Free agency started eight days ago. Already, most of the best available players are spoken for. Our list of the 100 (plus a few) top free agents, as compiled by Charean Williams, has most of the players already signed with new teams, or tagged. By my count (which could be off because it’s early and I’m dumb), only 18 of …

The Georgia Bulldogs are continuing to heavily pursue five-star quarterback Julian Lewis, who is currently committed to the USC Trojans. Lewis recently attended a Georgia spring practice recently and has upcoming visits with Colorado (March 22) and USC (March 30). Lewis’ next trip to Georgia is set on May 31 and will be an official visit. The five-star prospect recently reclassified …

Defensive lineman Byron Cowart didn’t see any regular season action in 2023, but he’ll give it another shot in Chicago this year. The Bears announced that they’ve signed Cowart to their offseason roster. It is a one-year contract for Cowart. Cowart spent time with the Chiefs and Texans during last year’s offseason and then signed to the Dolphins practice squad …

Tim Kavanagh, ESPN.comMar 19, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseTim Kavanagh is a senior editor for ESPN digital editorial. He’s a native of upstate New York. Twenty-six of the NHL’s 32 teams will be in action tonight, including seven of eight in the Atlantic Division. The Florida Panthers are off until Thursday, but the results for everyone else will help the …

Greedy conference commissioners, television deals and college football’s moneymaking clout sparked such persistent realignment that we need a cheat sheet to identify what teams are in which conference. Rutgers and Southern Cal soon will be conference brethren, because, you know, Los Angeles and Piscataway, New Jersey, share a lot in common. The Big 12 spans from Orlando to Provo, Utah, …

The NFL announced before the Super Bowl that the Eagles will be the home team for the league’s Week One game in Brazil. One Browns player says the Browns will be the visiting team. Browns defensive tackle Maurice Hurst made the statement while appearing on the team’s Cleveland Browns Daily Show. “We’re playing in Brazil this year,” Hurst said. That …

LAWRENCE — Lance Leipold had an idea Scott Fuchs might leave college for the NFL one day. In February, Leipold recalled the conversation from when the two first met. Fuchs didn’t want to be a coordinator or a head coach, just the best offensive line coach he could be, hopefully in the NFL. So when Fuchs had the chance to …

Gibson explains what made Patriots a good fit for him in NFL free agency originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots didn’t make a huge splash during the first few days of NFL free agency, but one signing that could pay plenty of dividends next season is the addition of Antonio Gibson. The 25-year-old running back signed …

The Ravens are still in the crux of a potential Super Bowl window. Still, they’ll look drastically different on both sides of the football after undergoing massive changes to player personnel and the coaching staff. Eric DeCosta started the off-season with urgency, signing Justin Madubuike, one of the league’s best defensive linemen, to an extension. After inking Madubuike to a …

Chase Young had a sack in last season’s Super Bowl with the 49ers. (Photo by Ryan Kang/Getty Images) Chase Young is still just 24 years old. It seems like he has been around longer than that, mostly because his NFL career has had so many turns. He was an immediate star with the Washington Commanders after being the second overall …

BLOOMINGTON — Indiana football defensive tackle Philip Blidi announced he was entering his name into the transfer portal on Monday night. The former Texas Tech defender spent one season with the Hoosiers. “It has been a great journey this past year,” Blidi wrote on X. “Indiana is a place full of welcoming and friendly people. My family and I are blessed …

Steve Tensi, who threw the first touchdown pass in the Broncos’ first NFL game in 1970, died Friday in his hometown of Boone, North Carolina, the team announced. He was 81 years old. Tensi joined the Broncos in 1967 in a trade from the Chargers, and he started 32 games in four years for Denver before injuries forced him to …

NFL: 49ers lose 2025 fifth-round draft pick due to payroll errors originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The NFL on Monday imposed a penalty on the 49ers that resulted in the club moving back four spots in the fourth round in this year’s draft and forfeiting their fifth-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. The league explained the violation …

As co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach at Western Kentucky in 2022, Josh Crawford had a hand in the nation’s No. 2 passing offense with a quarterback in Austin Reed who threw for more yards — 4,756 — than anybody else in the nation “I have so many good things to say about Coach Crawford,” Reed said after Crawford was …

Retired Aaron Donald, right, passes the Rams’ rushing torch to Kobie Turner, who led the team with nine sacks last season. (Lindsey Wasson / Associated Press) With Aaron Donald now retired, call it 2024 A.D. for the Rams. General manager Les Snead, coach Sean McVay and new defensive coordinator Chris Shula must find an effective way to fill the team’s …