The Indianapolis Colts were the first team to shake up the wide receiver landscape this offseason with a pair of moves to kick off free agency earlier this week.
First, Indianapolis managed to retain the services of Alec Pierce on a four-year, $116 million contract that places him among the top-10 highest-paid wide receivers on an average-per-year salary basis. He comes in just behind Lions star receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown. In order to clear space for Pierce’s new deal, the Colts had to wave goodbye to stalwart starting receiver Michael Pittman Jr.
Browsing: All news
Category Added in a WPeMatico Campaign
TAMPA, Fla. — Yankees manager Aaron Boone still brings up how blown away he was two springs ago when a pitching prospect who’d already been optioned was summoned in from the minor-league camp to make a start in Clearwater.
Luis Gil pitched 3 2/3 shutout innings with eight strikeouts facing a lot of Phillies regular that day. That led to the Dominican being picked to begin the season in the Yankees’ rotation as a fill-in starter instead of going to Triple-A, which led to 15 wins and American League Rookie of the Year.
Feb 18, 2026; Starkville, Mississippi, USA; Auburn Tigers head coach Steven Pearl reacts during the second half against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Humphrey Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Petre Thomas-Imagn Images | Petre Thomas-Imagn Images
Tennessee will open its postseason this afternoon in Nashville, set to take on Steven Pearl’s Auburn Tigers, who are desperately looking for another win to lock into the NCAA Tournament. Auburn’s transition year to Steven hasn’t gone as planned, with the Tigers sitting at 17-15 overall and squarely on the bubble.
Commanders free agency tracker: Live rumors, news, updates on signings with $87 million cap space originally appeared on The Sporting News.
Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
The Washington Commanders are entering into a pivotal offseason for a number of reasons.
The main one, of course, is that the 2025 season was a nightmare compared to the energizing 2024 campaign, and now it’s time to seek a bounce back. But the other notable reason is this — the Commanders have more than $87 million in cap space.
After all that, maybe Maxx Crosby is apparently at peace with playing for the Las Vegas Raiders.
The star edge rusher who, let’s see if we get this all right, became fatigued by the franchise’s constant losing and changing of the guard and being benched at the end of last year, then quietly requested a trade, then was traded to the Baltimore Ravens, then had the Ravens take him under their wings before kicking him back out, was back in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
He was rehabilitating his surgically repaired knee. He was talking to the team’s management.
The 2023 sign-stealing saga might be old news for some, but former Michigan assistant coach Chris Partridge has decided to sue his former employer and athletic director Warde Manuel for wrongful termination tied to his firing by the Wolverines.
A former linebackers coach for the Wolverines, Partridge was alleged to have spoken with a former student-athlete during the investigation about the ongoing inquiry by the school and NCAA into the sign-stealing ordeal that was initiated by Connor Stalions.
The Toronto Raptors will likely be going to the 2026 NBA Playoffs. After three straight years of missing the postseason, this qualifies as a feel-good campaign for the franchise. Some good things have happened for the Raptors this year: Scottie Barnes has taken a big leap in his scoring efficiency, Brandon Ingram earned an All-Star nod in his first year with the team, and the defense has jumped from No. 17 last year to No. 6 this season.
The Raptors also feel like a flawed team that beats up on bottom-feeders and loses to anyone good.
The greatest UCL trebles vs Premier League giants as Valverde joins elite list
Federico Valverde stole the show with a hat-trick as Real Madrid beat Manchester City in the Champions League this week.
Valverde’s treble was the first hat-trick of his career and only the 11th time a footballer has scored aChampions League hat-trick against a Premier League team.
Manchester City have been on the wrong end of moreChampions League hat-tricks than any other English side, with Valverde the fifth footballer to claim a match ball against the Citizens in the competition.
When the San Francisco 49ers needed a wide receiver early in the 2025 season, they called Kendrick Bourne after Week 1, fresh off his release from the New England Patriots, and signed him for the remainder of the year.
Now, Bourne is departing again, as he agreed to a deal with the Arizona Cardinals during the legal-tampering period before free agency.
On Wednesday, Bourne took to social media to address 49ers fans directly.
View this post on Instagram
Bourne, 30, originally joined the 49ers as an undrafted free agent out of Eastern Washington in 2017.
LAKELAND, FL – Right-handed reliever Will Vest has left the Detroit Tigers in spring training, joining Team USA for the single-elimination bracket stage of the 2026 World Baseball Classic.
Team USA advanced out of pool play.
Reaching the quarterfinals activated Vest from the reserve list.
Vest will be available for Team USA on Friday, March 13, against Team Canada at Daikin Park in Houston – where he was born and grew up nearby. From 2023-25, the 30-year-old posted a 2.93 ERA over 187⅓ innings for the Tigers, including 23 saves in 2025.