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NC State coach Dave Doeren doesn’t plan to retire after 2025 season
Although it’s been reported as fact in some circles around the NC State program, Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren said he does not have plans to retire following the 2025 season in his weekly media availability Thursday. The Wolfpack is 4-4 through its first eight games, losing four of its last five, as No. 8 Georgia Tech visits Carter-Finley Stadium on Saturday night. (
The Wolfpacker)
College football Week 10 schedule: What to watch, TV, streaming, Saturday kickoff times
Week 10 of the 2025 season is an important one. It's the last slate of games before the first College Football Playoff rankings are unveiled, providing a glimpse into the selection committee's methodology as it embraces the recent tweaks to the 12-team format. No. 18 Oklahoma at No. 14 Tennessee -- 7:30 p.m. on ABC: This is a must-win for both teams. (
CBS Sports)
The sordid tale of LSU football, the Louisiana governor and a yearslong feud
This week, in south Louisiana, where the state’s key political figures have been for decades uncomfortably intertwined with the state’s flagship football program, history is on replay. By now, you’ve either heard about or seen the news conference of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry publicly eviscerating, at the time, the sitting athletic director of LSU. (
Yahoo! Sports)
Big Ten basketball preview: Projected order of finish, preseason predictions, top players
Retention is the name of the game in the Big Ten. The league returns 14 of the top-30 scorers from a year ago. No other high-major league returns more than seven. This year's Big Ten looks similar to last year's SEC, where double-digit rosters appear stacked on paper. It speaks to the investment in basketball, and we saw that in the coaching carousel as well. (
CBS Sports)
Records show gambling 'syndicate' targeted NCAA basketball
Sportsbooks flagged dozens of suspicious bets made by gamblers repeatedly wagering against the same small-conference teams in at least 11 men's college basketball games over six weeks last season. As the NCAA and federal authorities investigate alleged point-shaving in college basketball, the documents reveal new details. (
ESPN.com)
Brad Paisley’s World Series tradition: Sing national anthem and plan on extra innings
The 2025 World Series Game 3 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Toronto Blue Jays, which went 18 innings and lasted six hours and 39 minutes. It also had something in common with past World Series games that went the extra mile. Country singer Brad Paisley sang the national anthem before the first pitch was thrown. (
USA Today)
Big 12 basketball preview: Projected order of finish, preseason predictions, top players to watch
The elite NBA prospects? That's
Darryn Peterson (Kansas) and
AJ Dybantsa (BYU) -- the two prospects most have slotted No. 1 and No. 2 in NBA mock drafts. The title contenders? That's Houston, Texas Tech and BYU -- at least. There are two coaches in the Big 12 who have already won national championships -- Kansas' Bill Self and Baylor's Scott Drew. (
CBS Sports)
Tyon Grant-Foster wins case against NCAA, will suit up for Gonzaga basketball in 2025-26
The Tyon Grant-Foster eligibility saga has come to an end. After a hearing spanning two-plus hours at the Spokane County Courthouse, Judge Marla Polin ruled in favor of Grant-Foster, granting a preliminary injunction that will allow him to suit up for Gonzaga in 2025-26. The NCAA had previously denied his waiver for another year of eligibility. (
On3.com)
College football Week 9 highlights: Top games, plays, stats
On Saturday, Nashville, Tennessee, was the center of the college football universe, as Vanderbilt took another step toward the playoff. Week 9 gave us another Virginia escape act, another Texas Tech blowout, another line on Fernando Mendoza's Heisman Trophy résumé at Indiana. This season, the meek have inherited the college football world. (
ESPN.com)
NC State extends partnership with Adidas, runs through 2032
As universities have shuffled apparel deals this offseason, including Georgia Tech agreeing to leave Adidas for Under Armour, and a pair of Nike schools — Penn State and Tennessee — that are now three stripes bound, NC State will not be one of the programs leaving its current manufacturer. The Wolfpack extended its current deal with Adidas through 2032. (
The Wolfpacker)