LSU was college football’s most explosive offense in 2023. It wasn’t that close either with 17% of the Tigers’ plays accounting for 20+ yards or a touchdown. The next best was USC at 13.5%. LSU’s level of explosiveness came somewhat as a surprise. The unit was expected to be good returning players like Jayden Daniels, Malik Nabers and Will Campbell, but …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 14, 2024, 01:46 PM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. EDMONTON — History says the Florida Panthers most likely wrapped up the Stanley Cup by winning Game 3 against the Edmonton Oilers, taking a 3-0 series lead. Just don’t tell that to the Florida Panthers “We don’t look at that stuff. You guys do. I’m …

The 2024 Fantasy Football season is on the way and the Fantasy Football Today team has drafted their initial player outlooks for the entire player pool heading into training camp. Things will change on the injury front, in free agency, and possibly on the trade market, but the Fantasy Football team led by Dave Richard, Jamey Eisenberg, Heath Cummings, and …

Rivals national recruiting analyst Marshall Levenson is joined by Jason Suchomel of OrangeBloods.com, Mark Passwaters of AggieYell.com and Ryan Young of TrojanSports.com to tackle three topics and determine whether they believe each statement is FACT or FICTION. MORE FACT OR FICTION: Georgia leads for four-star OL Dontrell Glover ***** CLASS OF 2024 RANKINGS: Rivals250 | Team | Position | State …

Taylor Swift wasn’t physically in attendance for the Kansas City Chiefs’ ring ceremony, but she was certainly there in spirit. The pop music icon and girlfriend of Chiefs star tight end Travis Kelce watched some of the ceremony via Instagram live streams shared by players and their significant others. Swift made her presence known while viewing the live broadcast of …

The month of June has been a blast, albeit an exhausting one, on the college football recruiting calendar. Last weekend the nation’s top players did their thing at Overtime OT7 Finals in Florida. Next week, the Class of 2025’s top quarterbacks trek to Los Angeles for the 2024 Elite 11 Finals.  In between all of that, major visits are popping off …

Guess what? You made it to Friday! Before we all kick back for the weekend, allow me, Tyler Sullivan, to provide everything you need to know surrounding the NFL. Cody Benjamin and I will be tag-teaming the newsletter while our buddy John Breech enjoys some time off and we’ll do our best to meet Breech’s quota of 47 Bengals and/or …

On Thursday, the Jacksonville Jaguars handed Trevor Lawrence an absolutely massive contract extension. The five-year deal pays him a total of $275 million, $142 million of which is fully guaranteed, and the $55 million average annual value ties him with Joe Burrow as the highest-paid player in league history. With the exception of Patrick Mahomes, who signed a remarkably unique …

Assuredly, Michigan football got off to a slow start recruiting the 2025 class. Though, it didn’t seem that way early on. The Wolverines had three players committed, two of them high-profile (Chris Ewald and Mantrez Walker), last fall. But two of the three ended up decommitting while the other (Carter Smith) stayed and rose up the recruiting rankings. Now that …

Without mentioning former head coach Brandon Staley by name, Chargers edge rusher Khalil Mack said this week that new coach Jim Harbaugh understands how to win close games — which Mack says was the Chargers’ problem last year. Mack said that in a short time with Harbaugh, he has learned a lot about some of the late-game strategies that Harbaugh …

Official visit season is in full swing, and Norman will see a number of visitors throughout June. Last week, the Sooners hosted several prospects and this weekend is no different. Right now, the Sooners are ranked No. 7 overall in recruiting for the class of 2025 and trail the USC Trojans. Things are far from over, and there is a …

The hype machine is humming as the NFL wraps up offseason workouts this week, with every talking head projecting which teams will emerge as a surprise contender this upcoming season. While I do not have a “Magic 8-Ball” at my disposal that predicts the future, my football senses tingle when I review my notes from the flurry of offseason transactions …

With Brady in Patriots HOF, question now becomes ‘What about Bill?’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston FOXBORO – Over? Did you say over? Oh, it’s not over. Tom Brady Day/Night/Week may have felt like culmination and punctuation. It wasn’t. Not by a fair sight. Beyond the 12-foot statue they’re going to produce and unveil sometime this season (good thing …

Getty Images Lavonte David considered leaving the one NFL team he’s played for since being drafted in 2012. When Tom Brady retired, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers had more questions than answers, and the linebacker was eyeing the 2024 offseason as his potential departure.  Not wanting to be around during a rebuild, David said he began considering either retiring or testing free …

Michigan football recruiting had been lagging. Key word: ‘had.’ The Wolverines are starting to piece things together now that it’s summer official visit season and one player who visited Ann Arbor last week declared that he had seen enough. Long thought to be a Penn State lean, 2025 Washington (D.C.) Gonazaga four-star safety Kainoa Winston was still going through the …