Ryan O’Leary has spent his entire professional career in sports multimedia, working as journalist, editor, podcaster, and in live events as a content manager and show emcee. His career highlights include working as a podcast host and audio editor for USA TODAY Sports Media Group, where he led a series of NFL podcasts for the… Read More »
Casual college basketball fans may not be familiar with the “Crab Five,” but Maryland fans sure are. The Terrapins are back in the NCAA tournament as a No. 4 seed following a 25-8 season, and Maryland has a chance to make a run thanks to a strong starting lineup. While freshman Derik Queen is the… Read More »
Kicking things off at UCLA, home of the No. 1-seeded Bruins, is a battle between No. 8 Georgia Tech and No. 9 Richmond. The Yellow Jackets’ season has been nothing short of historic. The squad won its first 15 games of the season, beating ranked opponents Oregon, North Carolina, and Nebraska, for their best start… Read More »
As two of college basketball’s most heralded tacticians, Bill Self and John Calipari have enjoyed a slew of captivating contests over the course of their glimmering careers — including a face-off against one another in the 2008 NCAA championship game. And yet none of those matches share the contours of the duo’s late joust, a… Read More »
As the three-time defending champions of the CONCACAF Nations League, the United States look to remain as sole kings of the continent as they take on Panama in the 2024/25 semifinals on Thursday. The winner of this match will earn the right to face either Canada or Mexico in the final on Sunday, meaning there… Read More »
Peter Chawaga is a veteran journalist covering Major League Baseball for The Sporting News. His MLB reporting has included feature interviews with commissioner Rob Manfred and Hall of Fame slugger David Ortiz, salary analysis, player rankings and more. He has covered baseball for Forbes, Yardbarker, Pitcher List, Athlon and other outlets. With over ten years… Read More »
12:13 p.m. — Here’s the starting five for each team. Creighton: Steven Ashworth Jamiya Neal Jasen Green Jackson McAndrew Ryan Kalkbrenner Louisville: J’Vonne Hadley Terrence Edwards Jr. Chucky Hepburn James Scott Noah Waterman Louisville enters the 2025 NCAA tournament with a dramatic one-year turnaround. The Cardinals went 8-24 in 2023-24, leading to the dismissal of head… Read More »
This year’s March Madness darling may be a newcomer to the tournament. UC San Diego is coming off a 30-win season, which helped the school clinch its first appearance in the NCAA tournament by winning the Big West. The Tritons earned a dangerous No. 12 seed, which should make them a popular pick to advance… Read More »
Two of college basketball’s best coaches will go head-to-head in the first round of the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Bill Self, the long-time Kansas head coach, owns the No. 7 seed, while John Calipari’s Arkansas team is the No. 10 squad. Calipari is in his first year with the Razorbacks after spending more than a decade… Read More »
Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle Source