Cooper DeJean probably still shouldn’t have been there, sitting comfortably with his family in his Iowa hometown on draft ...

There’s the game itself, and then there are the parties and promotions, a glad-handing orgy for the sports-entertainment ...

The Cincinnati Reds had the bats going during their Cactus League game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday, with Austin Hays leading the way in an 8–1 win. The 29-year-old outfielder, who ...

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Greg Cote’s Hot Button Top 10, the weekly Sunday notes column, finds the funny, damnable and offbeat in sports ...

It's been two weeks since the Eagles dominated the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX 40-22 in New Orleans to cap off a ...

Who needs Greg Sankey and Tony Petitti? Elon Musk's latest artificial intelligence bot has bold College Football Playoff ...

Despite the excitement, there have been calls for further changes. ESPN's Paul Finebaum has been particularly vocal about the seeding process. Currently, the four highest-rated conference champions ...

Dan Wetzel, Ross Dellenger and SI's Pat Forde discuss the latest news from the CFP Management Committee on impending changes to both the 2025 & 2026 playoff structure.

Any change that comes to the College Football Playoff in 2025 will have to be passed by a unanimous vote, but that requirement goes away starting in 2026 and beyond. And that’s when it’s ...

The inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff introduced both changes and excitement to the sport. Now, five conference champions are automatically included in the playoff, an increase from the ...