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The USF football program is hiring highly regarded Ohio State offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach Brian Hartline to become its next head coach, according to reports. Hartline, 39, is expected to take the job vacated by Alex Golesh, who was named Auburn’s new head coach on Nov. 30. An Ohio State alumnus, Hartline has […]

Lane Kiffin has left for LSU, and the theories that an 11-1 Ole Miss football team will miss the College Football Playoff (CFP) have officially arrived. Despite winning every game but a road clash with SEC Championship Game participant Georgia, which they were beating in the fourth quarter, the Rebels may be at risk of […]

Despite being 11-1 and heading to the College Football Playoff (CFP), the Ole Miss football team certainly isn’t pleased with how things are going right now. Specifically, according to Ole Miss beat reporter Neal McCready, current head coach Lane Kiffin has potentially alienated at least a portion of his Rebels roster as he has all […]

After beating South Carolina for the ninth time in 11 years, Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney gave some perspective about the embattled head coach he faced today. Swinney is no stranger to criticism, especially in the last few seasons, and he gave a reasonable, level-headed response to a question about what his message to Gamecock […]

It was a season to forget for Deion Sanders and the Colorado football program. But Coach Prime seems ready to build the Buffaloes back up. When Sanders took over the job ahead of the 2023 season, Colorado was coming off a 1-11 campaign. He immediately injected enthusiasm and excitement into a team that had fallen […]

Today’s win over Michigan was a long time coming for Ohio State football coach Ryan Day, but now is apparently not the time to gloat. Day, who was the subject of immense scrutiny, criticism, and hate for his struggles in ‘The Game’, decided against letting his naysayers know after the Buckeyes’ first win against the […]

Lane Kiffin has a big decision to make, and reportedly, he’s pretty close to making it. Nearing the end of his sixth season as Ole Miss head football coach, Kiffin has successfully rehabilitated his image after a pair of embarrassing firings and a pair of abrupt departures that negatively affected his reputation. With a successful […]

Although Ole Miss is now 11-1 and all but confirmed to be heading to its first College Football Playoff (CFP), head coach Lane Kiffin is reportedly trending toward bolting for LSU. Rumors have been swirling around Kiffin, the Rebels’ sixth-year head coach, for the last month, but in particular, in the last two weeks, as […]

We now know the four teams emerging from the Eastern Conference’s side of the NBA Cup. Following the Orlando Magic’s 112-109 road win vs. the Detroit Pistons, it is confirmed that Orlando will be Group B’s representative, while the Toronto Raptors took the top spot in Group A, the New York Knicks finished atop Group […]

Ahead of this weekend’s game vs. the Carolina Panthers, the Los Angeles Rams have made a key decision on the kicker position. While they had kept two kickers around since signing Harrison Mevis earlier in the month, the Rams have apparently opted to move forward with Mevis as their one and only kicker, as the […]

Stan Van Gundy has been out of the league for nearly five years now, but one draft pick that got away still has the now-commentator thinking about what could have been. While on ‘The Zach Lowe Show’, Van Gundy, who was the Detroit Pistons’ president and head coach from 2014 to 2018, explained why he […]

Although he doesn’t want to talk about it anymore, Lane Kiffin’s impending decision about where he will coach next season is one of the biggest stories in college football. And predictions on where that will be have been diverse. The prevailing opinion is that Kiffin will be heading to Baton Rouge to become the next […]

Much was expected of South Carolina football and head coach Shane Beamer in 2025, but not much has actually gone right for the Gamecocks. Beamer, who is in his fifth season as the South Carolina coach, entered 2025 coming off his best season in Columbia; in 2024, the Gamecocks went 9-4 overall and 5-3 in […]

Once a part of the annual tradition with the Detroit Lions, it’s been a while since Matthew Stafford played on Thanksgiving Day. But Joe Burrow, who is expected to make his Turkey Day debut this week, has quite a few memories watching him play on the NFL’s marquee holiday. When speaking with the media ahead […]

Is Charlotte Hornets rookie Kon Knueppel the next Stephen Curry? Reggie Miller seems to think so. Over the first 17 games of his NBA career, Knueppel has made 63 3-pointers, far above any other rookie and good enough for fourth-most in the league. And that shooting ability at age 20, Miller thinks, could one day […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, who is in his record-setting 23rd NBA season, had a late start to the year, and it might cost him a chance at breaking another record. James has failed to be named to an All-NBA team only once in his career — his rookie season back in 2003-04 — […]

With last night’s loss to Oregon, USC football coach Lincoln Riley and the Trojans are all but eliminated from College Football Playoff (CFP) contention. And people are letting Riley know about it. In his fourth season at USC, Riley has a 34-17 record, and despite close calls in his first year and this season, he […]

Despite clamoring from its fanbase to fire Dave Aranda, Baylor will be keeping its head football coach in place past this season. A day after the resignation of athletic director Mack Rhoades, Baylor president Linda A. Livingstone released a statement on the football program, in which she confirmed that Aranda, who is 36-35 in six […]

Some things go overlooked when college football coaches get fired from old jobs and find new ones. But James Franklin didn’t let his change of attire — from Penn State’s classic blue and white, to Virginia Tech’s iconic maroon and orange — go unmentioned after becoming the new Hokies coach. “I will tell you this, […]

Despite initial reports to the contrary, Tulane football coach Jon Sumrall will not be interviewing for the Florida head coaching vacancy this week, according to On3’s Pete Nakos. After it was reported by Gators Online’s Zach Abolverdi that Sumrall and Florida were set to meet, the “meeting on the books [was] called off,” Nakos posted […]

After a College Football Playoff (CFP) berth a year ago, the 2025 season has proven less successful for the Arizona State football program, and the Sun Devils’ fans have also had to endure quite a bit of talk surrounding their head coach and now, their star quarterback. With ASU’s path back to the CFP supremely […]

Could the Baltimore Orioles trade Adley Rutschman this offseason? One writer thinks there is little chance of that happening, but he admits it’s not zero. The Orioles’ No. 1 overall draft pick in 2019, Rutschman made his MLB debut in 2022 and quickly established himself as Baltimore’s everyday catcher. And while he was a back-to-back […]

Joe Dumars’ tenure as the New Orleans Pelicans’ president of basketball operations has been a pleasant surprise; it’s just that it’s only been really pleasant for the other teams around the NBA, not the Pelicans. Dumars, a longtime former executive with the Detroit Pistons, had been working in the NBA league office for a few […]

The Toronto Blue Jays may be adding one of the most highly sought-after free agents to their roster after a loss in Game 7 of the World Series. According to ESPN MLB insider Jeff Passan, the Blue Jays are the leaders in the clubhouse, so to speak, to sign four-time All-Star right fielder Kyle Tucker […]

Could Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James be making his season debut tomorrow? It sure seems like that could be the case. After previously being listed as ‘Out’ with sciatica, which has kept him from playing at all so far this season, James has been upgraded by the Lakers to ‘Questionable’ for tomorrow’s home game […]

While rumors are swirling that Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin is very interested in both the LSU and Florida head coaching vacancies, longtime SEC commentator Paul Finebaum hinted at only part of that being true. Despite Kiffin’s family visiting both Gainesville and Baton Rouge over the last few days to start off the Rebels’ […]

Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin’s family is spending the Rebels’ bye week doing something quite unusual: potentially scouting out a new job for Kiffin. Amid numerous rumors of mutual interest between himself and the likes of LSU and Florida, members of Kiffin’s family reportedly flew to Louisiana, where they may be moving to in the […]

After a lopsided loss to No. 1 Ohio State, in which starting quarterback Nico Iamaleava did not play due to a concussion, UCLA interim head coach Tim Skipper has an update. According to the Los Angeles Times’ Ben Bolch, Skipper said today that Iamaleava is ‘day to day,’ which certainly seems to keep the possibility […]

Following yesterday’s 23-21 win vs. Alabama on the road in Tuscaloosa, Oklahoma has leapt back into the top 10 of the AP’s latest poll. Meanwhile, the Crimson Tide took a tumble. Going into their Week 12 matchup, Oklahoma and Alabama were ranked (in both the AP poll and College Football Playoff rankings) 11th and fourth, […]

The South Carolina football team had quite an eventful Saturday afternoon, with a historic collapse and a bizarre incident between a state trooper and a group of Gamecock players dominating the headlines. Although later on in the day, the big story would be blowing a 30-3 halftime lead, amidst their first-half shellacking of Texas A&M, […]

Early on this season, Texas football star Arch Manning was being written off as a ‘bust’ after a rough start to his first year as the Longhorns’ starting quarterback. Nowadays, though, Manning is slowly quieting his critics. Entering into the season with impossibly high expectations, including that he would be the Heisman Trophy winner and […]

James Franklin, who was fired as the Penn State football coach just over a month ago, may not be without a job for very much longer. According to multiple reports, Virginia Tech is circling Franklin, with CBS Sports’ Matt Zenitz saying that Franklin “continues to be the top target” for the Hokies vacancy. ESPN’s Pete […]

In the aftermath of the firing of Dallas Mavericks general manager Nico Harrison, the future of multiple Mavs seems to be up in the air. But no player would appear to have more doubt cast on their near or long-term future in Dallas than Anthony Davis. Davis, one of the NBA’s best defenders over the […]

With Nico Harrison having been fired by the Dallas Mavericks, the Luka Doncic trade’s case as the worst deal in NBA history has only grown. More than nine months after Harrison, the Mavs general manager, shockingly pulled the trigger on sending Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers, Dallas owner Patrick Dumont dismissed Harrison after nearly […]

Nine months ago, the Dallas Mavericks traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, Max Christie, and a future first-round draft pick. But it’s not a guarantee by any means that Davis will be in Dallas long enough to even see that pick come to fruition. With the firing of general manager […]

Things could be going a bit better for the Dallas Mavericks right now, and they likely would be if they had not traded Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers in February. Although it appeared that polarizing Mavs general manager Nico Harrison had lucked out by getting the No. 1 overall pick in the NBA […]

Los Angeles Lakers head coach JJ Redick does not take losses well, to say the least, and that has caught the attention of former NBA player Lou Williams. Redick, after the Lakers were blown off the floor in a 122-102 loss to the shorthanded Atlanta Hawks, made it clear that he was none too pleased […]

For some time, Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes has been the subject of trade rumors. And recently, Tarik Skubal, the Detroit Tigers’ star pitcher, has also found himself floated as a potential trade target as the time for a new contract draws near. While any team in MLB would be happy to add either Skenes […]

The Luke Fickell era of Wisconsin football has been an unmitigated disaster for most of the last three years. But on Saturday, shortly after Fickell was given another public show of support by his athletic director, the Badgers pulled off their biggest win since Fickell took over. Amid near-constant talk about whether Fickell would or […]