Colorado backup quarterback Dominiq Ponder has died at age 23 after getting in a car accident early Sunday, March 1, the university confirmed Sunday evening. The Colorado State Patrol confirmed to USA TODAY Sports that a 23-year-old male died in a single-car accident in Boulder County at about 3 a.m. on March 1 but declined to confirm the person’s identity. ...
Six months ago, the 2026 NFL Draft was considered a class rife with starting quarterback talent. Teams made moves in the 2025 NFL Draft to acquire extra selections to potentially trade up for a passer of their choice. Half a year later and there’s a whole lot of question marks after QB1. Heisman Trophy winner Fernando Mendoza is a lock ...
Villanova men’s basketball’s 89-57 loss on Saturday, Feb. 28 at No. 15 St. John’s brought back memories for Wildcats coach Kevin Willard, who previously worked under Red Storm coach Rick Pitino as an assistant. They weren’t fond ones, either. Following Villanova’s 32-point loss at Madison Square Garden in New York, Willard was asked what Pitino was like at practice immediately ...
PHOENIX — Amid a blanket of snowy weather in some parts of the nation, the League of Alternative Baseball Reality returned this year to the Valley of the Sun for the 33rd annual gathering of fantasy baseball experts. The unseasonable heat wave that accompanied spring training in Arizona apparently carried over into the auction room as the bidding was sizzling ...
As the calendar turns to March and Selection Sunday looms tantalizingly close, the annual heated discussion around the NCAA men’s basketball tournament bubble has once again commenced. But for all the debate that surrounds who should be in and out of the 68-team field, dozens of other teams across the country that are safely in will be spending the final ...
March Madness is quickly approaching with just 13 days until Selection Sunday. The projected 68-team bracket took a bit of a hit over the weekend with several seed-altering upsets for fighting for the final No. 1 seed, such as No. 8 Purdue going 0-2 on the week with losses to No. 13 Michigan State and Ohio State and Iowa State ...
The anticipation and build-up for March Madness continues to grow with just under two weeks until Selection Sunday arrives. In the meantime, however, a few bracket pieces need to be settled. In addition to who might make it into the 68-team field off the bubble, one of the more frequent topics of discussion heading into the final week of the ...
The USC men’s basketball team is losing one of its most key players at one of the most critical points of the season. Chad Baker-Mazara, a sixth-year graduate student, is no longer with the program, the team announced in a statement Sunday afternoon. No further details were provided by the team, but Ryan Kartje of the Los Angeles Times reported ...
Add Kyler Murray to the list of quarterbacks who are going to be available this offseason. The Arizona Cardinals quarterback is considered a ‘likely release’ as free agency nears, according to NFL Media’s Ian Rapoport. He added that the release would come if a trade doesn’t materialize, but a last-second deal would be surprising at this point. It hasn’t been ...
We are ever so close to the post-season in college hockey. In fact, a number of teams have already claimed conference regular-season titles, including a couple of first-timers in Bentley of Atlantic Hockey and, surprisingly, Providence College in Hockey East. The Friars have a national championship to their name when they took it all in 2015, but this is their ...