2025 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights

Bowl Watch List: Ranking non-playoff games by watchabilityThe College Football Playoff has certainly taken some of the shine off of bowl season.,Look no further than Notre Dame electing to opt out of a bowl game after it was left out of the CFP field on Sunday afternoon. Iowa State and Kansas State elected to opt out due to coaching changes this offseason....

Major League Soccer announces 2025 award finalistsMajor League Soccer announced the finalists for its 2025 year-end awards on Thursday.,Inter Miami's Lionel Messi, who won last year's Landon Donovan MLS MVP and whose three-year contract extension through 2028 was announced Thursday, is one of five finalists for the award again along with Denis Boua...

AFC West Primer: New season, same ChiefsA one-game margin separated the eventual Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos from the Chiefs the last time Kansas City failed to finish a season first in the AFC West. ,That Peyton Manning-led outfit ruled the roost with 12 wins in the regular season, and then Kansas City began its current nine-year ...

College football hot seat: Auburn, Florida State already sizzling

College football coaches were afforded a recruiting class's full cycle of four years to prove their value, barring major malfeasance, not all that long ago. ,Those days are long gone.,In today's ecosystem, when freshman signees rarely stay at the same program for four years and what was once conside...

ACC Primer: Can Miami -- or Georgia Tech -- catch Clemson?

It wasn't that long ago that the Atlantic Coast Conference was winning national titles at as high a rate as any conference.,Between 2013 and 2018, the ACC won three national championships (Florida State in 2013, Clemson in 2016 and 2018), more than any other conference over that span.,In the six yea...

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 ...

Titans 2025 draft needs, picks, best fits, history

Soliciting a package of top-100 picks and repeating the sentiment in media sessions that the franchise is "open for business" didn't bring a flotilla of trade offers to the Tennessee Titans.,So are the rebuilding Titans up a creek without a trade partner at No. 1?,Not exactly.,The franchise is armed...

UConn's Paige Bueckers confirms entry into WNBA draft

UConn star Paige Bueckers confirmed Friday she will enter the 2025 WNBA Draft.,Some had speculated she might delay entering the draft until next year, believing she didn't want to play for the Dallas Wings, who hold the No. 1 pick. She is projected to be taken first.,However, Bueckers, 23, told ESPN...