Sports News

2026 CBS Sports NFL All-Breakout Team: Abdul Carter, Travis Hunter headline defensive rising stars

CBS Sports NFL writers and analysts selected the defensive players poised to take the next step in 2026, with a two-way player making the list on this side of the ball

Aug 26

Big Ten, SEC ban NFL players from returning to play: What to expect as power conferences threaten suspensions

Big Ten coaches who play former NFL players will be suspended for 50% of their team's remaining games after the league's athletic directors unanimously approved a new measure on Tuesday

Big Ten NFL player ban comes with teeth, promising hefty suspensions, fines for offending coaches

Big Ten coaches who play former NFL players will be suspended for 50% of their team's remaining games after the league's athletic directors unanimously approved a new measure on Tuesday

football

Damien Harris calls Dae'Quan Wright's move from NFL to NCAA transfer portal 'embarassing,' 'elementary'

The former NFL player isn't a fan of young athletes going back to college football after time in the NFL

player

How LSU's Will Wade is salvaging a roster with just four players on it by landing stars just cleared by courts

Judges clearing Class of 2022 players allows Wade to bring in stars after he got off to a slow start recruiting

basketball

Ukrainian player leaves LSU women's basketball team after Kim Mulkey's squad signs Russian recruit

Kate Koval, whose father is a drone operator in the Ukrainian military, was expected to be LSU's starting center

How Lane Kiffin and LSU triggered a national showdown over NFL-to-college transfers

The Tigers aggressively recruited former NFL players to challenge NCAA rules and return to college, igniting an SEC arms race and forcing conferences to consider intervening.

Study finds at least 25% of NFL players in sample from 2016-2021 had CTE

A study in the British Medical Journal published its findings on Aug. 25