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Every week for the duration of the 2025 regular season, USA TODAY Sports will provide timely updates to the NFL’s ever-evolving playoff picture − typically starting Sunday afternoon and then moving forward for the remainder of the week (through…

AI-assisted summary The special uniforms for the Army-Navy Game are a tradition that involves years of planning and research. Each academy works with its apparel company to create intricate designs that honor military history. The…

The Moore allegations – an ‘inappropriate relationship’ with a staffer – are seedy enough. But the Michigan athletic department has long been a cesspool, and that’s squarely on athletic director Warde Manuel. There was the…

After an encouraging start, Major League Baseball’s offseason has stalled out, kind of like an unwanted weather pattern. Its winter meetings produced a pair of semi-blockbuster deals for Kyle Schwarber and Pete Alonso, yet a…

AI-assisted summary Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen and New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye have the same agents and developed their friendship that way. Maye is an NFL MVP candidate in his second season and…

Kirby Smart would rather smash a nonconference opponent than face another SEC team next season. As CFP auto bids are awarded by conference championship games, shouldn’t teams play more than half the conference? Kirby Smart…

Have a night, Kyle Pitts. The Atlanta Falcons’ fifth-year tight end had the kind of game on ‘Thursday Night Football’ that his team hoped would be a lot more common when it made him the…

AI-assisted summary The Indianapolis Colts signed 44-year-old quarterback Philip Rivers out of retirement. Three teams, the Broncos, Patriots and Rams, can clinch playoff berths in Week 15. The Houston Texans are on a five-game winning…

Indiana won its first outright Big Ten title since 1945 and was rewarded with seven players on the 2025 USA TODAY Sports Network All-Big Ten team. Ten players earned unanimous first team All-Big Ten honors,…

The U.S. women’s senior national basketball team is one of the most dominant in history, winning eight consecutive Olympic golds dating back to the 1996 Atlanta Games. Many of the young stars vying for a…