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Feb 26, 2024, 01:33 PM ET DENVER — Valeri Nichushkin has been cleared to resume practicing with the Colorado Avalanche after receiving care from the player assistance program. The NHL and NHL Players’ Association announced Monday that Nichushkin has entered the follow-up care phase. He has not yet been cleared to resume playing in games. The 28-year-old Russian entered the …

2024 NFL mock draft roundup: Experts analyze Patriots trade scenarios originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots could keep the No. 3 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft and take a quarterback or Ohio State wide receiver Marvin Harrison Jr. And it would be hard to fault them for that. One of the three top-tier quarterbacks …

Will Josh Jacobs be a Raider during the 2024-2025 NFL season?  According to the odds, it’s very likely.  However, the running back’s return to Black and Silver is not guaranteed. Jacobs was drafted with the 24th overall selection in the 2019 NFL Draft to Oakland before the Raiders’ Las Vegas relocation. After the organization put a franchise tag on the …

It’s been a quiet month for Bill Belichick. After getting passed over for the Atlanta Falcons head-coaching job in late January, not much has been heard from the six-time Super Bowl winner.  No one seems to know what his plans are for 2024, but his son, Steve Belichick, did offer some interesting information about his dad during a recent appearance …

Jackson expects to be full strength during 49ers’ offseason program originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The 49ers have a lot of work to do along the defensive line this offseason with six players scheduled to be unrestricted free agents next week. Some of the expected losses along the defensive line can be mitigated with the return of defensive …

Decision Day for the Chicago Bears hasn’t arrived yet, but it’s fast approaching. As the NFL world descends upon Indianapolis for this week’s Scouting Combine, the Bears are unofficially on the clock, and that includes a quarterback decision: Keep Justin Fields or draft Caleb Williams (or another player) with the No. 1 overall pick. Though Williams has been touted by …

Defensive end Charles Omenihu missed the beginning and the end of the Chiefs’ season, but he thinks he did enough in between to earn a new deal. Omenihu came back from a six-game Personal Conduct Policy suspension to record seven regular season sacks and he recorded another while forcing a fumble in the AFC Championship Game, but he did not …

The NFL in-season time is electric, no doubt about it, but now that we are in the offseason, a new type of fun is set to begin. Free agency and the draft provide the opportunity for all 32 teams to alter their rosters, for better or worse. The wide receiver position gains importance seemingly every season for every team in …

USATSI The start of the NFL scouting combine tends to coincide with an increase in trade rumors, with free agency just around the corner. The Arizona Cardinals may be trying to get ahead of such drama, reaffirming Kyler Murray as “our franchise quarterback” in an unprompted X post on Monday. The announcement, featuring three pictures of Murray, comes a day …

The top of the 2024 NFL Draft is expected to be offensive-centric with multiple quarterbacks, wide receivers and offensive tackles coming off the board. If the first defensive player is taken No. 9 overall or later, then it will be the latest such occurrence in over two decades.  Despite the lack of defensive talent at the top, there are still …

Ben Arthur AFC South Reporter In 2011, his last year as a pro scout with the Atlanta Falcons, Ran Carthon read “The Tanning of America: How Hip-Hop Created a Culture That Rewrote the Rules of the New Economy.” The book outlines how corporate America can bridge its gap with the new generation of consumers.  Carthon was intrigued by the author, …

Hip-drop tackles are much more dangerous than other tackles, according to the NFL executive in charge of health and safety issues. NFL Executive Vice President Jeff Miller said today that the injury rate on hip-drop tackles is about 20 to 25 times greater than on other tackles. Miller also said defensive players are using hip-drop tackles more than ever before. …

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comFeb 26, 2024, 12:00 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. We are still in the calm before the storm that will inevitably be the NHL’s trade deadline, as the schedule during the …

Just ahead of the 2024 NFL Combine, it’s time to list and explain my top 5 rankings for all the offensive positions. These rankings are subject to change, of course, because the combine carries decently heavy weight in my scouting gradebook. Before I begin, remember: These are my individual rankings, not the full CBS Sports prospect rankings, which is an aggregate of the …

Tyreek Hill of the Miami Dolphins led the NFL in receiving yards (1,799) this past season and was the co-leader in receiving touchdowns (13). Coming off his first team All-Pro season, Hill enters the 2024-25 campaign as the betting favorite to win Offensive Player of the Year. Hill is the first NFL player with a second consecutive 1,700-yard receiving season. …