Football

4/25/2025 |  Judge Denies Student-Athletes' Lawsuits Against NCAA For Additional Eligibility (Athletic Business) Four college football players in North Carolina sued the NCAA for an additional season of eligibility, a song and dance the NCAA has seen before, but this time, the athletes lost. A judge this week ruled the players’ evidence was “not sufficient” and denied a preliminary injunction.

4/25/2025 |  Shedeur Sanders falls out of Round 1 of 2025 NFL Draft: Here's who's the betting favorite to take Colorado QB (CBS Sports) Heading into Day 2 of the 2025 NFL Draft, the betting odds will become an even bigger piece to the puzzle as we look to figure out where some of the top prospects will ultimately end up. In the case of Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders, one of the more polarizing figures in this class, there is a new favorite to pluck him from the draft pool and usher him into the NFL: the Cleveland Browns.

4/25/2025 |  What we learned from Round 1 of 2025 NFL Draft: Teams unsure of Shedeur Sanders; Giants now stocked at QB (CBS Sports) The 2025 NFL Draft kicked off Thursday, and, boy, did we get treated to some drama. The Tennessee Titans added a new face of the franchise in Cam Ward up top, as expected, but after that, plenty of surprises ensued: The Jacksonville Jaguars made a blockbuster move to land Travis Hunter at No. 2 overall, the Cleveland Browns secured Mason Graham for their defensive front three picks later and the Carolina Panthers went wide receiver at No. 8 overall, picking Tetairoa McMillan to be the new No. 1 pass catcher for Bryce Young.

4/25/2025 |  Nico Iamaleava’s Exit From Tennessee Marks New Era of College Football (DEADSPIN) Way back when I wasn’t 59 years old and my right hip and back didn’t hurt every morning from 36 years of umpiring, I was in Winchester, Virginia, one July week to work a Little League softball state tournament and rooming with a chap named Kat Stapleton.

4/25/2025 |  There’s No Shame in Shedeur Sanders Falling to the Second Round (DEADSPIN) Shedeur Sanders was primed to celebrate, surrounded by friends, family and propped up behind the high-level production on his resume at Colorado.

Pick-by-pick, that pocket collapsed around Sanders and he was left to deliver a concession speech to his draft party audience Thursday night.