College Sports
EA Sports famously made “It’s in the game” a household phrase, and guess what? As far as the latest release of the popular college football franchise, it really is for College Football 26.
The Wildcats’ 2026 class is growing, and it’s national in scope with recruits from Pennsylvania to Florida to Texas to California and places in between.
Red Panda — her real name is Rong Niu — spent 11 hours in a Minneapolis hospital. The Chinese American acrobat was heading home for treatment and recovery, which should take a few months.
EA was among the industry’s leaders in basketball gaming in the early 2000s. Its NCAA Basketball games (with earlier iterations named NCAA March Madness) were discontinued in 2009.
Financial details of the new deal were not disclosed. Conference commissioner Teresa Gould called it a “transformational partnership” that allows the Pac-12 to grow when it starts as a remodeled league in 2026-27.
The Illini now have commitments from seven of the state’s top 25 players in the 247Sports composite rankings.
Heading into Year 5 with the Illini, he has one of the Big Ten’s fastest-rising programs.
The Westgate SuperBook showed 100-to-1 odds on Illinois to win it all in 2025-26. Less than an hour after the Stojakovic news broke, those odds had changed.
Pro Cheer League is billed as the first professional cheerleading league for athletes 18 and older designed to give cheerleaders the chance to keep competing after college.
Wood joined Jim Ehrler of Texas in 1950 and Jim Wixson of Oklahoma State in 1960 as the only pitchers to throw CWS no-hitters.
The NCAA also said there is “positive momentum” toward switching the men’s game from halves to quarters.
Chase Stegall was the son of former NFL player Milton Stegall and a sophomore at DePaul University.
Big names from the Chicago area were among the 2,000 players who transferred to other schools.
The coveted prospect said coach Deion Sanders was a big factor in his decision.
Christopher Pazan broke records playing quarterback in high school and started some games at the University of Illinois. A cop since 2015, Pazan was allegedly caught on video swiping $300 worth of baseball cards from a Meijer superstore.
Bet on it: He also has opinions on IU, A&M win totals, and keep an eye on Florida’s DJ Lagway.
The former Whitney Young star has a chance to be only the second CPS player since 1989 to be selected in the first round.
The “Pablo Torre Finds Out” podcast cited two unnamed sources at UNC who said Hudson was no longer allowed on the Tar Heels’ field or football facility.
The suspension addresses allegations that he failed to cooperate in the NCAA’s sign-stealing investigation.
In the interview, Hudson objected to a question about how she and Belichick had met.