Patriots minicamp observations: Drake Maye’s improvement ‘significant’ originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Drake Maye still has plenty of work to do this summer. But at the very least, the New England Patriots’ rookie quarterback appears to be on the right path. The Patriots wrapped up their mandatory minicamp Wednesday with a practice session outside Gillette Stadium. While minicamp originally …

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 …

Auburn football’s skill players are incredibly talented despite their youth. Auburn returns a veteran running back room led by Jarquez Hunter and Damari Alston, and Michigan State transfer Payton Thorne enters his second season as the Tigers’ starting quarterback. The headliners on offense are the wide receivers. Auburn signed a quartet of impressive wide receivers such as Cam Coleman and …

The Kansas City Chiefs are the two-time defending Super Bowl champions, the team everyone wants to beat in the NFL. Still, owner Clark Hunt hasn’t received very much praise from the players earning him those Super Bowl championships. Despite three Super Bowl titles in five years, Hunt received an “F-” on the NFLPA’s annual internal players’ survey, the lowest mark of …

Notre Dame football’s first game in Athens in 2019 set a Sanford Stadium attendance record. The Fighting Irish are coming to town later this year to play Georgia basketball in Stegeman Coliseum for the first hardwood meeting between the programs in Athens. The Dec. 3 matchup is part of the SEC/ACC Challenge. It was announced Wednesday afternoon on the SEC …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 12, 2024, 03:47 PM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. EDMONTON — Connor McDavid, the leading scorer in the NHL playoffs, doesn’t have a goal for the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup Final. The power play he orchestrates, the most dominant in the league, hasn’t generated a goal either. The Florida Panthers have built …

Caleb Williams’ pre-training camp prep will be vital to QB, Bears’ hopes in 2024 originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Caleb Williams checked every box in the first phase of the Bears’ detailed quarterback development plan. Williams spent OTAs and mandatory minicamp immersing himself in the playbook, forming a connection with his teammates, and experimenting with …

USATSI As Shilo Sanders navigates a bankruptcy filing, the Colorado defensive back and son of Deion Sanders “cannot wait for trial to share his side of story,” his attorney, Victor Vital, told 247Sports’ Carl Reed. The impetus for the filing is that Sanders owes more than $11 million in a civil court judgment stemming from injuries Sanders allegedly caused to …

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — School is out for the summer. The New England Patriots wrapped up mandatory minicamp on Wednesday and it was a rather lukewarm way to head into the break for the offense in particular.  This final session was a bit more lax than the opening minicamp practice on Monday, but things did ramp up during competitive drills, which …

The 2024-25 college basketball season isn’t tipping off for another five months, but one of the sport’s marquee non-conference events has reportedly been set. Matchups for the second annual ACC-SEC Challenge have been determined, as reported by college basketball insider Jon Rothstein Wednesday, a group of games highlighted by what are expected to be some of the best teams in …

The NFL Draft has become a spectacle that’s drawn hundreds of thousands of fans to cities across the United States of America in recent years. CBS Sports decided to pay homage to the process by coming up with the all-time NFL Draft class (i.e., the best player taken with each selection) post-NFL merger in 1970.  Carve out some time in …

Free agent tight end Jimmy Graham doesn’t know whether he’s done playing in the NFL, but he wants to talk to the Saints before he makes a final decision. The 37-year-old Graham, who played for the Saints from 2010 to 2014 and again in 2023, says he’s not sure yet if he is retiring and his future is up in …

On Tuesday, former Colorado football linebacker Kofi Taylor-Barrocks announced his commitment to the UTEP Miners. The transfer linebacker appeared in only one game with the Buffs last season before entering the portal in April. Taylor-Barrocks was a highly recruited prospect out of the NFL Academy in London, England, earning other notable scholarship offers from the Michigan State Spartans, Ole Miss …

Eric Williams NFC West Writer THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. — Cooper Kupp feels like himself again, and that could mean trouble for the rest of the NFL. That last time Kupp was fully healthy, he put together one of the most historic campaigns in league history for a receiver. In 2021, he led the league in catches (145), receiving yards (1,947) …

Las Vegas Raiders senior defensive assistant Rob Ryan has seen a lot of players since beginning his football coaching career in 1987, but he says one stands alone as the best of the best. Ryan, entering his third year of his second stint with the Raiders, says defensive end Maxx Crosby gets the title. “When you talk about Maxx Crosby, …