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Ben Griffin, Matti Schmid lead at Charles Schwab with shot at first individual wins
Ben Griffin and Germany's Matti Schmid shot 2-under-par 68s in the third round of the Charles Schwab Challenge to maintain the top spots Saturday in their quests for breakthrough victories this weekend at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.,Griffin and Schmid have been tied at the end of all...

Ben Griffin, Matti Schmid share lead after going low at Charles Schwab
Ben Griffin and Germany's Matti Schmid share the 36-hole lead at the Charles Schwab Challenge after they each posted 7-under-par rounds of 63 on Friday in Fort Worth, Texas.,Griffin and Schmid stand at 11-under 129 through two rounds at Colonial Country Club. They take a two-shot lead into the weeke...

Keith Mitchell opens with 61, leads Truist Championship
Keith Mitchell used a late birdie run to shoot a 9-under-par 61 and take the early lead at the Truist Championship on Thursday in Flourtown, Pa.,Mitchell started his first round at the Philadelphia Cricket Club's Wissahickon Course on the back nine and parred his first five holes. After birdieing No...

Akron ineligible for postseason due to low Academic Progress Rate
Akron football hasn't played in a bowl game since 2017, and the Zips will enter the 2025 season knowing the postseason won't happen this year, either.,Akron failed to meet NCAA-imposed academic standards last season, falling below the organization's minimum Academic Progress Rate score of 930. Accor...

CFP dates, times locked in; Rose Bowl moves up one hour
The College Football Playoff announced game times for the 2026 quarterfinals and semifinals and the national championship game on Tuesday.,The CFP championship, to be played in Miami Gardens, Fla., will be played on the third Monday in January for the second straight year, Jan. 19, with a 7:30 p.m. ...

Report: QB Drew Pyne heading to Bowling Green, his fourth school
Quarterback Drew Pyne will make Bowling Green his fourth Division I school, he told ESPN on Monday.,Coming out of high school in Connecticut, Pyne was listed as a four-star prospect and the No. 8 pro-style quarterback in the Class of 2020 by the 247Sports composite. He committed to Notre Dame out of...

Carmelo Anthony, Dwight Howard head 2025 Hall of Fame class
Former NBA stars Carmelo Anthony and Dwight Howard, along with former women's star Sue Bird, highlighted a decorated group named to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame's Class of 2025 on Saturday.,Women's stars Maya Moore and Sylvia Fowles, head coach Billy Donovan, Miami Heat owner Micky Arison, r...

Dodgers star Mookie Betts to own World Bowling League franchise
Avid bowler -- and Los Angeles Dodgers star -- Mookie Betts has bought the first announced team in the new World Bowling League.,The league's owner, League Sports Co., announced the purchase on Tuesday but didn't reveal financial terms.,Betts is buying the team with Cam Lewis, his business partner w...

Eagles extend, enrich standout RT Lane Johnson
The Philadelphia Eagles and six-time Pro Bowl right tackle Lane Johnson agreed to a one-year contract extension on Monday, keeping him in the fold for the Super Bowl champs through the 2027 season.,Johnson, a 12-year veteran, all with Philadelphia, is having a total of $8 million added for the next ...

Eagles to celebrate Super Bowl win at White House
Eagles are welcome in the White House, and Philadelphia accepted an invitation to celebrate its Super Bowl LIX win on April 28. ,Two days after the completion of the 2025 NFL Draft, the Eagles are scheduled to attend a ceremony at the White House honoring the 2024 champions for their win over the Ka...

Report: Eddie George agrees to become Bowling Green's coach
Former Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George is heading back to Ohio after agreeing to a five-year contract to become the head coach at Bowling Green, ESPN reported on Sunday.,George, 51, has posted a 24-22 record over the past four seasons as the head coach at FCS Tennessee State. He led the Tigers to...

Record Super Bowl LIX audience boosted to 191.1M by Nielsen
For the second time since Super Bowl LIX, Nielsen has adjusted its calculation of how many people tuned into the game.,What was already a record audience now stands at 191.9 million people who viewed at least one minute of the Philadelphia Eagles' 40-22 win over the Kansas City Chiefs, Nielsen said ...

Fancy wins Madden Bowl to complete dream season
Top-seeded Jacob "Fancy" Worthington completed the best season in Madden Championship Series history, beating second-seeded Jonathan "JonBeast" Marquez 31-28 to win the Madden Bowl on Monday in London.,Fancy, from Frisco, Texas, previously won the Kickoff Challenge and the Most Feared Challenge in t...

New York nabs final TGL playoff spot; Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods out
New York Golf Club scored five points over the final four holes to pull away for a 10-6 victory over Boston Common Golf, clinching a playoff berth while eliminating Rory McIlroy's team from contention on Monday in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.,New York's Xander Schauffele "threw the hammer" at the par-3 ...

No Palmer exemptions for Rickie Fowler, Jordan Spieth, says grandson
Sam Saunders, the grandson of Arnold Palmer, told Golfweek on Thursday that despite their popularity, Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth would not receive exemptions into the field for the Arnold Palmer Invitational next month.,Saunders, himself a professional golfer, said he was part of the sponsor ex...

Jake Knapp still leads Cognizant; Luke Clanton clinches tour card
Jake Knapp followed his opening-round 59 with a far more modest, 1-under-par 70 but birdied his final hole to take a one-stroke lead as play wound down Friday at the Cognizant Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.,Knapp will head into the weekend at 13-under 129 holding a one-stroke lead over Frenchma...

Rescheduled Madden Bowl heads to London
After a PlayStation Network outage caused the postponement of the Madden Bowl during Super Bowl week in New Orleans, the rescheduled event is going overseas.,The Madden Bowl will be contested Monday, when Jonathan "JonBeast" Marquez and Jacob "Fancy" Worthington will face off in London.,"We're looki...

Seahawks GM: Pro Bowl OL Jason Peters to retire
Nine-time Pro Bowl offensive tackle Jason Peters is expected to retire after 19 NFL seasons, Seattle Seahawks general manager John Schneider told reporters at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis on Tuesday.,Schneider said Peters will take a job in the team's player engagement department. Per th...

Report: Eagles 'look forward' to White House visit
The Philadelphia Eagles gladly would accept the invitation to the White House traditionally extended to Super Bowl champions, multiple outlets reported.,That refutes rumors that reached a crescendo Monday that Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie would decline to visit with President Donald Trump.,Front Offic...

49ers release LB Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles
The San Francisco 49ers released linebacker Demetrius Flannigan-Fowles on Tuesday after five seasons with the team.,Flannigan-Fowles, 28, was a big contributor on special teams who also started three of 12 games he played in 2024. He had one interception and 17 tackles, with one tackle for loss.,Aft...