The Bears dropped to no. 17 in the latest AFCA Division ll Coaches Poll after suffering their first loss of the season, 31-20, at Emory & Henry last Saturday.
LONDON — Standing on the sideline at the 5-yard line with his back to the field, Nathan Chapman could boomerang kick a football over his head and — get this — through the uprights at the Green Bay Packers practice fields. John Bonamego, the Packers special teams coordinator at the time, swea…
LOS ANGELES — Fran Tarkenton arrived in New York City exhausted, dispirited and maybe a little confused. Three days earlier, the Minnesota quarterback had lost to the John Madden-coached Oakland Raiders in the Super Bowl, trudging off the field at the Rose Bowl on Jan. 9, 1977, leaving the V…
COLUMBIA, S.C. — An NCAA study on social media abuse of athletes, coaches and other officials during championship events found nearly one in five posts that were flagged by an AI-based algorithm and determined to be abusive involved sexual harassment and 12% were related to sports betting, a…
Things to watch this week in the Atlantic Coast Conference:
The plan seemed straightforward for Florida State: find a veteran quarterback in the transfer portal, then plug him in for the reigning Atlantic Coast Conference champion and preseason favorite to win it again.
PITTSBURGH — So what if it took 34 years? Pitt football fans can finally dream big. That's what a perfect first month will do. Suddenly, anything is possible. Pitt is 5-0. This has been the kind of start that had eluded the Panthers for their first 33 years of conference play (and for eight …
Michael Hawkins Jr. chose the hard path. Or, at least in this era of college football, the path that often ends with a trip to the transfer portal and a fresh start elsewhere. If not the path of most resistance, it was the path of least guarantees. Oklahoma, at the time that Hawkins committed to the program in April of last year, had five-star recruit Jackson Arnold signed and in line to ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Mark Stoops opened his weekly press conference on Monday with this: “I don’t have to worry about selling Vanderbilt anymore and telling you how good they are.” No, you don’t. Not now. Not after last Saturday. Not after Vanderbilt 40, Alabama 35. Not after the Commodores’ first win over a No. 1-ranked team since, well, ever, as it turns out. Not since Vanderbilt, who lost 30-27 ...
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Maryland defensive end Quashon Fuller enjoys cooking on and off the football field. The 6-foot-3, 264-pound redshirt senior usually hosts a weekly dinner for his defensive line teammates (and some stragglers) at his apartment. He whips up the meal, and the players watch an NFL or college football game or review game film as part of Fuller’s plan to further connect them. ...
South Carolina edge rusher Dylan Stewart and Minnesota defensive back Justin Walley were both called for unsportsmanlike conduct for using fake gun imagery in their celebrations.
Alabama’s team bus had to yield for goalpost-induced traffic on its way out of Nashville. Tennessee still thinks there’s time left on the game clock. Missouri’s status as a legitimate contender is now in need of a diamond tester for verification. Yeah, all things considered, the couch might’ve been the best place for a highly ranked Southeastern Conference football team to reside this last ...
Mark Story: Even Mark Stoops is baffled by Kentucky football’s recent â€home-field disadvantage’
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Early in Mark Stoops’ weekly news conference looking ahead to Kentucky’s suddenly consequential SEC home meeting with Vanderbilt on Saturday night, the UK coach expressed gratitude that the game will be in Lexington. “Glad to be at home this week in a night game,” Stoops said Monday at Kroger Field. “Hope to have a tremendous environment here Saturday night.” Actually, based ...
BOULDER, Colo. — Joe Romig’s preferred TikTok hangs on a wall and chimes 12 times at noon. He’s not into winning Instagram, or what’s trending on Xwitter. But, boy, is he into Travis Hunter. “I’d rank him at the top (in Colorado football history),” Romig, the former Buffs All-American lineman and College Football Hall of Famer, told me Monday. “(Because) he’s a great player both on offense and ...
USC Gamecocks defensive player Dylan Stewart did a fake gun shooting of Ole Miss quarterback Jaxson Dart and drew a penalty against Ole Miss.
Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian said Monday that junior quarterback Quinn Ewers [abdominal strain] is trending toward a return against Oklahoma on Saturday in the Red River Rivalry game at the Cotton Bowl. “If we had to play today, sure [Ewers would start],” Sarkisian said Monday during his weekly media availability. “But again, that’s why it’s important that we monitor him kind of daily. ...
If finalized, the deal would allow the biggest schools to have a pool of about $21.5 million in the first yar to distribute to athletes via a revenue-sharing plan.Â
Lenoir-Rhyne (4-1, 2-1) led by 10 in the third quarter but was outscored 24-3 in the game's final 19 minutes.
Vanderbilt's stunning upset of No. 1 Alabama that led to crazed fans marching the goal posts through the streets of Nashville was just the appetizer.
CHICAGO — The landscape of girls flag football in Illinois continues shifting as the foundation being built at the high school level now grows toward higher education. What started with 22 teams in Chicago Public Schools in 2021 spread like wildfire to become an Illinois High School Association-sanctioned sport in February. When the announcement was made, there were tears, hugs and applause ...
Allison was a two-time regional qualifier and an all-conference selection during his three years playing golf for Newton-Conover.Â
PITTSBURGH — Mike Tomlin's take was undeniably true. Speaking to reporters at his weekly news conference Tuesday, he was asked what he appreciates about the history of Steelers-Cowboys and how it's still an attractive prime-time matchup. "The strength of the brands is something to be respected," Tomlin said. "You can't put a price tag on standards and legacy. Both organizations have that." ...
LAS VEGAS — Raiders coach Antonio Pierce received sanctions from the NCAA on Thursday for recruiting violations he committed while an assistant football coach at Arizona State. Pierce was part of a “program-wide effort to engage in impermissible recruiting activities during the COVID-19 dead period,” according to a decision released by a Division I Committee on Infractions panel. He was given ...
SMU has found quick validation in the Atlantic Coast Conference with a thumping of Florida State, while Cal and Stanford are looking to find their way.
ATLANTA — Before he become an All-American at Boston College, a four-time Pro Bowler, arguably the greatest Falcon of all time, a beloved Atlantan and, now, an inductee into the Falcons’ Ring of Honor, Matt Ryan was newly 16 and headed to the golf course to play with his older brother, Mike, who had come home from college for the occasion. This would seem true to their relationship. Ryan ...
LAS VEGAS — The Mountain West took another step in its rebuilding plan Tuesday by adding UTEP, but the conference might not find another immediate partner in the state of Texas. The league was believed to be targeting Texas State as an eighth full member, but talks have stalled as of Tuesday night, according to multiple sources. Meanwhile, the Pac-12 continued its pursuit of becoming the elite ...
HARTFORD, Conn. — The wheels of collegiate conference realignment are spinning again, with basketball powerhouse Gonzaga set to join the newly configured Pac 12. Though the possibility of UConn joining the Pac 12 as a football-only complement was explored last week, this will not happen. UConn sources, requesting anonymity, told The Hartford Courant the university doesn’t consider this the ...
LOS ANGELES — Reggie Bush looked out last August from the rooftop deck of the Coliseum, the stadium where he became a star two decades earlier, flanked by attorneys on either side. The famed Trojan back was in the stadium to announce a lawsuit against the NCAA, an opening salvo in the legal fight to clear his name. But for a moment, between shots at the NCAA, Bush let himself imagine a day ...
A collection of some of the top sports photos in the past week by AP photographers around the world, including the last week of the MLB regular season, NFL and more.
SAN DIEGO — San Diego State will host Gonzaga in men’s basketball on Nov. 18 in the back end of a home-and-home nonconference series. It won’t be the last we’ll see of the Bulldogs at Viejas Arena. Gonzaga announced Tuesday morning it is joining the Pac-12 in basketball and other sports beginning in the 2026-27 academic year, becoming the reformed conference’s eighth member with Oregon State, ...