal Patriots offseason in recent memory. A long-time member of …

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Where the Wisconsin Badgers program falls in Josh Pate’s Big Ten Power Rankings

The Big Ten is in the midst of major changes entering the 2024 football season. The East-West Division model is gone as the program welcomes top programs USC, Oregon, Washington and UCLA into the conference. Related: Way-too-early record predictions for every Big Ten football team in 2024  Wisconsin’s place in the new 18-team conference is yet to be seen. Much will …

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Jets’ Mosley pinpoints aspect of Warner’s game that hypes him up

Jets’ Mosley pinpoints aspect of Warner’s game that hypes him up originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area C.J. Mosley is a big fan of Fred Warner and his aggressive style of play hypes up the longtime NFL linebacker. Speaking to NBC Sports Bay Area’s Laura Britt on Thursday on Radio Row in Las Vegas, the New York Jets linebacker …

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Former Georgia defensive backs coach named as recruiter of the year

Former Georgia Bulldogs defensive backs coach Fran Brown has been named as 247Sports’ recruiter of the year. Brown, who accepted the head coach job at Syracuse following the SEC championship game, played a massive role in recruiting Georgia’s top-ranked class of 2024. Brown heavily recruited five-star defensive back Ellis Robinson IV, who is the nation’s No. 2 recruit, to come …

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Who will replace Chip Kelly at UCLA? Here are 13 intriguing possibilities

Potential UCLA football coaching candidates, clockwise from top left: Tom Herman, Jason Candle, Eric Bieniemy, Brian Hartline, David Shaw and Barry Odom. (Associated Press) Consider them part of an exclusive group, The 96 Club. Chip Kelly’s sudden departure for Ohio State has put candidates for the UCLA head coaching vacancy on the clock. Martin Jarmond, the Bruins athletic director, said …

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Opinion: Stop attributing every coaching move to NIL and the transfer portal

College football’s coaching carousel is still up and running. Just in the last week we’ve seen Boston College head coach Jeff Hafley take the Green Bay Packers defensive coordinator job, Bill O’Brien take the Boston College vacancy and UCLA head coach Chip Kelly leave for O’Brien’s old post as offensive coordinator at Ohio State. That all doesn’t include the UCLA …

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