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Kieran Trippier has made his exit from Newcastle United official. Trippier announced on Saturday that he will leave Tyneside when his contract expires this summer, bringing an end to his four-and-a-half-year spell at St James’ Park. The 35-year-old joined from Atletico Madrid in January 2022 for £12million, became Eddie Howe’s first signing following the Saudi-backed […]
What might a Justin Gainey team look like? Ask me again in 12 months for a better answer. However, he was the associate head coach on an Elite Eight team. He had been on that team for five seasons, long enough to have probably played some role in the recruitment of every player on that […]
We have been grading all four classes of the 2025-26 Carolina Basketball team this week, and now it is time to grade the entire team. For UNC fans, it probably feels a bit like kicking us while we’re down after finding out yesterday that Tommy Lloyd is signing an extension with Arizona. But the quicker […]
Season averages: Points – 4.6 Rebounds – 1.7 Assists – 0.6 Steals – 0.6 Field goal percentage – 46.6% Three-point percentage – 35.9% Free-throw percentage – 76.2% Season highs: Points – 15 vs Seton Hall Rebounds – 6 vs Seton Hall Assists – 2 (several times) Steals – 2 (several times) Overall thoughts: Palmer started […]
Today is the beginning of the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament semifinals, aka the Final Four. Connecticut, Michigan, Illinois and Arizona are looking for a chance to win a national championship. And in our SB Nation Reacts survey question, we asked you who you think will win. The Michigan Wolverines were the top choice […]
This post is brought to you by FanDuel, proud partner of SBNation. New Mexico falls short in NIT Almost three-fourths of the voters figured that New Mexico could win the NIT championship. Unfortunately, the seven percent who said they would lose in the semi-final round ended up being right, as the Lobos dropped their game on […]
Date: Saturday, April 4, 2026 Tipoff Time: 4:00PM ET Location: MGM Grand Garden Arena — Las Vegas, Nevada Broadcast Information Channel: FOX Streaming: FOX Sports (with TV provider login) Announcers: Gus Johnson, Jim Jackson and Kristina Pink Radio: Mountaineer Sports Network (Radio Affiliates) | WVU Gameday App (Apple | Android) Radio Announcers: Tony Caridi and Brad Howe Reminder: It is against […]
Oregon softball took their home opener against the Iowa Hawkeyes, and baseball evened their series against the Michigan Wolverines. Here is all of yesterday’s action. Baseball Game 2 vs. Michigan Oregon baseball rediscovered how to actually score runs yesterday, and the bats backed up a fine performance on the mound by Collin Clarke to take […]
While we as North Carolina fans have been quite preoccupied by the coaching search that now envelops the men’s basketball program, there were still games going on over the weekend, and there will be into this weekend as well. Last night was the national semifinals at the women’s Final Four and tonight will be the […]
Real Madrid have published their starting lineup for the upcoming match against Mallorca in the return of La Liga after the FIFA break. Real Madrid will need to take care of business if they want to put some pressure on Barcelona in this race for La Liga title. STARTING LINEUPS Real Madrid starting XI: Lunin; […]
With the transfer portal set to officially open on April 7th, Mizzou will have multiple roster spots to fill in the offseason. As of right now, Trent Pierce and Trent Burns are set to return next season with Anthony Robinson II and Sebastian Mack transferring out. Jason Crowe Jr. and Toni Bryant are two five-star […]
After finishing in second place in the Big Ten, behind UCLA, the Michigan State Gymnastics team earned an 11-seed in the NCAA tournament and was sent to the Tempe Regional. Thirty-six teams qualify for the tournament. Of those, eight are required to compete in the first round while the other 28 teams advance directly to […]
There’s no hurt quite like World Cup hurt. It probably has something to do with the periodicity of the world’s biggest football competition. You can’t shrug and say “Well, there’s always next year!” in the World Cup. A final defeat in the World Cup is four years of building expectations, qualifying process, thousands of small, […]
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It’s Game Day! At the Final Four! The Arizona Wildcats (36-2) take on the Michigan Wolverines (35-3) in the national semifinals, with the winner advancing to the NCAA title game. Here’s all the info you need to watch, listen to or follow the game online: Arizona-Michigan game time, details: How can I watch Arizona-Michigan? Arizona-Michigan […]
Then four remained! If you’re in the Bracket Challenge, Sammy has been keeping us updated on the progress as the tourney has gone along. What’s interesting is it looks like of the top 10 brackets, 7 have Arizona winning it all, one has UConn, one had Duke (sorry Nathan!), and Sammy picked Michigan. So the […]
UConn men’s basketball (33-5) will look to get to its seventh national title game in program history as the Huskies are set to take on 3-seed Illinois (28-8) in the Final Four on Saturday evening at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, the eighth Final Four appearance for the team since 1999. The Fighting Illini came […]
In the biggest game of the season, UConn women’s basketball’s offense fell flat. The Huskies scored just 48 points — their fewest in four years — on a season-worst 31.1 shooting in a 14-point loss to South Carolina in the Final Four on Friday. “They took us out of our normal flow,” Ashlynn Shade said […]
When this Illini basketball team lost to UConn at Madison Square Garden on Black Friday, it was a game that didn’t receive much hype. After all, it was an early tip-off on the day after Thanksgiving, on many people were more focused on food, shopping, holiday season activities and football than they were on basketball. […] The post Illini Basketball Game Preview, Prediction: Final Four vs UConn appeared first on The Sports Bank .
Without a doubt, the Illini basketball program won 2024 Big Ten Media Days with their Bingo card. You can view it in both in the photo above, and the tweet below. However, now it’s Final Four time, and with that, time to up the ante. So your Illinois Bingo Card/Drinking game for Saturday night consists […] The post Your Illini Basketball Final Four Bingo Card/Drinking Game appeared first on The Sports Bank .
The Final Four is here and now more than ever it’s great to be an Illini! It’s always good to be a University of Illinois fan, alumni, student etc. but right now, this is the moment. And by moment, we mean the time to list out the five greatest U of I references in recent […] The post Top Five University of Illinois Pop Culture References appeared first on The Sports Bank .
You might have heard a lot of Arizona Wildcats, their fans and alumni saying “Bear Down” this March Madness. Which is weird because what do Wildcats have to do with Bears? It’s not like the Arizona Wildcats are based in a place like Russia (the bear is the nation’s international symbol) or California (which has […] The post Why Do Arizona Wildcats Say/Sing “Bear Down”? appeared first on The Sports Bank .
The NCAA transfer portal doesn’t open until next week, but that doesn’t mean it hasn’t been busy. For the fourth time since a disappointing 19-13 season ended last month, the Virginia Tech Hokies saw a fourth player reveal his intention to enter the portal. On Friday, junior guard Jaden Schutt became the latest Hokie expected […]
The NCAA appears to be moving closer to expanding one of its most iconic events. According to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports, the Men’s and Women’s NCAA Tournaments are expected to grow from 68 to 76 teams in the near future. Under the proposed format, the expansion would add eight additional games to the current […]
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order calling for “urgent national action to save college sports,” signaling a major federal push to reshape the current landscape of collegiate athletics. The order proposes sweeping changes, including federal regulation of NIL collectives, stricter transfer rules, and a revamped eligibility structure. One key component is a return […]