Oct. 8—GRAND FORKS — The UND football team, off to a 4-2 start and ranked No. 9 in the latest FCS Top 25, is a new-look group in 2024 partly due to a string of transfers in the offseason. Here’s a rundown of how some of the top transfers from UND’s 2023 team are performing in a new spot in …

Curran: Patriots’ culture issues are ‘extremely distressing’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston On its face, the New England Patriots’ 1-4 record shouldn’t cause much consternation. They’ve played one of the NFL’s hardest schedules to date, and this was supposed to be a rebuilding year anyway. What’s more concerning is that there doesn’t seem to be much rebuilding happening in …

The 2024-25 NHL season begins Tuesday night with a tripleheader on ESPN and ESPN+, but we’re looking beyond those games. Will the Florida Panthers repeat as Stanley Cup champs? Which team will top the standings in each division? Who will take home all of the individual hardware? We’ve gathered our cross-platform ESPN hockey family together to predict the winners of …

Oct. 8—WORTHINGTON — The Minnesota West Community and Technical College football team poured it on throughout their game with Minnesota North College-Vermilion, overcoming two early turnovers to win in blowout fashion. Two days later, the Bluejays defeated Dordt University’s JV squad in Sioux Center, Iowa 35-19 to finish the regular season undefeated at 7-0. Minnesota West scored 66 points against …

Robert Saleh’s tenure as the New York Jets head coach is over. The Jets fired Saleh on Tuesday, per multiple reports. ESPN was first to report the news. New York got off to a disappointing 2-3 start to the season following Aaron Rodgers’ return from an Achilles injury. Saleh was in the middle of his fourth season with the franchise, …

Robert Saleh is out as head coach of the New York Jets. (Photo by Mike Stobe/Getty Images) The New York Jets have reportedly fired head coach Robert Saleh, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. ESPN sources: Jets fired HC Robert Saleh. — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) October 8, 2024 Saleh, who was hired in 2021, has a 20-36 record. He’s 2-3 this …

Auburn football ranks among the top 10 within the SEC in terms of total offensive output and ranks No. 6 in the conference in passing yards per game, beating out teams such as Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas A&M. So it is no surprise that Auburn fans scratch their heads when thinking of the Tigers’ 2-4 record and 0-3 mark in …

WASHINGTON — A bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team that defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union in Lake Placid, New York, at a period of high tension during the Cold War. Congressman Pete Stauber, R-Minn., introduced the Miracle on Ice Congressional …

It wasn’t the prettiest win. But it was a win nonetheless as the Kansas City Chiefs secured a 26-13 victory over the New Orleans Saints Monday night. With the win, the Chiefs improved to 5-0 and joined the Minnesota Vikings as the only other undefeated NFL team through the first five weeks of the season. The Chiefs controlled the game …

By Richie ZyontzFOX NFL Lead Producer Editor’s Note: Richie Zyontz has been an NFL producer for FOX since 1994 and is in his 23rd season as the lead producer. He has more than 40 years of experience covering the league and has produced seven Super Bowls. Throughout the 2024 NFL season, he is providing an inside look as FOX’s new …

MADISON – The Wisconsin football team found its quarterback for the 2026 class in July. Monday the program got someone to block for him. Benjamin Novak, a 6-foot-6, 325-pound offensive lineman from Andrean High School in Merriville, Indiana, announced his commitment to the Badgers on X. He is considered a three-star prospect by Rivals, 247sports and On3. Novak announced 10 …

Running back Samaje Perine hasn’t been a member of the Chiefs for very long, but he’s been around long enough to know that you can’t take your eyes off the ball when it is in tight end Travis Kelce’s hands. One of the highlights of Monday night’s 26-13 Chiefs win over the Saints was a play that saw Kelce catch …

It’s never too early to start thinking about the College Football Playoff field. With this season’s playoff expanding to 12 teams, we’ll be laying out the projected playoff field each week as the season goes on. Yeah, the official playoff rankings won’t be released until Nov. 5, but that won’t stop us from making our own guesses. Without CFP rankings …

The 49ers fell to 2-3 after blowing a 13-point halftime lead against the Cardinals on Sunday and that’s a disappointing spot for the team to be in, but it’s not a totally unfamiliar one. The team started 5-0 last year, but they were 3-4 last year and they were 3-5 in 2021 before advancing to the NFC Championship Game each …

Over the summer, as college administrators scrambled to unearth new cash for the onset of athlete revenue sharing, a svelte, bespectacled man visited with leaders at some of the most high-profile athletic departments in the country. He presented to them his solution for the unwieldy entity of college football. It is called Project Rudy. “His claim is that everybody will …