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No. 19 Iowa brings 'resilient' roster into clash vs. Minnesota
In his first year as head coach at Iowa, Ben McCollum is proud to see how resilient his players have proven to be.,McCollum wishes he could take more credit for it, however.,No. 19 Iowa (12-2, 2-1 Big Ten Conference) climbed six spots in this week's Top 25 and will look to maintain its hot start whe...

Louisville freshman Mikel Brown Jr. (back) out again vs. Duke
Louisville star freshman Mikel Brown Jr. will miss a fifth consecutive game Tuesday because of a lower back injury and will not be on the court when the No. 20 Cardinals face No. 6 Duke at home.,Brown has not played since Dec. 13 for Louisville (11-3, 1-1 ACC), including an 80-76 loss at Stanford on...

Browns fire two-time Coach of the Year Kevin Stefanski, retain GM
Browns general manager Andrew Berry was spared but head coach Kevin Stefanski is out in Cleveland. ,Franchise owner Jimmy Haslam confirmed the move Monday after the Browns ended the 2025 season with a 5-12 record. ,"This was a difficult decision and today is a tough day for our organization because ...

Rocco Becht commits to Penn State, joins coach Matt Campbell
Iowa State quarterback Rocco Becht announced Sunday that he has committed to Penn State, the school that hired Cyclones coach Matt Campbell early last month.,The commitment gives Campbell instant player leadership in Becht as he establishes his program at the Big Ten school.,<blockquote class="twitt...

Giants knock off Cowboys 34-17, letting Raiders clinch No. 1 draft pick
Jaxson Dart threw for 230 yards and two touchdowns as the New York Giants closed the season with a 34-17 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J.,Rookie kicker Ben Sauls added four field goals for New York (4-13), which could have earned the top overall choice in the next NFL d...

Myles Garrett sets NFL sack mark as Browns edge Bengals
CINCINNATI -- Myles Garrett had to wait until the final moments of the season finale to set the NFL sack record, but it was Cleveland's kicker that won the game as time expired to lift the Browns to a 20-18 win over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday.,Andre Szmyt, who missed a short field goal and an ...

Raiders clinch No. 1 pick as Giants knock off Cowboys
Jaxson Dart threw for 231 yards and two touchdowns as the New York Giants closed the season with a 34-17 win over the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday in East Rutherford, N.J.,Rookie kicker Ben Sauls added four field goals for New York (4-13), which could have earned the top overall choice in the next NFL d...

Browns DE Myles Garrett sets single-season sack record
Myles Garrett broke the NFL's single-season sack record Sunday during the fourth quarter of the Cleveland Browns' Week 18 finale.,Garrett tallied his 23rd sack by bursting off the right edge to haul down Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow with just over five minutes left on the clock. Teammat...

No. 25 Iowa builds lead, finishes win against UCLA
Bennett Stirtz scored 27 points, and No. 25-ranked Iowa rode a strong start to hold off visiting UCLA's second-half rally effort in a 74-61 decision on Saturday in Iowa City, Iowa.,The Hawkeyes (12-2, 2-1 Big Ten Conference) deluged the Bruins early, going on a 14-1 run midway through the first half...

Cowboys place RB Javonte Williams on IR
Dallas Cowboys running back Javonte Williams was placed on injured reserve Saturday, ending his career-best season.,Signed to a one-year, $3 million contract in March, Williams recorded personal bests in carries (252), rushing yards (1,201) and rushing touchdowns (11) in 16 games (all starts) this s...

Report: USF QB Byrum Brown to visit Auburn, former coach
South Florida quarterback Byrum Brown is entering the transfer portal and planning to visit Auburn and former Bulls head coach Alex Golesh, ESPN reported Saturday.,Brown, a 6-foot-3 senior from Raleigh, N.C., has one season of eligibility remaining. On3 first reported that he would visit Auburn this...

Robby Ashford (5 total TDs), Wake Forest outslug Mississippi State in Mayo Bowl
Robby Ashford passed for 303 yards and three touchdowns and also rushed for two touchdowns to lead Wake Forest to a 43-29 victory over Mississippi State on Friday night in the Duke's Mayo Bowl at Charlotte, N.C.,Ashford, who earned MVP honors, completed 20 of 33 passes with one interception and rush...

SMU avoids collapse, holds off No. 17 Arizona at Holiday Bowl
T.J. Harden ran for two touchdowns, Kevin Jennings amassed 278 yards through the air and SMU defeated No. 17 Arizona 24-19 to win the Holiday Bowl on Friday night in San Diego.,SMU (9-4) was ahead 24-0 at halftime and had to overcome Jennings' three second-half interceptions to pick up its first bow...

No. 3 Iowa State handles WVU, equals school's best start
Joshua Jefferson notched a triple-double and Milan Momcilovic scored a game-high 26 points as No. 3 Iowa State rolled to an 80-59 win over West Virginia in the teams' Big 12 Conference opener Friday in Ames, Iowa.,Jefferson finished with 10 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, while Momcilovic made 8...

Blake Horvath, Navy seniors go out in style, top Cincinnati in Liberty Bowl
Blake Horvath threw two touchdown passes and ran for another score to propel Navy to a 35-13 victory over short-handed Cincinnati in the Liberty Bowl on Friday in rainy Memphis.,Eli Heidenreich contributed 126 yards of offense and had a touchdown catch as the Midshipmen (11-2) won their fourth strai...

Texas State romps past Rice at Armed Forces Bowl
Brad Jackson threw for 173 yards and accounted for four touchdowns as Texas State walloped Rice 41-10 in the Armed Forces Bowl on Friday in Fort Worth, Texas.,Jackson completed 17 of 24 passes with three scores for the Bobcats (7-6), who finished the season with a four-game winning streak. He added ...

Georgia Tech making strides, faces Boston College next
Georgia Tech does yet not have a victory over a Power Five opponent this season, but after going toe-to-toe with the No. 6 team in the country Wednesday, the Yellow Jackets have some newfound confidence.,They will have a chance to show if recent improvements have paid off during their ACC tilt with ...

No. 25 Iowa prepares for clash of defenses vs. UCLA
No. 25 Iowa gets a visit 36 years in the making when UCLA makes its way to Iowa City, Iowa, as Big Ten Conference play resumes Saturday.,The Hawkeyes (11-2, 1-1 Big Ten) ride a three-game winning streak in which they scored 90-plus points in each victory. The most recent of which was a 90-62 romp vs...

Last-minute field goal lifts Ole Miss past Georgia, into CFP semis
Lucas Carneiro drilled a tiebreaking 47-yard field goal with six seconds left, propelling No. 6 Ole Miss to a 39-34 victory over No. 3 Georgia in the College Football Playoff quarterfinal at the Sugar Bowl on Thursday in New Orleans.,Trinidad Chambliss threw a 40-yard pass to De'Zhaun Stribling on t...

Alabama QB Ty Simpson sustained cracked rib in Rose Bowl loss
Alabama quarterback Ty Simpson said he cracked a rib in the first half of the Crimson Tide's 38-3 College Football Playoff quarterfinal loss to Indiana in the Rose Bowl at Pasadena, Calif., on Thursday.,The hit came when Simpson was drilled by Indiana's D'Angelo Ponds while scrambling for a first do...