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Game times have been revealed for the first three weeks of the upcoming college football season, and the Maryland Terrapins will have some late kickoffs in their non-conference slate.The Terps open the season Saturday, September 5 with their FCS game against Hampton. That contest will have an 8pm kickoff, and it will be televised on the Big Ten Network.The next week, Maryland has their first road trip of the year: a 3:30 kick at still-Independent UConn. That game will be featured on CBS Sports Network.After that, it’s back to College Park for a big matchup against James Franklin and former…
BYU star and potential No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 NBA draft AJ Dybantsa divulged Thursday that he has been closely studying a Basketball Hall of Famer as he prepares to make the leap to the professional level.During an appearance on All The Smoke with former NBA players Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes (beginning at the 3:10 mark), Dybantsa named Tracy McGrady as a player whose game he has been familiarizing himself with:”My favorite player is Kevin Durant, easy one,” Dybantsa said. “But the comp I got recently was Tracy McGrady, so I’ve been studying a lot of Tracy.”Dybantsa…
The impetus of the Denver Broncos’ drastic turnaround is that they finally got the head coach/quarterback combination right, after eight years of one miss after another. Sean Payton arrived in 2023 as head coach, but the Broncos won only eight games because the quarterback situation with Russell Wilson wasn’t the right fit. Enter Bo Nix in 2024, and Payton finally got his guy to build around. The Broncos took off like a rocket, winning 24 games over the ensuing two years, an AFC West Crown, and came one tough Nix injury away from a Super Bowl berth. The Broncos are…
Lance Pugmire has been a full-time boxing writer for nearly 20 years, serving now as BoxingScene’s U.S. Senior Writer and assistant producer for ProBoxTV’s “BoxingScene Today.” Pugmire capped a near 20-year career at the Los Angeles Times (sports investigations, NHL/MLB beat work, law enforcement/courts and boxing/UFC) to join The Athletic, and then USA Today. Pugmire’s stint at The Times started with the first Israel Vazquez-Rafael Marquez fight and the Oscar De La Hoya-Floyd Mayweather Jnr then-record pay-per-view, leading through a slew of ringside assignments at major bouts, including Mayweather-Pacquiao, Mayweather-Canelo and the Canelo-Golovkin trilogy. Lance’s appreciation for boxing is rooted…
Scotland women opened their T20 tri-series in Edinburgh with a nine-wicket defeat of the Netherlands.The Dutch batted first and reached 141-8, with Robine Rijke top-scoring wth 46 before being bowled by Priyanaz Chatterji. Kirstie Gordon took 3-27 on her first Scotland appearance in nine years after she committed to them after playing for England in 2018. In reply, the hosts mounted a strong response, with Darcey Carter making 55, before Frederique Overdijk took the Netherlands’ only wicket.Katherine Fraser and captain Kathryn Bryce were 56 and 23 not out respectively as Scotland won with 31 balls to spare. Scotland face Bangladesh…
One-off Test, Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont (day two of four)New Zealand 490-8 dec (119 overs): Blundell 186, Foxcroft 98; Tector 1-16Ireland 179 all out (45 overs) Balbirnie 73*, Adair 40; Smith 6-40 & 65-2 (16 overs) Doheny 36*; Tickner 2-14Ireland trail by 246 runs ScorecardNew Zealand took control against Ireland on the second day of the one-off Test with Nathan Smith claiming an international career best of 6-40 at Stormont.After recovering from a poor start on the first day to reach 361-5, the Black Caps continued in a similar vein on the second day in the Belfast sun, reaching…
Fantasy QB sleepers | RB sleepersWide receiver has become the most important offensive skill position in fantasy football in recent seasons, so finding a sleeper or draft bargain can go a long way toward making a good fantasy squad great and a great fantasy squad a championship contender. While there were some players who came out of nowhere to produce starter-worthy totals in 2025, the number of wideouts who were able to establish and maintain surprising statistical success was low. To me, a sleeper is a player who has never before been a reliable fantasy starter but is on the verge…
Expectations have followed Karl-Anthony Towns since he entered the league. This isn’t unique for a former No. 1 overall pick, but it always felt different with Towns.He’s been far from a bust. Six All-Star appearances, three All-NBA selections, three trips to the conference finals. Most front offices would be beyond themselves at the prospect of drafting a player with this kind of resume. But Towns has always left people wanting more.Historically, he’s been at his best offensively at the center position. But his physical limitations gave his teams a hard ceiling on defense when they went with this alignment. If…
Chicago Bears wide receiver Luther Burden III is in store for a second-year leap during the 2026 NFL season.”I’m buying Luther Burden stock right now,” Bears coach Ben Johnson told reporters Thursday. “He looks like he’s playing at a different speed right now.”Chicago traded DJ Moore to the Buffalo Bills this offseason, which presumably elevated Burden’s spot on the depth chart to one of the top two wide receiver spots alongside Rome Odunze.The Bears selected the Missouri product with a second-round pick in the 2025 NFL draft, and he didn’t make a major impact until his third game when he…
Kent Spitfires Men v Essex Men Vitality BlastSt Lawrence, CanterburyFriday 29 May 6:30pm, 2026 Essex Men resume their Vitality Blast campaign on Friday night with a trip to local rivals Kent Spitfires at the St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury. After suffering a 30-run defeat to Hampshire in Southampton on Tuesday, Simon Harmer’s group head across the bridge to face Sam Billings’ Kent Spitfires. Essex Men will look to bounce back after they were set a challenging target of 201 as Hampshire recovered from a slow start thanks largely to a rapid unbeaten partnership between Tristan Stubbs and Hilton Cartwright in the…