Former wide receiver Rod Gardner hasn’t played in the NFL since the 2006 season, but he still uses football lessons he learned on the gridiron. One of his latest adventures took him around the world with his favorite teammate, his wife Leticia, as the Gardners were one of the teams competing in the upcoming 36th season of “The Amazing Race.” …

What to make of this wild Justin Jefferson-to-Patriots trade idea originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston There are plenty of bold moves the New England Patriots can make to upgrade their roster in 2024. (See: Phil Perry’s latest 2024 NFL Mock Draft.) But the Patriots trade proposal that FOX Sports’ Colin Cowherd recently concocted might be the spiciest. Cowherd’s idea …

Michigan State has picked up another commitment in their 2024 recruiting class, earning the commitment of Mason Nickel. Nickel is an instate product, coming from Midland, attending Midland Dow High School. He is a 6-foot-2, 255 pound defensive lineman. Nickel had a plethora of D2 offers from schools inside the state of Michigan, plus several walk on opportunities. Contact/Follow us @The …

Former New York Giants coach Ben McAdoo is working out a deal to join the New England Patriots as a senior offensive assistant, a person familiar with the situation tells The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity Tuesday because it had yet to be finalized. The 46-year-old McAdoo was the Carolina Panthers offensive …

The Super Bowl LVIII is set with the Kansas City Chiefs facing the San Francisco 49ers on Feb. 11 in Las Vegas. It’s the culminating contest for two contenders long expected to be in the mix for this year’s Lombardi Trophy. Only two teams can make it to the Super Bowl, but which of their 12 fallen playoff challengers have a legitimate …

Heading into the 2023 college football season, the hot-button topic the entire offseason centered around conference realignment. The season eventually began and attention turned to the on-field storylines. Georgia remained No. 1 throughout the entire regular season. Alabama returned to the College Football Playoff field. Michigan defeated Ohio State for the third consecutive season. Everything had remained as it’s been …

The idiom, “Different strokes for different folks” can be aptly used to describe building a championship caliber NFL roster under the salary cap. There isn’t a right or wrong way to allocate resources in putting together a team that has Super Bowl potential. A specific blueprint doesn’t exist.  Super Bowl LVIII between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers is …

What Warner, Greenlaw knew about each other when entering NFL originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Fred Warner and Dre Greenlaw have established themselves as a premier NFL linebacker pairing, but when exactly did their familiarity with one another begin? During an exclusive interview with NBC Sports Bay Area’s Matt Maiocco on “49ers Talk,” Greenlaw revealed that before being …

Feb. 6—College football teams continue to find plenty of players in the Dayton, Springfield and Northern Cincinnati areas. More than a dozen area high school seniors signed a national letter of intent to play at the highest level of college football (Division I FBS) in December, but that was just the beginning. Many more have since committed to schools in …

One of the most popular non-game related prop bets could be music to the ears of bettors. Three-time Grammy Award winner Reba McEntire will perform “The Star-Spangled Banner” prior to Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas on Sunday. RELATED: 2024 Super Bowl LVIII betting update Bettors hit YouTube and the internet, seeking clues on how long McEntire’s rendition of the …

The Washington Commanders have their offensive coordinator, bringing in former Arizona Cardinals head coach Kliff Kingsbury to run the offense for new head coach Dan Quinn, the team announced. And it didn’t take long for the Commanders to have their new defensive coordinator as well, as Dan Whitt Jr. is following Dan Quinn to Washington, a move that happened not …

In the 57-year history of the Super Bowl, six quarterbacks stand out from the rest of those who have played in the game. The history of the Super Bowl — and thus the NFL — wouldn’t be the same without them and their performances on pro sport’s biggest stage.  Many legendary quarterbacks have won Super Bowls. Brett Favre, Steve Young, …

A vast majority of top 2024 prospects have already signed and enrolled, and it looks like Georgia will take home the top class in the 247Sports Composite as the late National Signing Day 2024 arrives on Wednesday. The rich could get even richer, however, as the Bulldogs are still working to pry five-star athlete Terry Bussey away from his commitment …

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comFeb 6, 2024, 01:00 PM ET CloseSean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. Not all schedules are created equal, that should go without saying. But it’s hard to remember that when we are comparing, rating, …

Sam Darnold had plans to make it to the Super Bowl when he entered the NFL, but his first visit to the game came under different circumstances than he imagined at the time. The Jets made Darnold the third-overall pick of the 2018 draft and the hope was that he’d break their long run of futility and get them back …