Carter Bahns

3 days ago | cbssports.com | Carter Bahns |Jordan Dajani

Two-time Academy Award winner Spike Lee is a prominent New York Knicks supporter and regular courtside attendee at Madison Square Garden, and during the Eastern Conference finals, he named a high price we would pay to see his team win a championship. Lee, ahead of the Knicks' Game 5 matchup with the Indiana Pacers, said he would trade one of his Oscars in order for the franchise to win the NBA Finals. The Knicks have not won the league since 1973 and have not appeared in the Finals since 1999.

6 days ago | cbssports.com | Carter Bahns |Will Backus

The road to Omaha and the College World Series begins Friday with first pitch of the 2025 NCAA Baseball Tournament. Vanderbilt locked up the No. 1 overall seed with its scalding hot finish to the regular season and run through the SEC Tournament, but rarely does the top seed roll through the bracket en route to a national championship.

1 week ago | cbssports.com | Carter Bahns |Jordan Dajani

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy signed a sizable contact extension last week, and not everyone was convinced his performance justified the hefty price tag that made him the seventh-highest paid quarterback in the NFL on an annual basis. Purdy's critics are loud and aplenty, but the franchise signal-caller said he mutes most of the opinions from outsides -- save for the ones that label him as a "system quarterback," which he embraced as a compliment rather than a detraction.

1 week ago | cbssports.com | Carter Bahns

Green Bay Packers first-round pick Matthew Golden is already settling into his new home. The Texas product, who became the first Packers' wide receiver to be drafted on Day 1 since 2002, called Green Bay "a special place to be" ahead of his debut NFL season. From a fishing trip with fellow Packers rookie Savion Williams to a charity softball game, Golden immersed himself in one of the NFL's most unique and passionate fandoms.

1 week ago | cbssports.com | Carter Bahns

Arizona State quarterback Sam Leavitt, who dazzled in his first season with the Sun Devils and projects as a potential first-round pick in next year's NFL Draft, gave back to the community after his splendid debut in Tempe. Leavitt made a $15,000 personal donation to the Pat Tillman Foundation, which supports military service members and their families in honor of the former Arizona State and Arizona Cardinals safety who died by friendly fire in the War in Afghanistan.