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Consider it the Big Ten for big movement. Following its Friday night 84-70 home loss to No. 3 Michigan, No. 10 Illinois — which posted its second consecutive loss — has slipped in FOX Sports bracket forecaster Mike DeCourcy’s latest NCAA Tournament projections, as has No. 12 Nebraska. Meanwhile, No. 13 Michigan State got a…

INDIANAPOLIS — Even before the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine began this week, we already had a strong inclination that the Las Vegas Raiders would select Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza. But if the reigning Heisman winner wasn’t in this draft, who would be the No. 1 pick? We asked that question to 42 prospects participating in…

INDIANAPOLIS – Presumptive No. 1 overall pick Fernando Mendoza and the quarterbacks headlined Friday’s media sessions at the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine. And on the field, the tight ends and defensive back prospects went through drills on the second day of workouts.  Here are our takeaways from Day 4 of the combine: 1. Mendoza continues…

Venezuela can defeat anyone — and they’re still considered the fourth favorite to win the World Baseball Classic title this year. In the 2023 WBC, Venezuela and Japan were the only two teams to go 4-0 in the group stage. Venezuela looked poised to advance to the semifinals for the first time since 2009, carrying…

INDIANAPOLIS — At the NFL Combine, it’s customary for prospects to get bombarded with questions about which teams they’ve met with. Have you talked to the Buccaneers?  Have you met with the Jets? And so on. But at his combine press conference on Friday, Fernando Mendoza didn’t have to field a single one of those…

The smiles and sheepish grins began spreading wider and wider around the 9:13 mark of the second half, following back-to-back eye-popping buckets from Michigan center Aday Mara, the second of which extended the Wolverines’ lead to 13 points. He followed his skyscraping alley-oop dunk with a remarkable offensive rebound-turned-twisting-reverse layup that drew a foul and…

Jammu and Kashmir players pose with the trophy after the team’s victory in the Ranji Trophy 2025-26 final cricket match against Karnataka, at KSCA Stadium, in Hubballi, Karnataka, on February 28, 2026 | Photo Credit: PTI For long, Jammu & Kashmir was merely a distant outpost in India’s cricketing map. On Saturday (February 28, 2026)…

File photo of D. Gukesh | Photo Credit: PTI World Champion D Gukesh suffered a shock defeat to Jorden van Foreest of Holland, while Aravindh Chithambaram played out a draw with Parham Maghsoodloo of Iran in the third round of the Masters section of Prague International chess festival in Prague. Still looking for his first…

Cellini, Victory Flair and Silver Strike showed out when the horses were exercised here on Friday (Feb. 27) morning. Inner sand: 600m: Believe (B. Nikhil) 40. Easy. Liam (T.S. Jodha) 40. Easy. Lumineer (Yash), All For Love (Peter) 42. Pair easy. 800m: Sporting Alice (Ajinkya), Regal Galleria (R. Manish) 57, 600/42. Pair easy. Agatha (T.S….

‘What we know is a drop, what we don’t know is an ocean’. It is one of the most profound sayings, delineating the limits of human knowledge. While it might be reductive to use it in the context of a professional sport where cars go around a circuit for 90 minutes, it perfectly encapsulates Formula…