The schedule for Week 10 of the college football season is full of important showdowns. Our experts make picks for every Top 25 game.
Lane Kiffin, College Football Playoff and Heisman races lead November storylines
The dawn of November brings the crunch to the college football season. What are the biggest storylines in the last five weeks? We break them down.
The bet that has college football taken over by bare chested fans waving shirts
What started between two siblings at Oklahoma State has turned into a national movement of fans taking off their shirts and waving them in the air.
LAFC wins MLS playoffs opener against Austin
Nathan Ordaz scored an easy tap-in in the 79th minute to give LAFC a victory over Austin in the opener of their MLS playoff series.
Arch Manning injury update: Texas QB questionable to play vs Vanderbilt in Week 10
Here's the latest on the injury to Texas quarterback Arch Manning and his playing status for a Week 10 game vs. Vanderbilt
Significant graduation losses challenge Marquette in its quest for 5th straight NCAA Tournament bid
Coach Shaka Smart has led the Golden Eagles to the NCAA Tournament each of his four seasons by relying on an old-school strategy for this era. Smart used the transfer portal to rebuild Marquette's roster immediately after his arrival, but he hasn't added a Division I transfer since and instead has relied on developing players already on his roster. Marquette must replace its top three scorers — including Associated Press All-America second-team selection Kam Jones — from the team that lost to New Mexico in the first round of last season's NCAA Tournament.
LSU football becomes a circus. Does Lane Kiffin want to be a clown in the act?
Louisiana's governor Jeff Landry says it's more likely Donald Trump will hire the next LSU coach than the school's AD. Cue the circus music!
Danny Sprinkle is hopeful Washington can bounce back from forgettable season
Sprinkle, who was hired in 2024 after guiding Utah State to a Mountain West regular-season title, has a completely overhauled roster and is optimistic the Huskies will get back on track in 2025-26.
C.J. Carr’s quick progression has put No. 12 Notre Dame back in the playoff conversation
C.J. Carr’s learning curve has been more like a drive down the expressway — bumpy, full of obstacles and, of course, fast.
Xavier begins Richard Pitino era with entirely new roster
The Musketeers had a late-season surge to get into the NCAA Tournament, then immediately went into rebuilding mode when coach Sean Miller ended his second stint on Victory Parkway by heading to Texas. Xavier didn't wait long and landed Richard Pitino after he led New Mexico into the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Pitino's roster doesn't include one returning player on scholarship last season.
Louisiana governor says he’ll let Donald Trump pick next LSU football coach before athletic director does
It seems pretty clear that LSU AD Scott Woodward won't be leading the search for Brian Kelly's replacement.
Louisiana governor says he’d rather have Trump pick next LSU coach than let Tigers AD make hire
Louisiana governor Jeff Landry said LSU athletic director Scott Woodward will not be hiring the Tigers' next football coach after Brian Kelly's firing
Former UCLA football players urge chancellor to remove athletic director Martin Jarmond
The 64 players, who represent multiple eras of UCLA football, wrote to "express deep concern with the current direction of UCLA Athletics under Martin Jarmond."
Dingwall backed to plot course through the midfield maze for England
Steve Borthwick has opted for the Northampton centre, his ‘glue’ player, over an array of talented England backs
Even Steve Borthwick admits that picking his team to face Australia on Saturday was tricky. And even after he had made his mind up, there was a training ground snapshot which underlined the slim margins involved. “There was a piece of play where the skill showed by the team not starting was absolutely incredible,” said Borthwick. “I couldn’t praise them highly enough for the way they tested the team that is starting.”
Which neatly sums up England’s intensifying backline debate. Ollie Lawrence, Marcus Smith, Henry Arundell, Henry Slade, Cadan Murley and Max Ojomoh are all fit and can’t even make the matchday 23. Not to mention the up-and-coming Noah Caluori. Nor Owen Farrell. Let alone the injured Elliot Daly, George Furbank, Seb Atkinson, Ollie Sleightholme and Will Muir.
Continue reading...MLS salaries: Son Heung-min deal pays $11m, second only to Lionel Messi
South Korean forward joined Los Angeles FC this summer
Thomas Müller earns $1.4m annually in Vancouver
Los Angeles FC forward Son Heung-min tops Major League Soccer’s summer signings with an annual salary of $10.4m and total compensation of $11.2m, becoming the second-highest-paid player behind Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi.
Son joined LAFC in August after more than a decade at Tottenham and scored nine goals in 10 regular season MLS matches.
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