When Michigan in March lost safety Rod Moore to the entirety of the 2024 season, it was a crushing blow — mostly for Moore, but also for a secondary that was suddenly reeling. Coming off its national championship, the secondary had seemed like it’d be a strength for Michigan in 2024. Yes, the defense’s Swiss Army Knife, Mike Sainristil, would depart …

May 16, 2024, 06:07 PM ET PRAGUE — Canada eased past Norway 4-1 on Thursday for its fourth straight win at the ice hockey world championship after not allowing a single shot on goal in the first two periods. The United States scored four goals in the opening period to cruise to a 5-0 victory over France, while Sweden maintained …

How NFL put Bears’ 2024 schedule together for Caleb Williams’ rookie season originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Bears will enter the 2024 season as one of the most exciting teams in the NFL, thanks to No. 1 overall pick Caleb Williams and the host of improvements general manager Ryan Poles made this offseason. But despite the anticipation for …

Ryan Kang/Getty Images The spring transfer portal window is closed and a lot of movement has come to an end as rosters are being finalized for the fall. Here is a look at the 10 biggest offensive linemen to hit the transfer portal this offseason. ***** THIS SERIES: Ranking the 10 biggest QB transfers of the offseason | Biggest RB …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 16, 2024, 10:03 PM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. New York Rangers forward Chris Kreider told his teammates he felt there was a goal in his stick before the third period of Game 6 against the Carolina Hurricanes, with his team trailing 3-1. “I said, ‘I sure hope so,'” recalled teammate Vincent Trocheck. Kreider …

Former 49ers QB Smith recalls favorite Candlestick Park memory originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Many 49ers fans won’t ever forget San Francisco’s 36-32 final-second NFC divisional round win over the Drew Brees-led New Orleans Saints in 2011 — and neither will Alex Smith. Even 13 years later, the former 49ers quarterback confessed he can’t get the image of …

Jonathan Smith continues to mine the transfer portal in his Michigan State football roster overhaul. The Spartans struck a deal with former Central Florida safety Nikai Martinez on Friday, the 22nd incoming transfer since Smith took over the program in late November and MSU’s 10th portal addition since spring practice concluded April 20. Martinez arrives in East Lansing with two …

The two-time defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs have an absolutely jam-packed schedule, with prime-time games galore and a slew of contenders on the docket. That should come as no surprise, considering how TV networks are now jostling to get K.C. games on their airwaves. “They’re Cowboys-level assets right now,” NFL broadcast planning vice president Mike North said of the Chiefs …

Carde Smith, a four-star offensive lineman from Williamson High School in Mobile (Alabama), committed to Auburn last month but was officially offered by USC this week. Smith had this to say about the Tigers program: “Auburn feels like home.” “Me and coach Thornton (offensive line coach Jake Thornton) have a real good relationship. I have been on Auburn’s trail since June …

Getty Images The Philadelphia Eagles and Dallas Cowboys are part of an interesting schedule quirk this season. For the first time since 2006, the Eagles and Cowboys won’t be playing in a prime-time game on “Sunday Night Football” or ‘Monday Night Football.”  To take it one step further, this is the first time the Eagles and Cowboys won’t be playing …

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterMay 17, 2024, 01:52 AM ET CloseRyan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. After missing the past two games to be with his wife for the birth of their son, Phillip Di Giuseppe scored his first career playoff goal and was instrumental in the Vancouver Canucks’ 3-2 win Thursday over the Edmonton Oilers in …

The anticipation is growing for the return of EA Sports College Football and on Friday morning a gameplay trailer dropped featuring some clips of Notre Dame football inside Notre Dame Stadium. It’s all about the details with the venues, so it was hard to see exactly what it will look like, but we got a good look at the “Play …

Getty Images The Chicago Bears have plenty of reasons to be excited about the 2024 NFL season. Having a franchise quarterback in Caleb Williams in his rookie season helps; it makes Chicago appointment television every week.  Williams is looking to end the franchise drought of cursed quarterbacks. Remember, no Bears quarterback has thrown for 4,000 yards and 30 touchdowns in …

The GOAT kicker leads our fantasy rankings at the position yet again. (Photo by Rob Carr/Getty Images) A day may come (or rather, a season) when Justin Tucker won’t be the top-ranked fantasy football kicker. It is not this day (or rather, season). No, the GOAT kicker remains at the top, still getting it done for the Ravens at just …

Former Rutgers football assistant Fran Brown is off to a hot start as the head coach at Syracuse without so much as having yet played an official game. But CBS Sports says that Brown, who was the secondary coach at Rutgers for two years, still has plenty to prove when being stacked up against the rest of the Power Four. …