It turns out that trade negotiations can happen in the public eye. At least that’s how trade talks between the New York Giants and Carolina Panthers regarding Pro Bowl edge rusher Brian Burns began this offseason. In the season debut of “Hard Knocks: Offseason with the New York Giants,” Giants general manager Joe Schoen jokingly asked Panthers general manager Dan …

Last season, the New York Giants allowed the most sacks in the NFL and the second-most in league history, with their quarterbacks going down 85 times. They allowed significantly more sacks than any other team, with the second-most allowed coming from the Washington Commanders with 65.  The Giants offensive line clearly struggled, making it difficult for quarterback Daniel Jones to …

Since Ryan Day took over the Ohio State football program from Urban Meyer, he has gone 56-8 over five-plus seasons. For most teams, this would be viewed as exceptional, one that wouldn’t potentially put the head coach on the hot seat. That isn’t the case in Columbus, as three-straight losses to Michigan has everyone up in arms about Day’s job. …

Mike Macdonald made an impression on Seahawks edge rusher Boye Mafe months before he became Mafe’s new head coach. The Ravens hosted the Seahawks in Week Nine of the 2023 season and they sent the NFC West club back to Seattle as 37-3 losers. Mafe said on the Green Light with Chris Long podcast that the result made “no sense” …

Georgia Bulldogs running backs Nick Chubb and Sony Michel have been named as one of the 50 best playmaking duos of all-time. In fact, 247Sports ranks Chubb and Michel as the 15th-best duo in college football history. Nick Chubb and Sony Michel helped turn around the Georgia football program. The duo returned for their senior season in 2017 and helped …

The Carolina Hurricanes signed free agent forward William Carrier to a six-year, $12 million contract Wednesday. The 2023 Stanley Cup champion is signed through the 2029-30 campaign. Carrier, 29, had six goals and two assists in 39 games with the Vegas Golden Knights in 2023-24. He finished fifth among Vegas forwards in hits (90) despite missing most of the season …

Getty Images The excuses are running thin for Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens in the eyes of three-time Super Bowl champion Mark Schlereth. The former Broncos great turned NFL analyst recently put Jackson in the crosshairs, specifically dismissing the idea that the Ravens have not given him weapons throughout his career.  While highlighting how many weapons the Ravens have …

Wisconsin is one of many college football programs looking to take advantage of the newly expanded College Football Playoff in 2024 and beyond. The Badgers never reached the four-team playoff in its 10 years of existence. But the program did have three top-12 finishes in the final AP Poll (No. 9 in 2016, No. 7 in 2017 and No. 11 …

SUNRISE, Fla. — Anton Lundell and the Florida Panthers have agreed to a six-year, $30 million contract, one ensuring that the Stanley Cup champions have all eight of their leading scorers from this past season back to defend the title. Lundell was a restricted free agent. He had 13 goals and 22 assists in 78 games for the Panthers this …

Eric Williams NFC West Writer Trey McBride got an up-close look at some of the NFL’s best recently at “Tight End University” in Nashville, hosted by George Kittle, Travis Kelce and FOX Sports analyst and ex-NFL Pro Bowler Greg Olsen. Kittle and Kelce are considered the gold standard among current tight ends, and McBride said he took copious mental notes …

When the Buccaneers signed quarterback Baker Mayfield as a free agent in 2023, few predicted that he would help lead the club to a division championship and a playoff win. But that’s exactly what happened, as Mayfield turned in one of the best seasons of his career. He was then rewarded with a three-year deal worth up to $100 million …

Will Michigan State return to a bowl game this year? Bill Bender of Sporting News thinks so. Bender has released an updated batch of bowl projections in the past few days, which included Michigan State. He has the Spartans landing in the Detroit Bowl (previously known as the Quick Lane Bowl) playing against Ohio of the Mid-American Conference. Michigan State …

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NFL training camp starts towards the end of July, which means players around the league are getting their last bits of offseason work in before the real work of trying to make the roster begins. For certain players, this season is what some may call “make or break,” meaning they need to put together a productive year or they could …

In the eyes of CBS Sports’ Brad Crawford, Michigan State will not be bowling this holiday season. Crawford produced a new batch of bowl projections this week and it appears the Spartans have been left off. Crawford elected to have Indiana in the Detroit Bowl as the lowest-rated bowling Big Ten team over the Spartans. Michigan State last played in …