Getty Images It hasn’t taken Josh Jacobs very long to jump on the Jordan Love bandwagon. On the eve of his first training camp with Love, the new Green Bay Packers running back spoke of Love the same way Reggie White likely spoke of Brett Favre following his breakout 1992 season. “To me, just from what I’ve seen, he has all …
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Top sports stories for rest of 2024: Chiefs’ three-peat quest, Yankees look to end drought, Paris Olympics
The first half of 2024 has provided sports fans with some unforgettable moments, whether it was the Kansas City Chiefs winning their second straight Super Bowl, the skyrocketing popularity in women’s basketball or the Boston Celtics cruising to their 18th NBA title. A high bar has been set for the rest of the year. Fortunately, the second half of 2024 …
Read More »PFF surprisingly ranks Bears’ secondary in bottom half of the league’s units
PFF surprisingly ranks Bears’ secondary in bottom half of the league’s units originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago This offseason, PFF has unleashed its preseason rankings for a bevy of position groups. They recently did an overall ranking of each NFL team. Now, they’re ranking secondary units across the league. Surprisingly, they slotted the Bears in an unfavorable position, placing …
Read More »Tampa Bay Lightning sign Cam Atkinson after contract buyout
The Tampa Bay Lightning signed free agent forward Cam Atkinson on Tuesday to a one-year contract worth $900,000, the team announced. Atkinson wasn’t headed into free agency when the Philadelphia Flyers’ regular season ended in April, but a contract buyout on Friday opened a new world for the veteran forward who has battled injury throughout his career. At 35, Atkinson, …
Read More »‘Forever Grateful’: Russell Wilson reveals Seahawks gifted him throwback jersey
The frosty relationship between Russell Wilson and Seattle Seahawks appears to have thawed a bit. As Wilson starts the next part of his career Pittsburgh Steelers, he revealed in a video posted to social media Tuesday that he had received a custom throwback jersey from the Seahawks with his name and famous No. 3. The Seahawks debuted their 1990s-era throwbacks …
Read More »Giants’ Jalin Hyatt has been relying on a kid’s snack to help him gain weight this offseason
Jalin Hyatt has a problem that many of us would love to have: the second-year receiver struggles to keep weight on. But while a lot of us wouldn’t consider that an issue at all, it is for an NFL player trying to withstand the rigors of a 17-game season. Hyatt, a New York Giants receiver who checks in at 6-foot …
Read More »New Jersey Devils welcome back Tomas Tatar
The New Jersey Devils on Tuesday signed free-agent forward Tomas Tatar to a one-year contract, the team announced, reuniting the veteran with a club he played on from 2021 to 2023. The deal is worth $1.8 million, and Tatar, 33, will likely slot into a second- or third-line role in New Jersey, after splitting last season with the Colorado Avalanche …
Read More »Josh Jacobs interview: Already a leader in the Packers locker room
Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz sits down with new Packers RB Josh Jacobs to chat about why he’s already a leader in the Packers locker room, even though he’s the “new guy” and what he’s seen from QB Jordan Love so far at minicamp. Josh joined Yahoo Sports on behalf of USAA’s “Huddle Up for Home Fire Prevention & Safety.” View …
Read More »NFL suspends ex-49ers safety Tashaun Gipson 6 games for performance-enhancing drug use
Veteran safety Tashaun Gipson has been suspended by the NFL for the first six games of the 2024 season for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy. The NFL announced Gipson’s suspension Tuesday. Gipson, who turns 34 on Aug. 7, is a free agent and remains eligible to sign with a team and participate in all preseason activities, including games. His …
Read More »Veteran free agent safety suspended 6 games for violating performance enhancing substances policy, per report
USA Today Veteran free agent Tashaun Gipson is suspended for the first six games of the 2024 NFL regular season for violating the league’s performance enhancing substances policy, according to ESPN. The safety played for the San Francisco 49ers for the last two seasons. The 33-year-old made an impact on the Niners both on and off the field. He started …
Read More »LOOK: Seahawks send Russell Wilson a gift prior to QB’s first training camp with Steelers
Getty Images Time has apparently healed any sour feelings between Russell Wilson and the Seattle Seahawks. This week, as Wilson prepares for his first training camp with the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team that drafted him gifted him with a retro Seahawks jersey bearing his name and number that he wore during his 10-year run with the franchise. Wilson shared the gift …
Read More »Cowboys are running out of time to avoid a mess
The Cowboys have gone from “all-in” to potential five-alarm fire. They couldn’t enhance the team in free agency because they needed to figure out contract situations with three key players: quarterback Dak Prescott, receiver CeeDee Lamb, and linebacker Micah Parsons. As training camp approaches, they still haven’t solved a single one of those problems. It’s potentially going to blow up …
Read More »Top pick Macklin Celebrini to make Sharks or BU decision soon
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Macklin Celebrini knows he has a big decision looming. The No. 1 overall pick in the NHL draft last week made his Sharks debut Tuesday morning at the team’s development camp. Whether he plays for San Jose this upcoming season or returns to Boston University for his sophomore season is to be determined. “It’s coming up,” …
Read More »Ranking the top 25 teams of the NFL’s modern era: Two Super Bowl losers make the cut
Before leaving Benny Rodriguez’s room, fictional Babe Ruth offered a piece of advice to the aspiring young baseball player in the 1993 hit movie “The Sandlot.” “Remember kid, there’s heroes and there’s legends: Heroes get remembered, but legends never die.” The Babe’s quote can also apply to the NFL. While there have been many championship teams, there are only a …
Read More »NFL reportedly suspends ex-49ers S Tashaun Gipson 6 games for PED violation
The NFL reportedly suspended Tashaun Gipson six games for a performance-enhancing drug violation. (Photo by Kevin Sabitus/Getty Images) The NFL has suspended former San Francisco 49ers safety Tashaun Gipson six games for violating the league’s performance-enhancing drug policy, ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports. Details of the violation were not reported. A former Pro Bowler, Gipson played the last two NFL seasons …
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