We’re in a golden age of top wide receiver play in the NFL. There are so many top-end players at the position, which has pushed up the overall ADP of wideouts. It’s not uncommon to see seven to eight wide receivers come off the board in Round 1 of fantasy drafts this season. There are 14 wide receivers to 10 …

The Dallas Cowboys continued to bolster their defensive line as the regular season nears. Defensive end Carl Lawson has agreed to a deal with the Cowboys, NFL Media reported. The exact terms of the deal have yet to be reported. Lawson has been a free agent all offseason following a disappointing year with the New York Jets. The 29-year-old struggled …

The beginning of the high school football season means there are still some big college commitment decisions expected to go down nearly simultaneously. It’s especially true in the Sunshine State, as several of Florida’s top rising-senior recruits want to come off the board in the month of August. Rivals takes a closer look at several upcoming decisions, including five-star Jaime …

Ben Arthur AFC South Reporter Editor’s note: This is the second of a five-part series on the quarterbacks and teams best equipped to challenge Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs and potentially stop them from becoming the first NFL team in the Super Bowl era to three-peat. No. 4 on our list: Brock Purdy and the 49ers. No. 5 was Jalen …

The Yahoo! consensus player rankings are excellent. I’m not just saying that; I would feel comfortable recommending anyone use the lists provided as a guide for their draft. But when I created my projections for the 2024 season — which is an exercise I have completed for more than 25 years — there were a few players who stood out …

Jan 8, 2018; Atlanta, GA, USA; Alabama Crimson Tide head coach Nick Saban shakes hands with Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart before the 2018 CFP national championship college football game at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj/CFP Images/Pool Photo via USA TODAY Sports The Georgia Bulldogs head coach Kirby Smart recently shared a hilarious story about former Alabama Crimson …

One of the bigger names on the Jets defense will not be participating in Thursday’s joint practice with the Panthers. Defensive tackle Quinnen Williams will sit out due to a sore shoulder. Jets head coach Robert Saleh told reporters that he is not concerned about Williams’s availability in the future. “If this was a game, he’d be up,” Saleh said, …

Welcome to your warehouse for high school football coverage at the Marion Star. If you want to know anything about the 10 teams we cover — Marion Harding, River Valley, Pleasant, Ridgedale, Elgin, Highland, Cardington, Mount Gilead, Northmor and North Union — it can be found here. Everything we’ve produced to date for this season is in this spot. Everything …

NFL is back and preseason is underway!  Though the games this weekend won’t actually count, bettors are still interested in how these exhibitions contests play out — and that’s because there’s still plenty of money to be made if you pick the right side.  Whether you’re backing a few teams on the moneyline or you’re leaning into betting expert Geoff …

Looking for some hidden value at the running back position in your 2024 fantasy football drafts? The team at Yahoo Fantasy highlights five of their favorite WR sleepers to consider in the late rounds. Last year, one of the best ideas in football was a deep shot to Shaheed. Those throws often ended in this manner: Shaheed reached the end …

SOUTH BEND — When there were no more mental reps to take on the practice field, no more bonds to build in the locker room, no film to watch in the meeting room, that’s when it was toughest on Notre Dame football quarterback Riley Leonard. He would find himself often alone, often at night, with nothing but his surgically repaired/healing right …

A ‘prudent’ move? Inside Patriots’ decision to trade Matthew Judon originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Matthew Judon has gone from sitting atop a flipped-over trash can in Foxboro to soon sitting inside Mercedes-Benz Stadium. After a longstanding contractual impasse with the 32-year-old pass-rusher, the Patriots dealt Judon to the Falcons on Wednesday for a 2025 third-round pick, per league …

Fall camp rolls on for Ohio State football. Ohio State is 16 days from its 2024 season opener against Akron at Ohio Stadium, and expectations are already high, with the Buckeyes coming in as the No. 2 team in both the preseason Associated Press and US LBM football coaches polls. After Ohio State’s 13th practice of the spring, head coach …

The Giants are releasing safety Jalen Mills, according to multiple reports. Mills, whom the Giants signed in March, had been on the NFI (non-football injury) list due to a calf strain, but is now healthy and expected to draw interest, per Adam Schefter of ESPN. The injury Mills suffered occurred when he was not doing NFL activity, leading to his …

Aug. 15—”Coopetition.” Definition — collaboration between business competitors, in the hope of mutually beneficial results. That is the perfect word to describe how the Vandal wide receivers and cornerbacks have looked at fall camp. The cornerbacks have the edge on experience, but are not using that experience to just shut down their teammates on the opposite side of the ball, …