The Bills are taking a look at adding a veteran defensive lineman. Per Adam Schefter of ESPN, Austin Johnson is visiting with Buffalo on Wednesday. Johnson, 29, spent the last two seasons with the Chargers. He started all 17 games for the club in 2023, recording 46 total tackles with two tackles for loss, one QB hit, two passes defensed, …

The Oklahoma Sooners coaching staff is in the midst of rounding out their 2025 recruiting class. They currently have nine players pledged to join the Sooners next year. Brent Venables has already said this would be the smallest recruiting class he’s had at Oklahoma during his tenure. That is because they’ve reached the point of not having to process as …

The players don’t want it. Plenty of fans will complain about it. The NFL nevertheless feels compelled to push for a ban of the hip-drop tackle. The reason is simple. The league believes the play results in an injury rate at least 20 times hire than a normal tackle. The NFL understands, we’re told, that it might not be as …

Eli Drinkwitz, straddling the line between sincerity and levity, will remark that he’s just a football coach. But … right now, by his own admission, he’s an obsessed football coach. And he’s an obsessed football coach who has arrived at that emotion because of Missouri football’s recent history. He’s just a football coach, but in between the things that have …

Can Oren Burks be a factor in Eagles’ reshaped linebacker room? originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia If you only remember Oren Burks from the Super Bowl, yeah, it’s easy to wonder what the Eagles were thinking signing him. It was Burks who replaced Dre Greenlaw when he tore his Achilles jogging onto the field in the second quarter of …

GAINESVILLE — Florida defensive coordinator Austin Armstrong can look back on the rapid decline of his D with a healthy dose of humility and even a touch of humor. “When you’re young and you’re successful, you’re Boy Wonder,” he said following Tuesday’s practice. “When you’re not, you’re boy blunder.” The Gators’ fall from a top-10 unit in September to a …

As with most Thursdays on the NHL schedule, the lineup of matchups is pretty stellar. It includes an interconference showdown of two of the hottest teams in the league as the Nashville Predators visit the Florida Panthers (7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+/Hulu). There is also a game that will have big ramifications on the Eastern Conference wild-card race as the New …

49ers have few offensive needs with all starters set to return originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers’ entire starting offense from last year is under contract for the 2024 NFL season. There are few if any spots that figure to even be challenged on an offense that returns so many Pro Bowl-caliber players. Aside from depth, the …

BLOOMINGTON — An annual rite of spring has been a new quarterback competition for the Indiana football team. There’s a fresh round of optimism this year with the program hiring Curt Cignetti, a coach with a proven history of developing quarterbacks. The same is true of the brain trust he hired — offensive coordinator Mike Shanahan and quarterbacks coach Tino Sunseri …

In the Week Four Lions-Packers game, the third quarter expired a moment before the Packers snapped the ball. The play should have been immediately blown dead, but the officials didn’t notice, and the Packers gained 44 yards on the play. The Lions weren’t happy about it, but there was no way to fix the officials’ mistake. If a new rule …

BLOOMINGTON — First-year Indiana football coach Curt Cignetti has laid out lofty expectations for the 2024 season ever since landing the job. “We’re going to win and we’re going to win this year and we’re going to change the brand and the expectation level and the way people see Indiana football,” Cignetti said. Cignetti didn’t have to set such a high …

The Giants are bringing back one of their depth pieces in the secondary. Per Jeremy Fowler of ESPN, New York is re-signing cornerback Darnay Holmes on a one-year deal. Holmes was a fourth-round pick in 2020 and just completed his rookie contract with the club. He appeared in 54 games with 11 starts over the last four seasons. In 2023, …

Last May, on what began as a quiet Monday morning, ACC athletic directors filed into a conference room within a luxurious oceanfront resort in Florida to begin their annual spring meetings. A proverbial cloud loomed over the meetings. An elephant lurked in the corner. In a published story that morning, a months-long secret was revealed: Seven of the 14 ACC …

An arrest warrant has been issued for Detroit Lions defensive back Cameron Sutton who is wanted in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident. Authorities in Florida have asked the public to contact them if they spot Sutton, 29. Sutton joined the Lions last year after spending his first six NFL seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The Detroit Lions issued …

SEATTLE – After more than five months as the University of Washington athletic director, Troy Dannen will be leaving to oversee the University of Nebraska’s Athletics Department. ESPN’s Pete Thamel first reported on Wednesday that Nebraska was finalizing a six-year deal to be the school’s new athletic director. Sources: Nebraska is finalizing a six-year deal to make Washington athletic director …