The Tampa Bay Lightning signed free agent forward Cam Atkinson on Tuesday to a one-year contract worth $900,000, the team announced. Atkinson wasn’t headed into free agency when the Philadelphia Flyers’ regular season ended in April, but a contract buyout on Friday opened a new world for the veteran forward who has battled injury throughout his career. At 35, Atkinson, …
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‘Forever Grateful’: Russell Wilson reveals Seahawks gifted him throwback jersey
The frosty relationship between Russell Wilson and Seattle Seahawks appears to have thawed a bit. As Wilson starts the next part of his career Pittsburgh Steelers, he revealed in a video posted to social media Tuesday that he had received a custom throwback jersey from the Seahawks with his name and famous No. 3. The Seahawks debuted their 1990s-era throwbacks …
Read More »Giants’ Jalin Hyatt has been relying on a kid’s snack to help him gain weight this offseason
Jalin Hyatt has a problem that many of us would love to have: the second-year receiver struggles to keep weight on. But while a lot of us wouldn’t consider that an issue at all, it is for an NFL player trying to withstand the rigors of a 17-game season. Hyatt, a New York Giants receiver who checks in at 6-foot …
Read More »New Jersey Devils welcome back Tomas Tatar
The New Jersey Devils on Tuesday signed free-agent forward Tomas Tatar to a one-year contract, the team announced, reuniting the veteran with a club he played on from 2021 to 2023. The deal is worth $1.8 million, and Tatar, 33, will likely slot into a second- or third-line role in New Jersey, after splitting last season with the Colorado Avalanche …
Read More »Josh Jacobs interview: Already a leader in the Packers locker room
Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz sits down with new Packers RB Josh Jacobs to chat about why he’s already a leader in the Packers locker room, even though he’s the “new guy” and what he’s seen from QB Jordan Love so far at minicamp. Josh joined Yahoo Sports on behalf of USAA’s “Huddle Up for Home Fire Prevention & Safety.” View …
Read More »NFL suspends ex-49ers safety Tashaun Gipson 6 games for performance-enhancing drug use
Veteran safety Tashaun Gipson has been suspended by the NFL for the first six games of the 2024 season for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy. The NFL announced Gipson’s suspension Tuesday. Gipson, who turns 34 on Aug. 7, is a free agent and remains eligible to sign with a team and participate in all preseason activities, including games. His …
Read More »Veteran free agent safety suspended 6 games for violating performance enhancing substances policy, per report
USA Today Veteran free agent Tashaun Gipson is suspended for the first six games of the 2024 NFL regular season for violating the league’s performance enhancing substances policy, according to ESPN. The safety played for the San Francisco 49ers for the last two seasons. The 33-year-old made an impact on the Niners both on and off the field. He started …
Read More »LOOK: Seahawks send Russell Wilson a gift prior to QB’s first training camp with Steelers
Getty Images Time has apparently healed any sour feelings between Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks. This week, as Wilson prepares for his first training camp with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team that drafted him gifted him with a retro Seahawks jersey bearing his name and number that he wore during his 10-year run with the franchise. Wilson shared the gift …
Read More »Cowboys are running out of time to avoid a mess
The Cowboys have gone from “all-in” to potential five-alarm fire. They couldn’t enhance the team in free agency because they needed to figure out contract situations with three key players: quarterback Dak Prescott, receiver CeeDee Lamb, and linebacker Micah Parsons. As training camp approaches, they still haven’t solved a single one of those problems. It’s potentially going to blow up …
Read More »Top pick Macklin Celebrini to make Sharks or BU decision soon
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Macklin Celebrini knows he has a big decision looming. The No. 1 overall pick in the NHL draft last week made his Sharks debut Tuesday morning at the team’s development camp. Whether he plays for San Jose this upcoming season or returns to Boston University for his sophomore season is to be determined. “It’s coming up,” …
Read More »Ranking the top 25 teams of the NFL’s modern era: Two Super Bowl losers make the cut
Before leaving Benny Rodriguez’s room, fictional Babe Ruth offered a piece of advice to the aspiring young baseball player in the 1993 hit movie “The Sandlot.” “Remember kid, there’s heroes and there’s legends: Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.” The Babe’s quote can also apply to the NFL. While there have been many championship teams, there are only a …
Read More »NFL reportedly suspends ex-49ers S Tashaun Gipson 6 games for PED violation
The NFL reportedly suspended Tashaun Gipson six games for a performance-enhancing drug violation. (Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images) The NFL has suspended former San Francisco 49ers safety Tashaun Gipson six games for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. Details of the violation were not reported. A former Pro Bowler, Gipson played the last two NFL seasons …
Read More »Kraken trade defenseman Brian Dumoulin to Ducks for 2026 pick
The Anaheim Ducks acquired defenseman Brian Dumoulin from the Seattle Kraken in exchange for a fourth-round draft pick in 2026 on Tuesday. Dumoulin, 32, spent the first 10 seasons of his NHL career with the Pittsburgh Penguins before joining the Kraken on a two-year deal in free agency last year. In what turned out to be his lone year in …
Read More »Report: Aiyuk, 49ers ‘no closer to a deal’ after positive meeting
Report: Aiyuk, 49ers ‘no closer to a deal’ after positive meeting originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The meeting between Brandon Aiyuk and the 49ers last week might not have gone as well as initially reported. NFL Media’s Tom Pelissero reported last Wednesday that both parties had a “good meeting” and San Francisco intends to move forward with Aiyuk …
Read More »St. Louis Blues acquire forwards Radek Faksa, Mathieu Joseph
The St. Louis Blues acquired forwards Radek Faksa from the Dallas Stars and Mathieu Joseph from the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday in a pair of trades for future considerations. The deal with the Senators also netted the Blues a 2025 third-round draft pick. Joseph has two years left on his contract at an annual salary cap hit of $2.95 million, …
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