Predicting the College Football Playoff rankings: It’s Alabama vs. SMU, Miami and the ACC

Predicting the College Football Playoff rankings: It’s Alabama vs. SMU, Miami and the ACC

The College Football Playoff bracket was again flipped on its head in Rivalry Week. So what will the penultimate selection committee rankings look like Tuesday night? You can’t start a conversation about the rankings without mentioning Ohio State. The Buckeyes, ranked No. 2 last week, lost to rival Michigan for the fourth consecutive year, this … Read more

The art of college football recruiting flips: ‘It’s almost like a breakup. It’s so disheartening’

The art of college football recruiting flips: ‘It’s almost like a breakup. It’s so disheartening’

Sterling Sanders could feel the tears coming on. It was late October and Sanders was elated. He’d just committed to Boston College inside coach Bill O’Brien’s office. A handshake sealed the deal. The three-star defensive lineman from Blytheville, S.C., had always dreamed of playing at the Power 4 level but wasn’t sure whether the opportunity … Read more

Jonas Thurman is Chaminade’s leader and big-time scorer

Jonas Thurman is Chaminade’s leader and big-time scorer

To say that four-year varsity basketball player Jonas Thurman has had a great seven-game start for unbeaten Chaminade would be an understatement. Last week the 6-foot-3 senior scored 48 points in a win over Calabasas, the second most in school history behind Keith Higgins’ 51 points. Thurman is averaging 25.5 points and 10 rebounds a … Read more

Talent agency Gersh acquires sports representation firm You First

Talent agency Gersh acquires sports representation firm You First

Beverly Hills-based talent agency Gersh is acquiring Madrid-based sports representation firm You First in a major expansion that marks the firm’s entry into the highly competitive business of working with athletes. The deal, announced Tuesday, doubles the agency’s staff to more than 600 people. Additionally, the pact expands Gersh’s footprint to 22 offices in 14 … Read more

The Transfer Radar 2025: The Athletic’s ultimate guide to players who could be on the move

The Transfer Radar 2025: The Athletic’s ultimate guide to players who could be on the move

Florian Wirtz is a jewel of German football and was central to Bayer Leverkusen’s unbeaten domestic double last season, winning the Bundesliga’s player of the year award. Alongside Bayern Munich’s Jamal Musiala, he has become the great hope of Julian Nagelsmann’s national team, too, and will be fundamental to Germany’s challenge at the 2026 World … Read more

NFL suspends Texans’ Azeez Al-Shaair for 3 games after hit on Trevor Lawrence

NFL suspends Texans’ Azeez Al-Shaair for 3 games after hit on Trevor Lawrence

Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair was suspended three games for his late hit on Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawerence that led to him being carted off the field with a concussion in their game on Sunday, the league announced on Tuesday.  NFL Vice President of Football Operations Jon Runyan announced that Al-Shaair would be suspended … Read more