Mar. 26—COLUMBUS — A year or so ago, Ohio State fans were uncertain what they had in Tim Walton. The Buckeye secondary remained shaky in Walton’s first season as cornerbacks coach, and he was facing a recruiting season in which some big scores were available that he couldn’t afford to miss. Now Walton is one of the most popular members …

Ralph Vacchiano NFC East Reporter There wasn’t a moment during the early years of Eli Manning when John Mara — or anyone in the New York Giants organization — publicly acknowledged they were looking at other quarterback options. And there hasn’t been a moment in the first five years of Daniel Jones’ career when any of them publicly admitted it …

The annual Pro Football Hall of Fame Game will be between the Bears and Texans in 2024. (Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) When the Chicago Bears had a good day in the Pro Football Hall of Fame results, they had to know they were headed to Canton in more ways than one. The Bears had Devin Hester, …

OXFORD — More transfer portal chaos is brewing, Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin predicts. At his weekly news conference Tuesday, Kiffin was asked whether he believes the spring transfer portal window ‒ set to begin on April 16 ‒ will be more active than we’ve seen in previous years. In the transfer portal era, the winter window has seen …

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Roger Goodell concluded the NFL Annual Meetings at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel on Tuesday, having a brief 15-minute session on the state of the league. Goodell didn’t give an address, but took questions to end the three-day meetings. Here were the highlights of Goodell’s presser:  “I wouldn’t say it’s a delay. It’s a very thorough process …

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comMar 26, 2024, 02:47 PM ET CloseSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. It has been a rough few weeks for reliable goaltending in the fantasy realm. In fact, it’s been a pretty topsy-turvy season …

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — The NFL has adapted a modified version of the XFL Kickoff Rule for the 2024 season that intends to bring the kickoff back to the game of football. While the league will be eliminating the traditional kickoff, the modified kickoff is designed to put the ball back in the returner’s hands.  The XFL had 341 …

Mar. 26—Marion Local head coach Tim Goodwin and St. Henry grad Jim Lachey are set to be honored during the 92nd annual Ohio State Football Coaches Clinic. Goodwin and Lachey will receive the “Ohio’s Finest” award this year along with former Ohio State assistant coach Mark Dantonio and Massillon Washington High School coach Nate Moore. Lachey has been the radio …

There will be a handful of new faces on the Tennessee Titans’ roster this upcoming NFL season, including the organization’s new head coach, Brian Callahan, who comes to Tennessee after serving as the offensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals from 2019-23. Based on what he’s heard, Titans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins is enthusiastic about Callahan putting his imprint on their …

Could Stephon Gilmore be on his way back to the Carolinas? According to Joe Person of TheAthletic.com, the Panthers have reached out to Gilmore about returning to the club. Gilmore, 33, played for Carolina in the back half of the 2021 season. The Patriots traded Gilmore to the Panthers for a sixth-round pick. He appeared in nine games with eight …

College football spring practices are in full swing, and while the schedule is staggered around spring breaks and different scrimmage dates on the schedule, the end of March is when we really start to focus on the big question marks for top teams in the sport. No spring practice storyline draws more intrigue than quarterback battles, and as we prepare …

ORLANDO, Fla. — Just one day after Howie Roseman declined to talk about Haason Reddick’s contract situation, Nick Sirianni didn’t offer any more clarification on the Philadelphia Eagles pass rusher.  Although there was a glimmer of hope Reddick could return to the Eagles in 2024, based on the way Sirianni spoke about another pass rusher the Eagles acquired this month. …

Ole Miss football and Lane Kiffin appear to have a connection to the upcoming season of “The Bachelorette” reality TV show. The Rebels coach posted an article on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday with the list of potential contestants for the show that was teased by ABC on Monday night. It includes two of his former players in Jonathan Hess …

For the third time in three years, the Green Bay Packers could have a new placekicker.  The team’s kicker last season was rookie Anders Carlson, but there’s no guarantee he’s going to be sticking around after the Packers made the decision to sign Greg Joseph on Tuesday, according to his agent, Brett Tessler. The former Vikings kicker spent the his …

Less than four months after saying there wouldn’t be any Christmas games scheduled for 2024, the NFL has apparently changed its mind.  CBS Sports lead NFL insider Jonathan Jones has reported that the league is planning to schedule a Christmas game in 2024, even though the holiday is falling on a Wednesday. As a matter of fact, the league will …