Jan 26, 2024, 10:51 AM ET Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher will have a phone hearing with the NHL’s Department of Player Safety on Friday for an illegal check to the head of New York Islanders defenseman Adam Pelech. The league can suspended Gallagher a maximum of five games since the player is being offered a phone hearing, as opposed …

Last week, four-star offensive lineman Alex Payne committed to North Carolina. He is now one of the foundational pieces for the Tar Heels and their 2025 recruiting class. A 6-foot-5, 265-pound offensive tackle from Gainesville, Georgia, Payne is the No. 233 player in the nation in the ESPN 300. He had an offer list that included Baylor, Duke, Florida State, …

Are you betting on the big NFL playoff games this weekend? If so, you’ll want to listen to The Group Chat segment of the latest episode of “Bear Bets”, as the fellas break down the AFC and NFC title games. FOX Sports’ Chris “The Bear” Fallica and Geoff Schwartz, along with Sam Panayotovich and Will Hill, had a lot of …

Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson had some up and down fantasy performances before turning it on late in 2023 season, setting him up to take a step forward next season. (Kenneth K. Lam/The Baltimore Sun/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) With Championship Sunday almost here, the anticipation is real for the battles between the final four teams fighting for a …

Will Nick Sirianni’s altered role as head coach work in 2024? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia It was a fair question posed to Nick Sirianni but it was hard not to think of the famous scene in the 1999 film Office Space. What would you say ya do here? Of course, the question in this week’s press conference was …

The NFC is down to just two teams as the Detroit Lions and San Francisco 49ers will duke it out from Levi’s Stadium on Championship Sunday with the winner looking to punch their ticket to Las Vegas and Super Bowl LVIII. Detroit finds itself in this game for the first time since 1991 and just the second time overall in …

The Detroit Lions will try to break precedent when they visit the San Francisco 49ers in the 2024 NFC Championship Game on Sunday. The Lions have lost 13 straight road games against the 49ers, including the playoffs, the longest active losing streak against a single team in the NFL. Detroit is also seeking its first-ever Super Bowl appearance and making …

Sunday will be the kickoff for the big recruiting push for Rutgers football with the Big Ten program set to host a number of top recruits. Several four-star recruits will be at Rutgers for the weekend. But who are the big names coming to check-out Rutgers and further their relationship with the program? Scroll down and check out some of …

Sam Panayotovich FOX Sports Betting Analyst This Sunday at Baltimore’s M&T Bank Stadium, the unstoppable force must upset the immovable object to make his fourth Super Bowl appearance. Obviously, Patrick Mahomes is the former and the Ravens are the latter. Mahomes’ Kansas City Chiefs are 3.5-point underdogs against the top-seeded Ravens and some Las Vegas sportsbooks are out to -4. …

Former Packers DC reportedly interviewing for job with Eagles originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia As the Eagles continue to reshape their coaching staff for 2024, they’re reportedly bringing in a former defensive coordinator for an interview. The Eagles are set to interview former Packers defensive coordinator Joe Barry for a position, Dianna Russini of The Athletic reported. With Vic …

Conference championship weekend is finally here. In the first of two Sunday games, the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs will visit the Baltimore Ravens as two of the NFL’s best team vie for the right to call themselves the AFC’s best.  The Ravens finished the regular season with the NFL’s best record and will bring likely league MVP …

Oklahoma’s recruiting has been borderline elite since Brent Venables took over as Norman’s head man. The three recruiting classes have been well-balanced from top to bottom. As the 2024 class begins to acclimate themselves as student-athletes on campus this month, the staff has pressed on and is looking ahead to the 2025 Recruiting Class. The 2025 class is a switch-up …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter For all the attention understandably paid to the annual firing and hiring of NFL head coaches, the league’s most incredible churn is at offensive coordinator, where all 32 teams will now have a different coach in place than they did three years ago. In today’s NFL, offensive coordinator is a very important position. If you’re …

MVP quarterbacks will try to unlock elite defenses Sunday when the Baltimore Ravens host the Kansas City Chiefs in the 2024 AFC Championship Game at M&T Bank Stadium. Patrick Mahomes has led the Chiefs (13-6) to two championships, winning NFL and Super Bowl MVP honors in 2018 and 2022. Lamar Jackson, the 2019 NFL MVP and a candidate to win …

On Thursday, Rutgers football sent out an offer to Tariq Hayes. The defensive back is an elite ballhawk and one of the top players in the nation. And in many ways, Hayes fits the mold of what Rutgers football looks for from their defensive backs. He is a solidly built 6-foot and 175 pounds with a good wingspan. Hayer is …