NEWARK, N.J. — With No. 1 Florida already booked for San Antonio, Texas, and another two schools set to play in Sunday’s regional finals, there’s no doubt the SEC is the best conference in college basketball. The league went 185-23 in non-conference play, including a combined 42-6 against the Big 12 and the ACC. Fourteen teams from the SEC made ...
Aaron Rodgers became the most prominent player on the NFL’s free-agent quarterback market upon his release from the New York Jets during the 2025 offseason. Many anticipated Rodgers would quickly find work. The 41-year-old led the Jets to a 5-12 record in his lone full season as a starter for the team, but he still completed 63% of his passes ...
After a week of speculation that often overshadowed his team’s run to the Sweet 16, Maryland men’s basketball coach Kevin Willard is leaving College Park to become the head coach at Villanova. The school made Willard’s hiring official Sunday. ‘Coach Willard quickly stood out among an impressive pool of candidates during a comprehensive national search,’ Villanova University President Rev. Peter ...
Kim Caldwell taking Tennessee Lady Vols to Sweet 16 in first season should count as a successful debut. To elevate further, Tennessee requires more star power. Kim Caldwell’s first recruiting class is a good sign. Kim Caldwell won over team and fans in first season. Beating UConn helped. These Tennessee Lady Vols had no business reaching the Elite Eight – ...
The road to the Final Four for the 2025 women’s NCAA Tournament has reached its conclusion. Eight teams will compete in the Elite Eight on Sunday and Monday for four spots in the Final Four next weekend. Defending champion and No. 1 seed South Carolina takes on No. 2 Duke at 1 p.m. ET to tip off the action, while ...
The San Francisco 49ers already traded one of their top receivers, Deebo Samuel, during the 2025 NFL offseason. It doesn’t look like Brandon Aiyuk will meet the same fate. ESPN’s Adam Schefter reports the 49ers ‘are not expected to trade’ Aiyuk before Tuesday, when he is due a $22.85 million roster bonus. Once that bonus is paid, it is expected ...
NEW YORK – Right off the bat, the Yankees’ “torpedo’’ bats are legal. “They made sure before they even brought it to us, with MLB, that it was all within regulation,’’ said Cody Bellinger, a day after the Yanks’ historic home run barrage. During Saturday’s franchise record nine-home run game, some of the Yankees’ outsized barrel bats set the Internet ...
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Dodgers, after a week in Tokyo and three days of celebrations filled with pageantry, insist they now have closure on their World Series championship season. Oh, they had a blast, with the World Series banner being hoisted one day, receiving their glorious championship rings filled with more than 300 diamonds the next, and the ...
The top-seeded Auburn Tigers will meet the No. 2 seeded Michigan State Spartans in an Elite Eight matchup on Sunday. The winner will represent the South Region of the men’s NCAA Tournament bracket and compete in the Final Four against the No. 1 seeded Florida Gators, who took down Texas Tech 84-79 on Saturday. The Tigers are coming off a ...
LOS ANGELES − It was everything Jack Flaherty dreamed of being born and raised in nearby Burbank. Growing up to be a major-league baseball player, playing for the Los Angeles Dodgers, winning the World Series, and getting his World Series ring in front of friends and family. Only, this one had a bit of a twist. Flaherty, who won the ...