When Walter Clayton Jr. backpedaled, passing up a layup for the go-ahead 3-pointer to give Florida basketball the lead at long last, all Terrence McGriff saw around him at the Chase Center in San Francisco were smiles and cheers of relief.
Yet, the only emotion the Bartow basketball head coach could register was tears. Those emotions came from knowing how hard Clayton worked to reach this moment.
Four years ago, Clayton held just one Division I offer from an in-state school.
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To celebrate the season’s first major championship, Golf Pride has released a limited-edition collection of full swing and putter grips, Honorary Starter.
Adorned in vibrant green and trimmed with pink azaleas, the Honorary Starter Tour Velvet grips will feel and perform like the standard Tour Velvet grips, which are among the most popular in the game, but give your clubs a jolt of early-season style.
Twenty-one days until the NFL Draft. Zero definitive clarity on what’s going to happen. And stepping into the spotlight again on Friday’s Colorado pro day, two of the main culprits of confusion: quarterback Shedeur Sanders and wideout/cornerback Travis Hunter.
For a league that continually tries to engineer and sustain as much draft suspense as possible, the top of this year’s class has been an endless gift to the NFL. So much so, two of the potential top four picks can still dramatically impact the top of the board this week.
Cody Rhodes sits down with Stephanie McMahon an
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There are some questions around how this prospect fits into Jacksonville’s offensive line, but there’s no question about his potential.
The Jacksonville Jaguars ended the 2024 season with a 4-13 record that was spurred on by a regressing offense and a defense that ranked 31st in total yards allowed. This is a franchise that needs help on both sides of the ball despite having some talented players on either side.
The Jags could go in a number of directions here. Michigan’s Mason Graham is the best defensive player left on the board.
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The Final Four is set. But who has the best players out of South Carolina, UConn, Texas and UCLA?
The winner of the national championship is often decided by who has the best player — or players — at the Final Four. While some could make the case that Iowa’s Caitlin Clark was the top player last year in Cleveland, Ohio, nobody could stop South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso as she piled up 37 points, 28 rebounds and five blocks in two victories.
