The SEC no longer rules college football’s postseason. This next week will test whether the conference can bend the Big Ten to its will at the negotiating table. The SEC wants an expanded playoff to include 16 teams. The Big Ten reportedly desires 24. Stalemate! SEC commissioner Greg Sankey usually gets his way, but Tony Petitti isn’t giving in. The ...

AI-assisted summary The Miami Hurricanes are one game away from winning their first national championship since 2001. Coach Mario Cristobal and former players emphasize the importance of the Greentree practice fields to the program’s success. This year’s team is said to embody the intense, competitive practice culture of Miami’s past championship teams. It’s there off San Amaro Drive, rows of ...

As college basketball fans well know, the only bracket that matters is the official one, and we’re still over two months away from seeing that one on Selection Sunday. That doesn’t stop the analysts and pundits from speculating, of course, so in that spirit we add our collective voice to the chorus with our initial attempt to project the NCAA ...

The man has accomplished virtually everything imaginable on the basketball court. He’s an NBA champion, but on this day, he wants to talk about the Texas Rangers’ World Series championship. He’s a 10-time All-Star and six-time first team All-NBA player, but is reminiscing about the lunch he had one day with Ken Griffey Jr. and Alex Rodriguez. He’s a two-time ...

SACRAMENTO, CA — It’s been over a year since New York Knicks head coach Mike Brown was fired from his role as head coach with the Sacramento Kings. He hadn’t stepped foot in Golden 1 Center since he was let go in December 2024. On Wednesday, Jan, 14, Brown returned to the place he coached for two seasons – where ...

John Harbaugh did not have to wait very long to find a new job. The New York Giants have offered Harbaugh a five-year deal to become their next head coach, NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport reported Thursday morning. Harbaugh has already accepted the offer, which will make him one of the NFL’s highest-paid coaches, Rapoport reports. The former Baltimore Ravens head ...

Indiana and Miami have staunchly different histories in college football, but will nonetheless face off for a national championship on Monday, Jan. 19. The Hoosiers, one of the losingest programs in college football history, have achieved one of the sport’s greatest turnarounds under second-year coach Curt Cignetti. Indiana is ranked No. 1 and has a 15-0 record only two years ...

Katie Ledecky continues to prove she’s the greatest female swimmer ever whenever she steps foot into a pool. She finished in 15 minutes and 23.21 seconds, placing first in the Austin championship. Ledecky holds the record time at 15:20.48, which she set back in 2018, per Olympics.com. ‘I’m really happy with that, it was faster than I was all last ...

There’s been some good news for the ’49ers Faithful’ regarding the availability of All-Pro linebacker Fred Warner. He’s back … kind of. San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan told reporters Tuesday that Warner’s practice window has officially opened. Warner dislocated his right ankle in Week 6 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. ‘We’re opening his window so he can do ...

The South Carolina women’s basketball team (17-1, 4-0) will play Texas (18-1, 3-1) for the second time this season on Thursday (7 p.m., ESPN2) in Columbia, South Carolina. The No. 2 Gamecocks and No. 4 Longhorns know each other well. It will be the sixth time they’ve played since last January. They played twice in the 2024-25 regular season and ...