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Venezia’s Issa Doumbia: Italian football’s next big thing
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Venezia’s Issa Doumbia: Italian football’s next big thing

Serie A and Italian football has never had a shortage of quality midfielders, even if the nation’s footballing structure has been struggling. Venezia’s Issa Doumbia could be the next in line to ma...

May 9
3 min
Rutgers Football 2026 Early Position Breakdown: Who Will Backup Antwan Raymond?
football

Rutgers Football 2026 Early Position Breakdown: Who Will Backup Antwan Raymond?

Who will backup RB Antwan Raymond?

May 9
2 min
Barcelona wants to ruin Arsenal’s plans for Champions League winners
football

Barcelona wants to ruin Arsenal’s plans for Champions League winners

Barcelona and Arsenal have regularly found themselves competing for the signatures of the same players in recent seasons, largely because of the similarities in their footballing philosophies. Both cl...

May 9
2 min
USC needs its defensive coaching changes to pay off in 2026
football

USC needs its defensive coaching changes to pay off in 2026

ESPN and other national college football outlets, when discussing USC in the offseason, are focused on the program's defensive staff changes

May 9
2 min
Florida pushing to flip nation's top recruit, 5-star DL Jalen Brewster
football

Florida pushing to flip nation's top recruit, 5-star DL Jalen Brewster

Florida is among two college football programs working to flip Texas Tech commit and top overall 2027 prospect, defensive lineman Jalen Brewster.

May 9
3 min
Coming 'home' fueled Michael's return to Illinois
basketball

Coming 'home' fueled Michael's return to Illinois

May 9—CHAMPAIGN — Eastern Illinois opened consecutive men's college basketball seasons at State Farm Center in 2022 and 2023. Opportunities for Tom Michael to return to the place he played four seasons in five years for Lou Henson. It was a football road trip in late August 2024, though, that ha

May 9
3 min
Can't Wait For Saturday November night games for Illinois football: What could go wrong?
football

Can't Wait For Saturday November night games for Illinois football: What could go wrong?

May 9—*** Perhaps, the once-in-a-lifetime November blizzard won't hit Champaign-Urbana again. Or it will and we will all be able to ask Fox and the Big Ten "What were you thinking?" On Friday, Fox unveiled its list of Friday night prime-time football games for the 2026 season. So far,

May 9
3 min
The daily pitch from Sports Editor : May 9, 2026
football

The daily pitch from Sports Editor : May 9, 2026

May 9—➜ . On 'The Pat McAfee Show,' on ESPN, no less. ➜ . The 6-foot-7, 300-pound Wagner was a First Team All-Area selection by The News-Gazette and a Class 3A First Team All-State choice by the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association during the 2025 season. ➜ and reach the Class 3

May 9
3 min
USC returning snap count percentage for 2026 raises questions
football

USC returning snap count percentage for 2026 raises questions

USC football's returning snap count percentage is first in the Big Ten and very high among 138 FBS programs, but it's not as clear-cut as you think

May 9
2 min
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