Welcome to the Week 14 grades! For just the third time this season, the NFL held a doubleheader on Monday night and it might go down as the best Monday doubleheader in NFL history with both games going down to the wire. In New York, the Giants shocked the Packers by hitting a 38-yard field goal as time expired to …
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MANHATTAN — Kansas State football’s offense has taken another hit ahead of its bowl game. All-Big 12 tight end Ben Sinnott, a third-team All-American, announced Tuesday via social media that he has declared for the NFL Draft and will opt out of the Wildcats’ Pop-Tarts Bowl game against North Carolina State on Dec. 28 in Orlando, Florida. Sinnott, a former …
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Jaylon Johnson feels deserving of more money with recent heightened play originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Ahead of the NFL trade deadline, Bears cornerback Jaylon Johnson was in talks with the Bears about extending his current contract, which finishes at the end of this season. They have yet to agree as, presumably, Johnson is asking for top cornerback money. …
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Adrian Wojnarowski, Senior NBA InsiderDec 12, 2023, 07:35 PM ET CloseHost of The Woj Pod Joined ESPN in 2017 Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis, the CEO of Monumental Sports and Entertainment, is preparing to move his NBA and NHL franchises to a proposed new arena complex and entertainment district in Northern Virginia, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. …
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Dec. 12—CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As the director of football creative media at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Dakota Wesleyan alum Zakk Ryherd operates as a do-it-all man in the busy world of collegiate athletics. Ryherd, a former Tiger football player and 2019 DWU graduate, handles the 49ers’ social media, including a X.com account with 46,000 followers and an …
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Super Bowl LVIII is still two months away, which means there’s a lot of time for the playoff picture to take shape and unfold. Some teams already look like legit contenders. Still others are in the midst of an identity crisis. And then there’s the mass of clubs on the fringe of the postseason standings, still hoping for a miracle …
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Getty Images The Miami Dolphins lost more than just a game during Monday night’s 28-27 defeat to the Tennessee Titans, as the offense will now be without starting center Connor Williams for the remainder of the 2023 season. On Tuesday, Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel announced Williams tore his ACL in the first quarter on “Monday Night Football,” per NFL …
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You hate to see it. Wait, no you don’t. For all of the chatter in Columbus the past few years that Michigan football has been talking a big talk while rectification was coming to the premier college football rivalry, it hasn’t come to fruition. And yet, the talk in the state of Ohio has been rampant, previously with good cause. …
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Greg Wyshynski, ESPNDec 12, 2023, 07:15 PM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. The NHL All-Star Skills competition is getting a major overhaul in 2024 thanks to creative input from Edmonton Oilers star Connor McDavid. The skills competition will take place at 7 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 2, at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto during the NHL’s All-Star …
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Edelman: Kraft ‘needs to have a hard conversation’ with Belichick originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston Bill Belichick has already cemented himself as one of the greatest coaches of all time for the success he has brought to the New England Patriots, but how long of a leash can the past success give him? Winning six Super Bowls with the …
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USATSI One of the top available quarterbacks in the transfer portal is off the board. Former Miami quarterback Tyler Van Dyke committed to Wisconsin Tuesday, giving coach Luke Fickell experience at the position heading into a new-look Big Ten next fall. Van Dyke was the No. 12 quarterback available in the transfer portal according to 247Sports. Van Dyke had a …
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Eric Williams NFC West Writer Matthew Stafford has been front and center of the surprising turnaround for the Los Angeles Rams this season — going from a 5-12 Super Bowl hangover to 6-7 in 2023 and on the fringe of making the playoffs. But for Rams head coach Sean McVay, engineering that rebirth on offense required some out-the-box thinking, including …
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Getty Images A familiar face is coming back down to Miami as the Dolphins are signing three-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Melvin Ingram, according to NFL Network. The veteran, back after spending the 2022 season with the Dolphins, will be signing to their practice squad, per the Miami Herald. The Dolphins are signing Ingram with the hope he can bolster …
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New York Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito has become one of the storylines of the 2023 NFL season. Undrafted out of Illinois, the 25-year-old New Jersey kid has gone from practice squad quarterback, to the star of the Giants franchise. The DeVito hype reached a new level on Monday night, as he won his third straight start in thrilling fashion with …
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Bowl games are chaotic these days with opt outs, the transfer portal, and the College Football Playoff. Bowl games don’t mean as much as they used to, but they are still a good way to gauge the strength of a college football program. Now, bowl games, which aren’t part of the College Football Playoff, also provide an interesting insight into …
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