Cane Ridge has a new leader for its football program. The Ravens have hired Joseph Shepherd as head football coach after longtime head coach Eddie Woods resigned last month. Shepherd, a native of Humboldt, Tennessee, has 17 years of coaching experience and spent the past five seasons as associate head coach and quarterbacks coach at Cane Ridge. He plans to …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 16, 2024, 02:12 PM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand believes Sam Bennett “got away with one” when he struck Marchand’s head in Game 3, but that opponents seeking to injure each other is just a part of playoff hockey. “People don’t want to say it, but part of playoffs …

NFL: Dallas Cowboys at Washington Commanders The NFL just released the 2024 schedule meaning best ball sickos and home league grinders alike can obsess over the fantasy playoffs for a few days before deciding to just draft the players they wanted to anyway. The list below has the entire fantasy playoff schedule (Week 15-17). The two columns to the right …

It’s 100 days until the start of the 2024 college football season, and Memphis is getting plenty of buzz as a potential College Football Playoff contender. That came in the form of ESPN’s rankings of “10 (Group of Five) teams that can make the Playoff,” which was released Thursday morning alongside other college football preview content. The Tigers were ranked …

Greg Auman NFC South Reporter The NFL rolled out its 272-game masterpiece Wednesday night in unveiling the league’s 2024 schedule, eagerly anticipated by fans and the final result of millions of permutations crunched by supercomputers to satisfy billion-dollar TV partners, maximize national audiences and make 32 teams feel like they got a fair shake. League officials called the process “an …

James Harrison is apparently following the blueprint of being a former Steelers legend. Briefly vilified after ending his career with the Patriots, Harrison has now joined the list of Steelers icons who have accused New England of cheating during his time in Pittsburgh.  Harrison actually cut current Steelers defensive tackle Cameron Heyward off when Heyward asked him if he thought …

Michigan State football has extended a scholarship offer to a big-time prospect in the 2026 class. CJ Sadler of Detroit announced on Wednesday that he has received an offer from the Spartans. Sadler is a four-star athlete in the 2026 class. Sadler ranks as the No. 5 athlete and No. 54 overall player in 247Sports’ rankings for the 2026 class. …

David Andrews, Patriots agree to contract extension: Report originally appeared on NBC Sports Boston The New England Patriots have locked up another one of their own. Starting center and team co-captain David Andrews has agreed to a contract extension with the Patriots through the 2025 season, ESPN’s Field Yates reported Thursday. Andrews was entering the 2024 season on the final …

The quarterback is unquestionably the most important position in football. As such, it should come as no surprise that a team’s success hinges on the talents of their primary passer. For Florida, the position has been less-than-steady the past couple of seasons but the staff have worked hard to bolster a once-weak corps. As of now, the Gators’ quarterback room …

Getty Images The San Francisco 49ers already have a target on their back being the defending NFC champions. Their path to the Super Bowl just got a lot tougher, thanks to an oddity in the regular season schedule. San Francisco is playing a league-high four teams coming off their bye week this season, adding even more to an already challenging …

Getty Images Taylor Swift’s global dominance is such that even the NFL, which will happily overpower other sports on days previously sacred to them — the NBA on Christmas Day and college football on Black Friday — has to yield when it comes to her return to the United States to wrap up her “Eras Tour.” NFL vice president of …

MASON, Mich. — An Ingham County judge dismissed a lawsuit brought against former Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker by the woman the school said he sexually harassed. The lawsuit, which centered around text messages between Brenda Tracy and her friend Ahlan Alvarado that were released by Tucker and his attorneys last year, had been filed on behalf of Tracy’s …

For NFL social media managers, the schedule release day is like the Super Bowl. During the offseason, teams work to come up with the most creative videos and ways to reveal the dates and times their franchise will face each opponent. Everything is an event when it comes to the NFL. and the schedule release is no exception. Some teams …

Bears’ NFC North schedule quirk could be double-edged sword for Caleb Williams, team originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The most glaring aspect of the Bears’ 2024 schedule, which was released Wednesday, comes in Week 11 in the form of the Green Bay Packers. It is not noteworthy that the Packers visit Soldier Field in Week 11. But the fact …

Kirk Cousins probably didn’t look too deeply into his new team’s 2024 schedule upon signing with the Atlanta Falcons. It is surely a welcomed bonus for Cousins, whose team has the easiest schedule this season based on opponents’ combined 2023 winning percentage.  Technically, the Falcons are tied with the Saints with the NFL’s easiest record. Both teams’ opponents won a …