For decades, Christmas has been one of the biggest days of the year for the NBA, and the rest of the American sports landscape has taken a step back on the country’s biggest holiday. But in the last two years, the NFL has made it clear that it now sees Christmas as a big day on its calendar. And the …

FORT WORTH, Texas — OU’s Armed Forces Bowl matchup with Navy is one of the more intriguing showdowns of bowl season. It is Navy’s first bowl against an SEC opponent since the 1950s and a matchup of the Midshipmen’s triple option against the program where the option flourished for decades. It features Blake Horvath, one of the top running quarterbacks in …

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One day after Christmas, Pittsburgh and Toledo meet at Ford Field on Thursday in the GameAbove Sports Bowl, hoping to put a bow on a 2024 season that began with bigger wishes. The Panthers (7-5) were No. 18 in the initial 2024 College Football Playoff rankings on Nov. 5, three days after suffering their first loss at SMU. However, that 48-25 defeat to …

College football’s annual bowl game visit to Detroit has a new name. This year, the Pittsburgh Panthers (7-5) meet the Toledo Rockets (7-5) in the 2024 GameAbove Sports Bowl at Ford Field, home to the Detroit Lions. The Panthers lost five in a row in the ACC to close the regular season after beginning 7-0. The Rockets were a MAC contender before losing …

The NFL schedule makers didn’t do the Chiefs any favors by giving them a Sunday game in Week 15, followed by a Saturday game in Week 16, followed by a Wednesday game on Christmas in Week 17. The Chiefs responded by delivering three of their best performances of the season, and Patrick Mahomes says they’ve shown what kind of team …

Penn State is working to improve the depth at the wide receiver position for the 2025 season by attacking the transfer portal. Already with one wide receiver commitment out of the transfer portal, Penn State now has a second receiver coming to Happy Valley. Former Troy wide receiver Devonte Ross has committed to Penn State and is the third transfer …

The Kansas State football team has one last chance to turn the frown from a late-season slump upside down. The Wildcats (8-4), eager to reverse a disastrous month of November — three losses in the final four regular-season games — can head into the offseason in a much more positive frame of mind Thursday with a victory over Rutgers (7-5) …

N.C. State football and East Carolina will meet in a rivalry matchup at the Military Bowl before playing again in the 2025 season opener. The Wolfpack (6-6) reached bowl eligibility for the fifth straight season under head coach Dave Doeren and the Pirates (7-5) rallied under interim-turned-newly-hired coach Blake Harrell to secure a postseason bid. N.C. State and ECU play …

SOUTH BEND — As season-ending injuries have piled up and the stakes have risen for Notre Dame football, still alive in the College Football Playoff and set to face No. 2 Georgia on New Year’s Day, thoughts will drift back to late July and guest speaker Brian Johnson. As fall training camp was set to open, coach Marcus Freeman and …

LAWRENCE — Kansas football’s coaching staff has seem some changes among its 10 lead assistants since the 2024 season came to an end. Kansas assistant head coach/offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes left to become the offensive coordinator at Wisconsin, and the Jayhawks promoted co-offensive coordinator Jim Zebrowski. Kansas also hired Matt Lubick, a former KU analyst who was the offensive coordinator …

Former Wisconsin safety Kamo’i Latu committed to UConn this week. Latu entered the portal on Dec. 12 after three years with the program. He joins the Huskies for a final season of eligibility. Related: Wisconsin football 2024 transfer portal departure tracker Latu transferred to Wisconsin entering 2022 from Utah. He started for the Badgers that season, totaling 55 tackles, three tackles …

Dec. 25—Zevi Eckhaus knew about as much as the rest of the world did. Earlier this month, as the Washington State quarterback waited for star John Mateer to decide whether to stay or leave the school, Eckhaus didn’t have any tips on Mateer’s thinking, no clues on which way he might have been leaning. Eckhaus, the Cougars’ backup QB this …

SOUTH BEND — Gunner Stockton is three inches shorter and far less experienced than the Georgia quarterback he’s replacing, but Notre Dame football has plenty of respect for the Bulldogs’ injury replacement. “(Stockton) can run their offense,” Irish coach Marcus Freeman said Monday. “He does some things a little bit differently (than Carson Beck). He can extend plays with his legs. Good …

The Iowa Hawkeyes (8-4, 6-3 Big Ten) recently revealed their depth chart against Missouri (9-3, 5-3 SEC) in the TransPerfect Music City Bowl. Iowa freshman wide receiver Reece Vander Zee wasn’t listed, but Iowa head football coach Kirk Ferentz confirmed that it’s not a cause for concern. “I don’t know when we wrote that depth chart, it was probably last …