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College football Week 1 preview roundtable: Georgia-Clemson, upset picks, under-the-radar games and overreactions – The Athletic
What to watch in college football's opening weekend: Clemson-Georgia, LSU-UCLA, Alabama-Miami, upset predictions and more. → Read More
Big 12 2021 football preview: Will Texas, Oklahoma exits and league's fate eclipse season? Predictions, players to watch – The Athletic
Our Big 12 and national writers offer their thoughts on the players, teams and storylines that will define the 2021 season. → Read More
Realignment reset: The Athletic writers draft new college football conferences from scratch
Eight writers from The Athletic sat down and drafted 10-team conferences from the current FBS and FCS schools. Which is your favorite? → Read More
Texas' Steve Sarkisian serves up one-liners on Bama and hotel living, weighs in on a potential new trend among recruits – The Athletic
In his first off-campus public event since taking over UT, Steve Sarkisian also addressed the transfer portal and in-person recruiting. → Read More
Big 12's Bob Bowlsby fears virus may come 'roaring back,' disrupt season
Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said Thursday he's optimistic about college football starting in the fall, but is skeptical of making it through the entire season without interruption in the event the coronavirus "comes roaring back" during flu season. → Read More
More than 1,000 show up to Kyle Field to catch Pokemon
Texas A&M's home field got swept up in the Pokemon Go craze, as 1,604 smartphone-wielding fans descended to hunt Pokemon for two hours. → Read More
College football roundtable: Best stadium
In a debate that is sure to stir plenty of passion, we choose the top college football venue in each of the Power 5 conferences. → Read More
Remembering Dave Mirra
Look back at BMX rider Dave Mirra's X Games legacy, his change in behavior in his final years and reliving the moment the tragic news of his death broke. → Read More
Ichiro makes two awesome catches
Ichiro Suzuki robs the Pirates of a base hit with an impressive catch in the second, but that isn't enough so he robs them of a home run at the wall in the fourth. → Read More
Curry's perfect pass to Iguodala puts Dubs up 20
Steph Curry's no-look pass finds Andre Iguodala for the dunk and the Warriors go up 20. → Read More
Girl snatches foul ball from fan, throws it back
Fans reach over the railing to grab a foul ball off the field and this little girl snatches it from them and tosses it back. → Read More
Dellavedova hits Iguodala down under
Late in the third quarter, Andre Iguodala dribbles downcourt and Matthew Dellavedova goes for the ball, hitting Iguodala below the belt earning him a foul. → Read More
Kerr smashes clipboard in anger
During a timeout in the third quarter, Steve Kerr smashes his clipboard and it shatters into pieces. → Read More
Mean Tweets from the NBA Finals
Russell Wilson looks like Jar Jar Binks? Klay Thompson is wearing a goatee from Party City? Catch these and more of the meanest tweets to the players in the NBA Finals. → Read More
Curry finds Thompson to extend Warriors' lead
On the fast break Steph Curry connects with Klay Thompson for the layup. → Read More
Sport Science: Curry from long range
John Brenkus and the Sport Science team break down why Stephen Curry is so deadly from long distance. → Read More
Fagan doesn't buy Sharapova's argument
Kate Fagan weighs in on Maria Sharapova's failed drug test and thinks if Serena Williams had failed a drug test she would have been treated much differently. → Read More
Dear Chicken: Check out this incredible Texas A&M recruiting letter from 1919
The pitch from Hall of Fame coach Dana X. Bible is from nearly a century ago, but some things never change in college football recruiting. → Read More
Bowlsby: Big 12 fine staying at 10 members
Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby said Monday that he doesn't expect his conference will seek expansion anytime soon. → Read More
Florida coach Will Muschamp calls into his own radio show as 'Bill from Gainesville'
The Gators head coach surprises radio host and Florida's athletic director with a phone call. → Read More