Brian Robinson Yusuf Dikec is the living, breathing embodiment of the glory of boring. Dikec, as you may have seen if you’re as chronically online as I am, won the silver medal in pistol shooting at the Paris Olympics with the most casual form you’ll ever see in Olympic competition. Wearing a t-shirt and jeans with one hand stuffed in …

A thrilling 2023 high school football season in the Southland was capped off by Mount Carmel winning its second consecutive Class 7A state championship. This fall, the Caravan will go for the three-peat while the rest of the area’s schools start fresh with their own dreams of glory. Many of last year’s stars return while there are plenty of fresh …

The quarterback position is deeper than ever in fantasy football. Someone who just posted the highest YPA in NFL history isn’t being drafted as a top-10 QB, while a four-time MVP winner with a star at WR is going at QB20. Justin Herbert has been the QB8 on average over his four years in the league, yet he’s the QB19 …

. A former Nebraska basketball recruit committed to a Big Ten rival. Last week, McKenzie Mathurin committed to the Michigan Wolverines. Mathurin is a shooting guard for Broken Arrow High School in Broken Arrow, OK. In 25 games last season, she averaged 21.7 points, 6.0 rebounds, 1.3 assists, and 2.1 steals per game. ESPN ranked her the No. 55 recruit …

Not all six quarterbacks drafted in the top 12 of this past NFL Draft are going to hit. There will be busts. It’s inevitable. Yet, there was nothing to worry about after one preseason week. The story of the preseason was going to be the rookie QBs and the story of the first week was how good they all looked. …

After years of discussions, negotiations and preparation, Texas finally joins the SEC. But how do the Longhorns stack up as they enter the toughest conference in college football? This summer, the American-Statesman is ranking each SEC team position by position. We will assign points for each team at each position, with 16 for the leader and one for 16th place. …

It’s just preseason. You hear that all the time across the NFL in August, because the scores and outcomes don’t matter and teams hold out many of their best players to avoid injuries. This weekend, for one reason or another, 665 players on NFL rosters didn’t play, an average of 20.8 per team. But what this weekend’s preseason games did …

Regrets? New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers has a few. Though he’s known for doing things his way, not all of his decisions have proven to be wise. And one in particular stands out to him. In a new unauthorized biography by Ian O’Connor, “Out of the Darkness: The Mystery of Aaron Rodgers,” Rodgers told O’Connor that he wishes he …

Welcome to the first part of the Yahoo Sports 2024 preseason college football Top 25. With the College Football Playoff expanding to 12 teams this season, we figured we’d reveal our top 25 a little differently than usual. Below are previews for the teams that are ranked Nos. 13-25 in our top 25 and we’ll roll out previews for the …

Not all six quarterbacks drafted in the top 12 of this past NFL Draft are going to hit. There will be busts. It’s inevitable. Yet, there was nothing to worry about after one preseason week. The story of the preseason was going to be the rookie QBs and the story of the first week was how good they all looked. …

. The No. 1 offensive tackle in the class of 2025 is projected to commit to an SEC school next week. David Sanders Jr. is now predicted to head to Tennessee for his collegiate career. Sanders Jr. narrowed down his choices to the Vols, Nebraska, Ohio State, and Georgia. The 6-foot-6, 290-pound lineman visited Lincoln twice in the last three …

Not all six quarterbacks drafted in the top 12 of this past NFL Draft are going to hit. There will be busts. It’s inevitable. Yet, there was nothing to worry about after one preseason week. The story of the preseason was going to be the rookie QBs and the story of the first week was how good they all looked. …

The Wisconsin Badgers are reportedly among the programs heavily involved in the recruitment of top-ranked class of 2026 running back Javian Osborne. On3’s Vice President Steve Wiltfong recently reported that Osborne ‘will be back at Texas A&M for its opener vs. Notre Dame,’ ‘is aiming to see Texas play a couple times this fall’ and ‘will perhaps get up to …

Bo Nix hasn’t been named the Broncos starting quarterback, but he made a pretty good argument for the job on Sunday. The first-round pick was 15-of-21 for 125 yards and a touchdown in Denver’s preseason opener. One of those completions was a 22-yard strike that he delivered to veteran wideout Courtland Sutton while on the move and the Broncos scored …

We’re guaranteed to see a Group of Five team in the College Football Playoff. The 12-team format includes five spots for conference champions and seven at-large bids. With four power conferences left standing after the Pac-12 dissolved, a conference champion from the AAC, Conference USA, MAC, Mountain West or Sun Belt will make the postseason. There are a handful of …