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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJul 1, 2024, 10:57 AM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Chris Tanev and the Toronto Maple Leafs agreed to a six-year contract worth $4.5 million annually, just days after the defenseman’s rights were traded to his hometown team. Tanev, who was a pending unrestricted free agent, had his rights traded Saturday …

Since being hired as the Panthers head coach early in the offseason, Dave Canales has made a habit of saying that the team does not want to put too much on the shoulders of quarterback Bryce Young in his second NFL season. The team’s offseason moves provide some idea of how Canales hopes to accomplish that. The Panthers signed guards …

The major periods of offseason roster-building have come and gone in the NFL, and now the league is in hibernation until training camps open up in about a month. While clubs will spend the final weeks of the summer trimming down their 90-man offseason rosters into the 53-man unit they’ll enter the regular season with, we have a good grasp …

Picking the best player in the NFL is easy, a layup, a gimme putt.  It’s Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes — and then everybody else. Mahomes has won two straight Super Bowls, three total, has two regular-season MVPs and three Super Bowl MVPs. He showed last season that he can win it all, even at a time when the …

usatsi The Dallas Cowboys will kick off 2024 training camp on July 25. Just don’t count on star wide receiver CeeDee Lamb showing up. Eligible for a long-term contract extension, the Pro Bowl pass catcher is expected to skip the start of camp without a new deal in place, according to The Dallas Morning News. Lamb, 25, has “been engaged” …

With OTAs over and training camps still weeks away, plenty of questions are circling the NFL. Charles McDonald is tackling them this summer. The Denver Broncos have walked into a new era. Their acquisition of Russell Wilson didn’t turn into anything except the largest dead cap figure in NFL history, forcing their hand into a rebuild where they drafted a …

The 2024 NHL offseason is off to a wild start. Just four days after the Florida Panthers won the Stanley Cup, an epic 2024 NHL draft took place at Sphere in Las Vegas, including several big trades along with 225 prospects finding new homes. Now it’s time for the league’s 32 front offices to add to their rosters via free …

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Greg Auman NFC South Reporter How should the NFC South fit into your fantasy football plans for 2024, you ask? Sparingly, most would say. The division had the league’s worst combined record in 2023, with very limited individual offensive success stories. What’s more, the Bucs, Falcons, Saints and Panthers all have new offensive coordinators and relatively young ones at that, …

Who is the most clutch quarterback in the NFL? Which quarterback do you want with the ball in his hands with the game on the line?  I looked to the numbers to answer these age-old questions, using two stats: Quarterback conversion rate on game-tying or go-ahead drives in the fourth quarter and overtimeExpected points added (EPA) per play in these …

Sam Reinhart missed the Florida Panthers’ championship parade. He won’t miss their attempt to defend the title next season. Reinhart – who scored the game-winner in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final – and the Panthers have agreed on an eight-year, $69 million contract, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated Press on Monday morning. The …

Justin Herbert and the Chargers will invite a lot more attention this season with the quirky and polarizing Jim Harbaugh taking over as head coach. (Mallory Bielecki/Yahoo Sports) About 11 minutes into Jim Harbaugh’s introductory news conference as the new Los Angeles Chargers head coach, absolutely unprompted, he started getting fired up about the team getting a new vacuum for …

Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz and NFL writer Frank Schwab discuss whether or not they think Jim Harbaugh will change his coaching philosophy to adjust to Justin Herbert in the 2024 NFL season. Hear the full conversation on the “Zero Blitz” podcast – and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen. View more Video Transcript So let’s go to …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJul 1, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Steven Stamkos is hitting the free agent market. The first time we considered this possibility was back in 2016, before Stamkos signed an eight-year deal worth $68 million with the Tampa Bay Lightning two days before July 1. But this time is different. Both Stamkos’ …

Former Raiders quarterback JaMarcus Russell is being sued for allegedly keeping a donation that was intended for his alma mater. (Photo by Al Golub/Icon Sportswire/Corbis/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) JaMarcus Russell is facing a lawsuit that accuses the 2007 No. 1 overall NFL Draft pick of taking money that was meant for the football program at Williamson High School, his …