COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — While standout receiver Jeremiah Smith continues to make headlines for No. 5 Ohio State, coach Ryan Day is focused on other things as the Buckeyes approach the midpoint of the regular season. Three of Day's priorities came up early in his weekly news conference ...
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) — Big Ten Commissioner Tony Petitti said Thursday he's "optimistic" the College Football Playoff will expand to 24 teams during ESPN's exclusive negotiating window. That window was scheduled to end Friday but Petitti indicated during his remarks at Big Ten men's basketball media day that the deadline had been extended. "I'm optimistic that we'll get there, but that's what the work is over the next few days," Petitti said. "ESPN has got some more time in the window, and then if we get out of that window for some reason, then we will make a decision about what ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football’s identity since Rich Rodriguez came back to Morgantown in the winter of 2024 was using a tempo offense and running the rock down the field, even if he didn’t have the pieces to do so. The Mountaineers had the fifth-most rushing attempts in the Big 12 ...
At the Big 12 football media days in the summer, Arizona’s communications staff handed out quarterback Noah Fifita’s resume, making sure you had him in mind when you cast your Heisman Trophy vote in December. It seemed like really high expectations to put on your signal-caller, but his resume handed out in July was respectable. After 2025, Fifita was named AP first-team Big 12 and was preseason All-Big 12. He threw for 3,228 yards and 29 touchdowns. He was a top quarterback in 2025. This year, Fifita is on a similar pace. He’s second in the Big 12 in average passing yards (283) ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball proposed to shorten the regular season to 154 games from 162 starting in 2029 and to expand the Division Series to best-of-seven in a plan given to players during collective bargaining Thursday. Owners also proposed adding nine additional days off to the current postseason format, extending it to a maximum 42 days in a move that would give top starting pitchers potential to appear more often. MLB would allow higher-seeded teams in the first two rounds of the postseason to pick their opponents beginning next year and would make most ...
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