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Kansas' Bill Self dishes on 2026-27 Jayhawks roster, compares Tyran Stokes to Carmelo Anthony
For the second straight season, Bill Self has the No. 1 recruit in the country. Five-star forward
Tyran Stokes picked Kansas in late April, but Self is certainly hoping that the injury-riddled, in-and-out season that swirled around
Darryn Peterson is not in Stokes' future. But the
Tyran Stokes Experience does not come without its fair share of drama. (
CBS Sports)
Big 12 football preview: Texas Tech, Deion Sanders, first-year coaches lead top storylines
The very first thing commissioner Brett Yormark said when he sat down with me at Big 12 media days was this: “For the short-term and long-term viability of the conference, we need multiple teams in the Playoff. I strongly believe that. Obviously, for the first two years of the 12-team format, we’ve only had one, and we haven’t won a game yet.” (
NBC Sports)
Former UNC QB Max Johnson to start for Georgia Southern
Georgia Southern has named quarterback
Max Johnson as the Eagles' starter. This will be the seventh season of college football for Johnson, 25, who will be starting for his fourth program after having been QB1 at LSU, Texas A&M, and North Carolina. He brings a proven track record to the Sun Belt Conference, passing for 6,355 career yards and 49 touchdowns. (
ESPN)
Louisville basketball dismisses former G League guard London Johnson
London Johnson's unusual Louisville basketball career is over without him ever playing a game for the Cardinals. The former NBA G League guard whose signing last fall made national headlines, has been dismissed from the program. Johnson's dismissal brings an abrupt end to an experiment Louisville coach Pat Kelsey enthusiastically embraced. (
WDRB)
Bill Rasmussen Founded ESPN and Left a Year Later. It Was Long Enough to Change TV Forever
Bill Rasmussen set out to create a local sports channel in his home state of Connecticut. Instead, he changed the global television landscape. Rasmussen, the founder of ESPN died following a lengthy illness on Tuesday. He was 93. How early was Rasmussen’s big bet? ESPN went live nine months ahead of CNN, the first 24/7 news channel. (
Hollywood Reporter)
NCAA granted stay request; some class of 2022 athletes lose fifth-season eligibility for now
In the latest back-and-forth between the NCAA and Colorado players seeking a fifth year of eligibility, the NCAA scored a significant victory Friday. The NCAA had a stay request granted during an appeal, resulting in some class of 2022 athletes losing their federal fifth-season protection. The Tenth Circuit announced its decision Friday. (
Yahoo! Sports)
Candid Coaches: Who will be the best college basketball player in 2026-27?
The combination of NIL, revenue-sharing and unlimited transfers has created a world where any college basketball player, other than something like a projected top-15 pick in the NBA Draft, can probably make more money in college the following season than they can in any pro league, the NBA included. The result is an increased level of talent across the sport. (
CBS Sports)
For Field of 68, bringing back college basketball’s 24-hour tip-off marathon is a labor of love
College basketball fans rejoice. The Field of 68 is reviving college basketball’s 24-hour tip-off marathon. Remember watching games from morning to midnight? Experience that feeling again on Nov. 2, with eight matchups running from the High Point Panthers vs. Liberty Flames at 12:01 a.m. ET to Furman vs. Bethune-Cookman, which tips off at 8 p.m. (
Awful Announcing)
College football 2026: How to get the most fun out of the season
The games are why we watch. This sport and its decision-makers sometimes seem to mess up everything they touch, but no matter how hard we've tried, we haven't screwed up Saturdays yet. They're still almost perfect. And we can make them even better. College football's superpower is that there is always something wild, chaotic or silly going on. (
ESPN)
How college football staffers are reacting to the fallout of NFL players returning
Another week, another earth-shaking lawsuit for college football. Nineteen days after a judge in Colorado issued a sweeping temporary restraining order that allowed all Class of 2022 athletes to return to school for a fifth year, a Louisiana judge issued an order that now allows double-digit football players to return to the sport in 2026 with an added caveat. (
CBS Sports)