The Broncos are heading into their second season with head coach Sean Payton and one member of the defense thinks it will be a better year. Linebacker Jonas Griffith said on Denver Sports 104.3 The Fan this week that he senses a higher comfort level from Payton as the team moves toward the 2024 season. Griffith believes that comfort level …

AuburnWire_CBP Auburn football’s 2025 recruiting class has experienced highs and lows this month. The class ranked as high as No. 4 after four-star running back [autotag]Alvin Henderson[/autotag] flipped his pledge from Auburn to Penn State on June 21 and has since dropped to No. 13 in a week after de-commitments from four-star OL [autotag]Carde Smith[/autotag] and four-star linebacker [autotag]Tyler Lockhart[/autotag]. …

Even before a single snap of the NFL season is played, there are expectations for each team, some being much higher than others. There are always sure bets to make the playoffs and sure bets of teams that are predicted to flounder. Then the season actually begins and a lot of that goes out the window. Every year there are …

The Florida Gators added another commitment to its 2025 recruiting class on Saturday. Jacksonville Riverside receiver Tae’shaun Gelsey has pledged his services to the Orange and Blue. “It’s the relationship I have with each coach,” Gelsey said to On3. “Everyone is just brought together and everybody is just family. They made me feel welcome and it’s just a great environment …

Jun 30, 2024, 05:42 PM ET On the eve of free agency, the Toronto Maple Leafs re-signed defenseman Timothy Liljegren to a two-year contract, with an average annual value of $3 million, the club announced Sunday. Liljegren, 25, appeared in 55 games with the Maple Leafs last season, finishing with three goals and 20 assists. The 2017 first-round selection played …

The ACC isn’t much of a mystery this season. There are a few legitimate contenders like Clemson, Florida State, Miami, and Louisville, but most are in a race to stay off the bottom. Athlon Sports tries to project exactly how the ACC will shake out with its 2024 conference predictions. In Steven Lassan’s article, Clemson finishes second in the ACC …

A position-by-position look at the 2024 Gators leading up to fall camp: TODAY: RUNNING BACKWhat to expect Senior Montrell Johnson Jr. led the Gators in rushing yards the past two seasons while sharing carries with Trevor Etienne. Etienne’s transfer to Georgia put more on Johnson’s shoulders but also left Florida without its home-run threat out of the backfield. The 5-foot-11, …

Brandon Aiyuk is still hoping to suit up in red and gold this fall amid stalled contract negotiations with San Francisco, saying he’s “for sure” ready to play for the Niners despite the two sides being unable to agree on an extension thus far. The 26-year-old revealed provided insight about his NFL future when asked what jersey he’ll be wearing …

The past two years, rival fans of Michigan football decried the nonconference schedule, but this year, the Wolverines will be center stage when Week 2 comes around. That’s because, for the first time ever, the maize and blue will be hosting Texas, the second time the Wolverines and Longhorns will face each other, and the first time in the regular …

The USC football program expects to compete for national championships. That’s the standard around here, and no one is claiming otherwise. Pete Carroll reminded us of that standard. However, context matters, and processes sometimes can’t occur instantly, in one fell swoop. Sometimes, building a program to a championship standard requires two or even three years. Such is life at USC …

Rachel Doerrie, ESPNJun 30, 2024, 04:15 PM ET CloseRachel Doerrie is a professional data consultant specializing in data communication and modelling. She’s worked in the NHL and consulted for professional teams across North American and Europe. She hosts the Staff & Graph Podcast and discusses sports from a data-driven perspective. The 2024 NHL draft was a spectacle in every sense …

Trojans Wire hosts a USC football fan call-in show on Fridays at The Voice of College Football. Our most recent show on Friday, June 28 elicited a spirited conversation which became surprisingly contentious. In one sense, I suppose I shouldn’t have been surprised by the reaction, but I was. The surprise came from a caller and another commentator saying that …

Oklahoma’s quarterbacking future is in excellent hands. The Sooners have depth on the current roster and have talented quarterbacks committed from the classes of 2025 and 2026. Oklahoma’s latest quarterback, Jaden O’Neal, chose the Sooners during the last week of June over offers from Miami, Washington, Ohio State, and Florida State. With his recruitment over, O’Neal’s number one objective is …

Super Bowl champion Michael Strahan hung up his cleats following the 2007 at the age of 36 after 15 seasons with the New York Giants. Now 52, Strahan is considering retirement again, this time from television. Strahan has become a familiar face on television, as a host of multiple shows and serving as an analyst for Fox NFL Sunday. The …

The Big Ten was long known as a stodgy conference, reliant on its methods, its style of play, immersed in an older, more traditional way of doing things. So even when the first monumental change in the modern era happened — the addition of Nebraska in 2011 — it was a shift, but one that wasn’t exactly seismic. Adding the …