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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — They are trying to have as many fun events as they can at the Orange Bowl for Georgia and Michigan, as always taking advantage of the tropical lifestyle that the Miami area has to offer. Dinner cruises. Beach days. Water toys. It's just like normal. Or, more accurately, the new normal. [...]
CINCINNATI — The University of Cincinnati has played football for more than a century in the long shadow of Ohio State. After all these years, little brother is making some big noise. For Cincinnati (13-0), playing in the under-the-radar American Athletic Conference, everything fell into place in 2021. The Bearcats landed as the No. 4 [...]
Not even Father Time could get one over on Tom Brady. Cementing his argument as the NFL's greatest quarterback, Brady switched teams and kept winning, leading the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a 31-9 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 55. Brady's seventh Super Bowl title, at age 43 no less, was one [...]
College football recruiting has affected the timing of coaching changes. We are about to find out if the reverse is also true. Ever since the recruiting calendar changed in 2017, nearly all high school prospects have opted to finalize their college plans in December rather than waiting for the traditional February signing date. That trend [...]
NEW YORK — Alabama's Bryce Young and Ohio State's C.J. Stroud have been friends since middle school, competing in basketball and football while growing up in Southern California. Young can already claim one victory against Stroud, winning the Heisman on Saturday night over his fellow finalist. The two quarterbacks will return to college in 2022 [...]
The new president and CEO of U.S. Ski & Snowboard has vivid memories of her first time clicking into boots on a mountain in Chamonix, France, during a school trip at age 12. Sophie Goldschmidt's best sport was always tennis — that's what brought her from London to Baylor University on a scholarship — but [...]
COSTA MESA, Calif. — Even though Corey Linsley has had a hectic first season with the Los Angeles Chargers, it hasn't affected his ability to make an impact on and off the field. Linsley became the NFL's highest-paid center in March when he signed a five-year, $62.5 million contract with the Chargers after seven seasons [...]
CLEVELAND (AP) — Rested and hopefully refocused, the Browns capped their bye week by getting a small boost to their playoff chances in a cluttered, chaotic conference race. Now, it's time to help themselves. Although Cleveland slipped back into last place in the AFC North without playing on Sunday, losses by Baltimore, Cincinnati, Las Vegas [...]
IRVING, Texas (AP) — As college football's postseason evolved from disconnected bowls to the BCS to the current four-team playoff, it never truly embraced the underdog the way the NCAA basketball tournament does. From Tulane to Utah, Boise State to TCU and then UCF, the upstarts occasionally got a chance to play a blue blood [...]
The Atlantic Coast Conference, Big Ten and Pac-12 launched an initiative Monday to raise awareness of the importance of mental health as part of their conference alliance announced earlier this year. The centerpiece is a public service announcement that aired throughout the 28 games played this week. The PSA includes men's coach Mike Krzyzewski (Duke) [...]