College football Week 11 oddly specific predictions: Down go the Hoosiers!
Picking Penn State to lose to Ohio State does not deserve a victory lap. Losing big games is what the Nittany Lions do. Like James Franklin, I deserved to get …
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Week 8’s top 10 college football games: Georgia-Texas, Alabama-Tennessee and much more
On the heels of two of the more riveting weeks of college football in recent memory comes a jam-packed Saturday that features a trio of SEC headliners, including a top-five …
Kansas, Alabama, UConn top AP Top 25 preseason men’s basketball poll: Key takeaways
By Brendan Marks, Justin Williams and Mark Cooper For the second consecutive season, Kansas will begin the year as the No. 1 team in men’s college basketball. This time, the …
What we learned from CFB’s Week 2: Is Notre Dame’s season sunk? Is South Carolina rising?
Welcome to college football, where the entire conversation about a program can shift in a week. There are no greater examples than the scenes in Lexington, Ky., and South Bend, …
Mandel’s Final Thoughts: Clemson’s mini-dynasty is over, and that’s only part of ACC’s angst
And now, 17 Final Thoughts from the first three days of Week 1. (Apologies, LSU and USC, I just couldn’t wait.) 1. So, what was your “We’re not in Kansas, …
2024 Heisman Trophy Fantasy Draft: Travis Hunter, Jalen Milroe and 34 more picks for NYC
The Athletic’s Heisman draft is back, with a new crop of challengers undertaking the tricky task of projecting this year’s most outstanding player. With all four of 2023’s finalists off …
Oddly specific predictions for every Top 25 college football team (with another title for the Big Ten!)
I read the comments, and you laughed at me. Well, guess what? It’s that time of year for you to do it again. If you missed last year’s installment of …
Men’s college basketball Top 25: Alabama, Gonzaga lead post-NBA withdrawal deadline
After the NBA Draft withdrawal deadline passed on Wednesday night, we finally have a clearer picture of what rosters will look like when the season starts in November. This transfer …
NCAA Tournament Day 1 takeaways: Oakland upsets Kentucky behind Jack Gohlke’s 10 3s
You’ve got your laptop, your friend’s laptop, a TV, a second TV and a tablet for streaming. It’s Day 1 of the NCAA Tournament with 16 games over 12 hours …
Which teams can realistically win the NCAA Tournament? Why these 12 stand a cut above
We don’t have many rules of thumb —what with only four total thumbs between us — for picking an NCAA Tournament bracket. But there’s one we believe in wholeheartedly: Don’t …