Times of Troy: Should USC’s Lincoln Riley — or any other head football coach — also call plays?

Welcome to the Times of Troy, our weekly newsletter featuring all things Trojans athletics. Ryan Kartje, who covers USC football and men’s basketball for The Times, will be your host. To sign up to ...

College football picks: Best money line parlays for Week 9 include Ole Miss, Missouri

Here are SportsLine's top money line favorite and underdog parlays for Week 9 of the 2025 college football season ...

With Clemson no longer a perennial title contender, where does that leave Dabo Swinney’s program?

Clemson has been the most transfer portal-averse program in the FBS outside of the service academies. Swinney did add a trio ...

The Sports Report: Lakers lose their season opener

From Broderick Turner: The Lakers were not whole for their season opener and that meant Luka Doncic had a heavier load to ...

AL.com’s SEC Football Power Rankings for Week 9 of 2025 season: And then there was one

So how do the teams in the SEC stack up heading into Week 9 of the 2025 season? Here’s the latest edition of AL.com ’s SEC ...
Tennessean

Takeaways from the Oklahoma Sooners 23-6 loss to the Texas Longhorns

The Oklahoma Sooners suffered their first loss of the season, with a 23-6 loss to the Texas Longhorns. Oklahoma fell to 5-1 on the season and 1-1 in SEC play. Texas improved to 4-2 and 1-1 in ...
Stormin in Norman on MSN

Boomer Brain Buster: What was Oklahoma's finest Heisman year?

Answer to the trivia question: In 2004, the year after Jason White became the fourth Oklahoma recipient of the Heisman Trophy ...

Today in Sports - Week Ahead, October 17 - 23

The expansion Seattle SuperSonics win their first NBA game, a 117-110 overtime victory over San Diego. 1973 — Fred Dryer of the Los Angeles Rams becomes the first NFL player to record two safeties in ...
Yardbarker

Oklahoma's Tackling Must Improve if Sooners' Defense is to Maintain Lofty Standards

Even after Oklahoma’s Red River Rivalry loss to Texas on Saturday, the Sooners’ defense still stands tall. OU remains first nationally in total defense, second in first-downs allowed, passing yards ...
Yardbarker

Column: When Will Oklahoma Break This Cycle of One-Way Football?

Last Saturday's edition of the Red River Rivalry was much of what we've come to expect over the last four years. Save for a heroic performance by Dillon Gabriel and a balanced 2023 Oklahoma team, ...
Sports Illustrated

Column: When Will Oklahoma Break This Cycle of One-Way Football?

In the 2010's, the Sooners were desperate for a defense, now, offensive dependability has left OU. Can they recover it? Oklahoma coach Brent Venables argues with a call on the sideline. / SARAH PHIPPS ...
USA Today

Where does OU football go after Texas loss? Sooners offense needs work

NORMAN — OU football struggled in a 23-6 loss to Texas on Saturday at Cotton Bowl Stadium. Most of the Sooners' issues against the Longhorns came offensively. Quarterback John Mateer struggled in his ...