Apr 20, 2024; Norman, OK, USA; Oklahoma Sooners wide receiver Deion Burks (6) catches a touchdown pass past Oklahoma Sooners defensive back Kani Walker (26) during the Oklahoma Sooners spring game at Gaylord Family OK Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports The Oklahoma Sooners have a number of talented players on both sides of the ball. If there’s …

Two-time Pro Bowl safety Justin Simmons agreed on an $8 million, one-year contract with the Atlanta Falcons on Thursday. Simmons is the second major addition the Falcons have made to bolster their defense in two days. The team acquired four-time Pro Bowl edge rusher Matthew Judon from New England for a third-round pick. The 30-year-old Simmons spent his first eight …

Brian Burns has had an impressive start to his NFL career, yet there’s untapped potential he wants to explore. Getting a fresh start to his career with the New York Giants, Burns feels his best years are ahead of him.  “I really don’t feel like I tapped into my ceiling. I feel like I’m just scratching the surface,” Burns told …

You know we are getting close to the start of the college football season when CBS Sports’ Jerry Palm releases his first bowl projection. The rundown predicts the participants for all 41 FBS postseason games from the Camellia Bowl to the 12-team College Football Playoff.  When running down the list, many fans may be asking themselves, “why should I care about the …

The 2024 NFL preseason has reached the midway point (hard to believe), as Week 2 of the exhibition slate is considered as the dress rehearsal for some teams while others used their joint practices this week to figure out the state of their roster. Some aspects of the 53-man roster are starting to take shape as position battles are still up …

Juice believes CMC will return in ‘no time’ from calf injury originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Programming Note: Watch “49ers Training Camp Live” with Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan at 3 p.m. PT today from Santa Clara, streaming live on the NBC Sports app. Watch the show later on YouTube and Facebook. SANTA CLARA — It was …

Sam Burns is one confident LSU alum. The 28-year-old Shreveport, Louisiana, native − fresh off firing a 3-under-par 67 in the first round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship Thursday at TPC Southwind in Memphis − was asked afterward how he’s feeling about LSU football’s outlook in 2024. Burns was not bashful. “Yeah, I think we’re going to win them …

Aug 13, 2024, 07:31 PM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins traded forward Jordan Frasca to the Nashville Predators on Tuesday, acquiring forward Cody Glass, a 2025 third-round draft pick and a 2026 sixth-round draft pick. Glass, 25, posted 13 points (six goals, seven assists) in 41 games with the Predators last season. The No. 6 overall pick in the 2017 draft …

NEW YORK — Nate Burleson has caught some passes from good quarterbacks over the course of his career. THE NFL TODAY studio analyst and “CBS Mornings” co-host played 11 seasons in the NFL, having receptions from Daunte Culpepper, Matt Hasselbeck, and Matthew Stafford — all of which earned Pro Bowl berths in their careers. Burleson, who was a 1,000-yard receiver …

USATSI The College Football Playoff selection committee met this week to nail down multiple aspects of its 2024 selection process, including dates and times for midseason rankings releases and which members will have to recuse themselves from conversations involving teams with which they are associated. “It is always great to get everyone together before the season starts to welcome our …

Henry McKenna AFC East Reporter Jalen Hurts dealt with several setbacks in 2023.  There was a lingering knee bruise and then the finger injury in the regular-season finale. There was his statistical regression. And there was the Philadelphia Eagles’ 1-6 finish to the season. That certainly wasn’t what Hurts or the Eagles expected after the team signed him to a …

What Warner likes about rookie Puni’s training-camp performance originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area Programming Note: Watch “49ers Training Camp Live” with Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan at 3 p.m. PT today from Santa Clara, streaming live on the NBC Sports app. Watch the show later on YouTube and Facebook. Rookie 49ers guard Dominick Puni’s strong training-camp performance isn’t going unnoticed by …

Ohio State Football Fall Camp COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Will Howard has won Ohio State’s quarterback battle against Devin Brown and will be the starter when the No. 2 Buckeyes open against Akron on Aug. 31, coach Ryan Day said Thursday. Howard transferred from Kansas State after starting 28 games over four seasons, and he graded out the highest through …

Welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter!  I have no idea how it happened, but the 2024 NFL season is just 21 days away. That’s right, it will be kicking off exactly three weeks from today. To celebrate that fact, we’ll be making a final record prediction for every team in today’s newsletter. Actually, that’s not completely …

The Eagles won just their second preseason game under head coach Nick Sirianni in 10 tries, a 16-13 win over the Ravens, who ironically have been one of the best preseason teams in NFL history under head coach John Harbaugh. Sirianni hasn’t emphasized preseason results and with the Eagles and Patriots having joint practices before Patriots vs. Eagles on Thursday …