Ralph Russo

1 week ago | myheraldreview.com | Ralph Russo

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1 week ago | nytimes.com | Ralph Russo

College baseball has spent much of the last three decades bouncing between offensive extremes, from the gorilla ball to the dead ball and back to a bombs-away mentality. The latest swing in the state of play has produced an unprecedented four-year run of power hitting. Unlike some of the other recent fluctuations, the latest uptick in offense has those in the game less worried about the balls and the bats and more focused on the guys using the equipment and how.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Ralph Russo

DESTIN, Fla. - Lane Kiffin, voice of reason. That's where college football is in its latest long and winding journey to a new postseason format. Looming College Football Playoff expansion has been the hottest topic at the SEC meetings this week as the conference considers the best way to ensure the rest of college football properly respects its authority.

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Ralph Russo

DESTIN, Fla. - Commissioner Greg Sankey says interest in a 16-team playoff has increased in the SEC, but cautioned that while there has been much chatter about CFP models that include multiple automatic bids for conferences, those formats might actually sell his league short. Sankey opened SEC spring meetings Monday with about a 45-minute news conference, most of which was dominated by questions about the future of the College Football Playoff.

2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Ralph Russo |Christopher Kamrani

The Trump administration's move to bar international students from attending Harvard could have wide-ranging implications for the university's eclectic athletics program. While a federal judge Friday issued a temporary restraining order that blocked the Department of Homeland Security's edict regarding international students at Harvard, the school's athletes may not have much time to decide their next steps, depending on their sport.