When it rains, it pours for USC and Lincoln Riley.
The Trojans have suffered back-to-back losses to Utah and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, and the latter came in blowout fashion.
USC’s season started out with a ton of success and momentum, and has since collapsed in absolutely humiliating fashion.
Now, Riley is out with an unknown illness.
Kliff Kingsbury is being elevated with Lincoln Riley struggling with an illness. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Lincoln Riley is sick and Kliff Kingsbury is in.
Author: Michael
The school president got ready with the Vikings to take on Eastern Washington this week.
One thing that makes college football so enjoyable is the participation from people you normally wouldn’t expect it from. College sports are ingrained within an entire city’s framework; it becomes as much of a part of a city’s identity as anything else. When a team gets participation from the community, especially on the campus they have to live and go to class on, it makes the entire environment much better.
A perfect example of this happened at Portland State.
Following the Diamondbacks‘ stunning Game 7 victory over the Phillies in the NLCS, a nation of sports talk radio and TV fans waited to see if Chris “Mad Dog” Russo would follow through on his pledge to retire if Arizona won the series.
On Wednesday morning, Russo appeared on SiriusXM’s The Howard Stern Show to answer for his bold proclamation and to renegotiate the terms of his wager.
Initially, Stern had a far more crude proposal for Russo in place of retiring.
This fan had details back in December of 2022!
The depths of the Michigan football sign stealing scandal are still coming to light, with a report on Tuesday from ESPN alleging that suspended staffer Connor Stalions purchased tickets to games outside the Big Ten in additional to in-conference, and these games all featured potential CFB playoff teams.
Charles Barkley had some harsh words for Lakers star Anthony Davis after an underwhelming season debut against the Nuggets.
Davis tallied just 17 points and eight rebounds on 17 shots in Tuesday’s loss and was held scoreless in the second half, making it impossible for the Lakers to make a sustained push to get back in the game.
Afterwards, Barkley was critical of Davis for not living up to the lofty hype that has surrounded him for years.
Davis did not score in the second half against Denver on Tuesday.
Good morning, I’m Dan Gartland. The NHL’s Frozen Frenzy idea (all 32 teams playing at staggered times throughout the same night) was a good one, but it shouldn’t have coincided with the opening night of the NBA season.
In today’s SI:AM:
D-Backs join Rangers in World Series
NBA opening night takeaways
Inside the Eagles’ wheeling and dealing
Home field advantage wasn’t enough
The party is over in Philadelphia. For the second straight game, the Phillies’ bats fell silent as they dropped Game 7 to the Diamondbacks at home, 4–2.
The American Athletic Conference has voted to add Army into the league as a football-only member, sources told ESPN, with the sides working toward the Black Knights joining in 2024.
The Diamondbacks stunned the heavily favored Phillies with a 4-2 victory in Game 7 of the NLCS and are back in the World Series for the first time since 2001.
LeBron James opened up his 21st season by being limited to 29 minutes in the Lakers’ 119-107 loss to the Nuggets on Tuesday. Coach Darvin Ham said the tapered workload for the 38-year-old superstar is part of the team’s plan moving forward.
Jon Jones is out of his highly anticipated heavyweight title fight against Stipe Miocic after tearing a pectoral tendon off the bone in training Monday night. Miocic will no longer compete on the card.