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With Anthony Richardson, Colts’ draft enters new era

INDIANAPOLIS — For the first time in forever, the Indianapolis Colts will have a little less to worry about during the NFL draft. Granted, the stakes are still high. The team’s seven picks will still be expected to produce. Success in the draft is essential for a team that believes so deeply in fielding a […]

2024-25 men’s NCAA basketball rankings: Way-Too-Early Top 25

History was made Monday night, as UConn became the first back-to-back national champions since Florida in 2006 and 2007. Is a three-peat “in Storrs” for the Huskies next season? Or will Dan Hurley and UConn finally be knocked from their perch? As the title game fades from memory and the transfer portal — and the […]

UConn beats Purdue and cruises to sixth NCAA championship

GLENDALE, Ariz. — On paper, the plan wasn’t working. Zach Edey had 14 points, the reigning Wooden Award winner was talking trash to Dan Hurley and the UConn bench, and Purdue led the Huskies with 8 minutes left in the first half. UConn had elected to guard Edey one-on-one with Donovan Clingan, essentially allowing him […]

How the men’s 2024 NCAA championship game will play out

GLENDALE, Ariz. — The UConn Huskies and the Purdue Boilermakers. After playing 66 games, we’ve gone from 68 teams to two teams that stood out as the best in the country for the balance of the 2023-24 men’s college basketball season. Their combined record is 70-7. They rank as Nos. 1 and 2 at KenPom, […]

Purdue’s Zach Edey unanimously tops AP All-America teams

For the second straight year, Purdue’s Zach Edey is the unanimous headliner for the Associated Press men’s college basketball All-America team. The 7-foot-4, 300-pound senior topped all 62 ballots from AP Top 25 poll voters in results released Tuesday. The reigning AP national player of the year claimed all 58 votes last year. Tennessee’s Dalton […]

Panthers signing Robert Hunt, Damien Lewis was a necessity

“I’ve been waiting on this conversation,” the former Miami Dolphins player said Wednesday on a Zoom call. “All of you guys get your pens out, and if you know somebody in Charlotte tell ’em I want a cyber Tesla truck. “That’s what I’ve been wanting for multiple years. I told myself once I got the […]

Wisconsin sinks No. 3 Purdue in OT for Big Ten title game berth

Klesmit’s clutch shot followed his teammate Chucky Hepburn‘s in regulation, when Hepburn made a layup as time expired to force overtime. Hepburn finished with 22 points. AJ Storr had 20 points and Klesmit had 12 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds for fifth-seeded Wisconsin (22-12). Zach Edey led No. 3 Purdue (29-4) with 28 points […]

Colts’ in-house free agent plan will be tested

INDIANAPOLIS — It’s not often a team hands out more than $200 million in contracts during the first week of the NFL’s free agent signing period, only to have its roster look largely the same as the previous season. And, yet, that is exactly what played out this week in Indianapolis, where the Colts went […]

Men’s Power Rankings: The race for the fourth 1-seed is on

After a short stretch that featured fewer top-10 upsets than we’ve become used to seeing this season, this past week upended the 1-seed discussion and left plenty at stake entering the week before Selection Sunday. Tennessee had the inside track for the final 1-seed at the start of the week, but the Volunteers saw their […]

Purdue retires Zach Edey’s jersey after win in home finale

The 7-foot-4 Purdue senior withstood a physical onslaught from Wisconsin in his home finale, persevered and received a surprise reward: seeing his jersey number, 15, added to the Mackey Arena rafters. Edey played through an injured left leg, finished with 25 points and 14 rebounds, became the first Big Ten player with 2,200 points and […]

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