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🏀 No tournament for old men

🏀 No tournament for old men

Two young NCAA hoops stars have pulled ahead in the race for Player of the Year

Two youngsters are pulling ahead in the race for the sport’s highest individual honor.

Last week of NCAA men’s basketball regular season promises rivalry matchups

Who's chilling during the last week of the regular season?

🏀 The grand finale

🏀 The grand finale

JuJu Watkins pulls ahead in Player of the Year race as regular season ends

And the award for Best Drama goes to...

🏀 They just had to maximize the drama

🏀 They just had to maximize the drama

Bizarre night in college hoops sets up thrilling regular-season finale

Last night featured all sorts of bizarre score lines as teams careen towards the postseason

February 28, 2025

🏒 Fire and ice

🏒 Fire and ice

The puck drops on NCAA women’s ice hockey conference championships

The small bracket makes the hunt for the natty extra-spicy from the beginning

February 28, 2025

🏀 The vibes are weird

🏀 The vibes are weird

Major shakeups in NCAA women’s and men’s basketball polls as regular-season finales near

The latest AP Polls reflect the parity on both the women’s and men’s sides.

February 26, 2025

🏀 Not not time to panic

🏀 Not not time to panic

Thursday slate of NCAA women’s basketball matchups can clinch tourney seeds

An elite midweek slate awaits.

February 26, 2025

🏀 Hopping on a conference call

🏀 Hopping on a conference call

College

Where the Power conferences sit a week before NCAA women’s basketball conference tourneys

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February 24, 2025

On the line? Regular-season titles and seeding for next week’s conference tourneys.

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Our way-too-early Super Bowl picks

Our way-too-early Super Bowl picks

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It’s officially NFL season, GISTer — and we’re going all in on The GIST of It. Before tonight’s kickoff, co-hosts Ellen Hyslop and Steph Rotz are breaking down the league’s top contenders, from the defending champs to a team we know, ahem, all too well. It really is the greatest time of year.

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🏀 Hoop, there it is

🏀 Hoop, there it is

Oregon men’s basketball captures weekend’s biggest upset

Ducking amazing.

February 24, 2025

🏀 On the warpath

🏀 On the warpath

NCAA women’s hoops teams record lopsided wins and shocking upsets

Balling so hard

February 21, 2025

🏀 A glow-up for the ages

🏀 A glow-up for the ages

Missouri men’s basketball is completing one of college hoops’ most impressive turnarounds in years

A glow-up for the ages

February 21, 2025

🏀 New sheriff in town

🏀 New sheriff in town

Notre Dame headlines post–Presidents’ Day women’s hoops vibe check

Who's hot (and who's not) in women's hoops this week?

February 19, 2025

😡 Women’s basketball star Sedona Prince accused of relationship violence

😡 Women’s basketball star Sedona Prince accused of relationship violence

Women’s basketball star Sedona Prince accused of relationship violence

At least four former partners claim the star sexually and physically abused them.

February 14, 2025

🏀 Starstruck

🏀 Starstruck

Upsets and narrow saves dominate midweek women’s hoops storylines

Several top-25 women’s hoops teams suffered upsets last night, while others squeaked by with last-minute saves. In other words, it was women’s hoops at its finest.

February 14, 2025

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