Football

7/17/2025 |  NFL, Fanatics Antitrust Lawsuit Over Amazon Sales Dismissed (SGB UPDATE) The National Football League (NFL) and its licensing partner, Fanatics, Inc., persuaded a U.S. judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging that the companies had violated antitrust law by controlling the distribution of licensed merchandise.

7/17/2025 |  2025 SEC Preseason Top 25 Players: Arch Manning, Superstar Quarterbacks, Stars to Watch (College Football News) Every year we do our 25 Best SEC Players thing going into the season, and every year, you could probably take 25 players we didn’t include and be closer to the pin.

No, we won’t be cute and push for someone other than 16 Texas as the best of a loaded lot of offensive stars. However, when it comes to quarterbacks, no pushback if you want to argue for Sellers, or Nussmeier, or Mateer, or Lagway, or Pavia or …

7/16/2025 |  Pac-12, Mountain West headed back to court after mediation fails over millions in ‘poaching’ fees (Associated Press (AP))  Pac-12 and Mountain West conferences are headed back to court after failing to reach a settlement agreement in mediation over $55 million in “poaching” fees.
The conferences failed to reach an agreement by Tuesday’s deadline in mediation that began in May. The Pac-12 has requested a hearing on the pending motion to dismiss on Sept. 9.

7/16/2025 |  One bold prediction for every SEC team: Changes bring success for Oklahoma, best-case CFP scenario for Alabama (CBS Sports) Will the SEC snap a two-year skid and assume its place atop college football's national championship throne? Can various coaches on warming seats silence naysayers and extend their tenures? While the answers to those questions won't be found SEC Media Days this week, we have unearthed a bold prediction for every team generated from intel gathered from around the league.

7/16/2025 |  Bill Belichick fires back at Robert Kraft, says it was he who took the 'big risk' by taking Patriots job (CBS Sports) When asked at Fanatics Fest in New York to describe the best move he has made in his 30 years of owning the New England Patriots, Robert Kraft quickly identified the time in 1999 when he traded a first-round pick for the right to hire Bill Belichick from the New York Jets. He also acknowledged that making such a bold move for Belichick was a "big risk," given that Belichick previously had a losing record as the coach of the Cleveland Browns.