ARLINGTON, Texas — Texas coach Steve Sarkisian, a California native, opened the Cotton Bowl news conference Thursday by offering thoughts and prayers for everyone affected by the ongoing wildfires in the greater Los Angeles area, and for those impacted by a deadly terror attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day. “With the recent tragic events in New Orleans and …
The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! Shedeur Sanders and the Colorado Buffaloes looked snazzy even as they scuffled to put away North Dakota State in the season opener. The motif around the league was definitely “new” — from head coaches to sharp-looking uniforms to coordinators calling plays to temporary stadiums and to …
Dallas’ Jason Kidd, left, and Golden State’s Steve Kerr are two of the few NBA players to have success as a head coach with no previous experience. A look at how former NBA players before JJ Redick fared when they became first-time head coaches without any previous experience : Name; Team; Year; Record* Steve Nash, Brooklyn; 2020-23; 101-76 Derek Fisher; …
LAS VEGAS — At halftime of the Utah-Arizona State first-round conference tournament game, the Pac-12 mascots engaged in a game of musical chairs. Even Puddles the Duck, on the day that Oregon suffered the largest defeat in Pac-12 history, jumps on top of the pile of mascots after he’s already lost the game. Before the Cardinal’s opening game against California, …
The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! College football’s busy recruiting calendar created a particularly hectic first few weeks on the job for all the head coaches who switched schools over the last month. When Nick Saban announced his retirement last month, it set off a chain reaction that resulted in head coaching …
The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Chris Beard’s nomadic journey struck a vein of gold in his 12th coaching stop at Texas Tech, with a gritty pack of ball-hawking players grasping the program’s first Final Four. “I’m so happy for the people at Auburn who have been waiting forever to get …