USATSI The Pac-12’s long-term future remains uncertain amid ongoing media rights negotiations and the looming departures of longtime stalwarts UCLA and USC after the 2023 football season. But in the short-term, there are plenty of positives for the conference to highlight as it prepares for its annual media day on Friday, July 21 in Las Vegas. Six teams from the …

NFL training camps open later this month. What are the general expectations for teams around the league? Touchdown Wire’s Natalie Miller gives us pre-training camp power rankings. The Arizona Cardinals rank at the bottom, but where do their opponents rank? Below are the Cardinals’ 2023 opponents and where they stand in these pre-training camp rankings. Listen to the latest from …

Just how good can Connor Bedard be in the NHL? Connor Bedard is being billed as one of the greatest hockey prospects the sport has ever seen and Mackenzie Salmon helps explain why. SportsPulse, USA TODAY The Arizona Coyotes took moves on Thursday to cut forward Alex Galchenyuk less than two weeks after welcoming him back to the team for …

Oregon has recruiting at a good pace in the last few years, starting with Mario Cristobal. But when Dan Lanning was hired, the recruiting has gone to another level.The second-year coach doesn’t just recruit these kids to sit on the sideline and watch. Sure, some will definitely do that and redshirt and some will play just on the special teams …

Michael Vick recently opened the debate about whether Andy Reid deserves consideration for greatest coach of all time. Patrick Mahomes would like to second that notion. Since Mahomes became the full-time starter in 2018, the Chiefs are 64-18 in the regular season and 11-3 in the postseason with three AFC titles and two Super Bowl rings. Mahomes has two MVP …

ARLINGTON, Texas — With the program’s first SEC schedule looming on the horizon, Brent Venables is aware as anybody of the pressure to restore the Oklahoma standard of success in the Sooners’ final season of Big 12 membership.  Fanfare accompanied Venables’ December 2021 homecoming to the program where spent more than a decade as an assistant from 1999-2011, but that …

The NFL scene is rich with top-tier quarterbacks. How do they stack up against each other?  On Thursday’s edition of “The Herd,” Colin Cowherd provided his top 10 signal-callers in the sport. 1. Patrick Mahomes, Kansas City Chiefs What Colin said: “Highest passer rating in league history.” 2. Joe Burrow, Cincinnati Bengals What Colin said: “Highest completion percentage in league …

The Jets announced their long-term deal with defensive tackle Quinnen Williams on Thursday. “We are thrilled to secure Quinnen as a New York Jet for the foreseeable future, as he embodies everything we look for in our players,” Jets General Manager Joe Douglas said in a statement. “He is a leader on and off the field, who does everything asked …

Georgia is the hottest team on the recruiting trail right now, but the Bulldogs can’t win them all. Class 2024 four-star offensive lineman Casey Poe has announced his commitment to Alabama. Poe, out of Lindale, Texas, chose Alabama over Georgia, LSU, Clemson, Texas Tech, Oklahoma and Auburn. Poe is rated as the No. 4 interior offensive lineman and the No. …

The New York Jets have made Quinnen Williams the latest in a string of defensive linemen to get a significant long-term contract this offseason. The Jets and Williams agreed to a four-year, $96 million contract extension that contains $66 million in guaranteed money, as confirmed by CBS Sports NFL Insider Josina Anderson, who adds Williams’ total deal is worth $105 million that …

Training camp is approaching and with a few more weeks of dead time in the NFL offseason, Chargers Wire is documenting each of Los Angeles’ players before it kicks off. A collegiate stud at Georgia, safety Mark Webb has spent his entire three-year professional career with the Chargers but hasn’t gained much traction since the team selected him in the …

A woman seriously injured in the January car crash that killed Georgia offensive lineman Devin Willock and an athletics staffer has sued the school’s athletics association and former Bulldogs defensive tackle Jalen Carter for damages. Victoria S. Bowles was riding in the backseat of the rented Ford Expedition driven by fellow UGA recruiting analyst Chandler LeCroy, who died in the …

ARLINGTON, Texas — Big 12 Media Days was the conference’s opportunity to officially welcome four new members. BYU, Houston, Cincinnati and UCF became the first new additions to the Power Five level since Rutgers and Maryland joined the Big Ten in 2014, and the first newcomers in the Big 12 since TCU and West Virginia in 2012.  The “Freshman Four” …

The New York Jets’ offseason trade acquisition of four-time NFL MVP and Super Bowl XLV MVP quarterback Aaron Rodgers meant the franchise was going to receive its largest spotlight in team history. As expected, the lights are bright along Broadway for Gang Green as the NFL placed them in a maximum six prime-time games, the most in a single season …

Getty Images The Buffalo Bills have yet to introduce an alternate or throwback helmet since the “one-shell rule” was lifted two years ago. Even though the Bills haven’t formally announced any plans for an alternate helmet, a popular design could be on the way.  Both tight end Dawson Knox and defensive end Greg Rousseau had the popular red Bills helmet from …