Getty Images The Panthers aren’t operating by conventional standards in an effort to improve upon their 1-10 start to the 2023 NFL season, dismissing coach Frank Reich on Monday, less than a year after hiring him. If they want to get even more unconventional moving forward, former NFL tight end Greg Olsen is willing to interview for the vacant head …

Getty Images What would it look like if the team with the No. 1 overall pick didn’t pick a quarterback in the 2024 NFL Draft? A club hasn’t made that decision since the Browns picked Myles Garrett with the top selection in the 2017 draft, and it worked out pretty well for Cleveland.  In this mock, the Bears (the current …

We are approaching conference championship weekend, but the top four teams that will make it to the College Football Playoff are not guaranteed yet. In any other year, if Texas were 11-1 heading to the Big 12 Championship game as they are now, the Longhorns would already be a lock in the top four. Unfortunately for the Longhorns, it is …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNNov 27, 2023, 06:22 PM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. The Minnesota Wild on Monday fired coach Dean Evason after a disastrous start to their season. John Hynes, who previously coached the Nashville Predators and the New Jersey Devils, will take over as coach, an NHL source confirmed to ESPN. Evason and assistant coach Bob …

Playing in A.J. Brown’s shadow, DeVonta Smith quietly on a tear originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia This is a story about an Eagles wide receiver who’s on a tear right now. And his name isn’t A.J. Brown. Once Brown had those six straight games with at least 125 yards, you knew defenses were going to start devoting even more …

USATSI The Mike Elko era is underway in College Station after Texas A&M hired the now-former Duke coach and ex-Aggies defensive coordinator Monday as its replacement for Jimbo Fisher, who was fired earlier in November in his sixth season guiding the program. And after Texas A&M awarded Fisher a mammoth contract — 10 years at $75 million on the initial …

Browns star defensive end Myles Garrett did not suffer any structural damage to his left shoulder in Sunday’s game at Denver, a positive development for a Cleveland team rocked by major injuries all season. Garrett, who has 13 sacks for Cleveland’s top-ranked defense, got hurt during the 29-12 loss to the Broncos. He continued playing despite having limited motion. He …

Texans coach DeMeco Ryans said earlier Monday that kicker Matt Ammendola would remain with the team despite missing kicks of 50 and 58 yards in a 24-21 loss to the Jaguars. Ammendola apparently will stay despite the Texans waiving him Monday. Houston needed a roster spot after claiming defensive lineman Derek Barnett off waivers from the Eagles, so they cut …

By way of a trade ahead of the 2023 NFL Draft, the Chicago Bears currently hold the rights to the Nos. 1 and 4 overall selections in the 2024 NFL Draft entering their Week 12 matchup with the Minnesota Vikings, according to Tankathon. The Carolina Panthers, who moved up to No. 1 overall in 2023 for the right to select quarterback …

I have heard a lot of different things regarding Michigan State football freshman quarterback Sam Leavitt today, but at least for now, 247Sports is reporting that they expect him to enter the NCAA transfer portal. Leavitt was a huge recruiting win for MSU, and the former 4-star recruit showed some skills in limited snaps this season. With a new coach, …

Buffalo Bills players Shaq Lawson and Jordan Phillips responded Monday following a Sunday sideline confrontation with a Philadelphia Eagles fan that ended with Lawson shoving the fan. Both players wrote on Instagram that the fan threatened them and their families in a situation that escalated throughout the game. Lawson apologized for the shove while writing of the fan that “certain …

A Big Ten champion still has to be crowned this weekend, but the bowl game discussions are now underway for more than half of the Big Ten teams. A total of 9 Big Ten schools have qualified or been given permission to play in a postseason bowl game this season, and at least one Big Ten team appears to be …

The Frank Reich era in Carolina is over. The Panthers have fired the head coach less than a full season into his tenure, the team announced Monday. Special teams coordinator Chris Tabor is now slated as the interim head coach and is addressing the team on Monday morning. Meanwhile, Jim Caldwell, who had been working as a senior assistant, moves …

Michigan head coach Jim Harbaugh said on Monday that outside sources have hyped up the nature of the Wolverines rivalry with Ohio State. (AP Photo/David Dermer) (ASSOCIATED PRESS) The Michigan-Ohio State rivalry isn’t as intense as people want to make it out to be. The way that it is annually portrayed some sort of “life-or-death” bloodbath doesn’t sit right with …

USATSI The Cleveland Browns suffered more than just a 29-12 loss to the Denver Broncos on Sunday, as quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson suffered a concussion, Amari Cooper exited early after taking a hard shot to the midsection area and star defensive end Myles Garrett was seen in a sling after the game.  Garrett said he felt a pop in his shoulder during …