A potential contract extension for Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa has been a subject of conversation around the team this offseason and it appears that the lack of one is impacting Tagovailoa’s attendance at the team’s offseason program. The team posted a picture of Tagovailoa at the facility in the middle of April during an early workout, but Jonathan Jones of …

Amelia Island, Fla. — NCAA president Charlie Baker said there was “still a lot of work to be done” on a potential multibillion-dollar settlement of an antitrust lawsuit that could have a major impact on the future of college athletics. Amid multiple reports Monday that the NCAA and Power Four conferences were working to settle the NCAA v. House lawsuit …

May 18, 2024, 11:50 PM ET EDMONTON, Alberta — Evan Bouchard and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each had a goal and two assists, Connor McDavid added three assists and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Vancouver Canucks 5-1 on Saturday night to avoid elimination and force a deciding Game 7 in their second-round playoff series. Dylan Holloway, Zach Hyman and Evander Kane also …

The Giants surprised most to make the playoffs two years ago. They regressed quite a bit last year. Now they head into year three of the Brian Daboll, Joe Schoen regime a bit of an anomaly. Normally, this is the year in a rebuild where a team takes a significant jump. The Giants, though, appear still stuck in the early …

A Friday offer went out from Rutgers football to Matt Sieg, a class of 2026 prospect from Pennsylvania. Sieg is a four-star athlete and the No. 140 prospect in the nation according to 247Sports. In addition to Rutgers, he holds offers from Maryland, Michigan State, Nebraska, Penn State, Pittsburgh and Syracuse among others. He attends Fort Cherry High School (McDonald, …

It’s hard to build a good football team. At times, it isn’t. Here’s a pretty solid rule of thumb: Pay your key players. That’s apparently not as easy as it sounds. Plenty of teams draft or otherwise acquire a player who comes in and contributes at a high level. Then, when it’s time for the player to get paid, he …

College football recruiting has vastly changed over the years, but one of the constants that’s remained is the weight of expectations on five-star recruits. The higher a recruit is ranked, the higher the expectations are that they’ll immediately become a difference-maker for their team — and perhaps leave conference championships and College Football Playoff appearances in their wake.  In the …

Greenlaw shares encouraging update about his Achilles injury recovery originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Dre Greenlaw’s 2023 NFL season came to an abrupt end after suffering a torn Achilles tendon in the 49ers’ Super Bowl LVIII loss to the Kansas City Chiefs, but the star linebacker is on the road to recovery. While speaking to NBC Sports Bay …

The march to the return of the fan-favorite video game franchise continued this week with a look at the first official gameplay trailer for EA Sports College Football 25. Penn State was featured in multiple shots within the trailer released by EA Sports. The long-awaited return of EA Sports’ college football video game franchise will be official later this summer …

In the second year of the removal of the traditional CBS and Fox network assignments, with AFC games going to CBS and NFC games going to Fox, 49 games that would have landed at one network have been shifted to the other. In the playoffs, the NFL says the old rules remain in effect. With one exception. Per the league, …

Getty Images Auburn running back Brian Battie was injured during a fatal shooting Saturday morning in his hometown of Sarasota, Florida, 247Sports confirms. Battie’s brother, 24-year-old Tommie Battie, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to police. The incident, which took place around 3:30 a.m. Saturday morning, sent four others to the hospital, including the Tigers running back.  “We are …

See first-round pick Pearsall in 49ers uniform for first time originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The moment the 49ers Faithful have been waiting for is here. San Francisco offered fans a glimpse of first-round draft pick Ricky Pearsall in the Red and Gold on Saturday, and the No. 14 49ers uniform certainly suits him well. The photos come …

Off a season where he was among the best running backs in college football, Rutgers‘ Kyle Monangai believes that there is more to be done this upcoming season. And, that last year’s season isn’t the ceiling for his time with the Rutgers football program. In 2023, Monangai had a breakout season where led the Big Ten in rushing with1,262 rushing …

The Bills will once again have training camp at their longtime summer home of St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York. Bills Chief Operating Officer Pete Guelli announced today that the team will return to St. John Fisher, which is about 80 miles east of the Bills’ facility in Orchard Park. The decision had been widely expected but not …

May 18—*** The Big Ten football season will be here before you know it. Illinois is one of the two Big Ten teams opening Aug. 29 (Minnesota is the other). The rest of the league opens that weekend. Between now and May 29, I am continuing to count down the 2024 Big Ten race. Feel free to disagree. New coach …