Inside Louisville’s Relentless Push to Keep Pace Amid College Sports’ Spending Spree Facing an uncertain future, the Cardinals are pouring millions into football and basketball while pushing for sweeping changes to a broken economic model.

New story: Louisville is losing money but sparing no expense to compete in football and basketball, while maintaining healthy Olympic sports. From big portal swings to Jeff Brohm's contract, the Cards are all-in -- and exploring all revenue options (PE?) bit.ly/4tslKpQ

Spring Football Roundup, Indiana's Haines Beefing With Ty Simpson, NFL Draft Prospects To Tout And Doubt Podcast Episode · Others Receiving Votes · April 20 · 1h 6m

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Spring Football Roundup, Big East Commish Retiring, NFL Draft Thoughts | Others Receiving Votes YouTube video by Sports Illustrated College

🚨🎙️New pod. Spring football storylines. Flyovers and skydivers -- enough already? NFL draft touts and doubts. More portal madness. Val Ackerman's retirement. Midwest dodgeball dominance. youtu.be/hk1l0Zy2O8Y

The Mind-Boggling History Behind an Almost 50-Year Run of NCAA Titles Stanford has won at least one team championship in every season since 1976, more than doubling the second-longest streak of 19 years by USC.

Stanford won the men's gymnastics national championship last night, extended its run of at least one NCAA title for 50 straight years. December column on the most remarkable all-sports streak on history: bit.ly/48UkJip

Iowa’s 2022 Tampering Case Resolution Proves NCAA’s Infractions Process Is Broken It took four years and vacated four wins, which shows the major disconnect between NCAA Enforcement and the realities of the transfer portal era.

Under the four tenets of college fan paranoia, these entities are always out to get your school:
The refs
The league office
The media
The NCAA

Some Iowa fans are at No. 4, fuming over four vacated wins. I don't get it. Would you rather be fined, say, $25 million? bit.ly/4crkH20

Iowa’s 2022 Tampering Case Resolution Proves NCAA’s Infractions Process Is Broken It took four years and vacated four wins, which shows the major disconnect between NCAA Enforcement and the realities of the transfer portal era.

Column: Iowa and Kirk Ferentz committed a football tampering violation in 2022 and the case is finalized in 2026. Why did it take so long? The school dug in against a trivial penalty and an outdated NCAA process did the rest. bit.ly/4crkH20

Kiffin Strikes Again, UNC Touts Malone As Development Guru, AD "Hot Board" | Others Receiving Votes YouTube video by Sports Illustrated College

🚨🏈🏀New pod: UNC, Kiffin and regrettable social media posts. What teams are hot and not in the portal. AD change at Wisconsin; where is the next turnover happening? Iowa tampering. Anthem whistler. Honey bun extortion. @bryandfischer.bsky.social and Kevin Sweeney www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4jU...

Iowa’s 2022 Tampering Case Resolution Proves NCAA’s Infractions Process Is Broken It took four years and vacated four wins, which shows the major disconnect between NCAA Enforcement and the realities of the transfer portal era.

Column: Iowa and Kirk Ferentz committed a football tampering violation in 2022 and the case is finalized in 2026. Why did it take so long? The school dug in against a trivial penalty and an outdated NCAA process did the rest. bit.ly/4crkH20

"I'm not spitting in your face, it's raining. Only the fake news would say I'm spitting."

Chalking this up as a midterm loss for Trump:

Louisville landing both Flory Bidunga and Jackson Shelstad in the portal is a big package coup. Cardinals taking a big step toward 2026-27 contention.

Holler Baller coming back:

Jacksonville State is actually in Alabama. But your question remains valid.

NCAA winter sports champions:
BKB: Michigan (M) UCLA (W)
Bowling: Jax State
Fencing: Notre Dame
Hockey: Denver (M) Wisconsin (W)
Rifle: WVU
Skiing: Utah
Swim/Dive: Texas (M) UVA (W)
Indoor track: Arkansas (M) UGA (W)
Wrestling: Penn State (M) McKendree (W)
To come: Gymnastics M/W

Michigan Win Title, Auriemma Has Final Four Meltdown, UNC Hire Mike Malone Podcast Episode · Others Receiving Votes · April 7 · 1h 2m

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Michigan Win Title, Auriemma Has Final Four Meltdown, UNC Hires Mike Malone | Others Receiving Votes YouTube video by Sports Illustrated College

🚨🏀New pod: Assessing Michigan's championship season and a messy Final Four. Transfer triumphs. Big Ten hegemony. Dawn douses the Geno fire. UNC hired who? Does Dusty have his eyes on the NBA? @bryandfischer.bsky.social Kevin Sweeney www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGAk...

North Carolina Doubles Down on Pro Experiment With Michael Malone After the Bill Belichick gamble, the Tar Heels make another bold leap from the pros and this time it comes with even more uncertainty.

North Carolina has made the hiring of Michael Malone official. Monday column on that shocker: bit.ly/4vawwCx

Dusty May’s Ambitious Vision Carried a Michigan Juggernaut to a Championship The second-year Wolverines coach punctuated a beautiful season of player identification, development and roster building with a well-earned title.

New SI Digital Cover: Dusty May has authored a miracle and a masterpiece in the last four seasons — a Final Four at FAU and 37-3 juggernaut national champion at Michigan. The latter, a triumph of team building, is the greatest use of the portal yet. bit.ly/4sXIw8U

Dusty May’s Ambitious Vision Carried a Michigan Juggernaut to a Championship The second-year Wolverines coach punctuated a beautiful season of player identification, development and roster building with a well-earned title.

New SI Digital Cover: Dusty May has authored a miracle and a masterpiece in the last four seasons — a Final Four at FAU and 37-3 juggernaut national champion at Michigan. The latter, a triumph of team building, is the greatest use of the portal yet. bit.ly/4sXIw8U

Didn’t nail the score, did nail the spread:

Indiana’s Basketball Misery on Full Display in Men’s National Title Game What if the Hoosiers had hired Dusty May? Would Braylon Mullins be hitting game-winners at home? Instead, they’re leading Michigan and UConn for a championship.

And a column on why this is an extra tough night for Indiana basketball fans: bit.ly/4sU6aDf

Braylon Mullins’s Miracle: Ranking the 12 Most Improbable Shots of March Madness Based largely on shock value, here are the NCAA men’s tournament buckets that had historic impact, spontaneity, a degree of difficulty and contextual drama.

Where Mullins' shot ranks in the all-time NCAA Tournament pantheon: bit.ly/4uWR2q9

Michigan Looks Unstoppable Barreling Into Men’s Hoops Title Game Against UConn The Wolverines turned a clash of No. 1 seeds into a rout, continuing a dominant tournament run that now meets the sport’s reigning powerhouse.

Saturday night column on Michigan's rampage through Arizona, and through the rest of the tournament to this point: bit.ly/41f9UD6

Braylon Mullins’s Shot Was a Lifetime in the Making “You better be able to shoot”: How small-town Greenfield, Ind., shaped the UConn freshman to step up on the biggest stage in March Madness.

Twenty-five minutes from tipoff, some pregame reading. From UConn shooting star Braylon Mullins' hometown: bit.ly/4sKpRwV

North Carolina Doubles Down on Pro Experiment With Michael Malone After the Bill Belichick gamble, the Tar Heels make another bold leap from the pros and this time it comes with even more uncertainty.

Column: In a shocker, North Carolina goes pro again with a big coaching hire. The Tar Heels have to hope Michael Malone gets off to a better start than Bill Belichick did. bit.ly/4vawwCx

Indiana’s Basketball Misery on Full Display in Men’s National Title Game What if the Hoosiers had hired Dusty May? Would Braylon Mullins be hitting game-winners at home? Instead, they’re leading Michigan and UConn for a championship.

Column: It’s a good thing Indiana is now a football school. Otherwise, this Final Four would be excruciating.
bit.ly/4sU6aDf

Michigan Looks Unstoppable Barreling Into Men’s Hoops Title Game Against UConn The Wolverines turned a clash of No. 1 seeds into a rout, continuing a dominant tournament run that now meets the sport’s reigning powerhouse.

Column: The anticipated Michigan-Arizona collision turned out to be as one-sided as a moose hitting a child. After a shocking Final Four rout, only Dan Hurley stands between the Wolverines and a title. bit.ly/41f9UD6

Michigan Looks Unstoppable Barreling Into Men’s Hoops Title Game Against UConn The Wolverines turned a clash of No. 1 seeds into a rout, continuing a dominant tournament run that now meets the sport’s reigning powerhouse.

Column: The anticipated Michigan-Arizona collision turned out to be as competitive as a bug vs. a car windshield. After a shocking Final Four rout, only Dan Hurley stands between the Wolverines and a title. bit.ly/41f9UD6

Michigan Looks Unstoppable Barreling Into Men’s Hoops Title Game Against UConn The Wolverines turned a clash of No. 1 seeds into a rout, continuing a dominant tournament run that now meets the sport’s reigning powerhouse.

Column: The anticipated Michigan-Arizona collision turned out to be as one-sided as a moose hitting a child. After a shocking Final Four rout, only Dan Hurley stands between the Wolverines and a title. bit.ly/41f9UD6

Braylon Mullins’s Miracle: Ranking the 12 Most Improbable Shots of March Madness Based largely on shock value, here are the NCAA men’s tournament buckets that had historic impact, spontaneity, a degree of difficulty and contextual drama.

And a semi-complete breakdown of immortal NCAA Tournament shots, including where Mullins' bomb ranks: bit.ly/4uWR2q9