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Texas Tech’s Joey McGuire feels the pressure after cash-driven roster overhaul
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
Joey McGuire is the first Texas Tech coach since the late Mike Leach two-plus decades ago to get through his first three seasons without a losing record. The former Texas high school coach might need more than another winning season to see a fifth year with the Red Raiders, whose No. 23 ranking is their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kansas Jayhawks’ new stadium symbolizes program’s resurgence, though work on both still remains
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) â The construction cranes that have been working on a new stadium for the Kansas Jayhawks the past two years might just as well be emblematic of the program as a whole. No longer a downtrodden eyesore, the Jayhawks are suddenly competitive again, even if they remain a work in progress. Just ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy stays cool as Cowboys face uncertainty with new players and coaches
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
Oklahoma State coach Mike Gundy remains cool, even as the pressure rises. Perhaps thatâs because before his Cowboys finished 3-9 last season, he reached a rare level of consistency, posting winning records every year from 2006 to 2023. Gundy’s outsized personality is only eclipsed by his overall record of 169-88 in 20 seasons. The 58-year-old ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!TCU sets sights on Big 12 title with Hoover leading the charge
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) â TCU seemed to finally be getting back on track with Josh Hoover fully established at quarterback and an improving defense. The trick is carrying that into a new season with a brutal early schedule. After surprising everyone three years ago with an undefeated regular season and making the national championship ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A new generation learns Rich Rodriguez’s demanding coaching style at West Virginia
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
Rich Rodriguez won four Big East championships in seven seasons during his first stint at West Virginia, coming one haunting loss short of reaching college football’s national championship game. Fans who endured mediocrity for the past six seasons under previous coach Neal Brown are counting on Rodriguez to resurrect the magic that produced double-digit wins ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Robertson and Baylor hope to build off 2024 finish that removed dismal feel around Aranda’s team
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
The feeling surrounding coach Dave Aranda and the Baylor Bears was getting downright dismal midway through last season. A six-game winning streak certainly changed the mood, and expectations, especially for quarterback Sawyer Robertson and other players who went through that extended slide. âA lot of the guys that are here right now, and that had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Michigan QB Bryce Underwood tops list of freshmen who could make immediate impact
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood, the nationâs No. 1 recruit in his class, has spent months getting ready in hopes of starting the 14th-ranked Wolverinesâ season opener against New Mexico. If follows an outstanding high school career in which Underwood threw for 11,488 yards and 152 touchdowns while leading Belleville to a 50-4 record and two ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man arrested for allegedly racially abusing Semenyo has been given conditional bail
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) â A man arrested on suspicion of racially abusing Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo during a Premier League game has been released on conditional bail, police said Monday. Merseyside Police said the 47-year-man from Liverpool cannot attend a soccer match in Britain or go within one mile (1.6 kilometers) of a soccer stadium ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Milwaukee’s recent streak calls to mind the Brewers’ 1987 season, which was quite a rollar coaster
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
The Milwaukee Brewers have been the talk of baseball recently because of their 14-game winning streak. That run also gives us a chance to appreciate a particularly unusual big league season â the Brewers’ super streaky run through 1987. It was those â87 Brewers who won their first 13 games of the season, triggering the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!FIFA President Gianni Infantino condemns ‘unacceptable’ racism after incidents at German Cup games
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
ZURICH (AP) â FIFA President Gianni Infantino says that two incidents of alleged racist abuse which marred German Cup games are âunacceptableâ as German police investigate. Infantino’s comments came a day after Schalke’s Christopher Antwi-Adjei said he was subjected to racist abuse in a cup game at Lokomotive Leipzig. He was whistled by fans throughout ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lokomotive fans whistle Schalkeâs Antwi-Adjei after his complaint of racist abuse in German Cup game
By Canadian Press on August 18th, 2025
LEIPZIG, Germany (AP) â Schalke midfielder Christopher Antwi-Adjei was whistled by Lokomotive Leipzig supporters after he complained that he was subjected to racist abuse during the teamsâ German Cup game on Sunday. âQuite simply, it was racism. I think it has no place on a football field or generally in society,â Antwi-Adjei, who is Black, ... Read More »
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