When DC Defenders wide receiver Jaydon Mickens takes the field for the 2025 UFL championship game, he will be the oldest player on the field. ‘That’s crazy,’ the 31-year-old told USA TODAY with a laugh after being informed of that fact. ‘I remember being the youngest.’ Indeed, Mickens broke into the NFL as a 22-year-old after going undrafted out of ...
OMAHA, Neb. ― The 2025 College World Series is set to get underway June 13 with the first set of four teams. Arizona and Coastal Carolina will face off in the early matchup (2 p.m. ET, ESPN) and Louisville will face Oregon State in the nightcap (7 p.m. ET, ESPN) at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha. In the College World ...
This was supposed to be a deciding NBA Finals victory for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Or so many experts predicted. The Thunder, the No. 1 overall seed after a 68-win season, are quick, play a suffocating defense and have the league MVP in Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. The Indiana Pacers, who upset the No. 1 seed in the East in Cleveland — ...
Before the collegiate sports calendar reaches its increasingly short summer hiatus, we put the bow on the 2024-25 academic year with the final NCAA championship event, the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. Those who look forward to this event on an annual basis are already familiar with the format. But for the uninitiated, the eight participants are split into ...
Michigan Panthers quarterbacks Bryce Perkins and Danny Etling are looking to lead Michigan to its first spring-league championship since the team was reborn as part of the 2022 USFL reboot. Both players are drawing upon their experience winning at the highest level as they look to take down the DC Defenders. Perkins and Etling both enjoyed multi-year NFL careers during ...
Dabo Swinney’s done it. Clemson’s transfer-averse coach built a team that looks poised to thrive in this transfer-fueled era. Cade Klubnik gives Clemson a proven quarterback. Dabo Swinney thrives when he has his best quarterbacks. Clemson leads nation in returning production, according to an ESPN metric. The transfer-averse coach built a team that sure looks poised to thrive in this ...
BEREA, Ohio – The four Cleveland Browns quarterbacks stood near midfield and awaited their turn to try and make one final impression before summer recess. The fifth quarterback watched from the weight room located on the edge of the practice-field end zone. Rehabbing a twice-ruptured Achilles and not a factor in the much-publicized 2025 Browns quarterback competition, Deshaun Watson pulled ...
Katherine Crytzer, a 41-year-old federal judge appointed by President Trump to serve on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, saved the college sports world a huge headache on Thursday. By denying an injunction that could have granted former Tennessee basketball star Zakai Zeigler a fifth year of eligibility, thus opening the floodgates on athletes potentially earning ...
For the first time since mid-May, the Formula 1 grid enjoyed a week away from the track. A triple-header with races in Italy, Monaco and Spain in three weeks certainly provided a lot of action for fans to enjoy. The Spanish Grand Prix featured updated regulations regarding flexible wings. Teams across the paddock were anticipating changes to the order as ...
Travis Kelce and Taylor Swift are in their hockey era. Kelce, star tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs, and Swift, a 14-time Grammy winner, traded in a football for a hockey puck on Thursday and traveled to Sunrise, Florida, for Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final between the Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers. The duo was spotted walking to ...