College Basketball

Michigan’s national title defense represents a second chance for new Wolverines coach Mike Boynton. Boynton coached Oklahoma State to a 119-109 record and one NCAA Tournament berth over seven seasons but got fired after a 12-20 finish in 2023-24. He spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach on Dusty May’s staff at Michigan. When May left to coach the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks after the Wolverines’ national championship season, […]

The Kansas Jayhawks have added All-Big Ten forward Trey Kaufman-Renn, who played four seasons at the Purdue Boilermakers before getting picked by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the second round of the NBA draft, filling their biggest perceived hole on the eve of the college basketball season. Jayhawks coach Bill Self announced his transfer Monday, hours before the release of the men’s preseason AP Top 25 poll. The 24-year-old Kaufman-Renn has […]

Florida will start the men's college basketball season where it ended it two seasons ago: No. 1. The Gators were the overwhelming pick to top the preseason AP Top 25 on Monday, receiving 47 of the 59 first-place votes from a panel of national media. It is the first time that coach Todd Golden's bunch has resided on top since the final poll in 2025, after they had beaten Houston […]

The NCAA filed a federal lawsuit against Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday, three days after he signed an executive order giving the state’s universities the option of allowing athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 to play a fifth year in defiance of the organizations’s new eligibility rules. NCAA President Charlie Baker said the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Ohio, was an "extraordinary step" designed to prevent […]

It's been a minute. For the first time since 1982, the Milwaukee Brewers are going to the World Series, as they knocked off the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 2026 National League Championship Series. A lot was different in 1982, not just in MLB, but in the sports world and society as a whole. With that in mind, here's what was happening in MLB, sports and pop culture the last […]

So much attention is paid to the physical characteristics players possess. When evaluating quarterbacks, though, poise is every bit as critical as arm strength, accuracy or athleticism. Its presence – or lack thereof – is the single biggest factor in why there is a need to update my QB Power Rankings for the 2027 NFL Draft after six weeks of college football. Like many others, I had Arch Manning and […]

The Southeastern Conference says it has ongoing concerns about "a complete lack of institutional control" at LSU. The league levied the allegation In its latest federal court filing in a case that stemmed from the Tigers’ since-abandoned effort to field football players who had tryouts or signed contracts with NFL clubs. A memorandum of opposition filed in U.S. District Court in Alabama on Tuesday came in response to Louisiana Attorney […]

Dana Altman announced his retirement as the Oregon basketball coach on Wednesday. At 68-years-old, with 16 seasons in Eugene under his belt, his decision to retire had been speculated. Still, the timing of his decision is abrupt, with the college basketball season less than a month away and the Ducks' featuring a roster with nine transfers and two highly-touted freshmen, all of whom Altman recruited. Oregon will now have to […]

Longtime Oregon Ducks men's basketball coach Dana Altman is retiring effective immediately, the school announced on Wednesday. Altman, 68, took over ahead of the 2010-11 season and is the winningest coach in Oregon history with a 382-182 record. The Ducks made nine NCAA Tournament appearances over that span, including a Final Four berth in 2017. Oregon also won four Pac-12 regular season titles and four Pac-12 tournament titles during his […]