Hard work pays off in the case of Jackson Blake. The Carolina Hurricanes rewarded Blake with an eight-year, $45 million ...

Though there have been ups and downs for young quarterback J.J. McCarthy throughout training camp at TCO Performance Center, he has already done enough to prove himself as the unquestioned starter.

Not every Week 1 result is either a five-alarm fire or a triumph warranting a parade. Sometimes the truth is in the middle.