Each day you open a sports webpage or turn on a sports talk show conference realignment is seemingly being discussed. It appears we could be in the last days of the Pac 12, something our collegues at Ducks Wire and Trojans Wire have both discussed at-length. Will Notre Dame finally be joining a conference after all of this? According to …
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Shanahan reacts to Purdy’s on-field incident at 49ers practice
Shanahan reacts to Purdy’s on-field incident at 49ers practice originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area SANTA CLARA — One moment from the 49ers’ second week of practice is burned in coach Kyle Shanahan’s mind. Thankfully, the play when defensive lineman Clelin Ferrell’s hand came down towards Brock Purdy’s throwing arm ended up as harmless near miss. But that still …
Read More »UCF football defines what it takes to succeed in 1st Big 12 season
Gus Malzahn knows what it takes to win at the Power Five level. He did so in the Southeastern Conference while head coach at Auburn before he arrived to UCF more than two years ago. Now as the Knights enter their inaugural season in the Big 12, Malzahn is hoping to lean on his past experience in the SEC and …
Read More »Mark Murphy, Packers president and former Northwestern AD, named defendant in new hazing lawsuits, per report
Getty Images Four new lawsuits were filed against Northwestern on Thursday centered around allegations of hazing and mistreatment, and two of them named current Green Bay Packers team president and CEO Mark Murphy, who formerly served as the Wildcats’ athletic director from 2003-07, according to ESPN. The two former players who were at Northwestern from 2004-08 filed under the anonymous pseudonym …
Read More »Oklahoma makes top 10 for elite 2025 cornerback
It is never too early to start preparing for the 2025 Recruiting Class. We’ve already seen the Oklahoma Sooners land several commitments and could be landing more in the coming weeks. Some more good news came out on Thursday as five-star cornerback and top 10 player in the nation Devin Sanchez released his top 10. The Sooners made his top …
Read More »Trash-talking and playful, Mac Jones makes having fun a priority this season
As a rookie, Mac Jones was never short on smiles. Practice, press conferences, games — he didn’t miss a chance to display the exuberance of a 23-year-old basking in the opportunity to live out his childhood dream of playing in the NFL. Last season, he lost at least a smidge of that innocence during a grueling 2022 schedule. He was …
Read More »49ers sign CB Anthony Averett, place CB Terrance Mitchell on IR
The 49ers on Thursday announced a pair of corresponding roster moves. They placed veteran cornerback Terrance Mitchell on injured reserve, and signed veteran CB Anthony Averett to fill the vacancy on the roster. Averett played his college football at Alabama and joined the NFL as a fourth-round pick of the Ravens in the 2018 draft. He spent four years in …
Read More »Nick Saban gives Alabama football injury update to begin preseason practices
Alabama football enters preseason practices fairly healthy, per coach Nick Saban. He only listed two players with injuries: Thaiu Jones-Bell and Jam Miller. Jones-Bell, a reserve receiver who is no longer listed on the active roster online, has a medical issue and is “going to medical this year.” “I think everybody worked today, except Jamarion Miller will be out for …
Read More »Jaguars’ Andrew Wingard says Urban Meyer threatened to cut him for ‘rookie head coach’ comment
Getty Images The Urban Meyer era in Jacksonville was one to forget for the Jaguars, but not before safety Andrew Wingard shared a rather revealing story about his former head coach. Speaking with Tyler Dunne of Go Long, Wingard shed some light on what it was like to play for Meyer in the NFL. Wingard’s story begins following the Jaguars’ …
Read More »5 takeaways from practice No. 7
The Seattle Seahawks were back on the field today after getting Wednesday off following their first two padded practices of the year. Today’s pads-off session was a little more low-key. Here are a few takeaways from the beat reporters on-site. Injury updates (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson) First, a few injury updates. At running back starter Ken Walker remains sidelined by his …
Read More »Notre Dame’s Chris Tyree makes award list following position change
So far, so good for Notre Dame football and Chris Tyree’s positional change that happened following the 2022 season. For Tyree’s first three years, he was a running back, but since the Irish have an abundance of talent at that position, the offseason move to wide receiver was made. By all accounts, the positional switch has gone well, especially considering …
Read More »Cowboys under the magnifying glass amid elevated expectations
David Helman Dallas Cowboys Insider For right or for wrong, it’s incredibly on-brand for the Dallas Cowboys to wind up in this sort of firestorm. After a rousing 48 hours of conversation, Trevon Diggs squashed the speculation about his relationship with Dak Prescott, offering up some advice to those who would suggest he doesn’t respect his team’s starting quarterback. “Stay …
Read More »Titans release OT Jamarco Jones after being ejected from consecutive practices
Being ejected from consecutive training camp practices cost Tennessee Titans offensive lineman Jamarco Jones his job Thursday. The Titans waived Jones about three hours after he did not finish practice following a blindside block on linebacker Chance Campbell. Jones was sent off the field after a brief skirmish Tuesday with two-time Pro Bowl defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons. Asked if Thursday’s …
Read More »Zach Wilson future outlook: What Jets trade for Aaron Rodgers means for former No. 2 pick
The Green Bay Packers traded four-time NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers to the New York Jets in April, thrusting them into the Super Bowl LVIII conversation. In a perfect world, however, this deal never happens. Ideally, New York’s decision to take Zach Wilson with the No. 2 overall pick in 2021 NFL Draft proves to be a rousing success, and the …
Read More »Dvon Ellies named to Wuerffel Trophy watch list
Watch list season continued on Thursday with the release of the watch list for the Wuerffel Trophy, college football’s premier award for outstanding community service. And this year’s watch list includes one of Penn State’s top defensive linemen. Dvon Ellies, a redshirt senior from Maryland, was named to the watch list for this year’s Wuerffel Trophy by The Wuerffel Foundation …
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