AI-assisted summary Wind gusts near Boulder reached an estimated 96 mph, causing power outages and dangerous road conditions. The Colorado Buffaloes defeated Portland State 84-73 in the empty arena. Coach Tad Boyle jokingly said he would petition the NCAA to count the game as a neutral-site contest. University of Colorado officials closed their basketball arena to the public Wednesday night ...
AI-assisted summary Despite televising the least-watched bowl game last year, The CW Network is interested in acquiring more. Disney, through ESPN and ABC, will televise 38 of the 41 major college bowl games and is heavily invested in them. Even with low attendance, bowl games often draw higher television ratings than other live sports programming. The television network that televised ...
KANSAS CITY, MO ― With No. 1 overall seed Nebraska out of the 2025 NCAA volleyball tournament, which one of the Final Four teams is in the driver’s seat? Actually, it’s anyone’s title for the taking. For the first time in nearly 15 years, none of women’s college volleyball’s traditional blue blood programs (Nebraska, Texas, Stanford and Penn State) are ...
The Los Angeles Rams improved to 11-3 following their impressive 41-34 comeback win over the Detroit Lions in Week 15. They finished the game without Davante Adams, who re-aggravated a hamstring injury in the fourth quarter. The Rams travel to Seattle on a short week to battle the Seahawks (11-3) on ‘Thursday Night Football.’ The question remains whether the star ...
Diego Pavia reacted to his second-place Heisman Trophy finish as only he would. After Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza won the award, things quickly got turnt. ‘F all the voters,’ Pavia, Vanderbilt’s quarterback, wrote on social media. Hey, he’s talking about us! We’re the voters. On this edition of ‘SEC Football Unfiltered,’ a podcast from the USA TODAY Network, hosts Blake Toppmeyer ...
The college bowl season continues Thursday night with a stand-alone contest in the Lone Star State one day before the start of the College Football Playoff. It’s up against the pros, and it doesn’t exactly feature a marquee matchup. But the participants from neighboring states had to work to achieve eligibility, so it might be worth a look, even if ...
The NCAA volleyball Final Four tips off Thursday, Dec. 18, with two semifinal matches beginning at 6:30 p.m. ET at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. No. 3 seed Texas A&M will face No. 1 seed Pitt, which is making its fifth consecutive Final Four appearance, in the first match (6:30 p.m. ET, ESPN). No. 3 seed Wisconsin, which ...
AI-assisted summary Shilo Sanders is in a legal dispute with a bankruptcy trustee over approximately $250,000 in alleged unauthorized fund transfers. The core issue is whether Sanders’ NIL earnings belong to him or to the bankruptcy estate for his creditors. Sanders filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in October 2023 to discharge over $11 million in debt from a 2022 civil ...
No. 1 seed Kentucky women’s volleyball will face off against No. 3 seed Wisconsin at the 2025 NCAA volleyball national semifinals on Thursday at T-Mobile Center in Kansas City, Missouri. The matchup includes some heavy-hitters on both sides, with two AVCA Player of the Year finalists, half a dozen 2025 All-Americans and even the AVCA Freshman of the Year getting ready ...
AI-assisted summary Tagovailoa’s performance has declined in 2025, marked by a league-leading 15th interception and struggles without injured receiver Tyreek Hill. A massive contract extension signed last year makes trading or cutting Tagovailoa financially difficult for the Dolphins due to significant dead money implications. With the team in transition and already eliminated from the playoffs, the organization faces difficult decisions ...