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• Gordon Monson: Is Utah now using filthy private equity cash to win college football and basketball games? The Utes have no choice. December 10, 2025 2:31 pm Money. Money. Money. Money. Money. And power, too. That’s not only what makes the world go ’round, it’s also what enables colleges to field football and basketball teams that will kick State’s or Tech’s or perhaps their rival’s butt, or have a chance to. …
• How might private equity’s deal with the University of Utah turn gold? How might it turn sour? December 10, 2025 2:31 pm A new era of University of Utah athletics was announced Tuesday. Understandably, there’s a lot of confusion about it. As you’ve probably heard by now, the Utes are entering into an agreement with Otro Capital to create a spinoff, for-profit company that …
• Buyout bonanza | 'The best job in America seems to be a fired college football coach' December 9, 2025 2:06 pm Michigan State President Kevin Guskiewicz, left, shakes hands with new Spartans football coach Pat Fitzgerald a week ago. The job came open after MSU fired Jonathan Smith, who was two years into a seven-year contract and is now owed $33 million. Smith went …
• State of the union: Have the times changed for Section 2 basketball? December 6, 2025 9:56 pm If you’re good enough, they will find you. That’s a seemingly simple ethos, applicable to just about every walk of life. Put in the work, let people take notice, and the chance of rising in the industry will soon be on your doorstep. But when it comes to …
• What Leavitt transfer speculation says about college football’s NIL era December 2, 2025 8:14 am When the panel shifted discussion to the chaos of Name, Image and Likeness and its ripple effect on the transfer portal, NFL senior vice president of football operations Arthur McAfee III lit up. He applauded college football’s new “free agency” era for …
• LSU GETS ITS MAN: Tigers lure Kiffin away from Ole Miss December 1, 2025 2:16 am By Scooter Hobbs American Press After weeks of rumors, innuendo and speculation, the Lane Train flew to LSU Sunday. The Tigers got their man in replacing head coach Brian Kelly with Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin, who was considered the top catch in busy …
• Ohio’s new endorsement rule for high school athletes opens small-dollar opportunities — and big questions November 28, 2025 1:00 pm CLEVELAND, Ohio — Ohio’s newly approved rule allowing high school athletes to profit from their name, image and likeness is expected to create opportunities for only a small share of the state’s 400,000 student-athletes while raising new questions for …
• THE BEST SELLERS’ LIST- Now I can see clearly: As the years go by, more truths about the film ‘The Blind Side’ come to light November 27, 2025 4:54 pm By Thomas Sellers Jr. I didn’t realize early in my career I was witnessing a movie… kinda. I started covering area prep sports in 2003 and through my links with The Millington Star and it’s area schools, I would travel throughout Memphis. I had the …
• James Franklin Cashes In: $50M Payday Between Penn State and Virginia Tech November 27, 2025 5:12 am Fresh details from James Franklin's whirlwind coaching shift continue to ripple through college football circles today. The former Penn State head man, who built the Nittany Lions into consistent contenders, faced a stunning midseason dismissal in …
• Millions in NIL Payouts Make Players Era the New Top Tournament November 26, 2025 5:57 pm Join more than 5,000 readers who receive the latest news from THE VOICE in their inbox! When organizers of a brand-new Thanksgiving week tournament first called Houston coach Kelvin Sampson, he didn’t just doubt the offer — he laughed at it. They were …
• The Blueprint: How Michigan Rebuilt Itself to Bring Bryce Underwood Home November 26, 2025 6:54 am ANN ARBOR, Mich. — It’s 10:37 a.m. on an unseasonably warm Saturday in mid-October when a Michigan football player sporting three-quarter pants and an oversized No. 19 T-shirt begins snaring passes with panache, delighting spectators who have trickled into …
• Another state joins growing list where high school athletes can make money off their name, image or likeness November 25, 2025 5:20 pm CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO/Gray News) – Ohio has become the latest state to allow high school athletes to make money off their name, image or likeness (NIL). On Monday, the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) announced the bylaw was approved and …
• Ohio high school sports’ NIL move isn’t necessarily surrender of sanctity | Opinion November 25, 2025 5:10 pm It has always felt as if high school sports facilities — stadiums, gymnasiums or wherever it may be — should have a force field. There are external elements that, seemingly, should be shielded from those places and instead reserved for the outside world. …
• The impact revenue sharing could have on UE and USI athletics November 24, 2025 10:51 am EVANSVILLE — Jon Mark Hall and Dr. Ziggy Siegfried understand the challenges of running a modern Division I athletic department better than most. Hall has called the University of Southern Indiana home since 1995, a tennis coach turned administrator who …
• To grow athletic funds in NIL era, Georgia Southern gets creative — and country November 24, 2025 10:17 am Sports Concerts headlined by country music stars, like alum Cole Swindell, have upped the profile of the Eagle Nation Fund, which raises money to compensate athletes in the pay-for-play era. Georgia Southern Eagle Nation Fund donors were treated to an …
• What Sam Leavitt transfer speculation says about NIL era November 21, 2025 11:50 pm PHOENIX – When the panel shifted discussion to the chaos of Name, Image and Likeness and its ripple effect on the transfer portal, NFL senior vice president of football operations Arthur McAfee III lit up. He applauded college football’s new “free agency” …
• I Love College Football, But I Hate How It Is Being Destroyed; Here's How To Save It | Gordon Whitener November 19, 2025 12:34 am I love college football. But right now, college sports are in a state of chaos. If we don’t act, soon and decisively, the entire system could collapse under its own weight. From the Sidelines to the Boardroom  My story begins in Dalton, Georgia, a small …
• Jackson State coach TC Taylor recaps Week 12 win vs… November 17, 2025 10:34 pm Ole Miss football coach Lane Kiffin is reportedly a primary target in LSU's search for a new head coach. Kiffin has also been linked to coaching interest from the University of Florida. LSU officials reportedly arranged a private plane to fly some of …
• Will Wade needed a second chance, NC State needed a coach who wins. Will it work? November 17, 2025 8:15 pm RALEIGH, N.C. — “You ready?” Like there’s an alternative. It’s already 7:02 a.m. on a recent Wednesday — hours after Will Wade typically logs his daily miles — and although NC State’s first-year basketball coach is letting a visitor tag along today, he’s …
• As social media grows more toxic, college athletes ask themselves: Is it worth it? November 14, 2025 10:08 am In real life, it's hard to imagine that a stranger would decide to harass Cam Corhen. Corhen is 21 years old and 6 feet, 10 inches tall. He's got 235 pounds of muscle draped across his broad frame. And he's a Division I college athlete: a …
• As Ohio votes on NIL, here's what it means for high school athletes November 13, 2025 3:13 pm Ohio high schools will soon vote on rules to govern athletes promoting their name, image and likeness (NIL). Ohio is one of only a few states that hasn't permitted NIL at the high school level. We look at what's happened where NIL has been …
• New girls basketball program Kingdom Collegiate Academy has 5 players sign with colleges November 12, 2025 8:29 pm Kingdom Collegiate Academy will field a girls basketball team for the first time in school history this season. It already has the talent to be one of the premier teams in all of Texas. That was certainly evident Wednesday, as five players signed to play …
• What is Daymion Sanford’s NIL Deals in 2025 – Salary with the Texas A&M Aggies and Career Earnings November 11, 2025 10:50 pm Texas A&M got a major weapon in its arsenal in the form of Daymion Sanford. From a Katy County kid to one of the reliable Defensive players, the rise of Sanford needs to be learnt. The 2023 recruit has been a part of A&M’s elite defense since 2023. …
• Texas, oil and football: How Texas Tech has raised a football monster in no time at all November 6, 2025 8:00 am LUBBOCK, Texas — In February, during the grand opening of Texas Tech’s 300,000-square foot, $242 million football facility, athletic director Kirby Hocutt, delivering a speech from behind a pulpit within this goliath of a structure, gestures into the …
• The high stakes of NIL adds promise, peril and chaos to college recruiting  November 5, 2025 10:26 pm It’s the million dollar NIL deals that grab the headlines. There’s $4 million plus for forward AJ Dybantsa to play basketball for BYU and wide receiver Jeremiah Smith to catch touchdowns for Ohio State, while NiJaree Canady’s move from Stanford to Texas …
• Talty: Inside governor's power-play move on LSU football November 1, 2025 11:29 pm Politics giveth and politics taketh.  That might as well be the story of LSU athletic director Scott Woodward's time as the top boss of Tigers athletics.  LSU fired Woodward on Thursday, one day after Louisiana governor Jeff Landry went nuclear on the …
• Why did CSU Rams enter most expensive, wildest football coach hiring cycle ever? ‘Clearly, there’s somebody that they’re wanting to get’ November 1, 2025 5:05 pm At 93 years young, Chuck Neinas has watched colleges burn money on football since Bunny Oakes was hopping on the sidelines at CU. But he’s never seen a bonfire like this before. Penn State, LSU, Florida, Arkansas, UCLA and Oregon State have all fired their …
• Storylines to watch in all 31 college basketball conferences October 30, 2025 2:30 pm We're just days away from the start of the 2025-26 men's college basketball season. Most leagues have announced their preseason picks and player of the year candidates, but the landscape is more complicated than that. The most intriguing storylines …
• How LSU coach Kim Mulkey built a brand, a program and perennial title contenders October 28, 2025 2:58 pm Editor’s note: This article is part of the Program Builders series, focusing on the behind-the-scenes executives and people fueling the future growth of their sports. As the purple and yellow confetti dropped in American Airlines Center after LSU won its …
• Charley Walters: Torii Hunter talked to Twins about managerial job but wasn’t interviewed October 25, 2025 10:14 pm The Minnesota Twins need a manager. Derek Falvey, the guy responsible for the hiring, and Torii Hunter, the popular former Twins star, chatted last week. Hunter, 50, emphasized he has not been interviewed for the job. “I guess they’re slow-rolling the …