Ennis Rakestraw Jr. is making good on a promise that’s over a decade old after being selected in the second round of the 2024 NFL Draft. The Detroit Lions rookie cornerback shared a letter he penned as a fourth-grader on social media, in which he wrote to his teacher at the time that he promised to “talk about you” if …

FORT WORTH, Texas — There may not be a better NFL landing spot for a rookie tight end than the back-to-back Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs given the opportunity to team up with three-time Super Bowl MVP quarterback Patrick Mahomes and nine-time Pro Bowl tight end Travis Kelce. Rookie tight end Jared Wiley, Kansas City’s first of two fourth-round …

In 2011, 300 college football and basketball players from Arizona, Kentucky, Purdue and UCLA petitioned the NCAA demanding a cut of television revenue. They were told such a move is not “fiscally possible.” What followed was an early effort toward cost of attendance which involved increasing scholarships by $2,000. That all seems laughable by today’s standards. Nowadays, the players — …

If the Cleveland Browns are going to make back-to-back playoff appearances for the first time in 35 years, it’s not going to be easy, and that’s because they’ll be facing the NFL’s most difficult strength of schedule in 2024.  The Browns haven’t made two consecutive playoff appearances since all the way back in 1989, which also happens to be the …

49ers projected to receive two more compensatory 2025 draft picks originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers have been as efficient as any team in the NFL when it comes to stockpiling additional draft assets with compensatory selections. Per Over the Cap, San Francisco is projected to receive two additional 2025 NFL Draft compensatory selections because of the …

Shedrick Rhodes Jr. has committed to Rutgers football out of the transfer portal on Tuesday night. a multi-year starter at Ohio, he projects as a right tackle in the Big Ten. Rhodes is coming off a 2023 season where he made 13 appearances (11 starts) for Ohio. The commitment from Rhodes came after a mid-week visit to Rutgers. At 6-foot-6 and …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 8, 2024, 01:17 AM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Vincent Trocheck’s double-overtime goal was the perfect encapsulation of the New York Rangers’ series against the Hurricanes so far: It was scored on a Rangers power play during another failure for Carolina’s penalty kill. “Not much else to talk about. It’s pretty evident,” Carolina captain …

USATSI With the NFL Draft officially in the rearview mirror, there’s only one big event left on the NFL’s offseason calendar and that’s the release of the schedule. The only problem with this year’s release is that no one seems to have any idea when the schedule is actually going to come out.  Well, that was a problem, but it’s …

Rutgers football on Tuesday landed Ohio transfer offensive lineman Shedrick Rhodes Jr., the program announced on social media. Rhodes has already signed with the Scarlet Knights. The addition of Rhodes gives Rutgers some good competition for the starting right tackle spot, which returning linemen Reggie Sutton and Tyler Needham could also be in the mix for. Piscataway, NJ — April …

Joe Burrow threw some crisp passes in a team workout Tuesday and said rehabbing his surgically repaired right wrist is still a work in progress. The Bengals quarterback was cleared to throw about a month ago, but hasn’t been cleared for contact yet. He hopes to be fully ready to go by training camp. “I felt good the last couple …

Joe Collier, a longtime Denver Broncos defensive coordinator and mastermind behind the team’s famed “Orange Crush” defense, has died, the team announced on Tuesday. He was 91 years old.  Collier presided over three defenses that advanced to the Super Bowl during his time in Denver that spanned from 1972-88. Collier coached a bevy of Broncos defenders who are now in the …

Here’s when Bears, NFL schedules will be released: reports originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The NFL informed teams today that the highly-anticipated regular season schedule release will happen on Wednesday, May 15 at 7 p.m. (CT). Ben Fischer from Sports Business Journal was the first to report. NEWS: The full @NFL schedule is currently slated to be released at …

It seems like just yesterday, we were sitting on our couches watching Michigan and Washington battle it out for the CFP National Championship. We’re now preparing for the start of the 2024 regular season, an exciting time fans are increasingly eager for with Spring Games and transfer portal additions. The greatest headline to watch for the UNC football team, ahead …

CHICAGO — The Chicago Blackhawks have re-signed forward Lukas Reichel to a two-year contract. The team announced the deal on Tuesday. It runs through the 2025-26 season with a $1.2 million cap hit. The Blackhawks were hoping for a breakout performance from Reichel this season, but he struggled with inconsistency for much of the year. Reichel, who turns 22 on …

If you’ve been waiting patiently for the NFL schedule to be released, you’re not going to have to wait much longer and that’s because it appears that the release date is now set. According to the Sports Business Journal, NFL teams have been informed in a memo that the 2024 schedule will be released on Wednesday, May 15, which makes …