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Stoke City have appointed former Coventry City boss Mark Robins as their new manager on a three-and-a-half-year deal. Robins, 55, was sacked by the Sky Blues in October after seven years in charge. He succeeds Narcis Pelach, who the Potters parted company with on Friday just three months after he was appointed. Robins’ first game will be against managerless strugglers Plymouth Argyle on SaCaretaker boss Ryan Shawcross, who oversaw Sunday’s late win over Sunderland, will again take charge for the New Year’s Day home game against Burnley. Paul Nevin, who had been serving as interim England…

Florida football edge rusher Tyreak Sapp announced on Tuesday that he will return to play for the Gators in his redshirt senior season in 2025, according to reports from Gators Online. Sapp, who emerged as a key pillar of Florida’s defense this past season, has decided against entering the NFL draft.Breaking; Florida’s top EDGE Rusher Tyreak Sapp no commit for final season and Announced to Florida as place to END his Career… The return of Sapp, who was the Gators’ highest-graded defender this season with a 90.3 overall grade from Pro Football Focus (PFF), promises to strengthen a formidable Florida defense. Sapp’s PFF grade…

After Georgia quarterback Carson Beck’s shock entry into the transfer portal, a precedent has been set for draft eligible quarterbacks. Just weeks after announcing his intentions to enter the NFL Draft, Georgia quarterback Carson Beck now finds himself in the transfer portal. As first reported by On3’s Pete Nakos, Beck, the two-year starter at Georgia, will not be entering the NFL Draft this April after concluding his senior season with the Bulldogs. He will instead return to college with an additional year of eligibility, but it won’t be in Athens. The timing of the announcement from Beck is a curious one.…

Tennessee football has sent several great players to the NFL who have become legends in their own right. Tennessee has solidified its footprint across the league for decades, whether it’s players, coaches, or front office workers. Vols continue to be considered for coaching and front-office jobs throughout the NFL. In recent years, we’ve seen former Vols become coordinators, head coaches, and general managers, and recent reports from the NFL continue that trend. This would not be McKenzie’s first GM job in the NFL. He served as the Oakland Raiders general manager for seven seasons before being fired in 2018, one…

Carson Beck is leaving Georgia and hitting the transfer portal as the top available quarterback — and could soon also become the highest-paid transfer in college football history. Multiple outlets reported on Jan. 9 that the Bulldogs starter was planning to transfer, with a destination potentially already in mind. Beck was seen as one of the top quarterbacks available for the 2025 NFL draft, but struggled throughout the season and was hurt in the SEC title game, cutting his season short. Georgia’s season came to an end with a loss to Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff, with Beck’s…

COLUMBIA — It was a 40-minute dress rehearsal, and the final score dictated a thunderous ovation. But No. 2 South Carolina’s 90-49 gutting of Texas A&M on Jan. 9 had some questions among the reviews. Is that a sign of how dominant the Gamecocks are going to be the rest of the year, one game immediately after they lost Ashlyn Watkins for the season (while Maddy McDaniel remained on the bench with her own injury)? Or was Texas A&M (8-7, 1-2 SEC) just that bad? We wanted to get off to a quicker start, better start. And we did,” USC coach Dawn Staley said.…

Alabama football will retain a veteran presence on the defensive line for 2025. Jah-Marien Latham announced Wednesday that he’ll be returning for a final season in Tuscaloosa. Latham made the announcement on social media. “I’m back,” Latham wrote in a video message on his Instagram account. “2025 let’s do it.” Latham earned a starting role at the defensive end position Kane Wommack calls the “bandit” in 2024. Late in the season, he also saw snaps at edge. Wommack praised how well Latham adapted to that spot when pressed into duty by Que Robinson’s injury. “There are some similarities in the Bandit and Wolf…

The New England Patriots are going to be very active this offseason once again. Following their Week 18 win over the Buffalo Bills, the Patriots decided to fire Jerod Mayo after one season. It didn’t take long for players to comment on Mayo’s departure but the feeling sounded like a sigh of relief. The Patriots will keep Eliot Wolf around, and he will have a say in who they hire next as head coach. Going into Tuesday, the New York Jets were the only team with a GM opening but the Tennessee Titans joined them when they fired Ran Carthon. With Carthon no longer…

Georgia coach Kirby Smart’s father, Sonny, died early Saturday of complications from hip surgery after falling in New Orleans ahead of the Sugar Bowl, the school announced. Sonny Smart, a longtime high school football coach in Alabama and Georgia, fell while walking on New Year’s Eve and fractured his hip. He was hospitalized and had hip surgery at Ochsner Medical Center, where he died surrounded by his family, Georgia said in a statement that did not provide his age. The Smart family was in New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl, which was pushed back a day because a man rammed a pickup truck…

Former Oklahoma Sooner and South Carolina Gamecock Aaryn Parks has entered the transfer portal a year after joining South Carolina, according to On3’s Pete Nakos. Parks came to South Carolina in hopes of landing a starting gig after mainly serving as a backup for the Sooners during his career. With the emergence of star freshman Josiah Thompson and the healthy return of Cason Henry and Tree Babalade, Parks was unable to see the field in 202Now with one year left of eligibility, the 6-foot-5 and 300 pounder from Fort Washington, Maryland will be looking for his third home. The…