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• Cinderella’s decline might be greatly exaggerated in college basketball’s new era

Photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty Images Four reasons why we might be overreacting to no Cinderella teams advancing to the Sweet 16. Every year there’s a storyline that develops from the first week of the NCAA tournament that dominates the national sports conversation for those three days that separate the second round and the Sweet 16. Typically, play resumes on Thursday, the focus returns...2025
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• Sweet 16 coaches, ranked by who’s facing the most pressure in 2025 men’s March Madness

Bob Donnan-Imagn Images Jon Scheyer will be feeling the heat this weekend, but not quite as much as one of his counterparts. The NCAA tournament’s second weekend brings a heightened level of pressure for every coach and every player fortunate enough to participate in it. For some, though, the stakes are just a little bit higher than everyone else. Let’s rank the level of pressure on the ...2025
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• Mid-major college basketball stars to know for conference tournament season

Photo by Justin Ford/Getty Images Here are 20 mid-major college basketball stars to know as conference tournaments heat up around the country. Enough about Cooper Flagg! These are the smaller school stars you will learn to love during college basketball’s conference tournament season. PJ Haggerty, SO, G, Memphis (American) You aren’t going to find another player on this list with legitimat...2025
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• NFL free agency: A veteran option for Browns roster that shouldn’t be overlooked

Jeff Lange / USA TODAY NETWORK Browns roster currently does not have a starting quarterback or high level veteran backup It just so happened that the Cleveland Browns made some quarterback history in the past few years. In the 2023 season, the Browns tied an NFL for most starting quarterbacks in a single season with five, tying the 1987 New England Patriots. This past season, Cleveland br...2025
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• Scott Steiner’s son offered NIL deal by WWE

@CoachRSmith1 A successful college football season and Scott Steiner’s reconciliation with WWE have opened a new opportunity for his son. WWE Hall of Famer Scott Steiner revealed last month that his son, Brock Rechsteiner, wants to be a wrestler just like his dear old dad. This weekend, on the Busted Open podcast, Steiner broke some more news, sharing a conversation he had with WWE’s Chief...2025
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• Browns have unique opportunity to set an NFL quarterback record against Ravens

Photo by Chris Graythen/Getty Images Bailey Zappe time would make NFL history In Saturday‘s divisional matchup against the Baltimore Ravens, the Cleveland Browns have the opportunity to set an NFL record for quarterbacks: the most starting quarterbacks in consecutive seasons. Last year, Cleveland started five signal callers: Deshaun Watson, Dorian Thompson-Robinson (DTR), P.J. Walker, Joe...2025
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 100: Cole McConnell

Cole McConnell let his bat do the talking with the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. | Wesley Hitt/Getty Images This lefty can get on base and take it yard Cole McConnell Center Fielder6´1´´210 poundsAge: 24 First Appearance on the South Side Sox Top 1002024 High Level Louisiana Tech (NCAA)Age relative to high level +1.4 yearsSSS rank among all center fielders in the system 7Overall 2024 season sta...2024
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• Meet one of the biggest freshman stars in women’s college basketball no one is talking about

Josh McDaniel - Louisiana Tech’s Jordan Marshall is a player to watch this season and beyond. Louisiana Tech was once the standard in NCAA women’s basketball. After winning the first NCAA women’s basketball tournament in 1982, the Techsters continued a run of 25 seasons where they qualified for the annual national tournament. That included another title in 1988 and six total trips to the N...2024
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• DBN’s Exclusive Interview: Browns long snapper Charley Hughlett talks about bouncing around the league, contract negotiations and more

Photo by Frank Jansky/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images 26 questions with a long-tenured player with steady play The Cleveland Browns have several players that they don’t have to worry about. Both offensive guards Joel Bitonio and Wyatt Teller, along with defensive end Myles Garrett are great examples. Nick Chubb when he is healthy. And long snapper Charley Hughlett. RELATED: WHERE TOP-P...2024
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• Report: Colts sign former Seahawks defensive end Levi Bell for depth

Photo by Christopher Mast/Getty Images The Colts have added a reinforcement to what’s quickly become a very depleted, once deep defensive end group. According to KPRC2’s Aaron Wilson, the Indianapolis Colts worked out a handful of players on Tuesday and ultimately signed former Seattle Seahawks defensive end Levi Bell: #Colts worked out Levi Bell (signed), Marquis Haynes, Adetokunbu Ogu...2024
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• Virginia Tech and other teams who can crash the expanded College Football Playoff

Tommy Gilligan-USA TODAY Sports With the CFP expanding to 12 teams this year, here are a few teams that should have a shot to crash the party. We talk about Cinderella’s a lot in college basketball, but every year we get a magical run from a team that’s unexpected. Liberty made an undefeated run all the way to the New Years’ Six in 2023, Cincinnati made the College Football Playoff and we ...2024
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• Dolphins announce contracts for 12 undrafted college free agents

Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The Dolphins are hosting its rookie minicamp May 10-12 The Miami Dolphins reached agreements with 12 undrafted college free agents, the team announced on Friday. Wide receiver Je’Quan Burton, safety Jordan Colbert, cornerback Storm Duck, quarterback Gavin Hardison, cornerback Isaiah Johnson, offensive lineman Matthew Jones, tackle Bayron ...2024
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• Angels series preview: Mike Trout deserves better

Photo by Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images This is a BAD roster. Mike Trout played his first full season in 2012, and little did he know that would be one of three winning seasons he would enjoy over the next 12 years, with just one playoff series - a loss to the Royals in 2014 - to show for it. The Angels are almost certainly not going to have a winning season this year, especially now that ...2024
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• DBN’s Exclusive Interview: Browns long snapper Charley Hughlett talks about bouncing around the league, contract negotiations and more
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• Former Browns OT Chris Hubbard talks time with Browns, mental health and so much more with DBN

Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty Images 25 questions with a former Cleveland offensive tackle Offensive tackle Chris Hubbard’s NFL journey is not like most players. He wasn’t a high draft choice or heard his name called on Day 2 - or at all for that matter. After a stellar high school and college career, he went undrafted in the 2013 NFL draft. Photo by Ken Murray/Icon Sports...2024
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• QB Taylor Heinicke Hopes to Become First Player Ever Drafted from Old Dominion
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"He won the Sammy Baugh Trophy twice and was named the Conference USA Most Valuable Player twice."

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"At season’s end, he was named to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team."

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"Watkins was named Second Team All-Conference USA as a junior and First Team All-C-USA his final year."

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"Today, our conference tournament preview shifts to the Big 12 and Conference USA."

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"Mountain West postpones fall sports; Sun Belt, Conference USA intend to play"

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"Watch the Conference USA Championship on CBS Sports Network"

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"An MTSU win clinches the Conference USA title for the Blue Raiders on Thursday"

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"Kiffin went 10-3 and won the Conference USA championship at FAU in 2017"

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"Vernon Butler of Louisiana Tech needs to prove that he can compete on a relative scale of athleticism after playing in the mid-major Conference USA for his college career, while Kenny Clark of UCLA, a Power Five program, needs to prove that his raw talent is quantifiable to the point where the film he posted for the Bruins is worthy of a lofty price going into his NFL transition."

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"The league made the groundbreaking announcement on Wednesday, promoting the 19-year veteran after eight years of work with Conference USA."

• Sweet 16 coaches, ranked by who’s facing the most pressure in 2025 men’s March Madness
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• NFL free agency: A veteran option for Browns roster that shouldn’t be overlooked
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• Scott Steiner’s son offered NIL deal by WWE
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• Browns have unique opportunity to set an NFL quarterback record against Ravens
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 100: Cole McConnell
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• Seahawks claim return specialist off waivers, waive Dee Williams

Scott Galvin-Imagn Images Dee Williams out, Jaelon Darden in. The Seattle Seahawks’ latest special teams disasterclass has cost both of their returners their jobs. Having waived Laviska Shenault Jr at the start of the week, the Seahawks have waived undrafted rookie Dee Williams after his lost fumble against the New York Jets. Replacing Williams is Jaelon Darden, who was recently waived by ...2024
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• DBN’s Exclusive Interview: Browns long snapper Charley Hughlett talks about bouncing around the league, contract negotiations and more
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• UDFA road to a roster spot: Joshua Cephus

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Shining the spotlight on the Jaguars 2024 UDFA class Making an NFL team is harder for some than it is for others. And for undrafted free agent rookies, they have a mountain to climb to be named one of the final 53. As the Jacksonville Jaguars’ 2024 training camp progresses, we take a look at some of the UDFA’s attempting to earn a spot and start their pr...2024
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• Broncos roster review: Defensive lineman Elijah Garcia

Isaiah J. Downing-USA TODAY Sports Can Elijah Garcia earn a spot on the final 53-man roster for the Denver Broncos? The Denver Broncos top three defensive lineman heading into training camp are D.J. Jones, Zach Allen, and John Franklin-Myers. Who the backups will be for their 2024 season remains to be seen, but third-year player Elijah Garcia will have an opportunity to earn a role on the ...2024
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• 2025 South Side Sox Top Prospect No. 100: Cole McConnell
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• Seahawks claim return specialist off waivers, waive Dee Williams
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• Meet one of the biggest freshman stars in women’s college basketball no one is talking about
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• UDFA road to a roster spot: Joshua Cephus
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• Virginia Tech and other teams who can crash the expanded College Football Playoff
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• NFL free agency: A veteran option for Browns roster that shouldn’t be overlooked
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• Scott Steiner’s son offered NIL deal by WWE
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• Meet one of the biggest freshman stars in women’s college basketball no one is talking about
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• Scott Steiner’s son is a genetic freak just like his dear old dad

@CoachRSmith1 Brock Rechsteiner shined on Saturday for the Jacksonville State Gamecocks in a big win over Southern Miss. As a wide receiver in football, a player typically has only a 50-50 chance, at best, of making a play with the ball. But when you’re a Steiner, those numbers drastically go up. On Saturday, Brock Rechsteiner, son of WWE Hall of Famer Scott Steiner, helped lead the Jackso...2024
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• A Look at Malachi Corley

Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports The player the Jets desired in the 2024 NFL draft The New York Jets traded up in the third round (#65 overall) of the 2024 NFL draft to select receiver Malachi Corley after multiple failed attempts to trade up into the second round. The Jets had Corley tabbed as their #4 receiver in the NFL draft, which seems a bit questionable for a slot only type prospect f...2024
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• Dolphins announce contracts for 12 undrafted college free agents
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• Scouting Jets rookie safety Jaylen Key

Photo by Jordon Kelly/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Taking a look at the Jets’ 7th round pick in the 2024 NFL draft Now that the 2024 NFL draft is over, we’re going to take an in-depth look at each of the Jets’ draft picks, in reverse order. We begin today with former Alabama safety Jaylen Key, who was selected by the Jets with the final pick of the seventh round. The 24-year old Key is...2024
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• John Calipari lands biggest transfer portal star yet at Arkansas for huge NIL payment

Photo by Wesley Hitt/Getty Images Arkansas may have outbid the NBA’s interest in Johnell Davis with a big NIL deal for the transfer portal’s No. 1 ranked guard Johnell Davis has been one of the best guards in men’s college basketball the last two years. In 2023, Davis was the leading scorer on a dominant Florida Atlantic team that made an inspiring run to the Final Four as a No. 9 seed. D...2024
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• NCAA bracket predictions: Final Four picks, overvalued teams, and more in men’s tournament

Photo by Ron Jenkins/Getty Images The overvalued teams, undervalued teams, and potential Cinderellas are in our latest bracket picks for the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament. The beauty of March Madness and the reason everybody tunes in is because nobody knows what will happen. We think we do. You don’t get credit for predicting the annual 12 seed upsetting the 5 seed. We all know that’s happen...2024
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• NFL makes Sarah Thomas first full-time female official
Sarah Thomas will become the first full-time female official in NFL history. The league made the groundbreaking announcement on Wednesday, promoting the 19-year veteran after eight years of work with Conference USA....2015
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• Kenyon Martin Retires: Latest Details, Comments, Reaction
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• Jordan Clarkson: 'I've Got a Chip on My Shoulder' Heading into Next Season
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• QB Taylor Heinicke Hopes to Become First Player Ever Drafted from Old Dominion
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• Lane Kiffin agrees to lengthy 10-year extension to stay at FAU
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• Monday Morning Hangover: 5 Reasons a Patriots-Panthers Super Bowl Won't Happen
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• Former Ref: NFL's Catch Rule Isn't Too Vague, but There's a Need for Consistency
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• Lane Kiffin affirms his love for FAU, expects to be there beyond the 2017 season
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• Football Court: Should NFL players be allowed to gamble?
Photo By Javier Vazquez/Europa Press via Getty Images Gambling is a big part of football, but should players participate? Everyone rise. The honorable Judge JP Acosta presiding in Football Court case No. 5621-07, “Should NFL players be allowed to gamble during the season?” Representing the affirmative —Yes, players should be allowed to gamble: Representing the negative — No, players sho...2023
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• Jordan Howard: The Other Rookie RB Taking the NFL by Storm
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• Lakers News: Updates on Luke Walton, D'Angelo Russell, Injuries and More
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• Monday Morning Hangover: 5 Reasons a Patriots-Panthers Super Bowl Won't Happen
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• NFL Mock Draft 2015: Final Draft-Day Projections for All 32 Teams
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• UDFA road to a roster spot: Joshua Cephus
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• Report: Colts sign former Seahawks defensive end Levi Bell for depth
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• 5 ways March Madness started early on Selection Sunday Eve

Photo by Greg Fiume/Getty Images The madness is already here. Don’t let anyone tell you any differently. Earlier this week, in a phone call with ESPN’s Pete Thamel, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey made clear what has been the worst kept secret in sports for a couple of years now: In concert with his increase in power, he plans on doing what he can to expand the NCAA tournament and tip the sc...2024
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• College basketball Championship Week: Title games we need to see, players who will be heard from, sleepers to watch, and more

Steven Branscombe-USA TODAY Sports The madness before the madness is here. Embrace it before the 2024 men’s NCAA tournament begins. It’s a presidential election year, and the picture of what exactly America is has never been murkier or more disputed. The conversations necessary to clear that picture up have never been more difficult to facilitate. Maybe this is why I find myself now, perh...2024
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• College basketball’s 25 best men’s teams, ranked and previewed by our experts

The top-25 teams in men’s college basketball for 2023-2024 season, previewed by our experts Yes, the college basketball season has officially began and we are gearing up for what should be another interesting year of new young talent, some notable returning veteran players and a chance for a variety of teams to make it to Arizona for this season’s Final Four. The Kansas Jayhawks enter this seaso...2023
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• Royals players as alcoholic beverages

Set Number: SI307 TK1 Cheers Have you ever wondered to yourself “what if there were a bar where all the drinks are Royals players?” What would your favorite players on the 2023 Royals take the form of? Spirits, wines, beers, the options abound. Now, at last, through a rigorous scientific process of me sitting around and bandying about ideas in my head, I bring to you the definitive comps o...2023
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• 8 college football party crashers from G5 in 2023
Jeremy Reper-USA TODAY Sports Here are a few teams who can crash college football’s biggest parties this year. The college football parties used to be only for the elites. The Alabama’s, Ohio State’s and Georgia’s of the world mingle together in their exclusive four-team party that would crown what they would call a true champion. However, with the recent success of teams like Cincinnati, ...2023
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• College basketball rankings: Too early top-25 after NBA deadline
Photo by Lance King/Getty Images Here’s our latest look at the top teams in men’s college basketball next season after the NBA deadline passed. The deadline for men’s college basketball standouts to decide whether or not they’re going to stay in the 2023 NBA Draft has come and gone, which means we finally have a clear (or at least less hazy) look at how the rosters for the top teams in the...2023
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