This 12-team College Football Playoff will be living on borrowed time if 10-win teams from Big Ten, SEC start getting rejected. USC upsetting Oregon would start to overcrowd the playoff bubble. Lincoln Riley once burned bridges. Can he now burn down a playoff? Lincoln Riley could burn it all down. Southern California’s coach could take a blow torch to the ...
Oleksandr Usyk, the two-time undisputed heavyweight champion from Ukraine, has decided to give up one of his title belts. The World Boxing Organization announced on Monday, Nov. 17, that it had received formal communication from Usyk’s team confirming he is relinquishing the WBO Heavyweight Championship he won more than four years ago. Fabio Wardley of Great Britain has been elevated ...
AI-assisted summary The mother and widow of former Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs testified in the wrongful death civil trial against the team. Skaggs’ mother stated the Angels never contacted her about her son’s drug addiction, which she knew about. The Angels organization maintains it was unaware of Skaggs’ drug problems and is not responsible for his 2019 death. The mother ...
AI-assisted summary Lane Kiffin has found significant personal and professional success at Ole Miss, a stark contrast to his tumultuous past coaching jobs. Kiffin has become the first coach in Ole Miss history to achieve three consecutive seasons with ten or more wins. Despite speculation about him leaving for a higher-profile job like Florida, Kiffin has expressed contentment and love ...
Unrivaled has expanded to eight teams with 54 of the best women’s basketball players in the world. The trailblazing league has set a precedent for player experience and is doubling down on its already top-tier amenities ahead of Season 2’s tipoff Jan. 5. Diggins said she ‘needs all the things’ to compete at a high level, especially coming off maternity ...
AI-assisted summary Oklahoma is expected to climb to No. 8 in the College Football Playoff rankings after defeating Alabama. Alabama’s loss to the Sooners will likely drop them to No. 9, just ahead of Notre Dame. Ohio State, Indiana, and Texas A&M are projected to remain the top three undefeated teams. Three high-profile teams — Oklahoma, Alabama and Notre Dame ...
Cameron Boozer has only suited up for Duke men’s basketball four games, but he’s already gotten the attention of one of the program’s most prominent alums. ‘He is as good a player (as) there is in the country,’ former Duke center and now ESPN college basketball analyst Jay Bilas told USA TODAY Sports in a recent interview. “He’s right there ...
With only a few weeks of the fantasy football regular season remaining, there are only two ways to improve your rosters — waiver wire and trades. Evaluating a fantasy trade can be a daunting task. Most managers value their players more than they’re actually worth. That’s where the Week 12 trade value charts come in. You can also check out our Week 12 fantasy rankings to ...
Antetokounmpo’s early departure, due to what is expected to be a left groin strain, raised concerns about the potential severity of his injury. He was seen grabbing his left groin several times before leaving the game and heading to the Bucks’ locker room with 3:03 remaining in the second quarter. He was ruled out for the rest of the game ...
Every week for the duration of the 2025 NFL regular season, USA TODAY Sports will provide timely updates to the league’s ever-evolving playoff picture − typically starting after Sunday afternoon’s late games and then moving forward for the remainder of the week (through Monday’s and Thursday’s games or Saturday’s, if applicable. And, when the holidays roll around, we’ll be watching then, too.) What ...