AI-assisted summary Several new college football coaches, including Jason Eck at New Mexico and Jerry Mack at Kennesaw State, had highly successful debut seasons in 2025. Other coaches, like Dan Mullen at UNLV and Jake Dickert at Wake Forest, also exceeded expectations and led their teams to strong records. Bill Belichick’s first season at North Carolina was a notable disappointment, ...

Boxer Terence Crawford has been stripped of his WBC super middleweight title for failing to pay the organization’s sanctioning fees. The WBC said it reached out to Crawford and his representatives but was forced to take action when it did not receive any response. Crawford (42-0, 31 KO) won the undisputed super middleweight title on Sept. 13 with a unanimous ...

On Sunday, 12 teams will see their national championship hope live on when they hear their name called for the College Football Playoff. A few days before that, the building blocks for those future championship dreams will be put into place. The early signing period begins on Wednesday, Dec. 3 and continues through Friday, Dec. 5, with many of the ...

AI-assisted summary Colorado coach Deion Sanders is expected to sign a small high school recruiting class, ranking near the bottom of the Big 12. Sanders defends his strategy of relying on the transfer portal over traditional high school recruiting. Critics argue this approach hinders team chemistry and long-term development after a 3-9 season in 2025. Colorado football coach Deion Sanders ...

AI-assisted summary Alabama’s ranking suggests they may secure a playoff spot regardless of the SEC championship outcome. James Madison entered the rankings, creating a potential path to the playoff for the Sun Belt champion. The ACC faces a scenario where it could be left out of the playoff entirely if five-loss Duke wins the conference. The penultimate College Football Playoff ...

Over the course of the next three days, coaching staffs around the country will land commitments from players that they hope are the missing pieces to their national championship puzzle. The December early signing period has become college football’s de facto signing day, as most, if not all, of the top recruits in the country will sign during the period ...

It turns out the hottest accessory at the 2025 NCAA college volleyball tournament is not knee braces, or finger tape that can be customized, but a special hair tie created to solve a prominent problems. Texas volleyball head coach Jerritt Elliott, 57, created TIY hair bands, an acronym for ‘tie it yourself,’ after noticing a number of his players would interrupt ...

The story of this Oklahoma City Thunder team is best told in numbers, and let’s start with this one. Late Tuesday night, with a 124-112 victory over the Golden State Warriors, the Thunder improved to 21-1, becoming just the third team in NBA history to record such a start or better. Entering the night, they led the NBA in defensive ...

The 2026 NHL draft class has been exciting to track early on.  The preseason favorite for the first overall pick, Gavin McKenna, has had a good but not great season in the NCAA as a freshman, which has opened the door for others to get into the battle for the top spot. The race for first overall is five players ...

The day that culminates years of recruiting efforts has finally arrived on Wednesday, Dec. 3. The early national signing day will see most of the nation’s top prospects confirm their commitments with their letters of intent. While the transfer portal has mitigated some of the importance of recruiting high school players, there’s still a strong correlation to having strong freshmen ...