Bill Bender

1 week ago | sportingnews.com | Bill Bender

Spring football is in the books – and the transfer portal is closed. That means it's time for Sporting News to update its Top 25 college football rankings for the 2025 season. Our top three remains the same as the Way-Too-Early Top 25 in January. The biggest mover was Tennessee, which saw starting quarterback Nico Iamaleava unexpectedly transfer to UCLA. The Vols dropped from No. 12 to No. 18. Texas – which is ready for the Arch Manning era – is No. 1.

1 week ago | sportingnews.com | Bill Bender

COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio State men's lacrosse goalie Caleb Fyock blocks the net with help from a loose jersey and sweatpants, but that's not why the 6-foot-2, 297-pound sophomore inherited a generational nickname. Say hello to "Big Tasty." Fyock ranks second in the nation with a 61.1% save percentage. He helped Ohio State win its first Big Ten men's lacrosse championship in a thrilling 10-8 victory at rival Michigan on April 19.

2 weeks ago | sportingnews.com | Bill Bender

Un total de 13 quarterbacks fueron seleccionados en el NFL Draft 2025. ¿Cuál recordaremos más? Shedeur Sanders, quien estaba proyectado como una selección de primera ronda, cayó hasta la quinta en uno de los giros más inesperados en la histórica trayectoria del Draft. Sanders terminó en Cleveland, después de que los Browns eligieran a Dillon Gabriel, de Oregon, en la tercera ronda. Esta fue la historia que no se puede dejar de lado, aunque hay otros quarterbacks que también ofrecen grandes relatos.

2 weeks ago | sportingnews.com | Bill Bender

The spring transfer portal window is closed. The Nico Iamaleava drama – which led to the quarterback transferring from Tennessee to UCLA – was the highly-publicized move in this window – which lasted from April 16-25. It led to questions about the true intent of the transfer portal – is it a device to re-negotiate Name, Image and Likeness contracts? Iamaleava and his brother Madden are at UCLA, but the fallout from those transfers continues. That was not the only piece of drama, however.

2 weeks ago | sportingnews.com | Bill Bender

Ohio State followed up the first 12-team College Football Playoff national championship with one of the strongest NFL Draft showings of all-time. The Buckeyes led all FBS schools with 14 players, which almost tied the record of 15 set by Georgia in 2022. Ohio State also led all schools with four first-round picks, which included Tampa Bay's Emeka Egbuka (No. 19), Minnesota's Donovan Jackson (No. 24), Detroit's Tyleik Williams (No. 28), and Kansas City's Josh Simmons (No. 32).