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College football Bottom 10 after Week 6: Texas takes major fall
Inspirational thought of the week: The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of red and gold I see your lips, the summer kisses The sun-burned hands I used to hold Since you went away the days grow long And soon I'll hear old winter's song But I miss you most of all my darling When autumn leaves start to fall -- "Autumn Leaves," Nat King Cole Here at Bottom 10 Headquarters, located behind the triage tent reserved for people who thought they could just show up cold and keep up...
College football Bottom 10 after Week 5: Michigan is back for more
Inspirational thought of the week: I keep on messing it up Keep holding on When I know it's wrong I keep on messing it up So scared to leave But it's killing me To be finding reasons Hoping believing When I know it's not love I keep on messing it up Keep holding on When I know it's wrong I keep on messing it up -- "I Keep On Messing It Up," Only The Poets Here at Bottom 10 Headquarters, located in the back room of the laundromat where Josh Pate has his shirts shrunk, we have entered October,...
College Football Bottom 10 After Week 4: Time Not on Michigan's Side
Inspirational thought of the week: One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do Two can be as bad as one It's the loneliest number since the number one "No" is the saddest experience you'll ever know Yes, it's the saddest experience you'll ever know Because one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do One is the loneliest number that you'll ever know -- "One," Harry Nilsson Here at Bottom 10 Headquarters, located behind the shelves of shaking, smoking, grinding stacks of Commodore 64...
College football Bottom 10 after Week 4: Time not on Michigan's side
Inspirational thought of the week: One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do Two can be as bad as one It's the loneliest number since the number one "No" is the saddest experience you'll ever know Yes, it's the saddest experience you'll ever know Because one is the loneliest number that you'll ever do One is the loneliest number that you'll ever know -- "One," Harry Nilsson Here at Bottom 10 Headquarters, located behind the shelves of shaking, smoking, grinding stacks of Commodore 64...
Tennessee and Texas battle for UT rights, SEC orange, Manning loyalty
When you list the most storied college football programs of the past century, it is impossible to omit Tennessee or Texas. The Volunteers and Longhorns rank in the top 12 of most major measurements when sizing up greatness, from wins (Horns 976, Vols 890) and claimed national titles (Vols 6, Horns 4) to bowl appearances (Horns 63, Vols 58) and first-round NFL draft picks (Horns 58, Vols 48).
College football bottom 10 after week 3: NC State dropped ball
Inspirational thought of the week: "You can't go back home to your family, back home to your childhood ... back home to a young man's dreams of glory and of fame ...
College football Bottom 10 after Week 3: NC State dropped ball Original
Inspirational thought of the week: "You can't go back home to your family, back home to your childhood ... back home to a young man's dreams of glory and of fame ...
College football bottom 10 after week 2: Oregon ducks onto list
Inspirational thought of the week: "You all have got to start thinking on a different level here. Like the CIA does. Now, we are through the looking glass here, people.
College football Bottom 10 after Week 2: Oregon ducks onto list
Inspirational thought of the week: "You all have got to start thinking on a different level here. Like the CIA does. Now, we are through the looking glass here, people.
Kyle Larson ends winless streak, boosts NASCAR title hopes
MADISON, Ill. -- Kyle Larson ended a 51-race winless streak Sunday, edging Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman in overtime of a crash-filled NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway that shook up the playoff standings. Larson, the defending series champion, took his No. 5 Chevrolet to Victory Lane for the first time since May 2025 at Kansas Speedway after defending the lead on three restarts in the final two laps of regulation and seven laps of overtime.
College football bottom 10 after week 1: UMass turns it upside down
Inspirational thought of the week: Upside down Boy, you turn me Inside out And 'round and 'round Upside down Boy, you turn me Inside out And 'round and 'round -- "Upside Down," Diana Ross Here at Bottom 10 Headquarters, located in the triage tent where all the fan kickers from "College GameDay" come for treatment after whiffing and straining their groins, we have always embraced the idea of chaos. Even if that embrace feels like hugging a cactus.
What's wrong with SEC football? Nothing a national title won't fix
What in the world is wrong with the Southeastern Conference? Now, keep in mind this is a relative question and a relative issue. The reality is that those who love to use the "S-E-C!" chant and wave the barbecue-sauce-stained flag of their alma mater, they became a bit spoiled. That will happen when your conference wins 14 national championships in a century that is barely a quarter of the way through ... and it wins 13 in 17 years ...
Return to Coronado naval base highlights NASCAR's next season
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- NASCAR will return to Naval Base Coronado for another race that recognizes the men and women who serve. The sanctioning body released its 2027 schedule Wednesday. The slate begins at Daytona International Speedway and wraps up back in the Sunshine State at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Among the highlights: a return to San Diego for the Cup and O'Reilly Auto Parks series. NASCAR and the Department of Defense unveiled a multi-year plan to host events beyond Coronado.
Fun won out at Freedom 250 as IndyCar took over streets of Washington
For the most part, the fun outran the fighting. Thank goodness. There was a lesson for us all to learn by the end of IndyCar's Freedom 250 weekend that had missiles with men in them speeding up and down the most famous streets of Washington, D.C. A message to be received whether you are one who spends all year watching America's top open-wheel racing series or you don't know a wicker bill from a duck bill. Politics don't have to ruin everything. They sure can and do. Politics ruined social media.
Fun won out at Freedom 250 as IndyCar took over streets of Washington
IndyCar’s Freedom 250 sparked debate ahead of Sunday’s race in Washington, D.C., but for the three hours of racing, the sport was the big winner.
Fun won out at Freedom 250 as IndyCar took over streets of Washington
For the most part, the fun outran the fighting. Thank goodness. There was a lesson for us all to learn by the end of IndyCar's Freedom 250 weekend that had missiles with men in them speeding up and down the most famous streets of Washington, D.C. A message to be received whether you are one who spends all year watching America's top open-wheel racing series or you don't know a wicker bill from a duck bill. Politics don't have to ruin everything. They sure can and do. Politics ruined social media.
Preseason college football Bottom 10: Jayden Daniels' number is up
Inspirational thought of the week: And I chose you The one I was dancing with In New York, no shoes Looked up at the sky and it was The burgundy on my T-shirt when you splashed your wine into me And how the blood rushed into my cheeks So scarlet, it was The mark you saw on my collarbone The rust that grew between telephones The lips I used to call home So scarlet, it was maroon -- "Maroon," Taylor Swift Here at Bottom 10 Headquarters -- located inside the empty office of the Ole Miss football...
Preseason college football Bottom 10: Jayden Daniels' number is up
2:54 1 day ago O.J. Brigance, beloved Super Bowl 35 hero and ALS advocate, dies at 56 WBAL • 1d Brigance, who was part of the Ravens team that won Super Bowl XXXV, was diagnosed with ALS in 2007. Caffeine 3 hours ago Dan Campbell has cut back on the caffeine nbcsports.com - Michael David Smith • 3h Lions head coach Dan Campbell is famous for his coffee consumption, but even Campbell has his limits.
2025 FWAA Best Writing Contest GAME STORY WINNER: Ryan McGee, ESPN.com
Ryan McGee By Ryan McGee MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. -- The distance between the frozen 50- yard line at Memorial Stadium, home to the Hoosiers of Bloomington, Indiana, to the center of the field of Miami's Hard Rock Stadium, where those Hoosiers did snow angels in red and white confetti celebrating a College Football Playoff National Championship on Monday night, is 1,166 miles. But it's a hell of a lot of further than that.
Why slippery stairs is even harder (and more painful) than it looks
The Spanish Steps of Rome. The Inca stairs at Machu Picchu. The Shakespeare Steps of West 167th Street in the Bronx. And now, the Slippery Stairs. Since 2019, ESPN 8: The Ocho's version of the "Stairway to Heaven" has been a 38-step skyscraper of vinyl-wrapped plywood that has both thrilled and humbled humans as they have attempted to race -- or, more wisely, watched other people attempt to race -- to the top of that slick, staggered stage in search of summit splendor.
Ranking college football's greatest supervillains of all time Original
Every great story requires a great villain. Darth Vader. The no-nosed wizard who fights Harry Potter. The "Get him a body bag!" guy from "Karate Kid." The endless parade of bad guys whom Spider-Man is currently fighting in a theater near you. As we near kickoff of college football's 157th season, we all have our own personal lists of bad guys we would love to see melted into the floor like the Wicked Witch of the West. That scoundrel of a QB who torched your team in that bowl game your senior year.
2026 MCWS finals: Sneaky Sooners claim another national title
OMAHA, Neb. -- A year ago, when LSU won its eighth Men's College World Series title, many -- including this very space -- declared the Tigers as the greatest college baseball program of all-time. On Monday night, another SEC team -- albeit a new one -- was dogpiling in Omaha. No one in their right hardball mind will ever try to sell the Oklahoma Sooners as being in the argument for greatest ever. But they are now indisputably the sneakiest-greatest college baseball program ever.
FAU's Brian White expected to become Va. Tech AD, sources say
Florida Atlantic athletic director Brian White is expected to become the next athletic director at Virginia Tech, sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel on Monday. White emerged as the school's target and the sides are coming together on a deal, sources told Thamel. Virginia Tech is seeking a replacement for Whit Babcock, who announced his retirement as AD in April after 12 years leading the Hokies. White has been FAU's athletic director since March 2018.
MCWS finals: UNC, Oklahoma headed to Game 3 after …
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MCWS 2026: As UNC rallies past Oklahoma, the Heels' fathers rally around Erik Paulsen Jr.
OMAHA, Neb. -- The Men's College World Series has always relished its role as one of Earth's greatest Father's Day celebrations. This time around it felt a bit greater than usual. Because this time it was the day and game that set the stage for a Monday night winner-take-all national title matchup (7 p.m. ET on ESPN). The college baseball, ahem, Daddy of Them All. "This is what you play for and work so hard for, to be in this game today and the game tomorrow night," said UNC head coach Scott Forbes.
2026 MCWS finals: Will Oklahoma's win or UNC's loss carry more of an emotional impact in Game 2?
OMAHA, Neb. -- The contrasting emotional sides of playing on college baseball's biggest stage were on simultaneous display so many times during Saturday's opening game of the best-of-three Men's College World Series finals. That airy feeling of being able to do no wrong, rubbing up against that awareness that your baseball fortunes are beginning to spiral out of your control. The last of those moments was perhaps the most telling. The play itself was inconsequential. The story it told was not.
Can UNC or Oklahoma shake off ghosts of previous Men’s College World Series in 2026 finals?
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MCWS 2026 championship preview: The thrill of victory and Omaha agony
OMAHA, Neb. -- Don't call it a comeback. They've been here for years. Nor should we call it a revenge tour. Revenge is a dish best served cold, and this is a city of flame-grilled meats. Besides, revenge isn't really these guys' style. No, when the 79th NCAA college baseball championship series begins Saturday afternoon in Omaha, Nebraska (3 p.m. ET on ESPN), North Carolina and Oklahoma will be in the business of exorcisms.
‘Now the goal is to get to 4-0’: UNC, Oklahoma and…
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MCWS 2026: How UNC, Oklahoma are looking to remain undefeated in Omaha
OMAHA, Neb. -- The championship combatants for the 79th edition of the Men's College World Series were determined on a windy, sunny, shockingly non-hot Wednesday. The North Carolina Tar Heels and the Oklahoma Sooners have little in common when it comes to Omaha history. They own a combined 25 MCWS appearances, but somehow, they have never faced off in the series and haven't ever been in Nebraska playing baseball at the same time. Yet, they looked an awful lot like each other on Wednesday.
MCWS 2026: How UNC, Oklahoma are looking to remain undefeated in Omaha
Trade with Royals puts even more pressure on Mariners' piggyback plan to work It's a little hard to know what Plan B is at this point. Most teams are fiercely protective of their starting pitching depth. But not the 2026 Seattle …
Denny Hamlin wins Pocono again, but 2027 retirement plan looms
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Every NASCAR fan has seen aging drivers stay in the seat far past their prime. It wasn't pretty sometimes as the drivers struggled to qualify for races, found themselves struggling to stay on the lead lap, and more often than not their finish didn't reflect the competitiveness they once showed. Denny Hamlin doesn't want to be that guy.
Toyota wins Le Mans 24-hour race to end Ferrari streak
LE MANS, France -- Toyota won a close racelong fight with BMW and Cadillac to claim victory in the Le Mans 24-hour race for the sixth time Sunday in global endurance racing's showpiece event. The No. 7 Toyota of Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and Nyck de Vries had been a distant fourth Sunday morning, but Kobayashi seized his chance when the safety car bunched up the field with six hours remaining and surged into the lead after the restart.
UCLA's John Savage named national baseball coach of year
OMAHA, Neb. -- John Savage, whose UCLA team was ranked No. 1 the entire regular season and matched its program record with 52 wins, was named Skip Bertman Coach of the Year by the College Baseball Foundation on Saturday. The Bruins swept the Big Ten Conference regular-season and tournament titles and were the No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, losing in regionals. Their 48 regular-season wins were most in program history and they finished 52-8. The award is named for the longtime LSU coach.
MCWS 2026: College baseball has become a perfect parity showcase
Holy smokes, what an NCAA baseball tournament it has been. So, here's an idea. Leave it the hell alone. There are zero returning teams from last year's Men's College World Series participating in the edition that will begin Friday afternoon in Omaha, Nebraska. That's OK. Heck, that happened last year, too. The first time since 1957. So, 23 different teams on college baseball's biggest stage over the span of three years -- North Carolina being the only outlier by making it in 2024 and 2026.
Hocevar 'creating a lot of enemies' after causing 9-car pileup
Carson Hocevar sat on the Michigan International Speedway pit wall with a blank look and calmly waited as Bubba Wallace laid into him with an animated lecture. As Wallace did nearly all the talking, Hocevar nodded and offered a few smiles. The one-sided conversation ended with Hocevar patting Wallace on the shoulder -- defusing the tension while offering little remorse.
Denny Hamlin dedicates NASCAR win at Michigan to Kyle Busch
BROOKLYN, Mich. -- There were no boos for Denny Hamlin after this winning burnout at Michigan International Speedway. Holding a black No. 18 flag out the window, the Joe Gibbs Racing star celebrated his 63rd career victory by smoking the tires of his No. 11 Toyota down the straightaway in honor of Kyle Busch, his late teammate whom he tied for ninth on the all-time win list in the NASCAR Cup Series.
Childress had hoped to reveal new Busch extension at Michigan
BROOKLYN, Mich. -- Richard Childress had hoped to announce a contract extension for Kyle Busch at Michigan International Speedway. Instead, the longtime owner of Richard Childress Racing held a news conference Saturday at the track to publicly address the unexpected death of Kyle Busch for the first time since the two-time Cup Series champion died on May 21 after severe pneumonia progressed into sepsis.
NASCAR Hall of Fame driver, announcer Ned Jarrett dies at 93
NASCAR Hall of Famer Ned Jarrett, a two-time Cup champion and longtime broadcaster, died peacefully Thursday of natural causes at his home in Newton, North Carolina, his family announced. He was 93. Jarrett won 50 races during his career and was the champion of NASCAR's top series in 1961 and 1965, when we won 13 races and finished in the top five in 42 of 54 races despite breaking his back in a June wreck at Greenville-Pickens (SC) Speedway.
10 things to know for super regionals, plus future…
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2026 NCAA baseball super regionals: Top storylines and prospects
The NCAA baseball tournament doesn't have cute names for each round. There isn't a First Four or Final Four. There's no Elite Eight. And this weekend, it is highly doubtful that any of the 16 teams remaining are feeling all that sweet. They all know they are fortunate to still be playing ball at all after the titan-destroying chaos that was unleashed in the opening regional round.
Bowman on vertigo battle: 'As close to 100% as I'm going to get'
LEBANON, Tenn. -- His father called wanting to know why Alex Bowman didn't race at the NASCAR's O'Reilly series stop at Nashville Superspeedway as previously scheduled. Making sure his son was OK was paramount considering Bowman's latest injury in a battle with vertigo that had the driver wondering if he'd ever drive again. "I would say I'm as close to 100% as I'm going to get," Bowman said before the Cracker Barrel 400 Cup Series race Sunday night.
Denny Hamlin storms back from pole-start penalty to win at Nashville
LEBANON, Tenn. -- Denny Hamlin outraced Christopher Bell over the last four laps after a final restart Sunday night to win the Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway. Hamlin won for the second time this year and 62nd of his career on a night where he jumped the start off the pole. That penalty put him at the back of the field. "Man, what an unbelievable day," Hamlin said.
North Carolina's Erik Paulsen Jr.'s unbreakable bond with his father
Editor's note: This story was originally published on May 29. It has been updated with game information ahead of the Men's College World Series. CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Erik Paulsen Jr. wants us to know about his dad. The UNC Tar Heels first baseman's father died less than 11 months ago. Anyone who has ever lost a loved one knows that during every single day of that first trip through the calendar without them -- the first round of missed milestones, birthdays, holidays -- the grief of it is raw.
Kyle Busch had pneumonia for 'days to weeks' before death
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Kyle Busch died last week from hemorrhagic shock and disseminated intravascular coagulation after complications from bacterial pneumonia led to sepsis, according to the former NASCAR star's death certificate. Busch had been experiencing symptoms of bacterial pneumonia for "days to weeks" before sepsis set in, according to the certificate obtained by The Associated Press in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.
NASCAR bans 23XI Racing staffer accused of assault with golf cart
CONCORD, N.C. -- NASCAR has indefinitely suspended a member of Michael Jordan's race team after she allegedly used a golf cart to assault a 77-year-old man at Charlotte Motor Speedway last weekend. The sanctioning body announced Evanna Daneen Howell's punishment in its weekly penalty report Wednesday for a "behavioral" incident. According to Cabarrus County court records, Howell, 35, was arrested Saturday and charged with assaulting Dennis Manchester at the track.
Daniel Suarez wins emotional Coca-Cola 600 as Kyle Busch honored
CONCORD, N.C. -- Daniel Suarez benefitted from a crucial pit call, then caught a break from Mother Nature to win the rain-shortened Coca-Cola 600 on Sunday night, capping an emotional day in which the auto racing world remembered the late Kyle Busch. Suarez became the first Mexican-born driver to win the Coca-Cola 600. It was his third Cup Series win and first since 2024.
In the blink of an eye: Rosenqvist's closest-ever Indy 500 win rewrites his legacy
SPEEDWAY, Ind. -- All week at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, it just felt a little off. Not awful. Not wrong. Not even all that rainy. Just, off. Like dancing slightly out of step. That was the chatter on Sunday's pre-race grid, that everyone's axis felt a bit askew. The week started with a scary crosswind practice crash that cracked the wrist and ankle of Alexander Rossi. NASCAR legend Kyle Busch's sudden passing on Thursday certainly cast darkness over the racetrack where he won a pair of Brickyard 400s.
Tyler Reddick on Coca-Cola 600 pole as rain cancels qualifying
CONCORD, N.C. -- Points leader Tyler Reddick will start on the pole for the Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway after persistent rain washed out NASCAR Cup Series qualifying Saturday. Rain remains in the forecast for Sunday night's crown jewel event. Reddick's No. 45 23XI Racing Toyota will start first when the green flag falls on the 400-lap race. He will be joined on the front row by the No. 54 Toyota of Ty Gibbs from Joe Gibbs Racing.
Everything you need to know about the 2026 Indianapolis 500
SPEEDWAY, Ind. -- As summer arrives and we move one lap closer to July's celebration of the United States' 250th birthday celebration, there will no doubt be a nationwide inventory of "Most American" lists. And any list of Most American Sporting Events must include the annual open-wheel motorsports sweepstakes event that will take the green flag for its 110th edition on Sunday. The Indianapolis 500 invented most of what you know about auto racing, not to mention the car sitting in your driveway.
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