Running back Frank Gore Jr. signed with the Buffalo Bills and comes to the team with a chip on his shoulder and something to prove. During the 2024 NFL Draft, Gore Jr. was waiting by the phone, but no team ever called, 257 players were drafted and Gore Jr. was left at the end without a team.  The running back …

The two remaining Pac-12 football teams — Oregon State and Washington State — will have their home games broadcast to a national audience. The partnership will air 11 of the Pac-12’s 13 home games on FO or FS1. Unlike typical scheduling, which is announced two weeks before the game, nearly all of the kickoff times will be announced at the …

May 14, 2024, 01:42 AM ET DENVER — Wyatt Johnston scored twice on the eve of his birthday as the Dallas Stars pushed Colorado to the brink of elimination Monday night with a 5-1 victory. Johnston had shorthanded and power-play goals for the Stars, who grabbed a 3-1 lead in the second-round, best-of-seven series. Dallas can close it out at …

Colts right tackle Braden Smith was out of action for much of the 2023 season because of a knee injury, but he feels like he’s on his way back to being 100 percent. Smith told reporters at a Tuesday press conference that he had surgery on his left knee after the Colts season ended in January. Smith missed three games …

A new era of Alabama Crimson Tide football will begin on Aug. 31, 2024 as the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers take on the Kalen DeBoer-led Tide in Bryant-Denny Stadium to kickoff the 2024 season. With Nick Saban announcing his retirement at the conclusion of the 2023 season, fans are not sure how to feel about DeBoer, who was previously at the …

The Buffalo Bills have signed yet another receiver, Marquez Valdes-Scantling, to reshape a position group that lost two starters, including Stefon Diggs. The Bills announced the signing of the sixth-year player to a one-year contract on Tuesday, a day after Valdes-Scantling visited the team for a workout. Listed at 6-foot-4 and 206 pounds, Valdes-Scantling is a two-time Super Bowl champion …

Getty Images The Kansas City Chiefs witnessed the downfall of one of their most recognizable fans after their latest championship season, with Xaviar “ChiefsAholic” Babudar facing up to 50 years in prison for stealing close to $800,000 in nearly a dozen bank robberies. Soon, fans will be able to witness a behind-the-scenes look at Babudar’s double life — as both …

Welcome to the Tuesday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!  With the release of the 2024 NFL schedule just one day away, I’m guessing you already know what we’re going to talk about today. If you guessed the schedule release, pat yourself on the back, because you’re right.  We’ll be taking a look at the latest announcements about the NFL …

With Rutgers football having named Athan Kaliakmanis as the starting quarterback two weeks ago, one of the most interesting depth chart competitions is settled. But the battle for the backup role behind Kaliakmanis is a potentially fascinating one, featuring rising sophomore Ajani Sheppard and true freshman A.J. Surace. Gavin Wimsatt, the starting quarterback for Rutgers last year, entered the transfer …

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMay 12, 2024, 07:10 AM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. VANCOUVER, British Columbia — “Take the ball.” Everything about those three words was an invitation. It was a way to let Arturs Silovs know that although he had already done quite a bit, he could still do so much more, because …

The Vikings are moving on from one of their defensive backs. Per Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, Minnesota has released cornerback Joejuan Williams. Williams, 26, was in his second stint with the Vikings. He initially signed with the club last April before he was released during roster cuts at the beginning of the regular season. While he was on Minnesota’s …

The Oklahoma Sooners are at an interesting inflection point two and a half months from the beginning of the 2024 college football season. The Sooners are entering year three of the Brent Venables era in Norman. After he was hired to be OU’s next head coach in December of 2021, a disappointing 6-7 campaign in 2022 followed. Oklahoma rebounded in …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter Antoine Winfield Jr. saw his future so clearly. When the Bucs safety earned first-team All-Pro honors for the first time in January, he mentioned that he’d seen it coming, referencing a video he recorded after a spring workout last year in which he laid out all of his goals for the 2024 season. On Monday, …

The Detroit Lions rewarded Jared Goff for his career renaissance this week, signing the quarterback to a franchise-record $212 million extension that makes him the second-highest paid signal-caller in the game, behind only the Cincinnati Bengals’ Joe Burrow. But Goff isn’t likely to be the last big-name quarterback to land a lucrative deal ahead of the 2024 NFL season, with …

Oregon State and Washington State will have most of their home games on broadcast television in 2024. The two remaining Pac-12 teams will have 11 total games on the CW for the upcoming season. Fox Sports will televise one home game for each of the two teams on either Fox or Fox Sports 1, while the remaining games will be …