Author: Mikesportz

With the second signing period of the 2025 recruiting cycle roughly three weeks away, Michigan Football has a couple more big targets left on their board to complete their class. One such prospect is four-star Philadelphia (Pa.) Imhotep Institute edge rusher Zahir Mathis, a one-time Ohio State commit. The Wolverines have been in heavy pursuit of the 6-foot-6, 225-pounder since his decommitment from the Buckeyes back on Nov. 18, and have taken one step closer to potentially securing his verbal pledge. According to 247Sports Composite rankings, Mathis is considered the No. 73 overall prospect, No. 6 edge rusher and No. 2 player from…

With the NBA season reaching the halfway point, it is now clear who the frontrunners for the MVP award are. Currently, the MVP race is between Nikola Jokić of the Denver Nuggets and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander of the Oklahoma City Thunder. Of course, these two finished top two in voting last season as well, with Jokić winning his third MVP award. Both players are well deserving of the award, especially Jokić, who is putting together arguably the best season of his already incredible career. This season, the 29-year-old superstar is averaging 30.6 points, 13.2 rebounds, 9.9 assists and 1.8 steals per…

meetings,2024 was full of record-breaking performances in track and field owing to the Paris Olympics. However, several athletes, such as Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, only made appearances at major events. But she excelled and met the high expectations of the fans. Why so? She found herself coming back from an injury in 2024, so she just focused on the events that mattered throughout the campaign. Sydney is considered one of the modern greats, all because of her accolades. However, she is a human being, and mishaps on the track are common. Therefore, to minimize any potential risks, McLaughlin-Levrone focused solely on achieving…

Carolina Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour agreed to a multi-year contract extension with the team on Sunday. Terms of the deal were not announced by the Hurricanes, however The Athletic announced it was a five-year contract extension. The coach’s contract was due to expire on July 1. Rod has been instrumental to the success we’ve had over the last six seasons,” Hurricanes general manager Don Waddell said. “Ever since he joined the organization 24 years ago, Rod has embodied what it means to be a Hurricane. We hope to keep him a Hurricane for life.” Assistant coaches Jeff Daniels and Tim Gleason, video coach Chris…

Rapper DaBaby has confirmed that he is working with the Carolina Panthers to come up with a modern theme song. The current unofficial theme song is North Carolina by Petey Pablo, but that song was recorded in 2001. This isn’t a common occurrence, as most sports teams don’t have actual theme songs. However, DaBaby is from the Charlotte area and currently lives in Troutman, about a half hour outside of Charlotte. He’s also a pretty big Panthers fan, and he wants to be the one to bring a new anthem to Panthers fans everywhere. Charlotte isn’t exactly a big market…

15 years ago, Stephen Garcia’s play at South Carolina against Alabama turned him into a Gamecock legend. Now, his son Memphys is trying to write his own story as a quarterback. On Wednesday, Memphys, a class of 2026 college football prospect from Lutz, Fla., shared on Twitter/X that he’s earned an Elite 11 Regional invite. “He’s finally starting to turn his brain on and realize his potential,” Stephen told GamecockCentral. “It’s always hard being the parent because usually sons don’t listen that well. I didn’t really listen to my dad and still sometimes I don’t. But, I’ve been hard…

South Carolina’s search for its first SEC win continues after a heartbreaking 66-63 loss at Vanderbilt on Wednesday night, where a season-worst 25 turnovers ultimately proved too much to overcome despite a valiant second-half effort. Morris Ugusuk scored a career-high 20 points and Collin Murray-Boyles added 14, but the Gamecocks (10-7, 0-4 SEC) couldn’t overcome their sloppiest offensive performance in recent memory. The 25 turnovers were the most by any SEC team in a conference game over the last three seasons. Despite the miscues, South Carolina had multiple chances to steal a road victory late. After Murray-Boyles knocked down two…

We’re less than a week into the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ offseason, but we’re already reaching peak levels of rumor mill speculation. Nothing can happen until the new league year begins in March, but that hasn’t stopped some folks from getting a head start on things. Almost as soon as the season ended, Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill poured fuel on speculation that he wasn’t happy in Miami by saying he wants out. Since then everyone has been trying to figure out ideal landing spots for him, and the Bucs keep finding themselves pulled into the middle of the mess. …

Bubba Thompson is officially calling it a career after seven years of Major League Baseball with the Texas Rangers and Cincinnati Reds. He will instead play college football at South Alabama as a 26-year-old walk-on quarterback. Jaguars head coach Major Applewhite confirmed the unusual addition to his roster after a video surfaced on social media earlier this week. Thompson, who will turn 27 in June, was drafted No. 26 overall in the 2017 MLB Draft out of McGill-Toolen Catholic High School in Mobile, Ala. Although he decided to pursue a professional career in baseball, he also received multiple offers to…

5 offseason questions for Texas A&M: Will Aggies’ transfer class make an impact? A&M looks to build upon an 8-5 campaign in coach Mike Elko’s debut season in Aggieland. What started as a successful dive into coach Mike Elko’s first year at the helm of Texas A&M football in 2024 sank to a disappointing finish with an 8-5 showing and a defeat in the Las Vegas Bowl. The Aggies had high hopes in the first season of the 12-team College Football Playoff, but there are a number of reasons for those postseason aspirations to persist into 2025. {“uid”:0.4457701766776818,”hostPeerName”:”https://www.dallasnews.com”,”initialGeometry”:”{\”windowCoords_t\”:0,\”windowCoords_r\”:390,\”windowCoords_b\”:679,\”windowCoords_l\”:0,\”frameCoords_t\”:2859,\”frameCoords_r\”:196,\”frameCoords_b\”:2860,\”frameCoords_l\”:195,\”posCoords_t\”:2088,\”posCoords_b\”:2089,\”posCoords_r\”:196,\”posCoords_l\”:195,\”styleZIndex\”:\”\”,\”allowedExpansion_r\”:389,\”allowedExpansion_b\”:678,\”allowedExpansion_t\”:0,\”allowedExpansion_l\”:0,\”yInView\”:0,\”xInView\”:1}”,”permissions”:”{\”expandByOverlay\”:true,\”expandByPush\”:true,\”readCookie\”:false,\”writeCookie\”:false}”,”metadata”:”{\”shared\”:{\”sf_ver\”:\”1-0-40\”,\”ck_on\”:1,\”flash_ver\”:\”26.0.0\”,\”canonical_url\”:\”https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-am-aggies/2025/01/16/5-offseason-questions-for-texas-am-will-aggies-transfer-class-make-an-impact/\”,\”amp\”:{\”canonical_url\”:\”https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-am-aggies/2025/01/16/5-offseason-questions-for-texas-am-will-aggies-transfer-class-make-an-impact/\”}}}”,”reportCreativeGeometry”:false,”isDifferentSourceWindow”:false,”sentinel”:”0-40162619114195221963″,”width”:300,”height”:250,”_context”:{“ampcontextVersion”:”2410292120000″,”ampcontextFilepath”:”https://3p.ampproject.net/2410292120000/ampcontext-v0.js”,”sourceUrl”:”https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-am-aggies/2025/01/16/5-offseason-questions-for-texas-am-will-aggies-transfer-class-make-an-impact/?outputType=amp”,”referrer”:”https://www.google.com/”,”canonicalUrl”:”https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-am-aggies/2025/01/16/5-offseason-questions-for-texas-am-will-aggies-transfer-class-make-an-impact/”,”pageViewId”:”6741″,”location”:{“href”:”https://www.dallasnews.com/sports/texas-am-aggies/2025/01/16/5-offseason-questions-for-texas-am-will-aggies-transfer-class-make-an-impact/?outputType=amp”},”startTime”:1737056193510,”tagName”:”AMP-AD”,”mode”:{“localDev”:false,”development”:false,”esm”:false,”test”:false,”rtvVersion”:”012410292120000″},”canary”:false,”hidden”:false,”initialLayoutRect”:{“left”:195,”top”:2088,”width”:1,”height”:1},”domFingerprint”:”2375862576″,”experimentToggles”:{“canary”:false,”a4aProfilingRate”:false,”doubleclickSraExp”:false,”doubleclickSraReportExcludedBlock”:true,”flexAdSlots”:false,”flexible-bitrate”:false,”ios-fixed-no-transfer”:false,”story-ad-placements”:false,”story-disable-animations-first-page”:true,”story-load-inactive-outside-viewport”:true,”amp-sticky-ad-to-amp-ad-v4″:false,”story-video-cache-apply-audio”:false,”amp-story-subscriptions”:true,”interaction-to-next-paint”:true,”amp-story-first-page-max-bitrate”:false,”story-load-first-page-only”:true,”story-ad-page-outlink”:false,”amp-geo-ssr”:true,”story-remote-localization”:true,”attribution-reporting”:false},”sentinel”:”0-40162619114195221963″},”initialIntersection”:{“time”:512902.00000000006,”rootBounds”:{“left”:0,”top”:0,”width”:390,”height”:679,”bottom”:679,”right”:390,”x”:0,”y”:0},”boundingClientRect”:{“left”:195,”top”:1317,”width”:1,”height”:1,”bottom”:1318,”right”:196,”x”:195,”y”:1317},”intersectionRect”:{“left”:0,”top”:0,”width”:0,”height”:0,”bottom”:0,”right”:0,”x”:0,”y”:0},”intersectionRatio”:0}}” height=”1″…