AI-assisted summary Georgia’s Kirby Smart and Ohio State’s Ryan Day lead a ranking of the coaches in this year’s College Football Playoff. Indiana’s Curt Cignetti has transformed the Hoosiers into a national powerhouse, earning the top seed in the playoff. Several coaches on the list, like Oregon’s Dan Lanning and Texas Tech’s Joey McGuire, have set new standards for their ...
Houston Rockets head coach Ime Udoka’s pocket will likely be a little bit lighter after he ripped the officiating following his team’s 128-125 overtime loss Monday to the Denver Nuggets. Udoka called it ‘the most poorly officiated game I’ve seen in a long time.’ With 2.3 seconds left in the fourth quarter and the Nuggets down 117-116, Rockets guard Amen Thompson ...
Brown University has canceled men’s and women’s basketball games that were originally set to be held on Dec. 21, the school announced on Tuesday, Dec. 16. The move comes three days after a mass shooting at the school’s Providence, Rhode Island campus that killed two students, Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, and injured nine others. Law enforcement officials have ...
AI-assisted summary Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore was fired for violating a university policy regarding supervisor-employee relationships. The staff member involved in the affair was not fired because the policy places the responsibility of disclosure on the supervisor. The policy was created in 2021 after a previous scandal involving a university provost and subordinate employees. The staff member who had ...
The Pittsburgh Steelers remain on top of the AFC North. On a cold Monday night in Pittsburgh, the Steelers (8-6) defeated the Miami Dolphins (6-8), 28-15. The Dolphins scored the game’s first points on a field goal in what was a defensive battle for most of the first half. The Steelers put together a 12-play, 60-yard touchdown drive at the ...
On Tuesday night, for the third time, there will be a new NBA Cup champion. The San Antonio Spurs will take on the New York Knicks on Tuesday, Dec. 16 in Las Vegas to culminate the third playing of the event. But, now that it has become a staple of the NBA calendar, is it actually working? By many metrics, ...
The Tyler Skaggs wrongful death civil lawsuit thundered toward a conclusion Monday, Dec. 15, with lawyers for the deceased pitcher and the Los Angeles Angels’ legal team presenting their closing arguments. Sometime Tuesday, Dec. 16, arguments and rebuttals will conclude and the jury will begin deliberations, tasked with determining whether the Angels knew or should have known their former communications ...
The Los Angeles Rams and Denver Broncos clinched playoff spots last week. Could we see more teams earn playoff berths in Week 16? Six teams won last week after trailing by at least 10 points, tied for the most in a single week in NFL history, per NFL Research. Week 16 features multiple games with major playoff implications. The Tampa ...
While at least 55% of youth ages 6-17 appear to be playing sports, a potential threat to the rising rate hovers over it, according to the Aspen Institute’s national State of Play 2025 report. The percentage, according to the latest available data, pushes youth sports participation toward the 63% target set through the Healthy People 2030 program administered by the government ...
The Chiefs have an extensive list of offseason concerns after being eliminated from the playoff race. Reworking Patrick Mahomes’ contract and finding a suitable fill-in should be atop the priorities for Kansas City after the quarterback suffered a torn ACL. Kansas City also will be under pressure to find a successor to Travis Kelce and reconfigure an ineffective rushing attack. ...