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Nebraska shocked the college football world by hiring Mike Riley from Oregon State as their new head coach. The Cornhuskers obviously used a stealth approach to the hire because there was no mention of interest in Riley prior to him being hired. One …
Chip Kelly dropped an absolute gem of a quote on Thursday when talking about the Florida Gators head coaching job. Kelly was mentioned as a person of interest for the Gators during the school’s search to replace Will Muschamp. The former Oregon …
Ben Roethlisberger on Wednesday denied a report that says he has a broken bone in his wrist. Roethlisberger hurt his hand in the first quarter of the Steelers’ Week 12 loss to the Saints and struggled with his accuracy all game. Bleacher Report …
The Dodgers appear to be the mystery team in the Jon Lester sweepstakes. We have heard all along that the Red Sox, Cubs and Giants were the teams most interested in the southpaw pitcher. Additionally, a report on Wednesday said the Yankees were in on …
Colin Kaepernick has fallen off so much as a quarterback that executives and quarterback coaches would prefer to have Derek Carr over him moving forward. Former Eagles scout and current media member John Middlekauff published an article on The …
It’s been a while since we’ve heard from Joel Embiid. Luckily for the sports world, the Philadelphia 76ers finally got their first win of the season, giving Embiid a reason to celebrate. The former Kansas star returned to Twitter on …
Wednesday was not Kyle O’Quinn’s night. First O’Quinn embarrassed himself by missing a wide open shot by either letting the ball slip out of his hands, or bouncing it off his own head. It was such a uniquely odd play, I’m …
Orlando Magic rookie point guard Elfrid Payton embarrassed himself in a big way on Wednesday. Late in the first quarter of the Magic’s game against the Clippers, Payton went to the line and missed consecutive free throws. But he didn’t …
The Denver Post fired hockey writer Adrian Dater on Wednesday, a few days after some of his improper social media conduct was exposed. Some of Dater’s improper social media behavior included asking a woman for nude photos via Twitter’s …
Urban Meyer has coached at Ohio State for three years and has gone 24-0 in conference play. Despite his undefeated record in the conference, Meyer has never been selected Big Ten Coach of the Year. Not even this year, when he helped lead the Buckeyes …
Was there even ever a doubt? Steph Curry drained a game-winning 3-pointer with under three seconds left to lift the Golden State Warriors to a 98-97 win over the visiting Orlando Magic in Oakland on Tuesday night. Elfrid Payton had just missed a …
The Oakland A’s decision to trade Josh Donaldson this offseason came as a shocker, even by Billy Beane standards. Donaldson has been the A’s best player and was an MVP candidate the past two years. Why would the team be motivated to deal …
We already know that Jim McElwain is a candidate for the Florida job, but now we’ve hit second-level indicators of interest. Florida AD Jeremy Foley spent a good part of the day meeting with McElwain at the coach’s home on Tuesday. He …
Brady Hoke received a flurry of support from his players the day he was fired as head coach at Michigan after four years on the job. Hoke was canned Tuesday amid a 5-7 season that included losses to rivals Ohio State, Notre Dame and Michigan State. …
An alleged Jameis Winston Snapchat message went viral on Tuesday at the same time the quarterback was having his student code of conduct hearing at Florida State. The Snapchat screenshot purports to show the Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback asking …
UAB announced to its athletes Tuesday that they will be dropping their football, rifle and bowling programs after the academic year. Unsurprisingly, many of the school’s football players had an emotional reaction to the news. Below are some …
