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Oklahoma’s Stunning National Title Run, Portal Buzz – Highway to Hoover Podcast

Joe Healy and Mark Etheridge put a bow on the Oklahoma story and take a peek at the transfer portal activity that has already happened.

Could the 49ers draft heavy at OL this year after going DL in 2025?

The San Francisco 49ers had a defense-focused draft in the 2025 NFL Draft, taking five straight defenders to kick off the three-day event. Among that group were three defensive linemen: first-round pick Mykel Williams, second-round pick Alfred Collins, and fourth-round pick C.J. West. All three played meaningful roles for the 49ers in 2025. Williams was […]

Las Vegas Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty does a good deed

Las Vegas Raiders running back Ashton Jeanty, who just finished his rookie season, is proud of his military roots, Jeanty, of course, started his high-school playing career overseas because his family was in the military. He has often talked about his pride in growing up as a military kid and what it means to him. […]

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Big Ten Football: 2025 Postseason Review of Negative Play Rates

Using the charting data from every Big Ten football game in the 2025-26 season, excluding garbage time and games against FCS opponents, we can make granular comparisons of how each team performed. The strongest correlation with scoring strength that survives regardless of opponent quality — that is, what teams bring with them into the postseason […]

Hey, remember Christian Scott?

Christian Scott was the first of the Mets’ current crop of young minor league starters to make his MLB debut back in the summer of 2024. It says a lot about the strength of the Mets’ farm system that despite Scott getting Tommy John Surgery late in that year, as well as trading away three […]

KC Milestones, Part II

This is the second part of a series about the notable baseball milestones that happened in our city. You can read part one here. The Royals moved into state-of-the-art Royals Stadium for the 1973 season. It didn’t take long for the highlights to happen. On May 15, 1973, Nolan Ryan threw his first career no-hitter […]

Orioles question of the moment: What excites you about this season?

After a disappointing 2025, Orioles GM Mike Elias certainly has not been sitting around doing nothing this offseason, hoping that the problems will solve themselves with much of the same core of the roster returning. He’s gone out and made three big moves that to me were unthinkable when I sat around four months ago […]

Elephant Rumblings:A’s 2026 Promotions Unveiled

Happy Wednesday A’s Fans. The 2026 season will be year two of the Athletics planned three-year Sacramento sojourn while the organization waits for construction to finish on its new ballpark in Las Vegas. For some fans, one of the highlights of going to a baseball game is the giveaway item they get whether it is […]

Colorado Rockies prospects: No. 17, Welinton Herrera

17. Welinton Herrera (282 points, 19 ballots) Herrera is probably the Rockies’ top relief prospect — among pure relievers in PuRPs voting, it was between him and Rule 5 pick RJ Petit (No. 23 PuRP). He’s also the highest ranked of the three players named Herrera in the system to receive votes. The 21-year-old 6’0” […]

Saints RT Taliese Fuaga defied the sophomore slump

The New Orleans Saints nailed their 2024 first-round pick by selecting offensive tackle Taliese Fuaga with the 14th overall pick. After playing his entire rookie season at a new position—moving to left tackle and exceeding expectations—the Saints doubled down by selecting another left tackle with the 9th overall pick in the 2025 draft: Kelvin Banks […]

Minter, Ravens assembling star-studded coaching staff

When Jesse Minter was hired to be the head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, there were no questions about his defensive acumen, game strategy, and preparation. The main questions surrounded the other stuff. Connecting with the players, being a leader, a motivator, and perhaps most importantly, the ability to recruit other high quality coaches to […]

Syracuse finishes Fall ranked 22nd in Director’s Cup

The conclusion of the college football season also brought the Fall Sports season of the Learfield Director’s Cup competition. Syracuse finished the Fall ranked 22nd with 198 points behind the strength of the men’s cross-country and women’s field hockey programs. North Carolina leads with 359 points, thanks to success in everything but football. Stanford is in […]

Panthers season in review: The special teams

We’ve been doing an audit on the Carolina Panthers 2025 season over the last couple of weeks. First we talked about the run and pass offense, then the run and pass defense. Now we have the ever important but often overlooked third phase of the game, the special teams. How it went The Panthers were […]