The insult of losing as a two-touchdown favorite to a Florida State team that went 2-10 last season came with a particularly notable injury for Alabama. In the fourth quarter of the No. 8 Crimson Tide’s season-opening 31-17 loss against the Seminoles on Saturday, Aug. 30 at Doak Campbell Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida, Alabama wide receiver Ryan Williams exited the ...
The Green Wave beat the Wildcats 23-3 in New Orleans’ Yulman Stadium in Week 1 to open the 2025 season. Sumrall expressed his discontent with Northwestern’s decision after the game: ‘I’m not trying to take a shot, but we requested to wear white jerseys because that’s what that team wore,’ Sumrall told reporters in a postgame news conference. ‘It got ...
NASCAR fans couldn’t have asked for a better regular-season finale. Ryan Blaney made it to victory lane in the NASCAR Cup Series’ race at Daytona International Speedway last Saturday night. The Team Penske driver earned his second victory of 2025 in historic fashion to close out the regular season. Blaney’s win meant both Alex Bowman and Tyler Reddick made it into the ...
President Donald Trump has attacked the Senate for blocking his preferred nominees from being confirmed to key positions, but lawmakers and people familiar with the process say the Senate is not necessarily to blame. Trump has faulted the Senate’s ‘blue slip’ tradition, an unwritten rule requiring nominees for judge, U.S. attorney and U.S. marshal to obtain home state senators’ approval ...
The road to the WNBA Finals goes through Minnesota. Napheesa Collier and the Lynx defeated the Connecticut Sun, 94-70, on Saturday, Aug. 30. The victory was the Lynx’s 31st of the season, a new franchise record, and secured the best record (31-8) in the league this season. As a result, Minnesota will be the top overall seed in the playoffs. ...
Jelena Ostapenko apologized on Saturday, taking to social media after her US Open incident with Taylor Townsend, following her second-round loss in which she said Townsend, who is black, had “no education.” Ostapenko, who was the No. 25 seed, again went to social media to issue an apology for saying things after her 7-5, 6-1 loss, in which she confronted Townsend at ...
Since winning the national championship in January, Ohio State has rejected the notion that it was defending its title in 2025. This is a mostly new team, the Buckeyes said often, referring to the 14 starters taken in the NFL draft. They wanted to earn a national championship for themselves. Their 14-7 victory in front of 107,524 at Ohio Stadium ...
From Brutus to Brutus. With elephants, ducks, steers, tigers (of all stripes), gators and bulldogs in between. Lee Corso has donned a mascot’s headgear for the final time. This icon of college football, after 38 years of entertaining fans and reaching his 90th birthday, has left the stadium to laughter, cheers and tears. And USA TODAY pays homage to Corso’s ...
Tight end has been one of the tougher positions to parse in fantasy football drafts in recent years. There are stars at the top but a drop off following the first handful of players. That top tier is changing in 2025. Brock Bowers’ record-breaking rookie season has him in the driver’s seat as the top tight end in fantasy football. ...
Even if you’re a national championship-winning program, big victories call for a storming of the field. Florida State started the 2025 season with a major statement, defeating Alabama, 31-17, in the newly renovated Doak Campbell Stadium. It was a major upset given the Seminoles were coming off a dreadful two-win season and the Crimson Tide had national championship expectations as ...