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TCU, North Carolina to kick off 2026 in Ireland
TCU and North Carolina will kick off the 2026 college football season in Dublin, Ireland.,The Aer Lingus College Football Classic will be held at Aviva Stadium on Aug. 29, 2026.,This will be the first overseas game for both schools.,"It's a tremendous opportunity for our program and we're excited to...
Cloud9 forge tie in North 2025 Split 2 positioning phase
Cloud9 used a head-to-head victory to move into a tie with FlyQuest atop the standings of the LTA North 2025 Split 2 positioning phase of the League of Legends tournament in Los Angeles on Sunday.,Cloud9 (5-1) played on blue and won the match against FlyQuest in 28 minutes. Lee "Loki" Sang-min of So...
Crazy Raccoon rally to win in grand final of Champions Clash
Crazy Raccoon swept NTMR in the lower-bracket final and overcame a pair of deficits in a 4-2 victory over Team Falcons in the grand final of the Overwatch Champions Series' 2025 Champions Clash on Sunday in Hangzhou, China.,Team Falcons captured the early advantage against Crazy Raccoon by sandwichi...
FlyQuest, Cloud9 post wins ahead of showdown in North 2025 Split 2
FlyQuest stayed unbeaten on Saturday in the LTA North 2025 Split 2 positioning phase of the League of Legends tournament in Los Angeles.,FlyQuest (5-0) defeated LYON in 29 minutes on blue to stay ahead of Cloud9 (4-1), who also played on blue in knocking off Team Liquid in 28 minutes. FlyQuest and C...
Team Falcons, NTMR move on at Champions Clash
Team Falcons and NTMR each recorded a victory on Saturday to advance to the upper-bracket final of the Overwatch Champions Series' 2025 Champions Clash in Hangzhou, China.,Eight teams qualified for spots in the double-elimination bracket, with a champion to be crowned Sunday.,Team Falcons posted a 3...
Saints 2025 NFL draft needs, picks, best fits, history
Unless the New Orleans Saints plan to reinvent the meaning of "generational talent," head coach Kellen Moore is going to need a quarterback. Possibly sooner than expected. ,Moore beat Derek Carr's Fresno State team by 50 when they shared the field in 2011. Moore was the quarterback at Boise State an...
Panthers 2025 NFL draft needs, picks, best fits, history
Panthers general manager Dan Morgan would do backflips for a shot at drafting Penn State edge Abdul Carter, but to hear him tell it this week, Carolina is out of the business of trading up for talent.,Morgan's most pressing roster weakness is the pass rush, but with Derrick Brown returning from a se...
Jets 2025 draft needs, picks, best fits, history
Back with the Jets as a first-time head coach, Aaron Glenn understands the monumental task at hand. ,New York ended an inglorious two-year partnership with quarterback Aaron Rodgers that netted 12 wins in two seasons and signed Justin Fields as the presumptive starter in the latest reboot of the off...
Raiders 2025 draft needs, picks, best fits, history
Pete Carroll turns 74 in September but nobody would know it by reading his energy. ,Carroll is back in coaching after a year away, taking over a Raiders' operation with 33 losses and three head coaches since 2022.,Changes Carroll wanted implemented were set in motion quickly. The No. 6 overall draft...
Jaguars 2025 draft needs, picks, best fits, history
Another year, another top five draft pick for the Jacksonville Jaguars. ,Owner Shad Khan reversed his initial decision to retain general manager Trent Baalke when he fired head coach Doug Pederson after a 4-13 season in 2024. But when head coach candidate Liam Coen pulled out of the running for the ...
2025 NFL Draft position series: Wide receivers
Projecting the right position for Heisman Trophy winner Travis Hunter might not have a wrong answer. ,Consider the Titans at No. 1 and Cleveland Browns right behind in the 2025 NFL Draft order disagree on which position best suits Hunter. At No. 3? That's the New York Giants, and general manager Joe...
More iconic L.A. sites confirmed as 2028 Olympic venues
The International Olympic Committee on Tuesday approved more venues for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, including an additional nine events that will take place in the L.A. city limits.,The nearby cities of Anaheim, Arcadia, Carson, Long Beach, Pomona, San Clements and South El Monte were either adde...
Jaguars wunderkind GM punts scouting norms to find 'intangibly rich' prospects
If you were looking for the new brass of the Jacksonville Jaguars at on-campus pro days or pondering which prospects came to town for "top 30" face-to-face visits, here's the short answer to those questions: They weren't there. ,As a new direction takes shape in Jacksonville with first-timers in the...
Panthers GM to peers: Call me about No. 8 pick
Repeating his earlier stance on moving down, Panthers general manager Dan Morgan again invited any general manager shopping for a top-10 pick to call Carolina about the No. 8 overall selection in the first round. ,With nine days to go before the 2025 NFL Draft begins, Morgan repeated his desire to t...
Patriots 2025 draft needs, picks, best fits, history
New England is back in the top five for the second consecutive draft after a stretch of 15 years between top-10 selections ended with third overall pick Drake Maye in 2024. ,With the quarterback position apparently locked down, all the Patriots have to do is ... figure out nearly everything else. ,M...
Giants 2025 draft needs, picks, best fits, history
When the Giants granted head coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen a reprieve at the end of a 3-14 season, there were no assurances on the longevity of their employment. ,It's now or never in New York.,But getting back in the passing lane in the NFC East with gaping holes on either side ...
Lions 2025 draft needs, picks, best fits, history
Almost untouchable until the Washington Commanders spoiled a Super Bowl plan in the postseason, the Detroit Lions did a lot of losing since the calendar turned to 2025.,Beyond another painful dismissal from the postseason, the Lions lost nearly half of their coaching staff. Offensive coordinator Ben...
2025 NFL Draft position series: Running backs
Bank on Boise State's Ashton Jeanty adding to evidence of an all-out running back revival in the NFL.,One of three running backs with a top-30 grade in what sets up as a bountiful class of prospects, the Broncos' ball-carrier is becoming a safe bet to be off the board in the top 12 picks. ,The last ...
Supernova, DhillDucks win berths in OWCS NA Stage 2
Supernova and DhillDucks won their way out of Overwatch's FACEIT League and into the Overwatch Champions Series 2025 NA Stage 2 thanks to wins in the relegation round of OWCS Stage 1 on Sunday.,Supernova posted 3-0 victories in the upper bracket over Amplify and Shikigami, the two teams who were for...
FlyQuest alone atop standings through 2 weeks of North 2025 Split 2
FlyQuest are the last unbeaten team at 4-0 through Sunday in the LTA North 2025 Split 2 positioning phase of the League of Legends tournament in Los Angeles.,Team Liquid (3-1), Cloud9 (3-1) and 100 Thieves (2-2) also were winners as the second of three weeks of positioning play concluded.,Eight team...