Ashton Jeanty was into basketball more than football as a kid. So before he grew up to be a 5-foot-9 battering ram in cleats, his favorite athlete was LeBron James. Jeanty, who bounced around the globe as the son of a Naval officer, spent a chunk of his childhood in Florida when James was on … Read more
Travis Hunter is arriving in the NFL with a huge profile thanks to his stellar college career. The two-way star landed the Heisman Trophy after dominating as a wide receiver and cornerback for the Colorado Buffaloes. 4 Hunter and Leanna Lenee met in high schoolCredit: Instagram@db3_tip Hunter got an early taste of the increased spotlight … Read more
For those who dozed through it, or flipped to more compelling fare in the NFL, here’s a brief recap of the rollout of the much-anticipated College Football Playoff. Average final score: Winners 36, Losers 17. In four games, not a single one was closer than a 10-point margin, and even that one felt worse. In … Read more
By Pete Sampson, Joe Rexrode and Seth Emerson SOUTH BEND, Ind. — No. 7 Notre Dame cruised past No. 10 Indiana 27-17 in the first game of the 12-team College Football Playoff on Friday night. The Fighting Irish advance to play No. 2 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1. Two interceptions in the … Read more
Who will win the first 12-team College Football Playoff? Six teams received at least one vote in our survey of 30 college football writers and editors at The Athletic, a big change from 10 years of postseason tournaments in which only four teams were in the field. Though Oregon got a majority of the votes, plenty … Read more
The NBA has a billion dollar problem with no obvious solution. 3-pointers are at an all-time high, but TV ratings are plummeting despite The Association’s best efforts to make their once bulletproof product more appealing. 5 Not even the league’s best stars can stop the NBA’s rotCredit: Getty Viewership for the entire NBA is down … Read more
Travis Hunter should be celebrating his Heisman Trophy win. Instead, the Colorado Buffaloes two-way star is defending himself and his fiancée Leanna Lenee amid a wave of online negativity. 5 Hunter won the most prestigious individual award in college football over the weekendCredit: AP Lenee received backlash after appearing unsupportive of her partner as he … Read more
The connection between the greatest coach in NFL history and the greatest basketball player who ever lived just got a whole lot stronger. Bill Belichick, the architect of six Super Bowl titles with the New England Patriots and Tom Brady’s former mentor, is venturing into the world of college football for the first time to … Read more
Bill Belichick may have found his next home. The six-time Super Bowl winning head coach has reportedly found his first coaching role since leaving the New England Patriots, but only if his demands and conditions are to be met. 2 Belichick has been linked with a return to the sidelines, in a shocking twistCredit: Getty … Read more