PHOENIX — In late January, Matt LaFleur received a major nod of approval from the Green Bay Packers in the form of a contract extension. That solidified his position in the organization, likely for years to come. But then came the annual NFLPA player survey, which complicated the picture slightly. The report, which was not supposed to be public this year but leaked through multi...

Newly minted St. Louis Battlehawks coach Ricky Proehl took his seat before a waiting microphone inside The Dome at the America’s Center following his team’s win against the defending champion DC Defenders on Saturday and reflected on his lived experience as a head coach. There are a few of us who remember he was a player first. I remember he played 17 seasons in the NFL and spen...

Here's what's happening this week Inside The Garage: Alan Gustafson doesn’t need social media for his crew chief job, so he doesn’t spend time scrolling and looking at what people say about him. He knows he’s the crew chief for the sport’s most popular driver. And considering that the 2020 Cup champion had only three wins from 2023-25, Gustafson knows his fans wouldn’t be happy....

In a public response to a recent proposal by the Cleveland Browns to allow NFL teams the ability to trade draft picks five years out, Los Angeles Rams president Kevin Demoff wrote on social media, "Nothing creates more interest in the NFL than trades… More picks to trade = more trades = more interest and team-building options." We took those words to heart in this mock draft, pr...

As UConn and Duke took the floor Sunday in the East Region final, the Huskies were in the range of +180 moneyline underdogs on the March Madness oddsboard. Late in the first half, down 19 points, UConn was 10 times that — a +1800 underdog to pull the outright upset. In other words, it was quite unlikely. But if you had a hundred bucks burning a hole in your pocket, well, maybe t...