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Aaron Rodgers Should Retire After 2024 Season
Aaron Rodgers still has it, and displayed that he's more than capable of winning games. But here's why he should call it a career and retire after this year....
Anonymous donor gives Mississippi State football $8M
A donor family that wishes to remain anonymous pledged $8 million to Mississippi State football to launch the State Excellence Fund, which will pay for things such as recruitment and athlete compensation, the university announced Thursday.,It is the second-largest commitment ever to the Bulldogs' at...
Reports: NCAA looks at cutting spring portal window for football
The NCAA Football Oversight Committee proposed the elimination of the spring transfer portal window to the Division I council this week, Yahoo Sports and The Athletic reported Friday.,At present, Division I football players can enter the transfer portal in two different windows during the year: a 30...
It's Time for NFL to Cut Back on Preseason Games
The NFL preseason has become a hotbed for weird injuries, and most stars sit out. It might be time for the NFL Preseason to dial it back in a big way....
Three Surprise NFL Teams That Could Miss the Playoffs in 2024
These three NFL teams could surprise everyone and miss the playoffs, due to difficult schedules or natural regression, don't be surprised....
ACC notebook: Bill O'Brien embracing change as new coach at Boston College
Although he hasn't been a head coach in college football for the past 10 years, Bill O'Brien isn't shying away from the changes that have impacted the sport during his layoff., ,O'Brien, who took over as Boston College's coach in February, has fully embraced the evolution of the transfer portal, the...
ACC notebook: Cal, Stanford ready for cross-country trips
As the Pac-12 Conference fell apart in summer 2023, a lifeline came for San Francisco Bay Area institutions Cal and Stanford from an unlikely destination: the Atlantic Coast Conference.,On Tuesday, the Golden Bears and Cardinal football programs received formal introductions to their cross-country c...
Hall of Fame Game returns to ABC
The 2024 Hall of Fame Game will be broadcast on Aug. 1 by ABC and ESPN.,The Pro Football Hall of Fame said Thursday this will be the first time ESPN has aired the game. It's sister network, ABC, had rights to the Hall of Fame Game from 1971-2005.,This year's preseason game in Canton, Ohio, will feat...
Long live North Carolina—Duke
The North Carolina Tar Heels won their first outright regular season ACC title in seven years with an 84-79 win over archenemy Duke on Saturday. The annual season finale for the conference is one of the best things going in college basketball, yet there’s a sinking feeling that fans should relish th...
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Stephen A. Smith says there's no beef with him and Pat McAfee despite reported argument [Update]
Update March 9: Stephen A. Smith says there’s no beef between him and fellow ESPN talking head Pat McAfee. ...
NCAA athletes are trying to unionize again — but this time it feels different
On Tuesday, Dartmouth’s men’s basketball team became the latest college team to attempt to unionize — voting 13-2 to join Service Employees Union Local 560, which currently represents other Dartmouth employees. As labor unions rise in popularity — more than two-thirds of all Americans and 88 percent...
Nick Saban retired, so why is he acting like he was forced out?
For those of us who hoped Nick Saban retiring would be the end of Nick Saban, this idle/jilted version of him might be even more insufferable. In an ESPN story about how Alabama pivoted from Saban to Kalen Deboer in 49 hours, the seven-time title winner revealed that “player attitudes” and the NIL e...
Spanish police confiscate pickaxes, clubs at Champions League game
Spanish police were able to stop a potentially massive and dangerous brawl from breaking out during a Champions League match between Real Sociedad and Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday. ...
Russell Wilson, the most sound and fury signifying the most nothing
One can’t help but wonder if Russell Wilson had just thrown that last pass in Super Bowl 49 into the third row how the rest of it might have played out. Seattle would likely have had consecutive Super Bowls, he’d be a god in the PNW, and perhaps everyone would have had more patience for the mountain...
Liverpool pulled another rabbit, but its pixie dust might only last a week
While I really shouldn’t let my frustration with how MLB has sullied their regular season into my soccer coverage, it was hard not to think about how Rob Manfred just discarded those moments during the regular season that portended to more down the line as I watched Darwin Nunez dig out a Liverpool ...
Kneeling is a quiet gesture. Bob Melvin’s decision to make the Giants stand for the national anthem is a loud one
After making it known that he wants players to have “a voice” in a volatile Election Year, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell still had six months before preseason games started in which he didn’t have to worry about any potential on-field demonstrations. But thanks to new San Francisco Giants skipper B...
It's 2024, the NFL Draft process shouldn't take this long
The NFL Draft cannot get here soon enough. In its effort to monetize every second of every month, we have to wait and sit through months of speculation and evaluation with narratives conjured out of dead air. What are the Bears going to do with Justin Fields? Why are all the elite athletes opting ou...
The pros and cons of proposed advancements in the NFL and college football
College football might follow in the footsteps of the NFL as the NFL mulls taking a page out from soccer. After the Michigan sign-stealing scandal, in-helmet communicators could be coming to FBS programs, as well as a two-minute timeout. The Shield meanwhile might eschew the chain gang for optical t...
Every No. 1 NFL Draft pick since 2000
The NFL Scouting Combine is the first sign for everyone to get serious about draft talk. It gives football fans just under two months to prepare for a new name to walk across the stage as Roger Goodell says, “With the first overall pick…” Will they become the new face of the league? Or will they fla...
Tyreek Hill's lawyer says influencer broke leg tripping over dog
Tyreek Hill’s lawyer is claiming that the Miami Dolphins wide receiver didn’t break Sophie Hall’s leg — instead saying the model/influencer was injured tripping over a dog....