No. 1 North Dakota State — the three-time reigning FCS national champion — can join a three-member club with a victory at Southern Illinois on Saturday.   The Bison (2-0) are looking for their 40th straight victory, which would tie the mark set by Washington from 1908 to 1914 and inch the school closer to the legendary record set by Oklahoma from 1953 to 1957.   […]

This is the Morning Win by Andy Nesbitt. The NBA found a number of special ways to pay tribute to Kobe Bryant after his death last year but a lot of fans at the time wanted the league to something really big and change its logo to the former Laker great. The idea picked up steam this week thanks to […]

NFL teams can place franchise or transition tags on players who were set to become free agents in 2021 in a two-week window from Feb. 23  through March 9. The meaning of the franchise tag (and the transition tag) is just that: It’s a mechanism teams are allowed to use to keep “franchise” designated players off the unrestricted or restricted free-agency markets. […]

ESPN staff writer Previously a college football reporter for CBSSports.com University of Florida graduate Representatives for Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Orlando Brown have started exploring trade possibilities as he eyes a full-time role at left tackle, a source told ESPN on Thursday. The Ravens are aware of those plans, the source said, as they value the three-year starter and Pro […]

The Green Bay Packers need to find a way to get over the hump and into the Super Bowl. They might have to do so with a new center. Packers center Corey Linsley said Thursday that while he doesn’t necessarily want to leave Green Bay, he feels as if his departure is coming in March. “We’re not closing the door […]

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Russell Wilson’s unhappiness has not gone unnoticed around the NFL. More than 10 teams have called the Seahawks to inquire about Wilson’s availability, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Thursday, in the days and weeks following Wilson’s public comments about his desire for the Seahawks to improve in multiple areas entering 2021. Thursday’s report from The Athletic detailing a rift […]

After years of grinding toward but never reaching the Super Bowl as an essential player, LeSean McCoy has reached (and won) two Super Bowls in his last two seasons. He also didn’t play a single snap in either of them. No matter, though, because while McCoy filled a tertiary role, he still wants to lace them up while a playing […]

Free agent defensive lineman J.J. Watt has received contract offers from multiple teams, league sources told ESPN’s Dianna Russini. Multiple sources told Russini that the most lucrative offer Watt currently has on the table is believed to be worth between $15 million and $16 million. The Browns are among the teams interested in Watt, according to ESPN and multiple reports, […]