Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMay 3, 2023, 07:42 PM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Seattle Kraken center Matty Beniers, Buffalo Sabres defenseman Owen Power and Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner are the finalists for the Calder Memorial Trophy, the NHL announced Wednesday. The award which goes to the NHL’s best rookie will be revealed June …

The Los Angeles Rams added a quarterback during the 2023 NFL draft by selecting Stetson Bennett in the fourth round. Just a few days after making Bennett the second quarterback on the roster, the Rams are signing Brett Rypien to a one-year deal. Rypien began his career as an undrafted rookie with the Denver Broncos in 2020. In his three …

The expansion of the college football playoff field will result in a supersized January football weekend. Via Dan Wetzel of Yahoo Sports, the 2024 adjustment of the postseason tournament from four teams to 12 means that, in early 2025, football fans will enjoy a five-day window of high-stakes football. It will go like this: college semifinal on Thursday January 9; …

Ben Arthur AFC South Reporter The Texans landed their hopeful franchise cornerstones in the 2023 NFL Draft in quarterback C.J. Stroud (No. 2 overall) and edge rusher Will Anderson Jr. (No. 3). They highlight a nine-player draft class Houston hopes will accelerate its rebuild with new coach DeMeco Ryans.  In addition to Stroud and Anderson, center Juice Struggs (second round), …

USATSI On Wednesday, the Baltimore Ravens announced the signing of cornerback Rock Ya-Sin. According to ESPN, it is a one-year deal worth up to $6 million. Ya-Sin was the Las Vegas Raiders’ No. 1 cornerback last season, his first year with the team. The 26-year-old played in 11 games in 2022, starting nine. He was targeted 69 times as a …

Former Knoxville Catholic boys basketball standout Blue Cain will play basketball at Georgia, he announced on his Instagram account. Cain chose the Bulldogs over offers from Virginia, Penn State and Tennessee, among others. The four-star prospect was released from his national letter of intent from Georgia Tech in March after coach Josh Pastner was fired. Blue Cain of the IMG …

Star Dallas Cowboys pass-rusher Micah Parsons is officially transitioning to defensive end from outside linebacker next season. Parsons is skipping the Cowboys’ offseason program to add weight as he prepares to change positions, he told reporters Wednesday. Parsons was a linebacker in college at Penn State, was considered one when the Cowboys took him No. 12 overall in the 2021 …

Yahoo Sports NFL writer Jori Epstein chats with San Francisco 49ers defense end Nick Bosa about how he’ll strive to improve his game after winning Defensive Player of the Year last season, what former 49ers defensive coordinator DeMeco Ryans brings to the Houston Texans as a head coach and how Texans rookie defensive end Will Anderson might follow in Bosa’s …

KINGSPORT, Tenn. – A College Football Playoff game for Tennessee football at Neyland Stadium or in Nashville’s soon-to-be built Tennessee Titans stadium sounds almost too good to be true. But it’s not farfetched, and Vols coach Josh Heupel likes both possibilities. Beginning in the 2024 season, the CFP will expand to 12 teams with first-round games at campus sites. The …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter The Buccaneers are mourning a tragic loss this week with the news that outside linebacker Shaq Barrett’s 2-year-old daughter, Arrayah, drowned in the pool at the familys’ Tampa home Sunday morning. “That was really, really a tragedy, and our heart goes out to Shaq and his family,” defensive line coach and run game coordinator Kacy …

The German newspaper Bild’s Max Schrader reports that the New Orleans saints and New England Patriots will meet for a game at Frankfurt’s Deutsche Bank Park in Nov. 2023 as part of the NFL’s international series, though the league has not yet confirmed this by releasing their schedule. Schrader adds that the game with be played on either Nov. 12 …

The stars of NFL and NBA dynasties are facing off against each other — on the golf course.  The 2023 edition of ‘The Match’ will feature the Kansas City Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce going up against the Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry and Klay Thompson in a two-versus-two, 12-hole golf competition. It will take place at the Wynn …

Texas looks to be nationally relevant for the 2023 season. College football analysts are taking notice. On Wednesday we learned that ESPN ranked the Longhorns in its updated preseason Top 10. 247Sports also included Texas in its combined Top 10, ranking the Longhorns ahead of Clemson at No. 9. Preseason rankings have little bearing on whether a team succeeds or …

Earlier this week, Colin Cowherd unveiled his top 10 teams in the NFC following the NFL Draft. But with the defending Super Bowl champs, and a host of other dynamic squads representing the AFC, he’d be remiss not to bring back the countdown for the league’s perceived superior conference. At least, that’s what Cowherd himself dubs it.  Here’s Cowherd’s top …

Bears-Chiefs to play in Frankfurt, per German paper originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago A German newspaper reports that the Bears and the Chiefs will play in Frankfurt this fall. The Bears-Chiefs game will be one of two games in Germany, per BILD, along with a Patriots-Saints game. According to BILD, those two games will be on Nov. 12 and …