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Minnesota beats Boston to win PWHL’s inaugural Walter Cup

May 29, 2024, 09:59 PM ET LOWELL, Mass. — Minnesota won the inaugural championship of the Professional Women’s Hockey League on Wednesday night, getting 17 saves from Nicole Hensley to beat Boston 3-0 in a winner-take-all Game 5 and claim the Walter Cup. Three nights after prematurely celebrating a would-be game-winner in double overtime that was waved off for goaltender …

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Chargers creating new edge on defense by deploying four tenacious pass rushers

Chargers defensive line coach Mike Elston calls defensive coordinator Jesse Minter “the best game-day coordinator I’ve worked with in terms of calling a game.” (Ryan Sun / Associated Press) The Chargers were supposed to be good defensively under former head coach Brandon Staley. He had just coordinated the Rams’ defense to No. 1 in points and yards allowed when the …

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Five-Star tackle sets visit with Ohio State

Ohio State has dialed up its recruiting efforts to an 11 and they have most recently nailed down a recruiting visit from a five-star offensive tackle in the class of 2025 from the state of Georgia in Josh Petty. He is widely considered a top five offensive tackle in the class and is projected as an immediate contributor level player. …

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Michael Strahan responds to Kayvon Thibodeaux ‘going for’ his single-season sack record: ‘Hope you get it’

New York Giants edge rusher Kayvon Thibodeaux is ‘going for’ Michael Strahan’s single-season sack leader record – and, the 2001 Defensive Player of the Year has wished him well. Thibodeaux is entering his third year in the league, and after coming off of a 50-tackle, 11.5-sack season, confidently revealed this week he is gunning for Strahan’s record of 22.5 sacks …

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Kittle reveals he played majority of 2023 season with injury

Kittle reveals he played majority of 2023 season with injury originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — On Wednesday, for the first time since undergoing successful core muscle surgery this offseason, George Kittle spoke to the media. The 49ers tight end shared that the injury occurred at some point in the middle of the 2023 NFL season, …

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2025 5-star WR out of Sasche (TX) is trending towards Texas A&M’s SEC rival

RN_AggiesWire_FB1 Ahead of a busy recruiting summer, Texas A&M is still in the mix for elite 2025 five-star wide receiver Kaliq Lockett, who holds deep ties to the program and possesses NFL-like receiving traits with an incredibly high ceiling. While head coach Mike Elko and his staff have done a solid job of keeping Lockett close to College Station with …

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Comparing Pete Carroll with Washington’s modern football coaches

The USC Trojans hope Lincoln Riley can match what Pete Carroll achieved. This is the Trojans big hope in the 21st century. Washington, meanwhile, has had two coaches who made the College Football Playoff this century and recalled what Don James did decades ago. James was the architect of a Washington empire, much as Pete Carroll built a USC dynasty. …

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49ers OTA observations: Purdy, Pearsall developing chemistry

49ers OTA observations: Purdy, Pearsall developing chemistry originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — Wide receiver Jauan Jennings, new contract freshly signed, worked on a side field during 49ers organized team activities on Wednesday. On the main practice field, quarterback Brock Purdy drilled a 20-yard pass down the middle of the field to rookie receiver Ricky Pearsall …

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Where Ohio State ranks in On3’s post spring top 25 college football rankings

Headed into the 2024 college football season many experts and analysts around the college football landscape have high expectations for Ohio State to be among the best teams in the country. Most preseason college football rankings currently feature Georgia and Ohio State at the top in some order. This includes Fox Sports’ Joel Klatt who currently ranks the Buckeyes at …

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Drew Bledsoe shares thoughts on having legacy tied to Tom Brady

Drew Bledsoe does not have any lingering animosity towards Bill Belichick or Tom Brady, even though Belichick demoted him from starting quarterback in 2001 in favor of Brady — the move that spurred a run to that year’s Super Bowl title (and five more after that) for the New England Patriots. But Bledsoe did tell his former Dallas Cowboys teammate …

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Curran: How Maye ‘took a step forward’ in Wednesday’s OTA practice

Curran: How Maye ‘took a step forward’ in Wednesday’s OTA practice originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Drake Maye is starting to find his footing with the New England Patriots one month after being drafted third overall. Our Tom E. Curran and Phil Perry were in attendance for Wednesday’s OTA session in Foxboro, where Maye practiced running the offense alongside …

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