page 2 - Long Reads

Will Wade lights a fire under Darrion Williams while Notre Dame's coach gets hot with officials. PLUS: SMU's triple-double machine and more updates from around the ACC.

With a stellar crop behind him — led by rapid-riser AJ Dybantsa — Cameron Boozer shouldn't get too comfortable. Here are the top ten players vying for this year's Wooden Award.

Jason Benetti has taken a laborious path to the top of sports broadcasting. He couldn't have done it without a tuba, his Nintendo and a whole lot of grit.

As Kentucky and St. John's are learning, NIL money can buy players, but it can't buy a team. PLUS: UCLA, Darryn Peterson and KenPom.

Baylor’s decision to sign James Nnaji, a former NBA Draft pick, produced complaints and confusion. Here are answers to the most-pressing questions facing college athletics.

Is Duke for real? How dominant is the Big 12? Andy Katz separates the winners from the wannabes in every power conference to kick off 2026.

Walter Clayton Jr. leads Florida on a wild NCAA Tournament run, Cooper Flagg wins the Wooden Award and more from a blue-chip year of college ball

Our 2025 transfer retrospective, including Yaxel Lendeborg, PJ Haggerty and the biggest risers and fallers ahead of conference play

Michigan’s Yaxel Lendeborg, a 6-foot-9 forward leads what may be the best team in the country

Vitale, the 86-year-old broadcaster, returned to ESPN this year, but his real work remains his fight against pediatric cancer

In the throes of recovery, coach Matthew Graves is thankful to be alive and patiently awaiting a full return to the sidelines