College Sports
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Texas tops preseason college football coaches poll
Aug 04, 2025 5:02 pm - The SEC landed nine teams in the USA Today 2025 preseason college football Coaches Poll to lead all conferences, with Texas holding off two Big Ten powerhouses to open as the preseason No. 1.
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NCAA Tournament staying at 68 teams for 2026
Aug 04, 2025 3:22 pm - The NCAA Tournament for men’s and women’s basketball is staying at 68 teams for the 2026 postseason.
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Coach Deion Sanders' return to Colorado lifts team spirits after his battle with bladder cancer
Jul 30, 2025 10:14 pm - BOULDER, Colo. — To Colorado defensive back Carter Stoutmire, Deion Sanders is more than just a coach. He's like an uncle who's been in his life since pretty much the day...
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‘You keep fighting’: After decades competing in football, Jeff Thorne is in the battle of his life against cancerJul 30, 2025 4:50 pm - Jeff Thorne, Wheaton Warrenville South Athletic hall of famer and former Division III championship football coach at North Central College in Naperville, is in a battle against stomach cancer.
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One thing is clear after Big Ten media days: The conference is in la-la-landJul 24, 2025 6:38 pm - Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti, whose background is in professional sports, not college, doesn’t just want to expand the postseason. He wants to alter the sport fundamentally. He wants it to look less like college football and more like the NFL.
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NIL promises made to recruits, now coaches wait for key decision to learn whether they can keep themJul 23, 2025 5:48 pm - LAS VEGAS — Next week, college football coaches can put the recruiting promises they have made to high school seniors on paper. Then the question becomes whether they ca...
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Wisconsin promotes West Aurora alum Lauren Carlini to assistant coachJul 23, 2025 2:46 pm - Wisconsin volleyball head coach Kelly Sheffield has announced Lauren Carlini, the West Aurora High School graduate who served as an offensive analyst and strategy consultant last season, has been promoted to full-time assistant coach.
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Big Ten's Petitti: No support for SEC's at-large bid preference for College Football Playoff
Jul 22, 2025 4:41 pm - LAS VEGAS — The Big Ten commissioner doubled down on the league's preference for multiple automatic qualifiers in the next version of the College Football Playoff on Tues...
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Big Ten suggests to NCAA that Michigan has been punished enough for sign-stealing
Jul 21, 2025 8:24 pm - ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti sent a letter to the NCAA Committee on Infractions suggesting that Michigan's football program should not face more s...
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SEC coaches and players defend their dominance amid Big Ten's recent successJul 17, 2025 4:58 pm - ATLANTA — There was not a Big Ten player, coach or fan was in sight this week as the College Football Hall of Fame hosted SEC Media Days. Still, the SEC’s No. 1 rival fou...