GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida shooting guard Denzel Aberdeen cleared a major hurdle in his bid for a fifth-year of eligibility, but he likely faces another before being permitted to take the court for the Gators this season. A Colorado court ruling Friday granted an extra year of eligibility t…
Two major college sports conferences, the Big Ten and SEC, said they would support a bipartisan bill to regulate college sports, even though it’s unlikely the bill will move before the Senate leaves for August recess next week. The Protect College Sports Act, sponsored by Senators Ted Cruz o…
Few topics in college sports will divide respective fans more than discussing the merits of their football stadiums. Saturdays in the fall are full of things that supporters hold dear.
We're only four weeks away from the start of the 2026 college football season and there are still teams yet to name a starting quarterback.
The NCAA’s long-standing ban on liquor and energy drink ads is over.
At a time when college football seems so irrevocably divided, SEC football coaches are united in crying about a nine-game conference schedule.
CHICAGO — The Big Ten kicked off its three-day football media event Tuesday at the Chicago Hilton with a news conference from commissioner Tony Petitti. One-third of the Big Ten’s 18 coaches, including Illinois’ Bret Bielema, also held news conferences, and players from their schools met wit…
It's officially talking season, with Big Ten Football Media Days kicking off on Tuesday, just days after SEC Football Kickoff Media Days concluded.
CHICAGO — After leaders of the Southeastern Conference spent last week warning of a Plan B to potentially "break away" from the NCAA, Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti tried to steer away from that conversation and toward a Congressional solution on Tuesday. But if Congress can't pass the Protect College Sports Act in the coming weeks? Well, the conference is already talking contingency plans, ...
Our bodies, our self-confidence, our independence — they’re not going to stop until women have the same rights and opportunities they did before the 1970s. Which were almost none.
Brian Kelly sounds like he's politicking for another job. He's good at politics, too. He just needs to win one vote.
The 2026 college football season is loaded with elite quarterback talent, and we're ranking the five biggest stars expected to dominate this year. From Oregon's Dante Moore to Ohio State's Julian Sayin and Notre Dame's C.J. Carr, these quarterbacks have the talent to chase the Heisman Trophy…
DENVER — Coach Prime can’t shank the reboot. Nobody wears a $10-million hat the way Deion Sanders wears a $10-million hat. But 2026 is the year his Buffs must show, to borrow a beloved Texas idiom, that they’ve got the cattle, too. “No one knows football is a results-based business more than a man that played cornerback in the NFL at the level that Deion did,” Mike Golic Jr., Big 12 football ...
At an SEC event, Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding slammed tampering and hypocrisy in college football, highlighting flaws in the NIL recruiting system.
From the mountain range of Utah to the country roads of West Virginia and the bounce house in Orlando, the Big 12 has a wide arrange of stadiums.
Debate over college football escalates, focusing on the SEC & Big Ten attendance, schedules, and performance. How does the ACC measure up to these conferences?
College football is home to some of the most electric atmospheres in American sports.
DETROIT — Former University of Michigan head football coach Sherrone Moore's Scio Township home is up for sale, but it will set back a prospective buyer more than $1 million for the spacious house on a half-acre of property. Moore was fired by Michigan in December after the university determined there was credible evidence he had engaged in an inappropriate relationship with Paige Shiver, a ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. — A Southeastern Conference football team won the national championship 13 times in the 17 years between 2006 and 2022. Yet it is not until the past three years, when not one SEC team has made it to the College Football Playoff championship game, that I have found SEC Football Media Days to be must-see TV. It is boffo entertainment watching the SEC try to reconcile its ...
DALLAS — Pressed at SEC media days on whether his fiefdom remains the greatest in all the land despite recent results suggesting he’d been dethroned, if not beheaded, Greg Sankey cited metrics supporting his claims of supremacy. The commissioner’s got numbers. The Big Ten has trophies. If Sankey’s argument gains any traction with the rank and file, it could open up a whole new line of defense ...
No college football stadium tour is complete without a tour of the South’s iconic cathedrals. Fall Saturdays serve as much more than game day within the SEC’s footprint.
TAMPA, Fla. — You hate that he left. You hate that he took so many players with him. You hate the catty way he talked about USF’s stature once he was no longer on the payroll. Mostly, you hate that he may be right. With a new college football season barely a month away, Alex Golesh returned to town to remind South Florida fans of what might have been. Now that he’s taken his perpetually ...
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Long gone are the days where impulse buying meant grabbing an unplanned candy bar or magazine in the checkout line. Now, social media makes it quick and easy for us to purchase just about anything with the click of a button, whether or not it’s in the budget. And for some Americans, it’s hurting them...
Black Friday is fast approaching, and shoppers are gearing up. The National Retail Federation expects more than 183 million people to shop over the weekend spanning Thanksgiving to Cyber Monday this year. But fraudsters are preparing for Black Friday too, looking for opportunities to steal your money or personal information. Before you dive into holiday...
Some of college football’s most iconic locations reside in the Big Ten.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — There was a moment when Will Stein appeared to think twice about whether to deliver the viral soundbite in his first SEC Media Days appearance. Stein had opened his stint at the podium of the main media room with a passionate explanation of why he embarked on the challenge of building Kentucky football into a consistent winner, but toward the end of his news conference he was ...
College football changes fast in the era of the transfer portal. If you blink, the dominant teams of the current era can become afterthoughts. And those that were in the cellar can rise to the elite.
Debates about the best college football programs can often get heated. USA TODAY Sports experts collaborated to produce a ranking of the best 25.
I love the Super Bowl. I love the World Series and the College Football Playoffs. The Stanley Cup is great — especially when the iconic trophy is used to pour beer off of the Elbo Room’s second-floor balcony — and the Olympics are fun every two years. But after nearly six weeks of the World Cup, I think I am convinced. It was the most amazing sporting event I’ve ever witnessed. For 39 days, we ...
When the commissioner of the SEC declares that the possibility of his conference breaking away from everyone else is “real” and isn’t “a leverage point,” it’s probably time to listen.
The SEC football season is officially underway with Media Days in Tampa. Commissioner Greg Sankey hit on several topics.
No Power Four college football conference has had its program hierarchy wildly change in the 21st century more than the Big 12.
