Cowboys linebacker Micah Parsons and safety Malik Hooker are not seeing eye-to-eye at the moment. During Hooker’s recent appearance on the “All Facts No Brakes with Keyshawn Johnson” podcast, the eight-year NFL veteran spoke about his teammates’ side gig as a podcast host and offered some direct advice on where the 25-year-old defensive star should be focusing his time.   …

247Sports Five-star tight end Linkon Cure committed to Kansas State on Monday, giving the program its highest-rated prospect in history. Cure’s other finalists included Oregon, Texas A&M and Kansas, each of which Cure visited between Memorial Day and now; Kansas State was the final official visit on June 21.  Chris Klieman’s Wildcats have won battles for in-state kids lately with Avery Johnson being one of the more notable, but even …

If you’re a college football fan and have been waiting for games since New Year’s Day, your wait is almost over. On Saturday, Aug. 24 as part of “Week Zero,” eight schools will take the field for the official start of college football season. Fellow ACC rivals Florida State and Georgia Tech highlight the Week Zero slate, kicking off at …

The Chicago Blackhawks reached a two-year contract agreement with veteran defenseman TJ Brodie on Monday night, capping off a busy day for the rebuilding club. The deal totals $7.5 million over two years, the club announced, and added to a host of free agent signees, including forwards Tyler Bertuzzi, Teuvo Teravainen and Pat Maroon, goaltender Laurent Brossoit, and defenseman Alec …

The Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns are officially members of the Southeastern Conference. After nearly three years of waiting, Monday marked the official move of OU and UT from the Big 12 to the SEC. With both football programs making the move at the exact same time, naturally the question is posed by fans and analysts alike: Which team …

Lincoln Riley left OU for USC after the 2021 football season, just months after the Sooners’ eventual move to the SEC was announced. That led to plenty of debate whether Riley was exiting before having to join the toughest conference in the country. Speaking on the “SEC Now” program Monday night in celebration of the Sooners’ first day in the …

The East-West Shrine Bowl is the lesser of the college predraft all-star games, seen as lower than the Senior Bowl played in Mobile, Alabama. But in 2025, the Shrine Bowl will play in the better venue. The Shrine Bowl announced the date and location of the 2025 game. After playing last year in Frisco, Texas in the Dallas Cowboys’ training …

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJul 1, 2024, 08:22 PM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. After being bought out by the Buffalo Sabres, a team that has missed the playoffs for 13 straight years, Jeff Skinner signed a one-year deal with the Edmonton Oilers, a team that was a win away from winning the Stanley Cup. …

June was a busy month on the recruiting trail for Kalen DeBoer and the Alabama Crimson Tide football team and now that we’ve officially made it to July, the college football season is just around the corner and that means preseason watch lists and rankings will be dropping daily. On Monday, the Walter Camp Football Foundation released its 2024 preseason …

Jon Gruden lost bids Monday to three Nevada Supreme Court justices to reconsider whether a lawsuit he filed against the NFL over emails leaked to the media before he resigned as head coach of the Las Vegas Raiders should be heard in court or in private arbitration. Gruden’s lawyers sought a rehearing after the three-justice panel split in a May …

Oklahoma is finally, officially, in the SEC. Monday afternoon, in the middle of a day-long celebration of the Sooners switching conferences, Oklahoma president Joseph Harroz Jr., athletic director Joe Castiglione and SEC commissioner Greg Sankey held a press conference at Gaylord Family — Oklahoma Memorial Stadium to herald the move. Here are some takeaways from the press conference: Oklahoma’s SEC move …

The Georgia Bulldogs were a major winner in college football recruiting during the June and are now seeking to carry that momentum into July. According to a recruiting expert, Georgia may be well on their way to doing that in the form of flipping a commit from a rival school. 247Sports’ Benjamin Wolk has projected the Bulldogs to land Shamari …

CLEMSON — Clemson athletics announced Monday former running back and current Tigers running backs coach C.J. Spiller will be inducted into the Clemson ring of honor this fall. Spiller spent four seasons with the Tigers, playing from 2006 through 2009. He earned ACC player of the year and captured All-America honors at running back and kick returner in 2009. He tied the …

DeMeco Ryans has only been the Texans’ head coach for one season, but he had a long playing career and a run as an assistant with the 49ers that taught him an important lesson about moving from one year to the next. Ryans said in an interview with NFL Network that his message to his team heading into the 2024 …

Ohio State is bolstering the future of its interior defensive line, as Rivals250 defensive tackle Maxwell Roy committed to the Buckeyes on Monday. Roy, a New Jersey native who currently attends St. Joseph’s Prep in Philadelphia, ranks as a four-star recruit. He is listed as the No. 5 prospect in the state of Pennsylvania, No. 10 defensive tackle and No. …