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May 17, 2024, 02:31 PM ET PRAGUE — Brady Tkachuk scored a goal and added three assists, Cole Caufield scored twice and the United States clinched a playoff-round berth with a 4-1 win over Poland in preliminary round play at the men’s world hockey championships on Friday. Michigan State goalie Trey Augustine stopped 20 shots, including all 11 he faced …

Getty Images Almost immediately upon joining the Minnesota Vikings, T.J. Hockenson took his game to a new level. After arriving via trade midway through the 2022 season, the veteran tight end racked up 60 catches for 519 yards and three scores across 10 games with his new team. He was even better in 2023, operating as the team’s No. 1 …

Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker recently drew negative attention to himself for a commencement speech he gave at Benedictine College in which he discussed traditional gender roles — masculinity and motherhood — and Pride Month, among other things. “For the ladies present today … you should be proud of all that you have achieved to this point in your …

Total Access is no more. The signature studio show, a weeknight fixture on NFL Network since its inception, has ended its run. The final show was tonight. Questions first swirled when the show disappeared from the schedule for a full week earlier this year. More recently, reports emerged based on a recent round of layoffs that the show was being …

Last offseason, the Dallas Cowboys lost their starting tight end in free agency, as they allowed Dalton Schultz to leave for a deal with the Houston Texans. In Schultz’s place, Dallas turned to 2022 fourth-round pick Jake Ferguson, who had just 19 catches for 174 yards and two touchdowns to his name at the time. The gamble paid off, with …

Smith details pressures of being No. 1 pick with 49ers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Former 49ers quarterback Alex Smith entered the NFL with the weight of the world on his shoulders, an experience he opened up about while addressing the crowd during Thursday’s Dwight Clark Legacy Series event at the California Theatre in San Jose. San Francisco …

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMay 18, 2024, 02:26 AM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Matt Duchene’s heroics Friday put his current team in the Western Conference finals at the expense of the team that drafted him more than a decade ago. An unmarked Duchene flicked his wrists, and in less than a second scored the …

The Seahawks’ entire 2024 NFL draft class is under contract. Seahawks sixth-round tackle Michael Jerrell signed his contract on Friday, and that means all eight players the Seahawks drafted are now under contract. Since the adoption of the Collective Bargaining Agreement with a rookie wage scale in 2011, rookie holdouts are rare and rookies are almost always signed before training …

The Chicago Bears are the only team in NFL history that has never had a quarterback throw for 4,000 yards in a single season. Could that change this season with the arrival of former USC star Caleb Williams? Craig Carton opined that Williams, the Bears’ first overall pick in this year’s draft, will indeed end the drought for Chicago next …

FRISCO, Texas —  Everyone handles grief, depression and anxiety differently in life, but sometimes the biggest thing someone suffering with those emotions can hear is that someone else dealt with a similar issue and found a way to get through it.  That was certainly the case for the Dallas Cowboys’ International Fan of the Year Eduardo Flores. He had the …

Getty Images The Kansas City Chiefs have already seen wide receiver Rashee Rice have multiple run-ins with the law this offseason, and now they have seen two of their offensive linemen get arrested.  According to ESPN, Wanya Morris and Chukwuebuka Godrick were arrested Thursday night in Johnson County, Kansas, and charged with misdemeanor possession of marijuana. They each posted a …

May 16, 2024, 06:07 PM ET PRAGUE — Canada eased past Norway 4-1 on Thursday for its fourth straight win at the ice hockey world championship after not allowing a single shot on goal in the first two periods. The United States scored four goals in the opening period to cruise to a 5-0 victory over France, while Sweden maintained …

How NFL put Bears’ 2024 schedule together for Caleb Williams’ rookie season originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Bears will enter the 2024 season as one of the most exciting teams in the NFL, thanks to No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams and the host of improvements general manager Ryan Poles made this offseason. But despite the anticipation for …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 16, 2024, 10:03 PM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider told his teammates he felt there was a goal in his stick before the third period of Game 6 against the Carolina Hurricanes, with his team trailing 3-1. “I said, ‘I sure hope so,'” recalled teammate Vincent Trocheck. Kreider …

Former 49ers QB Smith recalls favorite Candlestick Park memory originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Many 49ers fans won’t ever forget San Francisco’s 36-32 final-second NFC divisional round win over the Drew Brees-led New Orleans Saints in 2011 — and neither will Alex Smith. Even 13 years later, the former 49ers quarterback confessed he can’t get the image of …