If you were looking to assign a writer to make the case for Fox NFL…
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If you were looking to assign a writer to make the case for Fox NFL broadcaster Tom Brady as the 2025 Sports Media Person of the Year, one of the last people who should be assigned the piece would be a pundit who predicted that Brady would leave the broadcasting booth after his first season.The above words were written by this idiot pundit. But I now return, intellectually bloodied but not defeated, to make a different case:Brady is my 2025 sports media person of the year.Yes, Brady is the last person on earth who needs another honor — even one…
After decades of milestone wins on its climb to college football powerhouse status, Oregon found itself on the other side of a signature victory this season.As Indiana celebrated on the Ducks’ home field on Oct. 11, an Oregon staffer shook the hand of a Hoosiers assistant coach and congratulated him on a 30-20 win that helped validate IU as a national championship contender.“We’re hard to beat,” the Oregon staffer said.No doubt. Since joining the Big Ten last year, the Ducks are 17-1 in conference play and 24-2 overall, with a league title in their debut season. Since 2010, Oregon is…
The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) has announced a record 20 media rights partnerships across over 30 European territories for the upcoming CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) Morocco 2025, bringing the tournament to millions of football fans across Europe. Kicking off on Sunday 21 December 2025, AFCON will showcase the very best of African football talent and passion, and this expansion ensures that millions of football fans across Europe, including Africa’s diaspora, can experience it live. Building on the landmark deal with Channel 4 in the United Kingdom – the first time all 52 AFCON matches will be on…
Fifty NFL coaches and executives made Patrick Mahomes and Joe Burrow unanimous Tier 1 choices in the 2025 Quarterback Tiers entering this season.Update: In the past week, Burrow said, “There is not a team in the NFL that would have won the game today if I was the quarterback,” while Mahomes suffered a season-ending knee injury in a defeat that assured his Kansas City Chiefs, like Burrow’s Bengals, would miss the playoffs.We’ll use the opportunity to revisit preseason QB Tiers results, comparing where each player ranked among voters in August to where they rank in EPA per pass play through…
Max Verstappen has confirmed he will race with the number three on his car during the 2026 Formula 1 season.Verstappen has driven with the number one on his car for the last four years having reigned as world champion throughout that period, but Lando Norris will take over that honour in 2026 after claiming his maiden drivers’ title. The champion is not obliged to use number one, but Norris confirmed to Sky Sports F1 earlier this month that he will follow in Verstappen’s footsteps. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Sky Sports’ Craig Slater speaks to…
The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) is the flagship international men’s football tournament in Africa. Organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), it determines the continent’s national champion and is one of the most watched football competitions in the world. So far, the most successful teams in the history of the competition are Egypt, the most successful nation, with seven titles. Cameroon follows with five, Ghana have won four, while Nigeria have claimed three. With the 35th Africa Cup of Nations scheduled to hold in Morocco from 21 December 2025 to 18 January 2026, BBC Sport Africa looks at five iconic…
RABAT, Morocco — Staging the Africa Cup of Nations from Sunday is another major step in Morocco’s road to becoming a global soccer power and a dry run as a co-host for the 2030 World Cup.Three years after reaching the semifinals of the 2022 World Cup, the North African kingdom will host 24 teams from across the continent and welcome spectators to nine new or renovated stadiums in six cities.It’s only the second time Morocco has hosted the biennial tournament, but it comes at a time when it regularly stages other African nations’ “home” games for World Cup qualifiers, and…
The Premier League’s most demanding stretch of the season is about to collide with African football’s biggest stage. The 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted by Morocco from Dec. 21 to Jan. 18, will strip clubs of key players just as fixtures pile up over Christmas and New Year. Those selected could miss up to six league matches and the FA Cup third round, with the impact unevenly spread across the division. While several title contenders emerge largely unscathed, others face a severe test of squad depth that could shape the league table well into January. Star names heading to…
To subscribe, please click hereWant a copy of today’s edition? Here’s a map of single-copy locationsSports Editor Matt Daniels with a look at what’s going on around the area: Urbana boys’ diver Max Kooper and his teammates will host a four-team meet this upcoming Monday that will benefit Cunningham Children’s Home in Urbana. Robin Scholz/The News-Gazette Three reasons we love sports today➜ 1. Sporting events with a bigger cause attached to them.➜ 2. Like this from the Urbana boys’ swimming and diving team. The Tigers will host a quadrangular meet with Centennial, Champaign Central and Mahomet-Seymour starting at 4:30 p.m.…
Ed DoveDec 18, 2025, 07:49 AMCloseEd Dove is a writer and scout who has a deep and enduring passion for African sport, politics and literature. Instagram: @EddyDove22, Facebook: @EddyDoveAfricaThe Africa Cup of Nations brings together Africa’s biggest names of today as well as the superstars of tomorrow, with many of the continent’s brightest young talents set to feature at the 2025 showpiece.With the tournament almost upon us, ESPN’s Ed Dove runs the rule over 10 wonderkids who have the potential to take the competition by storm.1. Ibrahim Mbaye: Senegal/Paris Saint-GermainIbrahim Mbaye can follow in the footsteps of Sadio Mane, Nicolas…