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Past articles by Chris:

No. 13 Dayton Avoids Upset on Crutcher's 3 at Buzzer

The win kept the Flyers tied with Duquesne and Saint Bonaventure for the top spot in the Atlantic 10. All three are unbeaten in the conference. → Read More

Ranking the SEC's Best Non-Alabama College Football Playoff Contenders

Alabama feels like a safe bet to make its fifth College Football Playoff appearance, but which fellow SEC schools are most likely to join the Tide? → Read More

First-Year Outlooks for the SEC's Six New Head Coaches in 2018

After an offseason full of coaching turnover in the SEC, what's in store in Year One for the six schools with a new face calling the shots? → Read More

Inside SI's Top 100 Players of 2018: Settling Debates and Predicting Our Biggest Misses

Were Clemson's D-linemen too high? Have we underrated Jake Fromm? The makers of the 2018 Top 100 critique their own rankings. → Read More

College football player ranking: Full list of top 100

Sports Illustrated's 2018 ranking of the top 100 players in college football is here. Did your team's standouts make the cut? → Read More

Revisiting SI's 2017 Ranking of the Top 100 College Football Players: Who Did We Get Wrong?

Before SI's 2018 ranking of the top 100 college football players comes out, let's look back at last year's list—specifically, which players over- or underperformed our expectations. → Read More

2018 NBA Draft Superlatives: Biggest Sleeper, Safest Pick And More

Wondering who's the best scorer in this year's draft class? Or the biggest sleeper? The Front Office is here to hand out superlatives and more for the 2018 NBA draft. → Read More

Winners and Losers From the NBA Draft's Biggest Decisions

The NBA draft pool is set, which adds clarity to college rosters everywhere. 'Nova took a big hit, but Nevada could be scary good. → Read More

NBA Draft Debates: Marvin Bagley III, Mohamed Bamba or Jaren Jackson Jr?

Assuming Deandre Ayton and Luka Doncic are off the board in the first two picks, who is the next-best prospect? The Front Office's experts answer one of the major questions the NBA draft. → Read More

The Future of College Football's Five-Star QBs Turned Transfers

Hunter Johnson makes it five QBs who have transferred out of the programs that signed them as five-stars. How will each fare from here? → Read More

The Most Intriguing Dark Horses of the Offseason Heisman Hype Machine

You won't find these guys at the top of Heisman front-runners lists this summer, but check back in mid-October. → Read More

Post-Spring Top 25: Resetting the Pecking Order at the Offseason's Midpoint

Will Alabama and Clemson make it four straight College Football Playoff meetings? They still look like the teams to beat after spring ball. → Read More

Despite Loss of Baker Mayfield, Oklahoma Can Still Torment Big 12

Lincoln Riley’s Sooners have enough playmakers to make up for the loss of Baker Mayfield. → Read More

Even After Attrition, Ohio State Appears to Be the Class of the Big Ten

After being controversially left out of the playoff, Ohio State has reloaded and looks like the early favorite again in the Big Ten. → Read More

ACC spring practice reset: Clemson leads pack of challengers

Up against all of the Tigers’ returning talent, the ACC's other contenders are going to have to hope their fresh faces help close the gap. → Read More

Romeo Langford Picks Indiana, a Huge Hoosiers Win on and Off the Court

The lone undecided top-15 recruit has elected to stay in his home state, to the delight of Hoosiers fans who have hung on every basket of his high school career. → Read More

How Romeo Langford's College Decision Will Change His Three Finalists' Futures

The nation's top uncommitted high school senior will pick Indiana, Vanderbilt or Kansas on Monday night after weeks of anticipation. → Read More

Grading the Major-Conference Moves of the College Hoops Coaching Carousel

It's too early to know for sure, but it seems like Louisville and UConn made out well among the biggest decision-makers of 2018 hiring season. → Read More

Year-End Awards: The Best and Worst of the 2017–18 College Basketball Season

The highlights, lowlights, standout players, surprising teams and top moments of another memorable college basketball season. → Read More

Final Four: Which team has best chance to win NCAA title?

Villanova is the best team left in the field as it aims for its second championship in three years, but do the Wildcats have the easiest path to a title? → Read More