J.J. McCarthy out for 2024 season as Vikings’ hopes fall on Sam Darnold
NY Post
The injury news went from bad to worse for Vikings quarterback J.J. McCarthy on Wednesday.
The team announced that McCarthy, who was selected 10th overall in this year’s draft after winning the national championship at Michigan, is out for the season after undergoing surgery on his meniscus.
Sam Darnold now becomes fully entrenched as the Vikings starting quarterback.
He spent last season backing up Brock Purdy in San Francisco after spending two years in Carolina and his first three NFL seasons with the Jets, who selected him third-overall in the 2018 draft. He has a one-year, $10 million contract with Minnesota.
Darnold’s teams have gone 21-35 in the games he’s started, but there’s some optimism for him this year, now that he’s coached by Kevin O’Connell, a highly regarded offensive mind.
The Vikings face the Giants in the Sept. 8 season opener at MetLife.
Cade Cunningham, almost inarguably the best player in the East this season, is likely out for the remainder of the regular season. That’s the word out of Detroit following the depressing news that Cunningham punctured a lung when he took a knee to his side Tuesday from Washington’s Tre Johnson while chasing a loose ball.
Legal problems continue to follow ex-NHLer Billy Tibbetts.
After legendary Mets broadcaster Howie Rose announced his retirement Thursday, he took to social media to send a message to fans in Queens.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The special teams battle was up for grabs Thursday night.
There’s an intangible part of Jose Alvarado’s game that could be crucial for the Knicks.
PORT ST. LUCIE — One less familiar voice will be heard over the Mets’ airwaves next season.
Carson Wentz impressed the Vikings enough in 2025 that they decided to bring him back, raising further questions about J.J. McCarthy’s future.
Wednesday was another positive day at Yankees camp. For the first time since March 6, 2025 — an outing in which he knew “something wasn’t right,” which began a weeks-long saga that ended on the operating table for Tommy John surgery — Gerrit Cole was back on a mound and facing hitters in game action.
That’s an easy way to get thrown out of the arena.
A little over four years after reaching the Super Bowl, Logan Wilson is calling it a career.
Karl-Anthony Towns has not been shy about letting it be known that he believes he is sacrificing for the team.
The first few waves of free agency have come and gone. It feels like a good time to check in on what the Jets have done and what still needs to be done.