Former OU offensive tackle Tyler Guyton’s NFL Draft stock is rising. Listed at 6-foot-7, 328 pounds, Guyton impressed scouts Tuesday as Senior Bowl practices began in Mobile, Alabama, and he’ll look to keep that going leading up to Saturday’s game. Guyton made nine starts at right tackle this past season and earned All Big-12 honorable mention honors. A Manor (Texas) …
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2024 NHL All-Star mock draft: Predicting all four rosters
As part of the festivities at the 2024 NHL All-Star Weekend, the league has brought back the player draft! The four teams — Team Matthews (captain Auston Matthews and assistant Morgan Rielly), Team McDavid (Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl), Team MacKinnon (Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar) and Team Hughes (co-captained by Quinn Hughes and Jack Hughes, assistant captain Elias Pettersson) — will …
Read More »NFL Power Rankings: 10 most important playoff lessons, including when to go for it on 4th down
For 30 teams, the offseason has started. For many of those teams, the offseason started weeks ago. Every team should be looking for clues on how to build Super Bowl teams like the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers. Every postseason we get some lessons on where the league is heading and other trends we’ll see repeat themselves. This …
Read More »NHL trade grades: Did Canucks give up too much for Lindholm?
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 1, 2024, 06:06 AM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. One of the best players believed to be available this NHL trade season is off the board. The Vancouver Canucks have acquired center Elias Lindholm from the Calgary Flames, in exchange sending forward Andrei Kuzmenko, defensemen Hunter Brzustewicz and Joni Jurmo, Vancouver’s first-round pick in …
Read More »Here’s my ranking of college football coaches, Kirby Smart to Dabo Swinney | Toppmeyer
Kirby Smart stands alone. Nick Saban is playing golf, hunting fairways in retirement, while Jim Harbaugh is off to chase the Lombardi Trophy. A year ago, we could’ve debated who ranked as college football’s best coach: Smart or Saban? Smart had won back-to-back national championships, but Saban owned seven rings, and although his Alabama dynasty was past its peak, Saban …
Read More »Super Bowl 2024: Bettors continue to overwhelmingly back Chiefs to win
The Kansas City Chiefs are “America’s team” the next couple of weeks. At least “betting America’s team.” The early bettors for Super Bowl LVIII are taking the Chiefs and that hasn’t slowed down in the first few days since the matchup was set. Moneyline betting is completely one-sided for the Chiefs at BetMGM. There are two traditional ways to bet …
Read More »How to watch the 2024 East-West Shrine Bowl: Four Penn State players set to play
One of college football’s longest-running all-star games, the East-West Shrine Bowl, will offer a chance for many college football players to suit up one last time and perform in front of NFL draft scouts ahead of the NFL draft. This year’s game will feature a handful of Penn State players from the 2023 team after putting on some impressive performances …
Read More »Seahawks to hire Mike Macdonald as head coach
Mike Macdonald is taking his defense to the streets of Seattle. The Seahawks will hire Macdonald as their next head coach, according to multiple reports. Macdonald has been the Ravens’ defensive coordinator for the past two seasons. Baltimore finished 2023 No. 1 in points allowed and No. 6 in yards allowed. In 2022, the club was No. 3 and No. …
Read More »2024 NFL Draft workouts are underway. 5 college football prospects from Kentucky to watch
The 2024 NFL Draft will feature some of the top college prospects from the commonwealth. Here are five players who should hear their names called in late April in Detroit: Jamari Thrash, Louisville, WR Receiver Jamari Thrash led Louisville with 63 catches for 858 yards last season. Jamari Thrash, who started his collegiate career at Georgia State, led Louisville receivers …
Read More »NFL coach firings, hirings and movement tracker: Seahawks hire Ravens DC Mike Macdonald
The Seattle Seahawks have hired Ravens defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald as head coach, the team announced on Wednesday. Macdonald, 36, will become the youngest head in the NFL, replacing the 72-year-old Pete Carroll who the team parted ways with after 14 seasons. Macdonald is coming off a two-year run of success in Baltimore, which finished with the No. 1 scoring …
Read More »BYU will receive a warm welcome when Cougars return to the Valley of the Sun
BYU fans cheer in Glendale, Arizona, on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016. BYU beat Arizona 18-16 on a last-second field goal. With Arizona State and Arizona joining the Big 12 next season, Cougar fans in state have something else to cheer about. | Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News BYU fans in the Phoenix area had been waiting eight years for Tuesday’s …
Read More »Tom Brady Sr.: Bill Belichick is a great coach with horrible interpersonal skills
The father of Tom Brady has weighed in on why Bill Belichick appears set to get shut out of head-coaching jobs in 2024. Tom Brady Sr. told the Boston Globe that Belichick’s personal skills aren’t good enough to reach modern NFL players. “Bill is tough,” said Brady Sr. “He runs a military system. It’s a different generation. Bill is a …
Read More »Four-star Florida cornerback Gregory Xavier Thomas announces Colorado offer
Since his hiring, Colorado football head coach Deion Sanders has heavily recruited the state of Florida. Notable Sunshine State prospects who’ve signed with the Buffs include Cormani McClain, Asaad Waseem, Isaiah Hardge and five-star incoming freshman Jordan Seaton. Now, Sanders and CU cornerbacks coach Kevin Mathis are going after class of 2025 Florida CB Gregory Xavier Thomas, a four-star recruit …
Read More »Bettors place massive 49ers Super Bowl win, Purdy SBLVIII MVP bets
Bettors place massive 49ers Super Bowl win, Purdy SBLVIII MVP bets originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers once again face off against the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LVIII on Feb. 11 at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas, four years after the two teams met in Super Bowl LIV at Hard Rock Stadium. After suffering a …
Read More »Secret Superstars of the Senior Bowl, Day Two
Wednesday practices in Mobile featured a lot of defensive talents raising their stock, as well as an under-the-radar quarterback that no one expected to have eyes on entering the week. Here are the secret superstars from Day Two at the Senior Bowl. When it comes to the quarterbacks at the Senior Bowl, most folks showed up to watch Michael Penix …
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