Football

4/18/2025 |  NFL teams are no longer shying away from older prospects in the draft (Associated Press (AP)) Bo Nix has already turned 25. Michael Penix Jr. will get there in May.
Both quarterbacks were first-round picks last year. They were among 56 players age 24 or older drafted in 2024.
That number was up from 54 in 2023, 44 in 2022, 16 in 2021 and 19 in 2020.

4/17/2025 |  UFL Dealing With Challenges Three Weeks Into Second Season (Front Office Sports) The United Football League is entering the fourth week of its second season with more logistical challenges to overcome on and off the field.
This week, two head coaches stepped away from the league, with Ken Whisenhunt resigning from the Memphis Showboats and Wade Phillips taking a leave of absence from the San Antonio Brahmas.

4/16/2025 |  'A moving target': NFL front offices adapting to transfer portal, NIL era (USA TODAY) Cam Ward, the frontrunner to be the No. 1 pick by the Tennessee Titans in the 2025 NFL draft on April 24, attended three schools over the course of his five-year college career. In another era – one without college athletes maintaining the ability to earn money based on their name, image and likeness and the transfer portal – the quarterback’s journey from Incarnate Word to Washington State and, ultimately, Miami (Fla.) would have been highly unlikely, if not impossible. 

4/16/2025 |  College football transfer portal 2025: Live updates, spring tracker, rankings as Nico Iamaleava headlines (CBS Sports) The NCAA spring transfer portal cycle for the 2025 college football season officially opens on Wednesday and will remain open through Friday, April 25. Though some players announced their intentions to transfer prior to Wednesday, they cannot officially enter the portal until it opened.
Given that thousands of FBS players enter the portal each cycle and NIL — as well as the upcoming House v. NCAA settlement — has become a differentiating factor in player acquisition, expect to see plenty of movement this offseason in what has become one of the most important periods on the college football calendar.

4/16/2025 |  The Hunt Report: What every GM should do with their team's first-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft (CBS Sports) As we get closer to the kickoff of the 2025 NFL Draft, it means that mock draft season is starting to wind down. Right now the majority of mock drafts are from the perspective of what the writer/analyst thinks the team might do.