Chicago Bears Hall of Famer Steve McMichael will be released from the hospital a week after he was admitted with a lung infection. Jarrett Payton, the son of Bears legend Walter Payton, made the announcement Wednesday that McMichael would arrive home Thursday. Update on Steve McMichael: Mongo is set to return home tomorrow! We appreciate all the prayers and kindly …

Like many midwesterners who visit Florida for the first time, Deshawn Pace wasn’t sure what to expect weather-wise. The Ohio native had spent the past few months nestled in the throes of a typical winter where temperatures can drop in the single digits. “When I hopped off the plane, it was 76 degrees,” said Pace, who thought about bringing his …

There’s a ‘buzz’ around the NFL about the Falcons’ interest in Justin Fields: reports originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The growing thought this offseason surrounding Justin Fields is he will be traded to make room for a new quarterback, courtesy of the Bears’ No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL draft. NFL insider Jordan Schultz revealed there is a …

The spring recruiting visit list for Ohio State football continues to get larger at we get closer the weather turning. You can now add Maryland defensive end Trent Wilson to the growing count of high school stars going to visit Columbus. According to a report by On3, the 6-foot, 3-inch and 270-pound pass rusher will visit Ohio State at the …

The Lions made a couple of reported additions to their coaching staff official on Wednesday. The team announced that Terrell Williams will be the defensive run game coordinator and defensive line coach and that Deshea Townsend will be the passing game coordinator and defensive backs coach. They also announced that Jim O’Neil will be a defensive assistant. Williams was the …

Cortez Harris was offered by Rutgers football this week, with the Scarlet Knights entering a recruitment that has attracted some of the top teams in college football. A 6-foot-3, 210-pound athlete, Harris is a defensive end from Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro, Maryland). He is a consensus four-star recruit. ESPN ranks him as the No. 197 player in the nation. Harris …

Former Cowboys offensive lineman Tony Hutson died earlier this month, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. He was 49. A golf-ball sized tumor was discovered behind Hutson’s right lung before the 1996 draft. The tumor, though, was benign, allowing Hutson to sign with the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent out of Northeastern Oklahoma State, where he picked up NAIA All-America …

Chris Stewart started talking about this almost a half century ago. A young kid growing up in Fairfield, he used to talk about one day becoming the voice of the Alabama Crimson Tide. He told several people that in fact. Fast forward to 2024, and he is. The Crimson Tide Sports Network announced Wednesday that Stewart will be the voice …

The Patriots will not have a Belichick calling the defensive plays this season. New defensive coordinator DeMarcus Covington said Wednesday that he will take over the defensive play calling in 2024. “I do plan on calling plays,” he said, via Mark Daniels of the Boston Herald. Steve Belichick, Bill’s son, previously held that role for the Patriots, but he left …

Change is coming to the next iteration of the College Football Playoff. Get ready for more automatic qualifiers. In a nine-hour meeting on Wednesday in Dallas, CFP leaders explored new playoff models that included granting multiple automatic qualifiers to the four power conferences in a 14-team format — an expected move in the SEC and Big Ten’s push to have …

Feb 21, 2024, 11:27 PM ET TEMPE, Ariz. — Auston Matthews scored his 50th goal of the season Wednesday night in the Toronto Maple Leafs star’s hometown return, becoming the fastest NHL player to reach that mark in 28 years. Playing his 54th game of the season, Matthews scored 5:01 into the game on a power play to give Toronto …

Hall of Famer Steve McMichael is expected to be released from the hospital Thursday, his publicist, Betsy Shepherd, told the Associated Press. The former Bears defensive lineman, who announced his ALS diagnosis three years ago, was admitted into intensive care at a Chicago-area hospital last Thursday. He was diagnosed with a urinary tract infection. McMichael, 66, then developed MRSA, an …

The Southwestern Athletic Conference has scheduled its football media day for July 16, it was announced Wednesday. The 12 SWAC head coaches and two players from each school will attend, starting at 10 a.m. CT at the Sheraton Birmingham in Alabama, to discuss the 2024 season. The preseason all-conference teams will be revealed, as well as the projected order of finish. …

CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael, who is battling ALS, is expected to return home Thursday after being hospitalized the past week, longtime publicist Betsy Shepherd said. The 66-year-old McMichael went public with an ALS diagnosis three years ago. He was admitted into intensive care at a suburban hospital last Thursday — a week after being voted into …

Clemson entered the offseason as the odds-on favorite to win the ACC next season. At least one analyst forecasts the Tigers to be a high seed in the College Football Playoff in his way-too-early rankings for the 2024 season. CBS Sports’ Chip Patterson predicts that Clemson will be the No. 3 overall seed in the new 12-team Playoff. In the new …