Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterMay 14, 2024, 11:57 AM ET CloseKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The Boston Bruins won’t have captain Brad Marchand in the lineup while trying to avoid elimination in Game 5 of their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series against Florida on Tuesday. “[Marchand] is not an option,” Bruins’ coach Jim Montgomery said after …

Forget all the immediate draft grades, even if I do them. The reality is they mean nothing. It’s too soon. Wait three years. You have to let the picks and decisions marinate before truly giving them a real grade. That’s what I do here with the 2021 NFL Draft. I am regrading every team, but also regrading myself as I …

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In the wake of the NFL Draft, and as the 2024 schedule begins to come into focus, sportsbooks have unveiled their Over/Under win total projections for every team for the 2024 season. FOX Sports’ Colin Cowherd has a deep understanding of how these bets work — “On average, fans tend to bet the over; those are called sucker bets.” — …

Getty Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is set to host a new show called “Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity?”. The 20-episode project will be a spinoff of the “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?” game show. “I grew up loving game shows, and I’m excited to be following in the footsteps of so many TV icons …

You need a good quarterback to win in the NFL. You have to pay a good quarterback market value to keep him around. It becomes a lot harder to win once you pay that quarterback market value. That’s the conundrum all NFL teams face. There is three decades of history that indicates your quarterback better not make more than 13% …

Apr 27, 2024; Boulder, CO, USA; Colorado Buffaloes head coach Deion Sanders during a spring game event at Folsom Field. Mandatory Credit: Ron Chenoy-USA TODAY Sports Colorado will play its first two games of the 2024 season on national television. The Buffs open year two of the Deion Sanders era with a 6 p.m. MT kickoff against North Dakota State …

Caitlin Clark will make her long-awaited regular-season WNBA debut Tuesday when she faces the Connecticut Sun (7:30 p.m. EST on ESPN 2). Editor’s Picks 2 Related Clark’s decorated college career with the Iowa Hawkeyes included breaking the all-time Division I scoring record, two trips to the national championship game and two Naismith Player of the Year awards. An hour after …

Back in March, shortly after the first wave of free agency, CBSSports.com explored how much and how little draft capital was controlled by each team. Using the trade value chart of SportsLine’s R.J. White, we ranked the teams based on the cumulative value of each team’s picks.  It is time to look back at how teams used that draft capital …

Kalen DeBoer’s first real test as the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide will come in Week 3 as the Tide travel to Madison, Wisconsin to take on the Wisconsin Badgers. With the Badgers being a consistent top-25 team and it being the first road game of the DeBoer era, it will be a challenge. Fortunately, Alabama avoided a …

Aaron Rodgers’ second season with the New York Jets will begin with a similar setup to how his first season with the team started. The star quarterback and Gang Green will head West in Week 1 to take on the San Francisco 49ers in the first “Monday Night Football” game of the season. It marks the second straight year that …

The 2024 NFL schedule will be released Wednesday night, but the league has announced a few premier matchups that will take place early in the year. On Tuesday, the NFL revealed that Aaron Rodgers and the New York Jets would open up the season in California against Brock Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers on “Monday Night Football” Sept. 9.  …

Kamari Lassiter might want to start brushing up on his new head coach’s background when talking trash about the University of Alabama in the locker room.  Lassiter, the Houston Texans’ first pick in the 2024 NFL draft, is not only a dominant cornerback in man coverage but also a proud Georgia alum. He loves Athens, loves Samford Stadium will always pull for …

We all know fit is vital for players once they enter the NFL. Not just quarterbacks. From scheme to type of teammates, environment is often the imperceptible element that makes or breaks a young player as he’s acclimating to the league.  Let’s pinpoint the absolute best fits from the 2024 NFL Draft.  The Packers have a new Quadzilla in the backfield …

Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark NHL reporterRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Kristen Shilton Close Kristen Shilton ESPN NHL reporterKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN.May 14, 2024, 09:00 AM ET Sixteen games have been played in the second round of the 2024 Stanley Cup playoffs. Some trends from Round 1 have continued. …