Every week for the duration of the 2025 regular season, USA TODAY Sports will provide timely updates to the NFL’s ever-evolving playoff picture − typically starting after Sunday afternoon’s late games and then moving forward for the remainder of the week (through Monday’s and Thursday’s games or Saturday’s, if applicable. And, when the holidays roll around, we’ll be watching then, too). What just ...
Shane Beamer’s seen enough of his South Carolina team’s three-win season to know where the Gamecocks will be this time next year: in the thick of the playoff hunt. “We’re going to be sitting here (this time next November) watching the playoff rankings to see where we are in the ranking show,” Beamer told reporters this week. “And we’re going to be firmly in ...
AI-assisted summary USC receiver Makai Lemon earned high praise from Iowa coach Kirk Ferentz, who called him one of the most impactful players he has seen in over 20 years. Lemon leads all Power Four receivers with 1,090 receiving yards and has become deadly in yards after the catch. After succeeding against other top defenses, Lemon faces his next challenge ...
Cupcakes are tasty and all, but they’re not supposed to be the main course. Fortunately, there are some more hearty and more nutritiously satisfying options on the menu that is the Week 13 college football schedule. Now, in fairness to the SEC, we should point out that some cupcake contests are actually conference games – sorry, Rutgers. So once again, ...
The Los Angeles Lakers are shaking up their scouting department, and the biggest moves involve jettisoning two members of the Buss family who still serve as part-owners of the team. The Lakers suddenly fired longtime team executives Joey and Jesse Buss from front-office positions they had held within the organization for more than a decade on Thursday, Nov. 20, according ...
The Houston Texans pushed their record above .500 for the first time of the 2025 NFL season with a 23-19 win over the Buffalo Bills on ‘Thursday Night Football.’ Houston earned the victory thanks to a superb defensive effort. The unit generated relentless pressure on Josh Allen throughout Thursday’s game, with Will Anderson (2.5 sacks) and Danielle Hunter (2 sacks) ...
The three individuals with NBA ties are getting set to make court appearances over charges they were involved in illegal sports betting and rigged poker games backed by organized crime. Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer; Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier, and former NBA player and assistant coach Damon Jones were arrested ...
The Washington Spirit are set to make their second consecutive NWSL championship appearance on Saturday. All eyes will be on Trinity Rodman’s availability for the title match and beyond. Rodman is set to become a free agent after the 2025 NWSL season concludes with the title match between the No. 2 seed Spirit and No. 8 Gotham FC on Saturday ...
The mystery behind the Dallas Cowboys’ benching of star receivers CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens for the first series of Monday’s win over the Las Vegas Raiders is no more. Lamb on Thursday revealed the reason behind the move, telling reporters that he and Pickens had missed curfew while having dinner at Red Rock Casino the night before the game. ...
Week 12 of the 2025 NFL season doesn’t project as the most appealing on this year’s schedule, but the biggest returns are often borne of the lowest expectations. Thursday night’s game between the Buffalo Bills and Houston Texans was viewed as a matchup of perennial division winners when it was set. Now, it’s a pairing of two teams hoping to ...