The undeniable is here, staring us all directly in the face. Feel it, sense it, believe it.  The Big Ten is just as much a boogeyman as the SEC. Two villains, one heartbeat. Long the little brother of the SEC, the Big Ten used to pal around for years with the other downtrodden of college football. It was the SEC’s ...

Durant got to 30,000 with his 26th point Tuesday. He finished with 34 and now has 30,008 career points. He trails Wilt Chamberlain (31,419) and Dirk Nowitzki (31,560) for seventh and sixth place, respectively, on the NBA’s all-time scoring list. Had Durant not missed the 2019-20 season recovering from an Achilles rupture and not been limited to 35 games in ...

The Super Bowl may be over, but the Super Bowl of dog shows has arrived. And no, we’re not talking about the 2025 Puppy Bowl. We’re speaking of America’s most iconic dog show. The 149th annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show returned to Madison Square Garden for the first time in five years and one dog stood above the rest. ...

NEW ORLEANS – For 31 NFL teams and their players (current and soon-to-be former), Super Bowl 59 is already a fading memory. That’s because the machinery of the league remains in near-constant motion. Next week, the 14-day window for teams to issue franchise tags opens. The scouting combine commences at the end of the month, and full-on free agency officially ...

The opening game of the 4 Nations Face-Off will answer the question of whether opponents can shut down Canada’s high-powered offense. It also will answer whether Canada’s goaltenders can shut down opponents. Canadian goaltending is considered a weakness at the tournament, and St. Louis Blues goalie Jordan Binnington will get the call against Sweden on Wednesday night to try to ...

Former Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson is no longer facing warrants for his arrest in Texas after Peterson recently made an online court appearance in one of his child-support cases, according to court records in Fort Bend County, Texas. The warrants were issued in December when Peterson, 39, failed to appear in court for the cases. After he appeared ...

The New Orleans Saints are the last of seven NFL teams to fill a head-coaching vacancy this offseason. The team’s lengthy wait is finally over, with a key figure from its Super Bowl victory set to head back to the city. The Saints on Tuesday hired Philadelphia Eagles offensive coordinator Kellen Moore as their next coach. The team had already ...

The Philadelphia Eagles are Super Bowl champions once again after beating the two-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs in dominant fashion. Philadelphia rode a strong performance by the defense to a 34-0 lead and ultimately a 40-22 victory in their second Super Bowl appearance in three years. Many of their best players will be returning next year so it’s no surprise that ...

PHOENIX — There were no champagne bottles or tubs of beers Tuesday in the Los Angeles Dodgers clubhouse. There was not a piece of confetti in sight. And no one was getting their fingers sized for 2025 World Series championship rings. The Dodgers kept trying to tell everyone who’d listen that last year was last year and, even after spending ...

Daytona International Speedway takes center stage beginning Wednesday as all of NASCAR gathers for one of the biggest annual weeks in motorsports. Daytona Speedweeks marks the official openers for the NASCAR Cup Series, Xfinity Series, Craftsman Truck Series and ARCA Menards Series and culminates in stock car racing’s most iconic event: the 67th annual Daytona 500. Each day will feature ...