The Hawaii Bowl wasn’t created until shortly after the dawn of the 21st century, but for most of its existence it has occupied this special time slot on the holiday schedule. This year, for the first time since 2019, the home-town Rainbow Warriors will be part of the festivities. Hawaii’s opponent will be California, whom […]

The Pro Football Hall of Fame seems long overdue for New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft. Second-year Chicago Bears QB Caleb Williams has helped his team pull out numerous last-minute wins in 2025. Mike Tomlin rebounded from shouts to be fired to lead the Steelers to yet another winning season. ‘Tis the season to be […]

It’s Christmas Eve! We’re less than 24 hours away from a terrific slate of NBA games. The NBA is known for bringing holiday cheer with tremendous matchups on Christmas Day. This year is no different, with young stars like Victor Wembanyama and Cooper Flagg playing in Thursday’s contests, as well as superstars like Stephen Curry, […]

It will be a full circle moment for the two coaches in the 2025 Hawai’i Bowl. Hawai’i and California will square off at the Clarence T.C. Ching Athletics Complex in Honolulu on Wednesday, Dec. 24. It’s not only a familiar place for the Rainbow Warriors – playing in their home stadium – but for the coach […]

Jake Paul has identified his “biggest mistake’’ related to his heavyweight fight against Anthony Joshua. No, it is not failing to get his gloves up before Joshua delivered the knockout blow and broke Paul’s jaw in two places in Round 6. Rather, Paul said he should have trained at high altitude before the fight Dec. […]

It was February 2025 when the cracks in the facade of Sherrone Moore’s reign began to appear, or at least were put on display for his entire coaching staff to see. In a meeting called by the then-Michigan football coach on a cold afternoon in Ann Arbor, Moore delivered a vitriolic outburst featuring tears and […]

Happy Holidays – the penultimate week of the 2025 NFL regular season is upon us. However you might not exactly enjoy what’s underneath the tree on Christmas – the Yuletide’s three streaming contests (Cowboys-Commanders, Lions-Vikings and Broncos-Chiefs) not exactly crackling with compelling subplots or playoff implications despite their intra-divisional pairings. Saturday’s couplet is a bit […]

In a sign of the times, the Bears received a commitment from James Nnaji, a 7-foot center from Nigeria who was selected in the 2023 NBA Draft. The 21-year-old will be eligible to play immediately for Scott Drew and will have four years of eligibility remaining, a Baylor spokesperson confirmed to USA TODAY Sports. The […]

The 2025-26 college basketball season has started off with a bang for some, with some teams like Michigan, Arizona, Iowa State and plenty more asserting themselves as national championship candidates. But not every team has had such a hot start, and there’s some real concern hovering around as conference play begins. Whether it was stumbling […]

Christmas came early for Atlanta-based real estate developer and avid golfer Michael Barnouin, who was recently gifted back his stolen cowhide wallet that he bought in Montana. The culprit – a gull scavenger with white feathered arms, webbed feet and thin beak – often roamed in bunches near Pebble Beach Golf Links, a public golf […]