James Dolan is ceding control of the NHL’s New York Rangers to his 32-year-old son Quentin Dolan. According to Mollie Walker of the New York Post, the 71-year-old Dolan is stepping aside and handing over the positions of president, chief operating officer and alternate governor to Quentin. Quentin confirmed the move on Friday, telling Walker, […]

Not long after the Los Angeles Chargers hired former Miami Dolphins head coach Mike McDaniel as their new offensive coordinator, he made it known that he wanted quarterback Justin Herbert “to master and be elite at everything” he does and also be “able to own the position in a new way.”  It turns out McDaniel’s process in helping Herbert reach […]

As the stakes increase, so will the ratings. Wednesday night’s 2-0 win by the U.S. men’s team over Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2026 World Cup’s Round of 32 generated a record American audience of 33.5 million for the English and Spanish broadcasts. On Fox and related properties, 24.4 million watched the match. For NBC, […]

Terrion Arnold initially seemed to be on track to remain with the Lions through training camp as his criminal case proceeded. On Monday, however, the former first-round cornerback was waived by Detroit. Arnold’s Detroit tenure officially came to an end yesterday. He will remain on the waiver wire through to Monday, July 6. Teams could put […]

Not all grass field are the same. While NFL players overwhelmingly prefer grass to artificial turf, they want high-quality grass. At Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh, the grass has not been high-quality. While it’s come a long way from the Punt That Didn’t Bounce Of 2007, last year’s surface was an embarrassment for the Steelers and […]

The NFL Draft rewards teams that get the quarterback position right and punishes teams that don’t for years afterwards. Over the past five draft classes a handful of highly picked passers have failed to become the answer that teams expected them to be. Here’s a look at three of them and why things fell apart. […]

Former NFL linebacker Keith Mitchell has died, Texas A&M athletics announced on Thursday. Mitchell was 51. His cause of death is unknown. The Saints signed Mitchell as an undrafted free agent in 1997, and he played five seasons in New Orleans. In 2000, Mitchell earned Pro Bowl honors. He played with the Texans in 2002 […]

After undergoing left foot surgery in January, Cowboys cornerback DaRon Bland was limited during spring workouts. Now, four weeks from training camp, Bland says his foot has healed, Jon Machota of The Athletic reports. He is expected to be a full participant when the Cowboys begin camp on July 29. Last season was the second […]

Los Angeles Rams legend LeRoy Irvin died at the age of 68, the team announced Thursday. Irvin operated as a defensive back and return specialist across his 11 seasons in the NFL from 1980 through 1990, with 10 occurring as a member of the Rams. Hall of Fame running back Eric Dickerson, who played with […]

Happy 41st birthday to former second-round NFL Draft pick, 13-year journeyman and Super Bowl LVII champion (backup) quarterback, Chad Henne! Henne was selected out of Michigan by the Miami Dolphins in the 2008 NFL Draft, and after attempting 12 passes as a rookie got a chance to be the starter in 2009. He’d start 27 […]

The Texans made a pair of moves involving players on their injured reserve list on Wednesday. The NFL’s transaction report for July 1 shows that they waived defensive back Ajani Carter and linebacker Xavier Thomas. Both players were waived with injury designations earlier in the offseason and will be free to sign with other clubs […]

The legal situation for former Lions cornerback Terrion Arnold continues to develop as things are looking tougher each day since his release. Because some favorable conditions of his release were based on his employment in the National Football League, the state has pushed for a reconsideration of those conditions in order to more securely confine […]

The World Cup rights for both the English- and Spanish-language broadcasts in the U.S. will be available in 2030 to the highest bidder. NBC, which currently has the Spanish version of the World Cup via Telemundo and Peacock, may try to get both. Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal reports that NBC has had internal […]

Resurfaced rumors linking Las Vegas Raiders star pass-rusher Maxx Crosby with the San Francisco 49ers have sparked new questions about where he will both begin and end the 2026 NFL season.  One thing that has been forgotten by some is that the Baltimore Ravens backed out of trading for Crosby in March due to supposed concerns related to […]

Veteran defenseman John Carlson is on the move again after helping the Anaheim Ducks reach the 2026 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Carlson and the Tampa Bay Lightning agreed to an two-year, $17 million contract, TSN’s Pierre LeBrun reported Wednesday. The Carolina Hurricanes previously acquired Carlson’s rights as a pending unrestricted free agent by dealing a 2026 […]

Yesterday, the Jaguars announced new titles for two assistant coaches. Pass game coordinator Shane Waldron and special teams coordinator Heath Farwell both received promotions that will add “assistant head coach” and “associate head coach” to their respective titles. Waldron joined the team last year, following the end of his second offensive coordinator job in the […]

The Lions announced on Monday that they’d released cornerback Terrion Arnold. The official move appears on Wednesday’s report of NFL transactions. The report includes a note that the claiming deadline is Monday, July 6, at 4:00 p.m. ET. It’s highly unlikely that any team will make a claim for the two-year balance of Arnold’s first-round […]

The Pittsburgh Steelers did plenty of positive things during the offseason. For one, they secured MVP-winning quarterback Aaron Rodgers for one more season. That was an immediate need and will buffer things over until they figure out a long-term plan for the quarterback. They also signed cornerback Jamel Dean to beef up a position that […]

The boys in red, white, and blue will be back in action tonight. And if you want to see the match in person, it won’t be cheap. Via Sports Business Journal, the get-in price for the World Cup knockout round game between the United States and Bosnia and Herzegovina was, as of Tuesday night, $1,369. […]

Only three general manager vacancies emerged this offseason. One of them came from the removal of longtime Dolphins GM Chris Grier, whom the team dismissed last October. Grier had been in Miami’s GM chair since 2016 and held final personnel say beginning in 2019. The Dolphins now have Jon-Eric Sullivan, a long-running Packers exec, at […]

New Bills wide receiver DJ Moore hasn’t wasted any time in endearing himself to fans in Buffalo. Moore was recently at a mall in the Buffalo suburbs when he spotted a T-shirt store selling shirt jerseys with his name and number on them. Moore walked into the store without identifying himself, paid $1,200 to buy […]

Technically speaking, Cleveland Browns players are currently enjoying the NFL’s summer break, meaning the competition for the team’s starting quarterback job between second-year pro Shedeur Sanders and veteran Deshaun Watson won’t officially start back up until training-camp practices get underway in late July.  It seems like Watson may be trying to impress first-year head coach Todd Monken ahead […]

The release of the bodycam footage from the Dianna Russini traffic stop put the New York Times in an awkward position. It has now attempted, clumsily, to extricate itself from it. Although the original article regarding the former Times employee’s activities, which uses her tale of FaceTiming an NFL coach to avoid a ticket as […]

C.J. Stroud has made his stance on a potential extension known this offseason, the first in which he can sign a long-term deal. It increasingly seems as though the Texans are prepared to wait, though. A recent report confirmed team and player are not close to an extension agreement right now. It is likely that will […]