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Jul 12, 2024, 04:44 PM ET NEW YORK — The New York Rangers have re-signed veteran defenseman Chad Ruhwedel to a one-year contract. General manager Chris Drury announced the signing Friday in a move that offers 23-year-old Zac Jones competition for a spot on the team’s third pairing. Terms were not immediately available. Ruhwedel was acquired from Pittsburgh in early …

Brandon Aiyuk’s contract saga with the San Francisco 49ers has taken twists and turns throughout the offseason, but a pair of players who line up alongside the star receiver share a common sentiment: They feel that Aiyuk will be with the team in 2024. “I totally see it from both sides,” fullback and eight-time Pro Bowler Kyle Juszczyk told NBC …

In the last few weeks of the NFL regular season, it doesn’t just matter how your team does, but how other teams in your division and conference fare as well. Sometimes teams control their own fate with a “win and in” game, or they already have their seeding locked down. But often they rely on other team’s performances as well. …

Cam Heyward is extremely poised when it comes to answering questions. That probably comes with being a 14-year NFL veteran who has his own podcast.  The Steelers’ Pro Bowl defensive lineman recently displayed his unique ability to answer a question in a largely non-controversial way when he was recently asked about the consistent rumors connecting the Steelers to 49ers’ Brandon …

While Brandon Aiyuk and the 49ers have had some recent meetings regarding the receiver’s contract, the latest reports have indicated the two sides have not gotten close to a deal. Still, veteran fullback Kyle Juszczyk says he’s confident both parties will be able to come to an agreement. “I totally see it from both sides,” Juszczyk said in an interview …

Welcome to July 12. On this day in 1543, Henry VIII of England married his final wife Catherine Parr, while in 1962, The Rolling Stones performed for the first time. John Breech is still out tending to his budding family so you’re stuck with me, Jordan Dajani, to deliver the HEAT on this fine Friday.  The countdown to training camp …

New York Jets players aren’t hiding their desire to get Davante Adams to the Big Apple. A day after Aaron Rodgers said that he “can’t wait” to reunite with his former Packers teammate, Jets running back Breece Hall spoke as if Adams has already been traded from Las Vegas to New York.  Hall was asked if Adams’ possible addition to …

We’ve been working our way through Shuffle Up season for the fresh fantasy football year, and now we’re up to the big position, the running backs. If you could get an answer key before the season at just one position, this is the one you’d request. Alas, there’s no answer key to be had. It’s the position most likely to …

Few rookies had a better 2023 season than Seattle Seahawks defensive back Devon Witherspoon. The former Illinois corner finished his debut campaign with 16 passes defensed, an interception (which he returned for a touchdown), eight tackles for loss, three sacks, and four additional QB hits. He made the Pro Bowl and finished fourth in Defensive Rookie of the Year voting. …

USATSI The Kansas City Chiefs were able to repeat as Super Bowl champions despite their lack of talent at wide receiver. Rookie Rashee Rice was Patrick Mahomes’ clear-cut No. 1 target out wide, but apart from him, Kansas City’s wideouts didn’t do much. In fact, Mahomes averaged a career-low 7.7 yards per attempt when targeting his wide receivers, which ranked …

The Colts will kick off the 2024 season the same way they finished up the 2023 campaign. Week 18 saw the Colts host the Texans in a Saturday game that the visitors won 23-19 and that made them the AFC South champs when the Jaguars lost to the Titans the next day. The win evened the season series and Colts …

Geoff Schwartz FOX Sports Betting Analyst The AP NFL Coach of the Year award is often not given to the “best” coach but to the coach that overachieves his squad’s preseason expectations.  That eliminates coaches like Andy Reid (who has just one Coach of the Year award on his resume) or Mike Tomlin (who has never won). Instead, this accolade …

Getty Images Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is an exceptional football player, but it turns out he has some singing chops as well. His girlfriend, superstar singer Taylor Swift, is clearly rubbing off on the three-time Super Bowl champion. Kelce attended the American Century Championship, a charity golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. While at the event, Kelce …

USA Today It’s safe to say that Jonnu Smith won’t be vacationing in Buffalo anytime soon. It’s also safe to assume that Bills fans will give the Dolphins’ new tight end a “special” welcome when he and his teammates come to Orchard Park this fall following Smith’s less than flattering comments about Buffalo and its fans.  “That’s why their fans …

FOX Sports’ Colin Cowherd believed that the AFC had the edge over the NFC in terms of better coaching and quarterback play at the end of the 2023 NFL season, and with the Los Angeles Chargers’ hiring of Jim Harbaugh this offseason, he believes that the scales have tipped even further in the AFC’s favor. Cowherd ranked his top-10 head …