Julian “JuJu” Lewis, one of the nation’s top quarterback recruits, announced Thursday that he will play for Coach Sanders and his Colorado football team, making him the likely successor to Sanders’ quarterback son, Shedeur, in 2025. Lewis, who plays for Carrollton High School in Georgia, previously committed to play at Southern California but continued to take recruiting visits to other ...
Colorado coach Deion Sanders is now working as the co-host of a new weekly entertainment talk show that recently debuted as his football team makes a push for the College Football Playoff. The first of his 20 one-hour episodes aired Tuesday night on Tubi, the online streaming platform owned by the Fox Corporation. The show is called “We Got Time ...
ESPN talk show ‘Around the Horn’ will go off the air next summer, ending a more than two-decade run on weekday afternoons. Paired with ‘Pardon the Interruption’ − another show overseen by ESPN’s Eric Rydholm − ‘Around the Horn’ has been an afternoon staple for ESPN viewers, leading to heightened national profiles for regular panelists such as Woody Paige, Mina ...
The NFL has alerted team security directors and the players union about criminals targeting professional athletes’ homes, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero. The memo sent to all 32 teams stated that organized criminals are increasingly targeting these homes, including the burglaries of Kansas City Chiefs players Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce in early October. The Athletic’s Diana Russini shared ...
With seven weeks remaining in the 2024 NFL season, the playoff contenders are coming into sharp focus. More than half of the teams in the league now have overwhelming probabilities of making or missing the postseason. At top, nine teams have 90% chances or better of earning one of the 14 playoff slots, according to Next Gen Stats’ playoff probabilities. ...
Running backs have won two of the past four NFL Offensive Player of the Year awards. San Francisco 49ers running back Christian McCaffrey took the trophy home last season. In his first year with the Eagles, Saquon Barkley is staking his claim as a top candidate for the award. In a renaissance year for the running back, Barkley leads the ...
Indiana’s Curt Cignetti is known for saying, ‘I win. Google me.’ Well, that’s just what Kurtis Rourke did after he spoke with Cignetti on the phone. Can Indiana sustain this success? Others have tried and failed, but Curt Cignetti’s winning track record and bravado provide hope for a lasting effect. Indiana’s game with Ohio State carries major CFP bracket implications. ...
The NBA season is rolling on. And the West, as it has been in recent history, is loaded. This weekend offer fans another tempting slate of games in the conference. The defending Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks, despite starting slowly, have a Friday night showdown against the Denver Nuggets. It also presents another chance for good friends Nikola Jokić and ...
If it weren’t for Chris Dailey, Geno Auriemma would never be on time. Never mind all the wins — 1,217, to be exact — Dailey has been by Auriemma’s side for, the latest of which came Wednesday night and made him the all-time wins leader in Division-I college hoops, one-upping former Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer. If it weren’t for for ...
To put the talent gap between No. 17 Army and No. 6 Notre Dame into perspective, travel back two weeks to the Black Knights’ matchup with North Texas. With 25 players, including quarterback Bryson Daily and safety Max DiDomenico, Texas is the most-represented state on Army’s roster. But none of those players were even offered a scholarship by the Mean ...