The 2024 NFL offseason is set to ramp up over the next several weeks as franchises will be making crucial decisions on setting their rosters for the upcoming season. The franchise tag window opens on Tuesday, Feb. 20. This marks the start for teams to decide whether to place the franchise tag or transition tag on any one of their …

The Big Ten football season is going to look different in 2024. New additions USC, UCLA, Oregon and Washington bring more formidable opponents to the table. But more importantly, gone is the East-West Division model, replaced by a format of conference standings similar to that in basketball. There are some blockbuster out-of-conference games to monitor before the conference slate begins …

Defense. Toughness. “Punting is winning.” Iowa’s football team thrives on physicality, and for that, it’s unsurprising that head coach Kirk Ferentz takes a page out of the Hawkeyes’ dominant wrestling program in his recruiting efforts. “The theory I developed was that if a guy was a great wrestler, it didn’t mean he was going to be a great football player, …

Before we know it, new Alabama head football coach Kalen DeBoer will hit the practice field with his Crimson Tide players for the first time when spring practice gets underway in March. With the retirement of the legendary Nick Saban, there have not been this many question marks surrounding the football program since 2007 when Saban took over. Contrary to …

The NFL announced a list of 321 invitees to their scouting combine that will last from February 26 to March 4. USC Football has several former players at the event: Calen Bullock, Solomon Byrd, Jarrett Kingston, Brenden Rice, Tajh Washington, MarShawn Lloyd, Christian Roland-Wallace, and projected No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams. There are a lot of storylines to consider …

Penn State head coach James Franklin is hoping to get some good recruiting news from an in-state recruiting target on Monday. Josh Williams, a Class of 2025 three-star offensive lineman from Haverford, PA, is scheduled to announce his college decision on Monday, Feb. 19 at 5:00 p.m. ET on the 247Sports YouTube channel. Penn State is one of the finalists …

AUBURN — It may feel like the season ended not too long ago, but spring practice is just around the corner. Auburn football will open the spring period with a practice Feb. 27. The Tigers will have 14 sessions after that, culminating in the second A-Day of the coach Hugh Freeze era April 6. Spring practice gives coaches the opportunity …

The Ravens are looking to regroup after exiting the playoffs via a disastrous 17-10 loss to the eventual Super Bowl champion Chiefs in the AFC title game. Baltimore is currently 20th in the NFL in cap space, with $7.3 million available, and there will be critical decisions regarding several vital contributors and two All-Pros. And they’re spending about $120+ million …

USC Trojans wide receiver and return specialist Zachariah Branch is a busy man. As you might have heard, he chose to join the USC track and field team this season. The freshman from Las Vegas Bishop Gorman High School was a bonafide superstar in 2023 when healthy. He had 29 receptions for 311 yards and 2 TDs during the season. …

With Chip Kelly bolting for the Ohio State offensive coordinator job, will Ethan Garbers still be the starting quarterback for the UCLA Bruins and newly named head coach Deshaun Foster next season? Steve Henson of the Los Angeles Times has reported that “UCLA signed freshmen quarterbacks Karson Gordon from Bellaire (Texas) Episcopal and Henry Hasselbeck from Westwood (Mass.) Xaverian Brothers …

Two years after Bryan McClendon’s return to the Georgia football coaching staff, the former Bulldog wide receiver is jumping to the NFL to join the Tampa Bay Buccaneers staff. Georgia paid nearly $845,000 in a buyout from Miami to land McClendon weeks after winning its first national championship in 41 years. The Bulldogs won another in McClendon’s first season back. …

This offseason has seen Ohio State football taking it personal. Multiple high-profile transfers, coaching changes and the signing of a top-5 class highlighted by the No. 1 player in the country, wide receiver Jeremiah Smith. One of those coaching hires that Ryan Day made was at offensive coordinator with Bill O’Brien. The Boston native didn’t stay long as the ultimately …

Sir Winston Churchill once said, “Those that fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it,” and that quote could not be more true when it comes to what’s reportedly going to happen in Austin this week. According to Wescott Eberts, a team site producer at Burnt Orange Nation, the University of Texas System Board of Regents is meeting …

It seems like just yesterday that Alabama safety Vinnie Sunseri picked off former Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel. Fast forward almost 11 years and Sunseri is the new safties coach at the University of Washington. It has come full circle for the former Alabama standout. Sunseri’s father, Sal has served as an assistant coach since 1985. His brother, Tino played …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNFeb 18, 2024, 09:16 PM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — It was a storybook finish for the New York Rangers in their Stadium Series win over the New York Islanders on Sunday. But not necessarily the story they intended to tell. “It wasn’t a script we would have written,” Rangers coach …