Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMar 7, 2024, 10:03 PM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Anthony Duclair is returning to Florida. This time, it will be as a member of the Lightning, after Tampa Bay landed the winger in a trade Thursday from the San Jose Sharks. Duclair and a 2025 seventh-round pick will head to …

Texas State head football coach G.J. Kinne at practice Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023. SAN MARCOS — You scared you’re going to lose G.J. Kinne at Texas State? Well, chill. A little. The first-year Bobcats football coach had a breakthrough 8-5 season in his initial campaign, not only beating Baylor in the opener but reaching and winning a bowl game 45-21 …

The Jaguars are close to a restructured contract agreement with offensive guard Brandon Scherff, Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports. Scherff was projected as a salary cap casualty because of his $23.967 million cap number. He was scheduled to make a $15 million base salary. Earlier in the day, the Jaguars reached agreement with their other starting guard, Ezra Cleveland, …

Henry McKenna AFC East Reporter Josh Allen’s contract is showing. The Buffalo Bills made a flurry of moves on Wednesday, which included the release of cornerback Tre’Davious White, safety Jordan Poyer, center Mitch Morse, cornerback Siran Neal, receiver Deonte Harty and running back Nyheim Hines. Those releases trace back, in large part, to the explosion of Allen’s deal from an …

The college football landscape is changing quickly as its top head coaches, Nick Saban and Jim Harbaugh, have departed the game for new ventures. Now that Saban and Harbaugh are out of the picture, who are college football’s top head coaches? Bruce Feldman of The Athletic has taken the best 25 current head coaches and has given them a ranking. …

The Chiefs have locked up one of their top free agents. (Not that one.) Linebacker Drue Tranquill has agreed to return to the Chiefs on a three-year, $19 million deal that includes $13 million guaranteed, per multiple reports. Tranquill confirmed the deal on X, writing “unfinished business #ChiefsKingdom LETS GOOOOO.” Tranquill was 61st on PFT’s list of top 100 free …

Getty Images Instead of testing the open market, Drue Tranquill is staying in Kansas City. The veteran linebacker is expected to sign a three-year, $19 million extension with the Chiefs, according to ESPN.  Tranquill initially signed with the Chiefs before the start of the 2023 season. During his first season in Kansas City, Tranquill made eight regular-season starts and one …

Tennessee State football coach Eddie George hired his second offensive coordinator since the end of the 2023 season adding Travis Partridge to the Tigers staff. After firing Theron Aychy at the end of the season, George made a splash by hiring North Dakota State offensive coordinator Travis Roehl in January. Roehl spent just one month at TSU, however, before accepting …

Offensive lineman Kevin Dotson has agreed to terms on a three-year contract to stay with the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday. The deal is expected to be worth $48 million for Dotson, who became one of the NFL’s top-rated guards and a pillar of the Rams’ offense last season after they acquired him from Pittsburgh in training camp. Dotson, a …

The Rams reached agreement on a three-year deal with right guard Kevin Dotson on Thursday. They also are keeping their left tackle. In expected news, the Rams will place a restricted tender on Alaric Jackson, Jeremy Fowler of ESPN reports. The team is leaning toward an original-round tender of $3.116 million, Fowler adds. Jackson started 15 games in his first …

The Georgia Bulldogs wide receiver room is faced with the task of replacing Ladd McConkey and Marcus Rosemy-Jacksaint. Including Brock Bowers, Georgia lost three of its four leading receivers from the 2023 college football season. Georgia’s wide receiver group is still expected to be among the best in the country. The Bulldogs return a deep core of wide receivers and …

Andy Reid does have one regret about the Chiefs’ rollercoaster 2023 season that ended in Kansas City, becoming the first team to repeat as Super Bowl champions in nearly 20 years. Reid told Colin Cowherd on Thursday’s edition of “The Herd” that when Travis Kelce infamously bumped him in a sideline confrontation during the Chiefs’ 25-22 overtime win over the …

Justin Fields has supporters in the Bears building: report originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago As we approach the beginning of NFL free agency on March 13, the timeline for the Bears to figure out their quarterback situation is thinning. General manager Ryan Poles told the media at the NFL Combine he hopes to “do right” by Justin Fields, in …

Getty Images The Jacksonville Jaguars have re-signed one of their own just before free agency opens next week, as they have locked down offensive guard Ezra Cleveland for three more years with $14.5 million guaranteed, according to CBS Sports lead NFL insider Jonathan Jones. The total value of the contract extension is $28.5 million, per NFL Media. The Jaguars acquired Cleveland from …

Shortly after the 2023 college football season came to a close, the shocking news broke that legendary head coach Nick Saban would be retiring from coaching. He is still staying around the game as an advocate for players and the sport, a media member (who would have guessed?) and an advisor to the Alabama football program. Since retiring, he has …