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The SEC finally going to nine conference games is great for the fans, for the sport and for ESPN’s ratings. It could also help stave off a potential disaster. It could be the thing that gets Big Ten commissioner Tony Petitti to back off his harebrained College Football Playoff proposals. At Big Ten Media Days last month, one coach after …

Daytona set to shake up Xfinity Series Playoff picture with three to go  NASCAR.com Connor Zilisch cleared to return, will compete Friday in Daytona Xfinity race  NASCAR.com Connor Zilisch Will Start Race At Daytona After Breaking Collarbone  FOX Sports NASCAR Xfinity Series News & Notes — Daytona International Speedway  Jayski’s NASCAR Silly Season Site Zilisch (collarbone) cleared to race at Daytona  ESPN Source link

Texas is atop the preseason college football polls, and it’s also The Athletic staff’s favorite to win its first national championship since 2005. And yet: Few of the 28 writers and editors we surveyed believe Arch Manning will win the Heisman Trophy. So how will the 2025 college football season play out? We compiled our staff’s best guesses for the …

In case you haven’t heard, the latest crackpot College Football Playoff expansion idea was presented to Big Ten athletic directors recently. It goes something like this (you’re forgiven if you lose track): Either 24 or 28 teams, with the Big Ten and SEC receiving six or seven automatic bids, the Big 12 and ACC receiving two fewer and four slots …

Who wants a 14- or 16-team CFP when you could have a 24- or 28-team CFP? According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, the Big Ten has considered a massive College Football Playoff expansion that would increase the postseason tournament from 12 teams to either 24 or 28 teams. While the idea is still “in the very early stages,” Thamel said, the proposal would …

The BMW Championship, the PGA Tour’s second playoff event, continues Saturday at Caves Valley Golf Club outside of Baltimore, Maryland. Golf Channel, NBC and Peacock will have coverage. Here’s how you can watch Round 3: Saturday, Aug. 16 Round 3 tee times at Caves Valley Time Tee Players 9:10 AMEDT 1 Ryan Gerard 9:17 AMEDT 1 Sam Stevens Andrew Novak …

The College Football Playoff could be in for a massive expansion.  This week, the Big Ten floated the idea of increasing the playoff to 24 or 28 teams, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, although the possibility is still reportedly a ways off. The proposal would eliminate “conference title games and [offer] a large number of auto bids for all four …

DETROIT – A Dearborn native and Allen Park High School graduate just gave the Detroit Tigers a nice boost in the playoff race. If you tuned out when the Tigers had a 14-game lead in the AL Central about a month ago, you might have missed the mini collapse that shrunk that gap to 5.5 games at the start of …

Scheffler’s caddie one of many stories at BMW August 12, 2025 12:21 PM Kira K. Dixon offers the latest on Scottie Scheffler’s caddie situation, Xander Schauffele and Rory McIlroy’s mindsets and more entering the BMW Championship. Source link

Major League Baseball today announced the schedule for the 2025 Postseason, which is set to begin with each of the four Wild Card Series on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 on Tuesday, September 30th. Game One of the 2025 World Series presented by Capital One on FOX is scheduled for Friday, October 24th at the home of the League Champion with …