When a company is sued by a current or former employee, the primary focus usually becomes winning the case and not getting to the bottom of what caused it. It’s about circling the wagons, not pursuing the truth. The Jon Gruden lawsuit against the NFL and Commissioner Roger Goodell has sparked an extended effort by the league to force the …

As SEC baseball has grown in popularity and increasingly exerted its dominance, its salaries for coaches, too, have skyrocketed. In 2022, only Vanderbilt’s Tim Corbin made over $1.5 million among SEC coaches. Now, four coaches will hit that mark for the 2024 season, according to records obtained by the USA TODAY Network. The two coaches who faced off in the …

Semaj Morgan has never shied away from expectations, and he won’t start now. A rising sophomore on the Michigan football team, Morgan was at his high school alma mater — West Bloomfield — where he served as host to a football camp: “Camp with the Champ” for three hours on Saturday afternoon. More than 100 young athletes went through various …

4 questions for Bears to answer during OTAs, offseason program originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago The Bears’ offseason program hits the next phase Monday when Organized Team Activities (OTAs) begin at Halas Hall. Head coach Matt Eberflus adjusted the offseason schedule due to the early start to training camp caused by the Bears’ inclusion in the Hall of Fame …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNMay 21, 2024, 07:00 AM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. NEW YORK — Mark Messier first met Chris Kreider when the New York Rangers forward was playing at Boston College over a dozen years ago. “He looked like he was going 100 mph standing still on the ice. He looked like a Ferrari,” Messier said. …

As spring football continues, the News-Press and Naples Daily News will provide in-depth lookaheads for each SWFL program. Here’s a look at the games being played on Tuesday, May 21. Naples at Venice Shawn Simeon #5 of the Naples High School football team is congratulated after running for seven touchdowns against Port Charlotte during Region 3S-4 semifinal on Friday, Nov. …

Jim Otto, who never missed a game as the Oakland Raiders center from 1960-1974, has died at 86. (Associated Press) Jim Otto, the Hall of Fame center who never missed a game during his 15 seasons with the Raiders in the 1960s and 1970s, has died at 86, the team announced Sunday night. No cause of death was given. “The …

BERLIN — Rockwood senior Cody Kimmel has competed in a co-op with Berlin Brothersvalley for both football and wrestling. The co-op has proven beneficial to Kimmel on and off the gridiron and mats. Monday, Kimmel announced his intentions to attend and play football at Division III Lycoming College. “The coaches are very competitive over there. They like to compete,” Kimmel …

The decision of the Falcons to draft quarterback Michael Penix Jr. obscured the question of whether quarterback Kirk Cousins is sufficiently healed from his torn Achilles tendon. Appearing recently on The Dan Patrick Show, Cousins said that, if the Falcons were playing the game for all the football marbles (or at least 283 of them), he’d play. “I’m good to …

Patriots wide receiver Kayshon Boutte was arrested in January in Louisiana on a felony charge related to alleged illegal gambling, and the NFL has confirmed it is investigating. But until the Patriots hear otherwise for the league, they’re operating as if Boutte is eligible to participate in all offseason work. New England head coach Jerod Mayo said today that Boutte …

The Ravens won a Super Bowl with Qadry Ismail in their lineup and his son will now have a chance to make a positive impact on the team’s fortunes. Qadir Ismail tried out for the team at their rookie minicamp and the Ravens announced his signing on Monday. They did not announce any other roster moves. Ismail is now a …

Missouri State football coach Ryan Beard began pitching to recruits that the Bears will be in the FBS rather than the FCS come 2025. He’s already landed a handful of prospects ready to lead the football program into its new era. Here are those MSU has landed since announcing it will join Conference USA before the 2025 season. Khalil Anderson, …

For JuJu Smith-Schuster, the best thing about this year is it isn’t last year. The Patriots receiver estimates he was at 60 percent this time last year when the Patriots began their organized team activities. He was still rehabbing a knee procedure he underwent after the Chiefs won Super Bowl LVII. Now entering this second season with the Patriots, Smith-Schuster …

The Chiefs released defensive tackle Matt Dickerson last Monday. They re-signed him today. The team had an open roster spot after releasing running back La’Mical Perine on Friday. Dickerson, who entered the NFL with the Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2018, spent last season with the Chiefs. He played 12 games and totaled 15 tackles, while logging 190 …

Over the last two seasons, running back Travis Etienne has been one of the Jaguars’ most productive offensive players. He had 1,441 yards from scrimmage with five total touchdowns on 255 touches in 2022. Then in 2023, he had 1,484 yards with 12 total touchdowns on 325 touches. But Etienne’s yards per carry went down from 5.1 in 2022 to …