Pitt sophomore Amadou Kante to miss rest of season
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
January 3, 2026
Pitt redshirt sophomore Papa Amadou Kante will undergo an arthroscopic right knee procedure and miss the remainder of the season, the Panthers announced Friday morning. Kante, a 6-foot-10 senior from ...
Defense carries Ducks to semifinals
NCAA, Sports
January 2, 2026
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The first thing that Oregon quarterback Dante Moore did after winning the Orange Bowl was salute the thousands of fans who made the cross-country trip to South Florida. If t...
Duke’s ACC title season comes to an end with Sun Bowl
NCAA, Sports
December 31, 2025
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Duke’s unlikely Atlantic Coast Conference title didn’t get the Blue Devils anywhere close to the College Football Playoff berth that’s supposed to go to every Power Four conferen...
Indiana’s rise rewards fans who endured losing
NCAA, Sports
By By MAURA CAREY AP Sports Writer 
December 31, 2025
Bill Murphy has been an Indiana football season ticket holder for 66 years. He says he has rarely missed a game even though 55 of them have been losing seasons in a historic stretch of bowl-less holid...
Defending champ Ohio State staring down Miami
NCAA, Sports
December 30, 2025
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Cotton Bowl has certainly gotten much more significant for Ohio State during three trips in a row to the game. This time, the second-seeded Buckeyes (12-1) are defending na...
Cotton Bowl QBs Beck and Sayin have rings as backups, now seek one as starter
NCAA, Sports
December 30, 2025
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Heisman Trophy finalist Julian Sayin and Carson Beck have already been part of national championship teams. Both quarterbacks are now trying to win a title of their own as a st...
Freeman returning to South Bend
NCAA, Sports
December 30, 2025
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — Notre Dame has restructured coach Marcus Freeman’s contract and he will coach the Fighting Irish next season, the school confirmed on Monday. SI.com first reported Freeman’s ne...
Steelers going from ‘Super Bowl run’ to missing playoffs?
NCAA, NFL, Sports, ...
By By JEFF OLIVER MVI Sports 
December 29, 2025
Last week, when the Steelers beat Detroit and then the Ravens lost to New England, sports talk airwaves were filled with people talking about the Steelers making a deep playoff run, even a run at the ...
Whittingham bringing physical edge to Michigan
NCAA, Sports
December 29, 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Whittingham brought plenty of energy on four hours’ sleep Sunday when he was introduced as Michigan’s football coach, saying it was one of five jobs that could bring him out ...
Clemson-Penn St. ready for Pinstripe
NCAA, Sports
December 27, 2025
NEW YORK (AP) — Clemson and Penn State were projected in the preseason to be among the top four seeds in the 12-team College Football Playoff and in favorable position for a national championship. Ver...
Michigan hires former Utah coach Whittingham
NCAA, Sports
December 27, 2025
Kyle Whittingham said two weeks ago that he was stepping down after 21 seasons with the Utes. ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan has agreed to a five-year contract with Kyle Whittingham to replace fired...
Panthers, Pirates look different entering bowl game
NCAA, Pittsburgh, Sports
By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO TribLive 
December 27, 2025
The current landscape of college sports, with the fluidity of movement for coaches and players alike, breeds tumultuous offseasons. Unfortunately for teams and their fan bases across the nation, the t...
No. 12 BYU, No. 24 Ga. Tech have lots to play for
NCAA, Sports
December 27, 2025
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — The Pop-Tarts Bowl could easily be about who is not there or where these teams are not playing. Both No. 24 Georgia Tech and No. 12 BYU had dreams of reaching the College Football...
Northwestern, Central Michigan set to play today
NCAA, Sports
December 26, 2025
DETROIT (AP) — Christmas bowl games often turn into scoring bonanzas, where the first team to 40 points is the winner. The GameAbove Sports Bowl might be the exception to that rule — 20 points could b...
Minnesota hoping for record ninth-straight bowl win
NCAA, Sports
December 26, 2025
PHOENIX (AP) — Opting out has become the in thing to do. Every year, players regularly choose not to play in bowl games, some wary of injuries affecting their pro prospects, others leaving for another...
NCAA, Sports
December 26, 2025
HONOLULU (AP) — Backup quarterback Luke Weaver threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to Nick Cenacle with 10 seconds left, and Hawaii rallied for a 35-31 comeback victory over California in a thrilling Hawai...
Ohio State, Miami set for nostalgic playoff clash
NCAA, Sports
December 24, 2025
CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — The last time Ohio State and Miami met in a postseason football game, the Hurricanes spent a couple of seconds celebrating a victory that gave them back-to-back national cham...
Vulcan men close year with crossover sweep
Cal (Pa.), NCAA, Sports
By JEREMY SELLEW 
December 22, 2025
Antonie Arnett hit a shot before the buzzer to lead Cal men over Lock Haven Saturday before crushing Mansfield Sunday. LOCK HAVEN, Pa. — Redshirt sophomore Antoine Arnett knocked down a stepback jumpe...
Chambliss, Ole Miss crush Tulane in CFP
NCAA, Sports
December 22, 2025
OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — New Mississippi coach Pete Golding spent the last minutes of his high-stakes debut taking in the smiling faces of his players on the sideline. “To know what they’ve been through, ...
Fierce defense dominates Texas A&M to advance
NCAA, Sports
December 22, 2025
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Miami brought a nasty defense into Texas A&M on Saturday to down the seventh-seeded Aggies in the College Football Playoff. The No. 10 seed Hurricanes forced Marcel Reed ...