Michael Weinreb
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USC may have found a QB, but it still faces major hurdles
A stretch against good-to-great teams could tell us whether Southern Cal is truly back, Michael Weinreb writes. → Read More
Urban Meyer's legacy is winning, and the rest is up for debate
Urban Meyer’s second retirement, at age 54, felt more like a sigh of relief than a wail of mourning. At a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, he came across entirely relaxed as he vacated his position as the head coach at Ohio State. We saw the end li → Read More
Mike Leach is still winning, but can he ever win big?
The most unbridled fun I’ve ever had watching a college football game may have come 10 years ago, when a young wide receiver named Michael Crabtree caught a pass and tiptoed along the sideline for a last-second touchdown to lead Texas Tech to a paradigm-a → Read More
Nick Bosa and the ongoing disruption of college football
At the end of the 1968 season, the men who ran the nation’s athletic programs decided they had a problem. Athletes, particularly football players, were being disruptive and defying the established order. They were growing beards, refusing to get haircuts → Read More
Jim Harbaugh is not on the hot seat, but he is at a crossroads
At some point as our public discourse about sports drifted from the talk radio airwaves onto the click-driven badlands of the internet, prognosticating the impending downfall of college football coaches became a cottage industry. I get it, of course. I un → Read More
What would it mean if Texas is finally back, folks?
Imagine sautéing potatoes in butter, then adding sausage, then packing them around some kind of “loaf” manufactured from semisoft cheese, then deep-frying the whole thing, then serving it in the skins of the very potatoes you just saturated, topped with m → Read More
Has Penn State finally caught up with Ohio State?
A little more than 700 days ago, the balance of power in the eastern half of the Big Ten was readily apparent. Saturday morning, Oct. 22, 2016: Ohio State was ranked second in the country, Michigan was ranked third and virtually everyone else was irreleva → Read More
The Oregon-Stanford winner could be the Pac-12's last hope
Before the college football season began, the head of the Pac-12’s eponymous and long-struggling television network made a curious proclamation: It would focus more of its energy on football. It kind o → Read More
College football pick-six: Week 1
Cliched storyline of the weekTechnically, the college football season has already begun, though perhaps you did not pay close attention because the highlight of last weekend’s limited schedule — nicknamed “Week Zero,” as if it were, in fact, the genesis of → Read More
Urban Meyer still has a job, but he's lost nearly everything else
There’s a photo of Urban Meyer that became a meme a few years ago and cycled back into the news the past few weeks when a Mississippi lawyer apparently trolled a crew of Urban Truthers protesting his i → Read More
Alabama's Minkah Fitzpatrick Has Nick Saban's Mind in an NFL Star's Body
When Minkah Fitzpatrick was in the ninth grade, long before he became the most versatile asset on the most imposing defense in college football, his high school coach began to worry about whether he'd make it much longer in this sport... → Read More
From MLB Bust to 26-Year-Old Freshman QB, Donavan Tate Re-Emerges in the Desert
Among the hundreds of college quarterbacks in America, Donavan Tate might have the most intriguing and unusual backstory: After being drafted out of high school with the third pick ... → Read More
Villanova's Josh Hart Finding with Age Comes Chance to Know Who You Really Are
VILLANOVA, Pa. — A three-word tweet, and the decision was official: It was May 24, 2016, at 9:05 p.m. ET, when Josh Hart announced he was coming back to Villanova for his senior season rather than entering the NBA draft... → Read More
Riley Sorenson Is Winning at Life, Even After Losing Those Closest to Him
There is a room in Riley Sorenson's ramshackle off-campus house that is just large enough to fit one person... → Read More
When Narratives Collide: Why LeBron James Earned Historic NBA Title Win
LeBron James earned historic NBA title win in an NBA season that shattered nearly every stereotype to transcend basketball expectations – so enjoy it. → Read More
Could LeBron James, Cavs Do the Impossible?
If Cleveland Cavaliers do impossible and come back to win NBA Finals, it'll be ultimate comeupance for Golden State Warriors. → Read More
Why It’s Worth the Risk to Have Bumgarner in the Home Run Derby
Madison Bumgarner and other MLB pitchers have said they want in on the annual Home Run Derby. → Read More
Warriors' Shaun Livingston Scores to Win Game 1 of NBA Finals
Golden State Warriors' Shaun Livingston scores to win Game 1 of NBA Finals against Cleveland Cavaliers. → Read More
The Immortal Golden State Warriors Rise Again
The Golden State Warriors battle back from the brink, just like all great teams do. → Read More
The Death of the Golden State Warriors
Steph Curry and Co. get thumped by the Thunder yet again – is this the end of their beautiful basketball dream? → Read More