Last month, New Orleans Saints star running back Alvin Kamara pleaded no contest to a lesser misdemeanor charge stemming from a 2022 Las Vegas altercation. Wednesday, he is scheduled to sit down with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss the incident, per NFL.com.  The weekend of the 2022 Pro Bowl, Kamara was arrested in Las Vegas for battery resulting in substantial …

Icon Sports Wire Kickoffs will look different in the NFL this season, with the league temporarily implementing fair-catch rules first seen in college football. They could look even more exotic down the road, with league officials privately considering the XFL’s kickoff rules as a future model, according to NBC Sports. Currently, NFL teams kick off from their own 35-yard line, and …

The NFC is certainly a mixed bag heading into the 2023 NFL season. There are few Super Bowl contenders in the mix (Philadelphia Eagles, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys), but the rest of the conference is a wild card.  Plenty of playoff spots are up for grabs in a conference that isn’t as deep as the AFC. The NFC South …

As explosive as Ohio State’s offense is, a lot of credit has to go to the offensive line. The big guys up front allow the skill players to shine and the Buckeyes are looking to add some quality offensive tackles in the 2025 class. One of them, Florida’s Solomon Thomas, was offered a scholarship by offensive line coach Justin Frye. …

The transfer portal has become a key method of talent acquisition in college football. Familiar faces in new places will make an impact this fall but fans should become familiar with some of the talent who could play on Sundays as early as next year. Tyree Wilson, Jahmyr Gibbs, Christian Gonzalez and Jordan Addison were transfers taken in the first …

The Green Bay Packers released outside linebacker La’Darius Hamilton on Wednesday, opening a roster spot to claim outside linebacker Arron Mosby off of waivers from the Carolina Panthers, per the league’s transaction wire. Mosby went undrafted out of Fresno State in 2022. He signed with the Carolina Panthers and appeared in three regular-season games as a rookie. He played 35 …

With college football kicking off within the next 30 days we are finally beginning to talk about the on-field product. While much of the discussions around college football have been centered around realignment, expansion, and beefs between conferences that are focusing on the latter two topics, football is happening soon. CBS Sports released their preseason rankings of all 133 FBS …

ASHBURN, Va. — Ignore, for a moment, the fact that it’s Sam Howell — he of one career start — and not two-time MVP and two-time Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes, and there are some similarities. At least in warmups. The tosses to get his arm loose are followed by little underhand flips and side-arm flicks and run-pass options and …

Wednesday the Raiders made what is tantamount to their corresponding move after the release of tight end OJ Howard. They brought back Jacob Hollister. The veteran tight end spent last offseason and training camp with the Raiders before landing on injured reserve. He was later released and signed with the Vikings before returning to the Raiders midway through the season. …

On Wednesday afternoon, coach Brian Kelly shared the sad news that defensive line coach Jimmy Lindsey will be stepping away from the program as he deals with a personal health issue. John Jancek will be moved to coach the defensive line in the absence of Lindsey, who was hired earlier this offseason. Meanwhile, Bob Diaco becomes the newest member of …

The 172-day drought in between NFL games comes to an end with the 2023 NFL Hall of Fame Game on Thursday at 8 p.m. ET. The Cleveland Browns are making the hour-long drive to Canton, Ohio to face the New York Jets for the official start of the 2023 NFL preseason. While regular-season NFL DFS lineups would feature the likes …

USATSI ASHBURN, Va. — With the Commanders officially one week into training camp, we’ve been able to form a few takeaways. The biggest one is that Sam Howell — while in theory “competing” with Jacoby Brissett — has done nothing to lose his distinction as the top quarterback. He has worked exclusively with the starters and has been solid if …

The Kansas City Chiefs allowed wide receivers JuJu Smith-Schuster and Mecole Hardman to walk away in free agency, and in their place, they signed a couple of relative unknowns while taking a gamble on an injury-prone talent and an unproven draft pick. The expectation this season is that Patrick Mahomes can make it work, just as he has for so …

While the Big Ten and SEC both inked major media rights contracts in the last couple of years, the ACC remains locked in a deal with ESPN that doesn’t expire in 2036. That has some of the conference’s bigger brands feeling antsy as they watch many of the sport’s top programs continue to separate themselves financially. During a board of …

Mekhi Becton, former New York Jets No. 11 overall pick, wants a starting job this season and is ready to put in the work to prove he deserves the spot. Becton is planning to play in the Hall of Fame game on Thursday night against the Cleveland Browns.  Head coach Robert Saleh expects him to play around 20 to 25 …