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What will 2024 hold for some of Africa’s brightest rising stars?

The year ahead is an important one for African sport, as an Olympic year for one, but we are set to see significant growth in basketball and American football on the continent. While Africa has established stars already in several sports, particularly soccer, we have picked 15 athletes who are not quite household names yet, […]

Osi Umenyiora says an NFL game in Africa is ‘not far-fetched’

CAPE TOWN – Former New York Giants star and Super Bowl winner Osi Umenyiora told ESPN that Africa hosting an NFL game is no longer a distant dream. Speaking at the NFL Experience event, which he attended with fellow former NFL players Kenny Stills, Gary Anderson and Steven Jackson, the Nigerian talent developer said when […]

NFL cuts tracker 2023: Live roster updates for all 32 teams

More Teams. More Games. Stephen A. Smith breaks down why the Cowboys trading for Christian Kirksey. There have also been multiple trades this week — including the deal that sent quarterback Trey Lance to the Dallas Cowboys for a fourth-round pick in the 2024 draft. In trading Lance, San Francisco admitted it made a colossal […]

David Njoku says Cleveland Browns have tools to achieve NFL greatness this season

More Teams. More Games. Cleveland Browns TE David Njoku told ESPN that the team is on the verge of ‘greatness’, and that this NFL season will see them possess all the tools necessary to win the Super Bowl. (2:47) The Cleveland Browns have never appeared in the Super Bowl and have only made the playoffs […]

‘Oh wow, they know who I am!’ – Chiefs newbie Godrick welcomed to NFL by Mahomes, Wanogho

More Teams. More Games. Nigeria’s Chukwuebuka Godrick had never played in a real American football game till this NFL preseason, and credits Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelce, and Prince Tega Wanogho for helping him improve. (2:36) Nigerian offensive lineman Chukwuebuka Jason Godrick has had a superb start to life at the Kansas City Chiefs, with 21 […]

How former MVP Cody Bellinger revived his career with Cubs

IT WAS AN early Saturday morning at Wrigley Field. Most of the Chicago Cubs’ roster wouldn’t arrive for their game against the Kansas City Royals for hours. But at 8:30 a.m., about six hours before first pitch, Cubs center fielder/first baseman Cody Bellinger and hitting coach Dustin Kelly took the field. Bellinger had been unhappy […]

From Lagos to Lambeau – Packers’ Kenneth Odumegwu on (Jordan) Love and basketball

Potential Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Kenneth Odumegwu has never met former franchise quarterback Aaron Rodgers. A year ago he’d only vaguely heard of the now-Jets QB, and Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes, but that was as far as his NFL knowledge went. He’d never even touched a football, back then. Like many tall and […]