It wouldn’t be rivalry weekend in college football without some drama, and Saturday delivered several chippy moments: fights, verbal spats, heated flag plants, and in one instance, a trident plant. Ohio State and Michigan, one of the sport’s most heated rivalries, started the day’s chaos when a fight broke out after the Wolverines upset the […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — How bad can it be? Josh Heupel was on his way to messing around and finding out. Perfect Saturday for it, too. Rivalry week always delivers anyway, but rivalry week during this roller coaster of clown cars on fire of a 2024 college football season? A few hours after Georgia somehow escaped
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CLEMSON, S.C. — Earlier this fall, South Carolina head coach Shane Beamer got a text message from another SEC coach who had reached out to sing the praises of Beamer’s quarterback, LaNorris Sellers. South Carolina had just defeated then-No. 10 Texas A&M and Sellers had accounted for 350 yards of offense. ‘You’ve got bleeping Superman
Passing offense: Texas 279.7 yards per game (17th nationally), Texas A&M 208.7 (86) Rushing offense: Texas 169.6 (58), Texas A&M 208.4 (17) Total offense: Texas 449.4 (18), Texas A&M 417.1 (44) Passing defense: Texas 143.5 (2), Texas A&M 227.7 (81) Rushing defense: Texas 104.0 (13), Texas A&M 128.4 (41) Total defense: Texas 247.5 (2), Texas
By Austin Meek, Cameron Teague Robinson and Ralph Russo COLUMBUS, Ohio — Michigan extended Ohio State’s rivalry misery by upsetting the No. 2 Buckeyes 13-10 on Saturday at Ohio Stadium after Dominic Zvada made a 21-yard field goal with 45 seconds left. It’s the Wolverines’ fourth consecutive win against Ohio State, their longest winning streak
The United States duked out a rather tepid 0-0 game against England at Wembley in front of 78,346 fans. The U.S. women’s national team looked like a team of players mostly out of season and preparing to hunker down for some time off. There were flashes of excitement; after all, this is a roster minus
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Nuno Espirito Santo believes Chris Wood can keep thriving at the highest level for several years yet, after seeing him become Nottingham Forest’s joint-top Premier League goalscorer. Wood’s 24th Forest goal in the top flight — and his ninth of the season — was enough to secure a 1-0 win over Ipswich Town at the
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Newcastle United drew 1-1 with Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park after a late equaliser from Daniel Munoz. In a game of few chances for Eddie Howe’s side, they relied on a well-worked free kick in the second half to set up their goal, which was turned into the Palace net by Marc Guehi following Anthony
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Small caps just had their first historic week in three years, and one exchange-traded fund expert predicts the group’s record highs will help drive investors back into the group. “Small caps are going to become more in favor in 2025,” VettaFi’s Todd Rosenbluth said on CNBC’s “ETF Edge” this week. “They started to perk up
