There’s nothing like a slight to motivate a professional athlete. When Green Bay Packers running back Aaron Jones scrolled through Twitter on Friday he ran across a story about a poll that ESPN conducted ranking the top 10 running backs heading into the 2023 season. Reporter Jeremy Fowler led the survey and included executives, coaches, scouts and players. Where was …

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: NOV 21 Air Force Reserve Hall of Fame Tip-Off – Tennessee v North Carolina The NCAA fined Tennessee more than $8 million on Friday and issued a scathing report outlining more than 200 infractions during the three-year tenure of former football coach Jeremy Pruitt. The Volunteers escaped a postseason ban. The sprawling report over 80 pages long said …

Jul 14, 2023, 07:12 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Alex Galchenyuk repeatedly used racial slurs toward a police officer in training and threatened to have two officers killed during a traffic stop last weekend, police said in a report, actions that led the Arizona Coyotes to terminate the player’s contract on Friday. A Scottsdale Police Department report said Galchenyuk was …

The Rams have signed free agent tight end Nikola Kalinic, the team announced Friday. The Colts waived Kalinic in May, and he had workouts with the Packers, Browns and Falcons. Kalinic, 26, spent last season with the Colts, earning a promotion from the practice squad to the active roster during the season. He played seven games with two starts and …

The Florida Gators’ 2024 football recruiting class is now up to 20 members following the commitment of Cardinal Mooney (Sarasota, Florida) cornerback Teddy Foster. He broke the news during an Instagram live stream Friday evening, picking UF over Miami and North Carolina. Foster has been considered a Florida lean for a while and he decided to make things official on …

In 2022, the Pittsburgh Steelers salary cap was all out of whack. The team had poured two-thirds of their cap into the defense and had far underspent on the offensive side of the football. This felt somewhat counter-intuitive but when you give huge contracts to stars like outside linebacker T.J. Watt and safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, some of that should be …

Most Gators fans know that Florida will have a new man running the defense this season in Austin Armstrong, but Billy Napier has made eight more additions to his staff over the offseason, according to Gators Online. Armstrong was already transitioning to the SEC as a new member of Alabama’s defensive staff when Napier came knocking. He couldn’t turn down …

Los Angeles Chargers running back Austin Ekeler (second from left), is joined by former NFL player Jurrell Casey (center) and New England Patriots receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster (second from right) at an event unveiling a new weightlifting gym at Long Beach Poly High School in Long Beach. (Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images) LONG BEACH, Calif. — Long Beach …

It seems like the Southeastern Conference should regularly send two representatives to the annual four-team College Football Playoff, but the much-feared phenomenon has only happened twice. Alabama and Georgia both made it in 2017-18 and again in 2021-22, while the most recent College Football Playoff featured two Big Ten teams, Michigan and Ohio State. While some fans dread a lack …

Franchise royalty — and former team executive — John Elway watched Russell Wilson and the Denver Broncos string together a miserable 2022 season, which resulted in Nathaniel Hackett being fired after 15 games. With 2022 now in the rearview and Sean Payton in town, Elway feels that the Broncos are poised to right the ship. Speaking to ABC 7 Denver, …

After finishing 13-4 in the 2022 season, the Minnesota Vikings are entering a pivotal year in their competitive rebuild. They have jettisoned numerous veterans and younger players are being asked to step up in major roles. As we continue to look forward to the 2023 season, the offense is coming off of a really solid season where they went 11-0 …

Northwestern announces DC David Braun as interim head football coach originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Northwestern officially named defensive coordinator David Braun as their acting head football coach after the firing of Pat Fitzgerald on Monday. “The opportunity to lead this team at this crucial moment in its history is not something I take lightly, and I’m grateful for …

Pro Football Focus’ offensive coordinator rankings will excite Patriots fans originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots’ offense was a mess last season. The passing attack struggled mightily. Starting quarterback Mac Jones missed three games due to injury and didn’t meet expectations when healthy. The offensive line struggled with pass protection and penalties. New England also ranked …

Fear not, Aggies! Texas A&M’s 2023 college football season is just 50 days away. You don’t need me to tell you just how important the 2023 campaign is for the Maroon and White, as Head Coach Jimbo Fisher’s warm yet slightly hot seat may balloon into a full-flamed disaster if a rebound from the disastrous 5-7 season doesn’t come to …

The recent ESPN article regarding the connection between the Jon Gruden emails and Daniel Snyder’s essentially forced sale of the Commanders delved into the animosity between Gruden and the league office. It started during his first stint with the Raiders, and it grew over the years. The fact that he worked directly for the late Al Davis didn’t help matters. …