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Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 15 Tennessee fends off No. 18 Tide

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 15 Tennessee fends off No. 18 Tide

(Photo credit: Caitie McMekin/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) Jewel Spear scored 20 points and Talaysia Cooper...

Northwestern bounces back, blows out Ohio State

Northwestern bounces back, blows out Ohio State

(Photo credit: Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images) Nick Martinelli led four Northwestern players in double figures with 18 points as the...

Texas, USC follow 'NFL approach,' punt annual spring game

Texas, USC follow 'NFL approach,' punt annual spring game

(Photo credit: Sara Diggins/American-Statesman / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) Texas and Southern California are part of the...

Ohio State makes coordinators Matt Patricia, Brian Hartline official

Ohio State makes coordinators Matt Patricia, Brian Hartline official

(Photo credit: Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) National champion Ohio State made the appointments...

Michigan State, Michigan meet with Big Ten lead on the line

Michigan State, Michigan meet with Big Ten lead on the line

(Photo credit: Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images) If Michigan State and Michigan weren't rivals, this would already be big enough of a...

Seeking win to boost NCAA chances, Ohio State welcomes Northwestern

Seeking win to boost NCAA chances, Ohio State welcomes Northwestern

(Photo credit: Adam Cairns/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) Looking ahead. That's all Ohio State can do as...

Wisconsin gives coach Luke Fickell contract extension

Wisconsin gives coach Luke Fickell contract extension

(Photo credit: Jeff Hanisch-Imagn Images) Wisconsin announced Wednesday that head coach Luke Fickell was given a one-year contract...

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 8 Ohio State needs OT to beat Iowa

Women's Top 25 roundup: No. 8 Ohio State needs OT to beat Iowa

(Photo credit: Samantha Madar/Columbus Dispatch / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) Jaloni Cambridge scored six of her 29 points...

Notre Dame moves to No. 1 in Top 25 as UCLA falls

Notre Dame moves to No. 1 in Top 25 as UCLA falls

(Photo credit: Matt Cashore-Imagn Images) Notre Dame soared to No. 1 as UCLA and South Carolina sank in the women's basketball Associated...

Top 25 roundup: No. 9 St. John's runs past No. 24 Creighton

Top 25 roundup: No. 9 St. John's runs past No. 24 Creighton

(Photo credit: Wendell Cruz-Imagn Images) Zuby Ejiofor and Kadary Richmond combined to score 10 unanswered points during a decisive...

No. 20 Michigan holds off Ohio State to extend Big Ten lead

No. 20 Michigan holds off Ohio State to extend Big Ten lead

(Photo credit: Joseph Maiorana-Imagn Images) Danny Wolf scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half and grabbed 11 rebounds as...

UCLA named No. 1 seed in women's early bracket

UCLA named No. 1 seed in women's early bracket

(Photo credit: Gregory Fisher-Imagn Images) The NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee tabbed UCLA, South Carolina, Texas and...

Spagnola: Martin's greatness not lost on Garrett

Spagnola: Martin's greatness not lost on Garrett

Mickey Spagnola FRISCO, TexasAs we've been taught, all good things must come to an end. But why, too, all great things? To steal...

A deep defensive line class sets up exciting combine week

A deep defensive line class sets up exciting combine week

Kassidy Hill CHARLOTTE Grab your stopwatches and position charts; we're headed to the scouting combine. The annual event is ready...

NFL Scouting Combine: History, Top Performances, Important Dates

NFL Scouting Combine: History, Top Performances, Important Dates

After brief stints in New Orleans (1984 and 1986) and Arizona (1985), the NFL Scouting Combine moved to Indianapolis where it has been...

2025 Combine preview: Wide receiver

2025 Combine preview: Wide receiver

Tim Twentyman More than maybe any other position in the NFL Draft over the last decade, we have seen young receivers come into the...

Buffalo Bills Mock Draft Watch 2.0 | 2025

Buffalo Bills Mock Draft Watch 2.0 | 2025

Maddy Glab A round-up of the latest NFL Mock Drafts predicting who the Bills will select with the 30th overall pick: February 20:...

Giants Now: Multi-round mock drafts predictions

Giants Now: Multi-round mock drafts predictions

Matt Citak Media's multi-round mock draft predictions Another day,another mock draft. The Athletic's Nick Baumgardnerrecently...

Browns host 'Cleveland Huddle Pathway' for 2nd consecutive year

Browns host 'Cleveland Huddle Pathway' for 2nd consecutive year

Students from Garfield Heights City Schools attended panel conversation with Browns employees to learn about career opportunities in...

Why Daniel Jeremiah thinks OL Donovan Jackson is a good fit for Lions

Why Daniel Jeremiah thinks OL Donovan Jackson is a good fit for Lions

Tim Twentyman NFL media analyst Daniel Jeremiah, one of the more respected draft analysts and talent evaluators in NFL circles, released...

Bears add to coaching staff

Bears add to coaching staff

Chicago BearsThe Bears on Thursday announced the club has added to head coach Ben Johnson's inaugural coaching staff.We are excited...

Mock Draft Roundup 4.0: Texas A&M Pass Rusher 'Feels Like a Raven'

Mock Draft Roundup 4.0: Texas A&M Pass Rusher 'Feels Like a Raven'

Matt Ryan The Combine is less than a week away as NFL teams will get a close look at some of the prospects they've been evaluating....

10 Prospects to Watch at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine

10 Prospects to Watch at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine

With the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine less than a week away, here are some popular names to keep an eye on Omar Navarro The 2025 NFL...

2025 Combine preview: Interior offensive line

2025 Combine preview: Interior offensive line

Tim Twentyman This is one of the better interior offensive line groups to come out in some time with teams in need of help being...

Analyst Leger Douzable Handicaps the Jets' Draft Prospects

Analyst Leger Douzable Handicaps the Jets' Draft Prospects

NFL Combine Will Be in the Spotlight Next Week Jack Bell Football never sleeps. It might be the depths of a chilly February and...

Buccaneers.com 2025 Mock Draft 2.0

Buccaneers.com 2025 Mock Draft 2.0

With the Super Bowl Champions established, it is officially mock draft season. It is time to explore predictions for each club in the...

Vikings 2025 Mock Draft Tracker: Version 3.0

Vikings 2025 Mock Draft Tracker: Version 3.0

Rob Kleifield Three hundred and twenty-nine. That's how manyprospectsare headed to Indianapolis for the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine...

Chargers 2025 Mock Draft Tracker 4.0: Who to Pick at No. 22

Chargers 2025 Mock Draft Tracker 4.0: Who to Pick at No. 22

Omar Navarro The Super Bowl is in the books, which means the NFL Scouting Combine is rapidly approaching. The Bolts holdthe 22nd...

Lunchbreak: Vikings Options with Tag; Gophers Sending 6 to Combine

Lunchbreak: Vikings Options with Tag; Gophers Sending 6 to Combine

Rob Kleifield Minnesota officially is on the clock. Well, not that clock the 2025 NFL Draft is 65 days away but the clock to decide...

NFL Notes: Eagles about more than just the bottom line

NFL Notes: Eagles about more than just the bottom line

Line play wasnt the only thing that was dominant about the Eagles. Paul Perillo This week we offer some thoughts while wondering...

2025 NFL Combine participants

2025 NFL Combine participants

Teresa Varley The NFL Combine is set to get underway, and a total of 329 prospects have been invited to attend this year's event....

TWENTYMAN'S MOCK DRAFT 1.0: First selections

TWENTYMAN'S MOCK DRAFT 1.0: First selections

Tim Twentyman Mock draft season is upon us. So much still has to happen before April 24 and the kickoff of the 2025 NFL Draft in...

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