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Joey Chestnut massive favorite to eat way back to Nathan's hot dog title
Joey Chestnut, who has won Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest a record 16 times, is back after being banned last year and is expected by the oddsmakers to secure his 17th title on the Fourth of July in New York.,Out of the 2024 competition in Coney Island due to a sponsorship dispute, Chestnut is a -25...
Joey Chestnut returning to Nathan's hot dog contest
Joey Chestnut resolved his beef with the Nathan's Hot Dog Eating Contest and will make his return to the event on July 4 at Coney Island, N.Y.,The 16-time champion did not participate in last year's contest because of a disagreement regarding his conflicting sponsorship with Impossible Foods, a comp...
Minkah Fitzpatrick's brother, No. 3 CB prospect, commits to Georgia
Justice Fitzpatrick, a four-star cornerback in the Class of 2026 and the younger brother of NFL star Minkah Fitzpatrick, committed to play for Georgia on Tuesday.,The younger Fitzpatrick is considered the No. 3 cornerback in his class and No. 47 overall prospect by the 247Sports composite rankings.,...
Report: Mississippi State targeting Virginia's Brian O'Connor as coach
Mississippi State is reportedly zeroing in on its new head baseball coach with Virginia's Brian O'Connor as the top target.,According to D1Baseball.com, O'Connor stands as the first option to take over the Bulldogs' program, with a deal reportedly in the works.,The Cavaliers' coach since 2004, O'Con...
Jared Curtis, No. 1 QB in 2026, commits to Georgia
Georgia has landed their quarterback of the future as Jared Curtis, the nation's top QB prospect in 2026, committed to the Bulldogs on Monday.,The No. 2 overall prospect according to the 247Sports composite made the announcement at a ceremony at his high school in Nashville, Tenn., selecting Georgia...
Georgia freshman F Asa Newell declares for NBA draft
Georgia big man Asa Newell is entering the 2025 NBA Draft, his representatives confirmed Wednesday to ESPN.,The 6-foot-11 freshman averaged 15.4 points and 6.9 rebounds in 33 starts for the Bulldogs this season.,Newell is ranked as the No. 21 prospect in the ESPN draft projections.,Newell made the S...
Texas A&M names Samford's Bucky McMillan as head coach
Texas A&M tabbed Samford head coach Bucky McMillan to the same post with the Aggies on Saturday.,A three-time Southern Conference coach of the year (2022-24), McMillan replaces Buzz Williams at College Station. Williams accepted the head coaching job with Maryland on Tuesday, two days after former T...
Jamion Christian replaces Phil Martelli Jr. at Bryant
Bryant hired Jamion Christian as the new head coach of its men's basketball team on Thursday.,Christian, 42, previously held that role at alma mater Mount St. Mary's (2012-18), Siena (2018-19) and George Washington (2019-22). He spent the past couple of seasons coaching a professional team in Italy....
Pierre Brooks' late layup lets Butler sink Utah at Crown
Pierre Brooks scored a layup with 3.2 seconds left to help Butler beat Utah 86-84 in the first round of the College Basketball Crown tournament on Monday afternoon in Las Vegas.,Gabe Madsen tied the game for Utah on a 3-pointer with 1:17 left and the Utes had a chance to take the lead, but Miro Litt...
No. 1 Houston blocks 3-pointer late to hold off No. 8 Gonzaga
L.J. Cryer made six 3-pointers and matched his career high of 30 points as top-seeded Houston earned its sixth straight Sweet 16 berth with an 81-76 victory over No. 8 Gonzaga on Saturday night in West Region second-round play in Wichita, Kan.,The Cougars' Ja'Vier Francis blocked the 3-point shot of...
Houston, Gonzaga bring marquee names to 2nd-round matchup
Gonzaga has its sights on qualifying for its 10th consecutive Sweet 16 berth.,Standing in the way is Houston, one of the favorites of the entire tournament.,Two of the better programs in the land will throw haymakers at one another Saturday when the top-seeded Cougars battle the No. 8 Bulldogs in Mi...
Precocious coaches get together as Texas Tech faces Drake
Grant McCasland is trying to steer Texas Tech to the Sweet 16 for the fourth time in the past seven NCAA Tournaments and the first time in his two seasons at the school.,Standing in his way is his best friend, Drake coach Ben McCollum.,Rest assured that the friendship will be on pause for a few hour...
March Madness Underdog Watch: Which Underdogs Are Ready to Bark on Friday?
Keep an eye on these three underdogs to pull an upset on Friday as the 2025 NCAA Tournament looks to get crazy with some unforeseen upsets. ...
Gonzaga bulldozes Georgia to win 16th straight NCAA opener
Khalif Battle recorded 24 points and eight rebounds as eighth-seeded Gonzaga trampled ninth-seeded Georgia 89-68 on Thursday in Midwest Region first-round play at Wichita, Kan.,Braden Huff added 18 points and eight rebounds as Gonzaga came charging out of the gates like Secretariat with a 27-3 ambus...
Georgia WR Nitro Tuggle arrested for reckless driving
Georgia wide receiver Nitro Tuggle faces charges of reckless driving and speeding following his arrest on Thursday morning.,Athens-Clarke County Police booked the rising sophomore on the two misdemeanor charges just before 2 a.m. ET and released him on a $20 cash bond an hour later, according to onl...
Akron, Drake, Grand Canyon top NCAA Tournament Cinderella candidates
Favorites are easier to follow in the NCAA Tournament, factoring familiarity and knowledge of known commodities with single-digit seeding in the bracket.,Spoiler alert: An underrated Cinderella team or three will pull an upset most don't see coming this week and fracture many bracket predictions alo...
No. 21 Missouri outlasts Mississippi State's comeback bid
Tamar Bates scored 25 points to lead seventh-seeded Missouri to an 85-73 win over 10th-seed Mississippi State in the second round of the SEC tournament Thursday in Nashville.,Tony Perkins added 20 points for the Tigers (22-10), who beat the Bulldogs for the second time this season.,But while the Tig...
No. 6 St. John's stirs 1980s memories prepping for Butler
NEW YORK -- For the first time in nearly 40 years, St. John's enters the Big East tournament as the top seed.,After winning their first outright regular-season title since the 1984-85 season, the No. 6 Red Storm (27-4) open their quest to win their first conference tournament since 2000 when they fa...
Butler advances with wire-to-wire win over Providence
NEW YORK -- Pierre Brooks II scored 25 points and ninth-seeded Butler earned a wire-to-wire 75-69 victory over eighth-seeded Providence in the opening round of the Big East tournament on Wednesday.,The Bulldogs (14-18) snapped a four-game losing streak and advanced to a matchup with top-seeded St. J...
Georgia looks to improve NCAA tourney seeding vs. Oklahoma
There is plenty on the line for both Georgia and Oklahoma when the pair square off in the first round of the SEC tournament on Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn.,For the Bulldogs (20-11), the No. 11 seed in the tournament going against the No. 14 Sooners (19-12), an NCAA Tournament berth appears secure.,...