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The 2025 WNBA playoff picture is coming into focus as the season enters the final stretch. Six teams have already punched their tickets to the postseason — the Minnesota Lynx (No. 1 overall seed), Las Vegas…

This weekend, as part of an otherwise largely bare Week 2 slate, two of the biggest brands and most decorated programs in the history of college football squared off. And one of them picked up…

The Pittsburgh Steelers will have one of their key players when the team opens against the New York Jets on Sunday. That player is defensive lineman Cam Heyward. The Steelers added over $3 million of…

There has been speculation that Philadelphia Eagles defensive lineman Jalen Carter could be suspended for spitting at Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott. That apparently won’t happen. A league official told USA TODAY Sports’ Jarrett Bell…

NEW YORK – Aryna Sabalenka won her fourth Grand Slam title, cementing her status as the world’s No. 1 player with a 6-3, 7-6(3) victory over Amanda Anisimova in the US Open final on Saturday.…

AI-assisted summary Readers debated with columnist Jarrett Bell about the Micah Parsons trade and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones. Several readers and Bell discussed the cancellation of Colin Kaepernick’s ESPN documentary and the legacy of…

All 32 NFL teams enter the 2025 season with varying expectations … but are some set too high? Lingering injuries and offseason business that encroaches into the season are often surefire ways to derail a…

It’s safe to assume Syracuse football coach Fran Brown was not happy with the Orange needing overtime to fend off UConn on Saturday, Sept. 6. Syracuse and Brown, a second-year head coach, entered the fourth…

The Cy-Hawk Trophy is staying in Ames, Iowa, with Iowa State football for another season. The Cyclones defeated in-state rival Iowa at home for the first time since 2011 on Saturday, Sept. 6, as Iowa…

College football’s opening act, with a rare trio of top-10 clashes, was going to be hard to top. But as the saying goes, one should not let the perfect be the enemy of the good.…