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Philadelphia Flyers captain Sean Couturier will not travel with the team for at least the first two contests of its four-game road trip due to an upper-body injury. Couturier, who was listed as day-to-day, will sit out against the Buffalo Sabres on Friday and Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. The Flyers (36-29-11, 83 points) have dropped five in a row …

Getty Images While the Buffalo Bills’ decision on Wednesday to trade Stefon Diggs caught most everybody by surprise, Tom Brady had long envisioned this move coming to fruition.  Two years ago, during Capital One’s The Match involving himself and fellow quarterbacks Aaron Rodgers, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen, Brady alluded that the Bills’ quarterback will lose his top receiver after …

The Raiders may be taking a quarterback early in the draft and they are set to spend time with another possible addition on Friday. Albert Breer of SI.com reports that Bo Nix is scheduled for a visit with the team. Former Washington quarterback Michael Penix also visited with the team this week. Nix spent the last two seasons at Oregon …

The NFL Draft is less than a month away, but the football world is paying close attention to a handful of teams with the power to shake up the draft. Through a shrewd trade maneuver that alters the draft order or an unexpected selection of a blue-chip player not expected to come off the board at a particular range in …

The Houston Texans are not messing around. After striking gold with the selection of quarterback C.J. Stroud, the reigning Offensive Rookie of the Year, the franchise has gone into hyperdrive with a flurry of moves this offseason, including the most recent blockbuster trade for former Bills receiver Stefon Diggs. The 2023 AFC South champions have only improved their roster and, …

Getty Images Deshaun Watson doesn’t plan on missing any time this upcoming season. The Cleveland Browns quarterback proclaimed on Thursday that he will be ready to play when his team kicks things off in Week 1 of the 2024 campaign, via Cleveland.com.  Watson has been working his way back from shoulder surgery, which he underwent following the Browns’ Week 10 win …

Ernie Adams has rarely talked publicly, but behind the scenes he was viewed as a key contributor to the Patriots’ Super Bowl titles as one of Bill Belichick’s most trusted advisors. And Adams has now spoken publicly about this year’s Super Bowl, and the correct strategy for overtime. Adams, who was a municipal bonds trader before spending 25 years working …

Leading up to the NFL Draft later this month, the Chicago Bears hosted USC quarterback Caleb Williams at the team’s facility this week. The 2022 Heisman Trophy winner reportedly dined with Bears staff Tuesday night and conducted his visit at Halas Hall on Wednesday.  The Bears, who own the No. 1 pick, seem poised to select Williams after trading quarterback …

Holy smokes, Batman! Did we have a knock-your-socks-off trade yesterday, or what? With Stefon Diggs in Houston, and the Bills having moved on from their top-two targeted receivers from last season, the blockbuster deal had a seismic impact on the 2024 NFL Draft.  With Diggs, Joe Mixon and Danielle Hunter, the Texans have loaded up this offseason after they won …

Dec. 31, 2017General manager Rick Smith takes leave of absenceSmith, who’d led the front office since 2006, left for family reasons. But reports indicated he also had a strained relationship with head coach Bill O’Brien, who was hired ahead of the 2014 season after working with the New England Patriots.June 7, 2019Brian Gaine fired as new GMReplacing the absent Smith, …

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNApr 4, 2024, 01:21 PM ET CloseGreg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. The San Jose Sharks have signed Quinnipiac University forward Collin Graf, considered the top NCAA free agent this season. The Sharks signed him to an entry level deal that will begin immediately in the 2023-24 season. “His on-ice awareness allows him to process the game …

The Broncos have added an interior lineman. Denver announced on Thursday that the club has signed center Sam Mustipher to a one-year deal. Mustipher, 27, spent last season with the Ravens. He appeared in nine games with two starts playing 202 offensive snaps and 17 special teams snaps. He entered the league as an undrafted free agent in 2019 with …

Getty Images Kirk Cousins spent the last six years leading the Minnesota Vikings. But if he has his way, he’ll finish his NFL career with the Atlanta Falcons. Weeks after signing a $180 million deal with the team, Cousins has compared the Falcons to the mid-2000s Miami Heat, telling former NBA great Shaquille O’Neal he envisions a “world championship” finish …

USATSI The Los Angeles Rams handed star wideout Cooper Kupp a three-year, $80 million extension after his historic 2021 campaign in which the Rams won the Super Bowl while Kupp won Super Bowl MVP, but his following two NFL seasons have unfortunately been affected by injuries.  A high ankle sprain which required surgery cost Kupp eight games in 2022, and …

Last year, Carson Wentz had to wait until November to join a team. This year, he’s on a roster in early April. The Chiefs have announced that Wentz has officially joined the team. The second overall pick in the 2016 draft, Wentz was putting together a potential MVP campaign in 2017 before a torn ACL ended his season. After five …