The Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball tournament will switch up its nine-year run in Moline starting next season, MVC announced Thursday.
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Still less than two weeks removed from a Rupp Arena coronation that caught the attention of the entire college basketball world, Mark Pope has been a busy man. Meeting with recruits and their families. Showing potential transfers around Keeneland. Spreading the gospel of Ken…
Iowa defensive back Cooper DeJean was not drafted in the first round Thursday night.
DURHAM, N.C. — Graham Barton became Duke’s first player selected in the NFL draft in three years and the program’s third first-round pick in the last 10 drafts. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers selected Barton in Thursday night’s first round, securing him with the No. 26 overall pick. Barton, a 6-5,…
PITTSBURGH — The Steelers went back to the offensive line for the second year in a row when they used their No. 1 pick on Washington tackle Troy Fautanu. It is the first time in franchise history the Steelers have drafted an offensive lineman in the first round in back-to-back years. Fautanu…
SEATTLE — There was no trade for the Seahawks on Thursday night. Instead, the Seahawks saw a player regarded as the best defensive lineman in the draft fall into their lap — Texas’ Byron Murphy II — and decided to take him with their first pick in 2024 draft at No. 16 overall. Murphy was jus…
DETROIT — Former Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy, so often described by analysts the last few months as the most polarizing at his position in this year’s NFL draft, finally knows his NFL destination. McCarthy, who helped lead Michigan to the 2023 national championship and was 27-1 as a t…
DETROIT — Former Michigan quarterback J.J. McCarthy, so often described by analysts the last few months as the most polarizing at his position in this year’s NFL draft, finally knows his NFL destination. McCarthy, who helped lead Michigan to the 2023 national championship and was 27-1 as a two-year starter, was selected by the Minnesota Vikings with the No. 10 overall pick in the three-day ...
SEATTLE — Michael Penix Jr.’s wait is complete. The 2023 Maxwell Award winner and former Washington quarterback finally knows where he’s going to begin his NFL career. The 2023 Heisman runner-up, Penix went to Atlanta Falcons with the eighth pick of the first round, becoming the fourth quarterback off the board in the 2024 NFL draft on Thursday. He’s the second quarterback in Washington ...
MVC tournament opts for rotating locations. Moline to host in 2027.
LOS ANGELES — Former USC running back Reggie Bush won the Heisman Trophy in 2005, lost it in 2010 and finally got it back this week. It's been a long, strange trip for the player who went on to win a Super Bowl in the NFL and serve as a college football analyst on Fox. Here's a look back at how it all unfolded. Why did Bush win the Heisman Trophy in 2005? On a USC team full of superstars, Bush ...
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Well-traveled East Bay quarterback Jaden Rashada has found another home — and this one’s a mansion by college football standards. The former Pittsburg High star has committed to the University of Georgia, On3’s Hayes Fawcett reported on Thursday morning. The decision returns the 6-foot-4, 190-pound Rashada to the SEC, the conference he was set to play in before he asked out ...
Reggie Bush says the return of his Heisman Trophy is the biggest step yet in his fight against the NCAA to restore his reputation and his records from his incredible career at Southern California. Bush and his family celebrated the restoration of his Heisman honors Thursday during a news conference atop the venerable Coliseum, where Bush played three outstanding seasons with the Trojans.
PV grad Jack Young has become a key cog in Iowa's bullpen.
SAN DIEGO — There will be plenty who argue the decision announced Wednesday to return the 2005 Heisman Trophy to San Diego native Reggie Bush simply is an acknowledgment of right versus wrong. Bush lost the trophy in 2010 in the wake of an impermissible benefits scandal that rocked USC, stripping the storied program of the 2004 national title, wins and a boat load of scholarships. In reality, ...
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LOS ANGELES — The rules have changed. The landscape is different. The shunning became silly. Reggie Bush deserves to have his Heisman Trophy back, and it's good that the folks from the Heisman Trust finally came to their senses Wednesday and handed it back over. But can we please slow down with the victory lap? I wrote last summer that Bush deserved to have the trophy returned because, by ...
LOS ANGELES — Reggie Bush has his Heisman back.
LOS ANGELES — Reggie Bush, after years spent fighting to retake his place among college football's most prestigious fraternity, is finally getting his Heisman Trophy back. The Heisman Trust had for years dragged its feet in acknowledging the legendary Trojans running back as its 2005 winner after he forfeited the trophy in 2010 amid major NCAA sanctions against USC that found he had accepted ...
Heisman Trust President Michael Comerford said the trust considered the enormous changes in college athletics over the last several years that now make some forms of athlete compensation permissible.
The Heisman Trust returns the 2005 Heisman Trophy to former University of Southern California running back Reggie Bush.
Iowa’s quarterback room got smaller on Tuesday, literally and figuratively.
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SEATTLE — On March 28 I stood behind New York Giants coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen, while Michael Penix Jr. put on a show. I watched a different one. Because after each impressive Penix pass, Daboll provided punctuation. The 49-year-old former offensive coordinator shook his head in disbelief. Or he turned to stare at Schoen, in search of silent affirmation. Or he ...
An Iowa quarterback entered the transfer portal on Tuesday following the conclusion of spring practices.
Longtime Iowa football broadcaster Ed Podolak has announced he will move out of the radio booth this season and limit his appearances to pregame shows and podcasts.
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — After the most dominant three-year stretch in program history, Michigan is starting over. Sort of. Not really. Not completely. Jim Harbaugh didn’t necessarily leave the cupboards bare when he hopped a plane for L.A. and the NFL. Valuable pieces remain, just not fully tested. Some items are missing labels. A couple shelves need restocking. Head coach Sherrone Moore isn’t new, ...
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NCAA athletes are now eligible to play immediately no matter how many times they transfer — as long as they meet academic requirements — after the association fast-tracked legislation to fall in line with a recent court order.
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