Paige Bueckers, rookies bring swag to Team USA camp

Paige Bueckers, rookies bring swag to Team USA camp

The U.S. women’s senior national basketball team is one of the most dominant in history, winning eight consecutive Olympic golds dating back to the 1996 Atlanta Games. Many of the young stars vying for a chance to represent Team USA in Los Angeles in 2028 weren’t born when the medal streak began. Ten of the […]

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 Warde Manuel shares blame for Michigan’s shame. He should go

Warde Manuel shares blame for Michigan’s shame. He should go

The Moore allegations – an ‘inappropriate relationship’ with a staffer – are seedy enough. But the Michigan athletic department has long been a cesspool, and that’s squarely on athletic director Warde Manuel. There was the basketball coach who smacked an opposing assistant in the face. Not to be confused with that same coach’s altercation with […]

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 5 ways to heat up MLB’s slow-burning hot stove

5 ways to heat up MLB’s slow-burning hot stove

After an encouraging start, Major League Baseball’s offseason has stalled out, kind of like an unwanted weather pattern. Its winter meetings produced a pair of semi-blockbuster deals for Kyle Schwarber and Pete Alonso, yet a lot more of the groundwork-laying more associated with the general managers’ meetings one month earlier. Sure, those chats and texts […]

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 Kirby Smart whines from his soap box, but does he have a point?

Kirby Smart whines from his soap box, but does he have a point?

Kirby Smart would rather smash a nonconference opponent than face another SEC team next season. As CFP auto bids are awarded by conference championship games, shouldn’t teams play more than half the conference? Kirby Smart ‘very concerned’ about Georgia playing a ninth SEC game in 2026, instead of facing Louisville. Kirby Smart picked a peculiar […]

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 USA TODAY Network 2025 All-Big Ten football team, awards

USA TODAY Network 2025 All-Big Ten football team, awards

Indiana won its first outright Big Ten title since 1945 and was rewarded with seven players on the 2025 USA TODAY Sports Network All-Big Ten team. Ten players earned unanimous first team All-Big Ten honors, led by Indiana QB Fernando Mendoza (Offensive Player of the Year), Ohio State DB Caleb Downs (Defensive Player of the […]

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