The cliché of football being a young man’s game might not apply to inside linebackers.
Bobby Wagner, Demario Davis and Lavonte David are all 32 or older, but the trio continued to play at a high level for their respective teams in 2022.
NFL teams are playing fewer off-ball linebackers nowadays, but they’re asking more from them. The ones who tend to succeed in today’s game are the ones who can contribute in many areas, from pass rushing to run stopping to playing in coverage. That’s why Wagner, Davis and David remain three of the best linebackers in the league.
Author: Michael
As we enter the lone remaining hibernation period on the NFL’s calendar, there is one lingering question for which I’m struggling to find an answer: Why aren’t we talking more about the cataclysmic impact the Cardinals could have on this NFL season?
Think about the most important benchmarks on the coming NFL calendar (the trade deadline, free agency and the massively anticipated 2024 draft), and ask yourself how Arizona could avoid becoming a major player in all three. It all comes back to Pepe Silvia.
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. — Max Homa smiles during a press conference following practice for the Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club on February 15, 2023. | Photo by Keyur Khamar/PGA TOUR via Getty Images
The PGA Tour star loves to crack jokes on social media. He continued to do so even with the golf world crumbling around him.
Max Homa has one of the most charming personalities on the PGA Tour.
He is quick-witted too.
Let’s rank the top free agents in the NBA.
Young NBA superstars don’t hit free agency like they used to, but championships can still be won or lost with signings in the offseason. This summer’s free agent crop is headlined by several big-name veterans expected to hit the open market, and includes plenty intriguing talents available at a variety of price points.
When we did this list a year ago, Jalen Brunson was ranked No. 7, Nicolas Claxton was No. 21, Kevon Looney was No. 30, Malik Monk was No. 32, and Caleb Martin was ranked No. 37.
Last Thursday, as SEC officials readied to make a grand announcement on their football scheduling format, another news item, this one much more important, filtered through the labyrinth of conference rooms from the league’s meetings in Florida.
Minutes before commissioner Greg Sankey took to the podium to announce the conference’s plan to remain at eight conference games for the 2024 football season, the California State Assembly passed a bill that would require its NCAA Division I schools—there are 26 of them—to share revenue with athletes.
Jimmy Butler can shoulder his team to the NBA Finals. Once he gets there, the eccentric Butler relishes the moment.
Butler showed off his signature sense of humor on Tuesday during a Finals presser.
As Miami big man Bam Adebayo talked to the press, Butler stood to the side and flashed his bum at Adebayo.
It was a different side for Adebayo and online audiences to see from a man with plenty of character.
Butler manages to blend strange and fearless during basketball’s greatest series. Butler must surely be feeling good about the Heat’s odds on Wednesday against the Denver Nuggets.
The Athlon Sports 2023 Fantasy Football Annual magazine reached out to team insiders at all 32 NFL clubs to ask them three key fantasy questions heading into the season. As we count down to training camp, Sports Illustrated will publish their answers here. Today’s team: Indianapolis Colts
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What can we expect from RB Jonathan Taylor this season? Expect a healthy Taylor to contribute about 1,500 rushing yards and double-digit touchdowns.
Welcome to 32 teams in 32 days. To get us through the offseason, we’ll be taking a closer look at every team in the league, in order of projected 2023 win totals. Up next: the Colts.
After a dreadful 4–12 season, the Colts finally realized that a temporary veteran quarterback in need of a fresh start wasn’t the answer to building a winning operation.
Indianapolis had some success as a wild-card team with Philip Rivers in 2020, before missing the postseason in back-to-back seasons with Carson Wentz and Matt Ryan as the starting quarterbacks.
Following the stunning announcement of the merger between the PGA Tour and LIV Golf, Jay Monahan was lambasted and immediately labeled a hypocrite. It wasn’t just golf fans on social media calling out the PGA Tour commissioner, however, plenty of Tour players during Tuesday’s players-only meeting fiercely criticized Monahan as well.
Remember when Zach Wilson, Trey Lance and Mac Jones were all believed to be worthy of top-five selections? Good times. This was the age of the 2021 NFL draft, where the debate raged after Trevor Lawrence went first to the Jaguars.
Of course, with hindsight, the Jets’ No. 2 pick should have been easy. Grab the phone, call the league and scream the name Micah Parsons. Luckily for the Cowboys, that isn’t what happened.
So how would the 2021 draft go if the teams could do it again, knowing what they know now? We took a run at it, combining the best player available with needs.