PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers general manager Omar Khan said cornerback Joey Porter Jr. knows how the club feels about him. The team, however, doesn't feel strongly enough to adjust its long-held standard of not negotiating during the season in hopes of getting something ...
MORGANTOWN — Rich Rodriguez couldn't keep West Virginia football's starting quarterback a secret forever. The Mountaineers are expected to name Oklahoma transfer redshirt sophomore Michael Hawkins Jr. its starting quarterback, per On3's Pete Nakos. Hawkins beat out sophomore Scotty Fox Jr. for the starting spot. Rodriguez was mum with local media regarding who the starting quarterback would be between the two. When asked recently about the starter, Rodriguez joked no one will know until the Mountaineers march out for the first drive against Coastal Carolina, similar to last year's ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football’s corner Chams Diagne isn’t a normal corner. He’s 6-foot-3 and has a long wingspan. The average height of an NFL corner is 5-foot-11 for some perspective. Last season, WVU had smaller corners that really struggled. There were bright spots, like Michael Coats Jr., who was fighting to make the Cleveland Browns roster, but even he said it was tough being a smaller corner in the Big 12. Rich Rodriguez wanted to add more size, even at the corner position, and that focused around Diagne. But, at some point, the size might hinder a defender. It’s ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Former Cleveland Browns tight end Dae'Quan Wright participated in a walk-through practice conducted by first-year LSU coach Lane Kiffin on Monday as the 11th-ranked Tigers prepared for Saturday night's season opener against Clemson. Whether Wright or a couple other ...
The Associated Press national player of the week in football for Week 0 of the season: Jayden Maiava, Southern California Maiava started his second full season as the Trojans' starter by completing 25 of 29 passes for 286 yards and two touchdowns in a 42-26 win over San Jose State. He also ...
A'ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum will miss the FIBA Women's World Cup for health reasons and will be replaced by Washington teammates Kiki Iriafen and Sonia Citron, USA Basketball announced Monday. Wilson, the four-time WNBA MVP, has shouldered quite a workload in the first part of the season for the Las Vegas Aces and needed a break to rest and get ready for the playoffs. She was voted the most outstanding player of the 2024 Paris Olympics and the 2022 World Cup. She will be sorely missed by the United States. Plum has been dealing with a calf injury for most of the WNBA season and it ...
