Between 31 automatic bids and shoo-ins from the powerhouse conferences like South Carolina, LSU, USC and N.C. State, much of the 68-team field for the NCAA tournament is already set. There are still spots to be had, though, and two weeks for teams living on the bubble to make their case to the selection committee that they deserve one of ...
The NCAA recorded nearly $1.4 billion in revenue for its 2024 fiscal year, the association’s new audited financial statement shows. Even adjusting for inflation, that total is the association’s best in at least two decades, and it represents a nearly $91 million increase over the revenue total it reported for 2023. The new statement, obtained Thursday by USA TODAY Sports, ...
INDIANAPOLIS – Several feet to his left was Travis Hunter. The same distance to his right was Will Johnson. In between, at the podiums for the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine on Thursday morning, was Cobee Bryant. Hunter and Johnson may be better cornerbacks and will definitely be selected higher at the draft in April. Neither, however, have much on Bryant ...
Andrea Lucas, the Trump administration’s acting chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), blasted The Washington Post and reporter Jeff Stein for spreading ‘fake news’ about DOGE cutting 90% of the EEOC’s workforce. Lucas explained that Stein, the chief economics reporter at The Washington Post, mixed up federal agencies that have nothing to do with each other. The Post ...
INDIANAPOLIS – Colston Loveland looked like he’d been in a rodeo accident. Perhaps somewhere in the multiverse, he was? Loveland, an All-Big Ten tight end who played for Michigan the past three seasons and projects as a first-round pick in the 2025 NFL draft, met with reporters at the scouting combine Thursday morning with his right arm in a heavy ...
CLEARWATER, Fla. — They are greatness on a treadmill, undeniably taking steps forward – from 87 to 90 to 95 wins – even as the forces of October seem to blow them back. Yes, digressing from World Series runner-up to NLCS loser to NLDS sucker-punch can create undeniable appearances of regression, at least externally. For the Philadelphia Phillies, though, channeling ...
If you want to have a miserable time watching sports these days, tune in to a college basketball game with about a 10-point margin and four minutes to go. There’s a good chance you’ll get your wish. Vanderbilt’s 86-84 road win Wednesday night at Texas A&M was a disgrace to the sport, an eyesore of the highest order and a ...
San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich announced that he will not return to the sidelines this season, months after he suffered a mild stroke, but expressed his desire to eventually return to coaching. ‘I’ve decided not to return to the sidelines this season,’ Popovich said Thursday in a statement released through the team. ‘(Acting coach) Mitch Johnson and his staff ...
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said former President Joe Biden’s administration was aware of ‘very sexually explicit, highly inappropriate and unprofessional chatter’ happening on internal agency messaging boards across national intelligence entities for years, but they allowed it to go on. ‘I’ve had whistleblowers come forward just in the last few days who work in the [National Security Agency] ...
Is tight end Travis Kelce returning to play for the Chiefs in 2025? The answer, for now, is still not totally clear. Kelce has not yet made an official announcement on his intentions to continue playing football next season as rumors of his potential retirement continue to swirl. But in the meantime, several comments from NFL personnel and media members ...