Wimberley quarterback Cody Stoever carries the ball during the third quarter of the Texans’ 35-33 loss to Bellville in last year’s Class 4A Division II state semifinals. Stoever accounted for 470 of Wimberley’s 477 yards in the game and scored all five of its touchdowns. Cody Stoever has watched all the great NFL quarterbacks work magic on Sunday afternoons. Patrick …

Emily Kaplan, ESPNJun 28, 2024, 07:55 AM ET CloseEmily Kaplan is ESPN’s national NHL reporter. Draft day is here (7 p.m. ET on ESPN) and this year, more than in years past, people around the league are preparing for fireworks. I’ve had four general managers tell me they’re open to moving their first-round picks, and they’re not alone, though it …

You might have forgotten that the New Orleans Saints finished last season with a winning record. They were 9-8. It would have been more fitting if they found a way to finish 8-8-1, because since the end of the Sean Payton/Drew Brees era the Saints have settled into boring mediocrity with no end in sight. They’re 25-26 the past three …

EA Sports is releasing “College Football 25” on July 19 and fans are excited for the return of the college football video game series. On Thursday, EA released their defensive ratings for the 25 best defenses in the game, and Oklahoma is just outside the top 10. “College Football 25” has OU as the No. 12 defense ahead of the …

Bills wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling and Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers spent some time training together this week. Valdes-Scantling, who played with Rodgers in Green Bay from 2018 to 2021, said on FS1 that he and Rodgers found a practice field in Los Angeles and got some work in this week. “Me and Aaron have been great friends since I’ve been …

A former commit of the Auburn Tigers has announced a scholarship offer from the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Carde Smith is a 6-foot-5 offensive tackle from Williamson High School out of Mobile, Alabama decommitted from the Tigers on Thursday afternoon. Dear Auburn Nation, After days of deep thought and prayer, I have decided to decommit from Auburn University. This was a very …

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJun 28, 2024, 07:20 AM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. — At the foothills of the North Shore mountains is an unassuming mid-century modern home that blends in with the other houses in the neighborhood. Inside this house is a large, round walnut dining table. There are six …

The Oklahoma Sooners are just over two months from kicking off their 2024 season against Temple in Norman. For now, though, it’s preview magazine season, and one of the biggest names in that game has released his preseason Top 25. Phil Steele ranked the Sooners a bit lower than some other analysts. He has Oklahoma at No. 20 in the …

When it comes to the $4.696 billion verdict (which by law becomes $14.088 billion) in the Sunday Ticket class action, the NFL is on its own. None of the money comes from the revenue that is split between the league and the NFL Players Association. All of it comes from the money held in the coffers of the 32 franchises. …

2025 three-star tight end Brody Lennon was used to watching the tight end position. For most of his first two high school football seasons at Gilmour Academy in Gates Mills, Ohio, Lennon, a defensive end, was tasked with stopping one. But as a junior, Lennon found a home as a “complete tight end,” he said, one could be an in-line …

Those who take football recruiting visits to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs are often overwhelmed by the beauty of the 18,000-acre campus at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. One cannot blame a person for immediately thinking that is the place to be. Orlando Christian Prep transfer Thomas Young tried to push the gorgeous backdrop out of …

Tuesday’s grand unveiling of the annual Blue-Chip Ratio offered a glimpse at the teams history says are capable of winning college football’s 2024 national title. Unsurprisingly, the highest percentage of four- and five-star prospects in recent years began with Ohio State, Alabama and Georgia. But there was a big-name brand noticeably absent from the list that could have the ingredients …

Bills pass rusher Von Miller didn’t record a single sack in 2023, but he says it’s unfair to judge him because he was still dealing with the effects of his 2022 knee injury. Miller says the torn ACL he suffered in 2022 was so bad that it could have cost him the entire 2023 season. He played through it as …

On Thursday, EA Sports College Football 25 released its 25 offensive power rankings in the upcoming game. Tennessee did not make the list. Last season, the Vols ranked 19th in total offense, 36th in scoring offense, 50th in passing offense, ninth in rushing offense and tied for 73rd in red zone offense, according to NCAA statistics. EA Sports College Football 25 …

Jun. 27—Jahmale Clark will be a Minuteman in 2025. The Trotwood-Madison senior-to-be defensive back announced Thursday he has verbally committed to Massachusetts over Kentucky, Miami (Ohio) and Youngstown State. The 5-foot-10, 160-pound Clark is among more than two dozen area players in the class of 2025 to have at least one Division I FBS offer, and he is the ninth …