The Badgers added two players in the transfer portal Tuesday as both linebacker Tackett Curtis (USC) and defensive lineman Elijah Hills (University at Albany) committed to the team ahead of the 2024 campaign. According to 247Sports’ ranking system, Wisconsin’s 2023 transfer class now ranks 11th nationally, with more time to go. Luke Fickell’s squad has added many defensive players, including …

Martin Rogers FOX Sports Insider In chilly, sunny Santa Clara, Brock Purdy stood as a sideline spectator last weekend, the NFC’s No. 1 seed already in possession of the San Francisco 49ers and their impressive QB.  Over in Baltimore, Lamar Jackson did the same, albeit while in downright torrential conditions, making the most of his and the Ravens’ superb campaign …

More proof is pouring in that Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks are good at hiring as if any more were needed. Earlier this week, Matrix Analytical — a sports analytics company — released their All-American coaching staff for the 2023 season. Just as players are named to All-American teams after seasons based on their performance, Matrix Analytical does the …

1 Wait, really? The 24-year-old with only two completed playoff starts? Yes, really. The 49ers have won 19 of the 23 starts he’s finished since the start of 2022, and while they may say a lot about his setup, it also speaks volumes about his ability to capitalize on it. The kid does everything well from inside the pocket, but …

2024 All-American CJ Carr from Saline High School in Michigan has verbally committed to the University of Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Of the 23 recruits Notre Dame signed last month, 11 of them will begin their careers on the offensive side of the ball, led by a quartet of offensive linemen. Irish head coach Marcus Freeman did not discuss those …

Breaking down Eagles’ snap counts from 2023 regular season originally appeared on NBC Sports Philadelphia The Eagles stumbled to the finish line of the 2023 regular season, losing 5 of their last 6 games but still finished with an 11-5 record. They’ll be playing the Buccaneers in Tampa in the wild card round on Monday night. But before we get …

It feels like with the end of the college football season on Monday night, following the Michigan Wolverines’ 34-13 win over the Washington Huskies in the national championship game, an era in the sport came to an end. No longer will we have a four-team College Football Playoff, and no longer will we have five power conferences dominating the landscape. …

Ryan S. Clark Close Ryan S. Clark NHL reporterRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Kristen Shilton Close Kristen Shilton ESPN NHL reporterKristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN.Jan 10, 2024, 07:00 AM ET With most teams near the 41-game mark, we’ve reached the halfway point of the 2023-24 NHL season. That means the return of …

HOUSTON — There was a not-so-subtle question lingering Monday night as Jim Harbaugh walked off the NRG Stadium field after winning the College Football Playoff National Championship. The ultimate Michigan Man had become a maize & blue legend beating Washington 34-13 for Michigan’s first national title since 1997. Now what? That query will continue hanging in the air longer than some …

Michigan won the national championship without having to face Georgia, but would that have mattered? The Wolverines rattled off wins against Ohio State, Alabama and Washington. Cheating allegations aside, they’re deserving champs. And yet … we can’t help but wonder how a Michigan-Georgia national championship would have gone. The Bulldogs won 29 straight games (and two national championships) before losing …

Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh could have a decision to make following his team’s 34-13 win vs. Washington in Monday’s College Football Playoff National Championship. As he has each of the past two years, Harbaugh is expected to draw serious interest from NFL teams searching for a new leader. Those talks are sure to reach a fever pitch after the Wolverines’ recent …

In past years, we’ve determined our awards with input from the writers and then, in the end, yours truly would make the final call, even if it went against the weight of the other contributors to PFT. This year, I respected the process of a full vote of all five PFT writers, even if it went against my own assessment. …

The college football season is complete and Michigan has been crowned national champions. Now the coaches get their say in where the rest of the teams will be ranked in the final US LBM Coaches Poll of the season. National runner-up Washington finishes second, but its position wasn’t unanimous among voters. After an Orange Bowl matchup between the teams, Georgia …

HOUSTON — Everyone will remember the interception, and rightly so. You don’t have to scan the web for long to find viral recordings of Mike Sainristil’s College Football Playoff title game-sealing theft, perhaps most memorably from the phones of Michigan football fans who recorded the defensive back’s pick while watching at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor on Monday night. …

Photograph: Kareem Elgazzar/USA Today Sports Courtland Sutton’s touchdown catch from Russell Wilson against the Bills is still the most improbable completion in the NFL this entire season. It only had a 3.2% chance of being completed, per @ZebraSports.pic.twitter.com/177ujJCOTD — Zac Stevens (@ZacStevensDNVR) December 23, 2023 Maybe one of the most head-scratching touchdowns ever scored in the NFL owing to the …