Alabama softball continues with action in the Tuscaloosa Regional on Saturday. It is the 19th-straight NCAA regional Alabama has hosted at Rhoads Stadium and the 25th straight NCAA tournament appearance for the Crimson Tide. Among the four-team field of competition at the Tuscaloosa Regional is Alabama, USC Upstate, Clemson and Southeastern Louisiana. The nationally 14-seeded Crimson Tide (34-17) defeated USC Upstate …

Smith details pressures of being No. 1 pick with 49ers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Former 49ers quarterback Alex Smith entered the NFL with the weight of the world on his shoulders, an experience he opened up about while addressing the crowd during Thursday’s Dwight Clark Legacy Series event at the California Theatre in San Jose. San Francisco …

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMay 18, 2024, 02:26 AM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Matt Duchene’s heroics Friday put his current team in the Western Conference finals at the expense of the team that drafted him more than a decade ago. An unmarked Duchene flicked his wrists, and in less than a second scored the …

The Nebraska Cornhuskers are the latest program to offer Texas wide receiver Jordan Clay, who is part of the 2026 recruiting cycle. Clay, a 6-foot-3, 190-pound wide receiver out of James Madison High School in San Antonio, is considered a four-star recruit by 247Sports and ESPN, while On3 and Rivals rank him as a three-star prospect. Other notable programs that …

The Seahawks’ entire 2024 NFL draft class is under contract. Seahawks sixth-round tackle Michael Jerrell signed his contract on Friday, and that means all eight players the Seahawks drafted are now under contract. Since the adoption of the Collective Bargaining Agreement with a rookie wage scale in 2011, rookie holdouts are rare and rookies are almost always signed before training …

The Chicago Bears are the only team in NFL history that has never had a quarterback throw for 4,000 yards in a single season. Could that change this season with the arrival of former USC star Caleb Williams? Craig Carton opined that Williams, the Bears’ first overall pick in this year’s draft, will indeed end the drought for Chicago next …

Spring is in the rearview mirror for Michigan football, which had to retool more this offseason than in recent years, on the heels of last year’s national championship. Most of the key figures from the best three-year run in program history are gone, including former coach Jim Harbaugh to the NFL’s Los Angeles Chargers and the majority of the staff …

FRISCO, Texas —  Everyone handles grief, depression and anxiety differently in life, but sometimes the biggest thing someone suffering with those emotions can hear is that someone else dealt with a similar issue and found a way to get through it.  That was certainly the case for the Dallas Cowboys’ International Fan of the Year Eduardo Flores. He had the …

Getty Images The Kansas City Chiefs have already seen wide receiver Rashee Rice have multiple run-ins with the law this offseason, and now they have seen two of their offensive linemen get arrested.  According to ESPN, Wanya Morris and Chukwuebuka Godrick were arrested Thursday night in Johnson County, Kansas, and charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana. They each posted a …

When Michigan in March lost safety Rod Moore to the entirety of the 2024 season, it was a crushing blow — mostly for Moore, but also for a secondary that was suddenly reeling. Coming off its national championship, the secondary had seemed like it’d be a strength for Michigan in 2024. Yes, the defense’s Swiss Army Knife, Mike Sainristil, would depart …

May 16, 2024, 06:07 PM ET PRAGUE — Canada eased past Norway 4-1 on Thursday for its fourth straight win at the ice hockey world championship after not allowing a single shot on goal in the first two periods. The United States scored four goals in the opening period to cruise to a 5-0 victory over France, while Sweden maintained …

How NFL put Bears’ 2024 schedule together for Caleb Williams’ rookie season originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Bears will enter the 2024 season as one of the most exciting teams in the NFL, thanks to No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams and the host of improvements general manager Ryan Poles made this offseason. But despite the anticipation for …

Ryan Kang/Getty Images The spring transfer portal window is closed and a lot of movement has come to an end as rosters are being finalized for the fall. Here is a look at the 10 biggest offensive linemen to hit the transfer portal this offseason. ***** THIS SERIES: Ranking the 10 biggest QB transfers of the offseason | Biggest RB …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 16, 2024, 10:03 PM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider told his teammates he felt there was a goal in his stick before the third period of Game 6 against the Carolina Hurricanes, with his team trailing 3-1. “I said, ‘I sure hope so,'” recalled teammate Vincent Trocheck. Kreider …

Former 49ers QB Smith recalls favorite Candlestick Park memory originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Many 49ers fans won’t ever forget San Francisco’s 36-32 final-second NFC divisional round win over the Drew Brees-led New Orleans Saints in 2011 — and neither will Alex Smith. Even 13 years later, the former 49ers quarterback confessed he can’t get the image of …