Kaepernick, 28, revealed the news about his surgery, caused by a stress fracture, to reporters Monday. It’s unclear if the team was aware of the procedure. “It’s just something I’ve learned to deal with,” Kaepernick said (via the San Jose Mercury News), adding it only bothers him “here and there.” MORE: 10 best replacements for Jim Tomsula | Kaep mixed in another toxic 49ers divorce Kaepernick, who has 1,834 career rushing yards, rehabbed from the surgery during the 2011 lockout after being selected in the second round of the draft out of Nevada....

Ava DuVernay, a renowned director best known for the Academy Award-nominated film “Selma,” is reuniting with her “When They See Us” writer Michael Starrbury for the six-episode “Colin in Black & White,” Variety reports. The series, in addition to detailing what made Kaepernick decide to kneel in protest during the national anthem and turning into a strong social justice advocate, also will look back on his childhood growing up Black in his white adopted family and his path to the NFL with the 49ers....

The number of neutral-court tournaments played this week — from Maui to the Bahamas, from New York City to Playa Del Carmen — reminds us all to be thankful for the presence of college hoops in our lives. And, specifically, for some of the young men who make it extraordinary. Aaron Gordon, Arizona What Gordon mostly heard as he prepared for his first season of college basketball was a single word: can’t....

That means we will see a flurry of activity in the coming months as these top-shelf players make visits to their finalists, and their decisions will shape the direction of the programs they choose, and don't choose. MORE: SN’s Recruiting Central Sporting News looks at the top 10 uncommitted recruits, who they're considering, and where they'll be visiting in the future. The good news is, Sporting News' Mike DeCourcy has seen nearly all of them play in person, and has written in-depth on nine of the 10....

On that front, TeamRankings.com provides expert picks for bowl pick ’em contests and algorithmic bowl betting picks that do all the number crunching for you. In fact, in past years our customers have won bowl pick ’em pools more than three times as often as expected – a huge edge. Follow TeamRankings on Twitter. MORE: Triple your odds to win a college bowl pick ’em pool! College Football Bowl Picks: Stats, matchup highlights If you’re more of a do-it-yourselfer or just curious about the numbers, we’ve compiled stat highlights for every 2017-18 college bowl team on both offense and defense (games listed in order of when they’re scheduled to be played)....

That will be the question. No. 2 Michigan replaces No. 5 Ohio State in our playoff picks after a 45-23 victory against the Buckeyes. Now, Ohio State must hope for a loss from either No. 3 TCU or No. 4 USC to get into the CFP. No. 1 Georgia is a lock no matter what happens in the SEC championship game against No. 11 LSU. Playoff regulars Ohio State and No....

More: Buckeyes expected to be big favorites in every game | Win totals – In the SEC, Alabama is priced as the 2-to-1 favorite, but three other teams open with odds of 6-to-1 or less. – USC has a head in front of Oregon in the Pac 12 race, with both the Trojans and Ducks priced at less than 2-to-1, but Stanford and UCLA are both listed at 4-to-1, followed by Arizona State at 7-to-1....

Top-ranked, 12-0 Georgia entered Saturday’s SEC championship as a 6.5-point favorite over No. 3 Alabama. The Bulldogs boasted the clear No. 1 defense in the country with an offense that was efficient and effective. None of that mattered against Nick Saban, Bryce Young and Alabama, which beat Georgia 41-24 to give the Bulldogs their first loss of the season. TOP-10 LOSSES: Georgia | Oklahoma State That raises the question: What happens to Georgia now?...

MORE: Get the latest NCAA odds & betting advice at Sports Insider College Football Playoff odds: Ohio State vs. Clemson Clemson Tigers -2 vs. Ohio State Buckeyes, O/U 63 There has been even action on this game with Clemson only moving from -1 to -2 over the last few weeks, while the total remained steady at 63. Only 52.9 percent of the spread bets are on the Tigers, so this line shouldn’t move before kickoff....

How much do these rankings mean? Technically, not much, since nothing is guaranteed until Selection Sunday on Dec. 5, when the four invitations to college football’s eighth playoff tournament will be handed out. But not only does the initial ranking give the college football world a window into how this specific committee is evaluating teams, we can also look at some history to see how the initial ranking can reflect the actual four playoff teams that emerge....

Some of his efforts might have run afoul of New Jersey rules, however. The (Newark, N.J.) Star-Ledger reports that Peppers was one of several people who regularly spoke with defensive lineman Rashan Gary, the top-rated prospect in the class of 2016 by Scout.com. Gary registered last May at Peppers’ alma mater, Paramus Catholic, after transferring from a public school that’s 30 miles away. He applied last August, when Peppers was preparing for his senior season....

Meanwhile, Lady Luck favored South Carolina for once. The Gamecocks won their first game in four weeks with a 34-28 win over Massachusetts thanks to freshman quarterback Jake Bentley’s debut. MORE: Keep up with the top 25 teams in action on Saturday Here are the top performers for Week 8: Lamar Jackson, Louisville, QB Is it any surprise that Lamar Jackson made this list? The top Heisman candidate passed for 355 yards, ran for 76 and had four total touchdowns in No....

It’s not quite the games many of these teams wanted to take part in. From Caleb Williams and the touchdown-happy Trojans to Pac-12 rival Utah, there are a number of teams taking part in New Year’s Six games that were so very close to earning spots in the College Football Playoff. But it will be a day filled with intrigue, with numerous powerhouses hoping to cap off their seasons in style....

The biggest game of the week arguably is the meeting of future SEC foes Alabama and Texas. The top-ranked Crimson Tide are heading to Austin, in only Nick Saban’s third true nonconference road game at Alabama. He and the Tide will take on former offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian, as well as former No. 1 overall recruit Quinn Ewers. Another game worth watching between ranked and unranked foes is No. 10 USC at Stanford....

The score was 49-3 at that point. The message? Don’t pencil in No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Ohio State for this year’s College Football Playoff championship yet. Last year’s national champion will have something to say about it. No. 3 Georgia made the loudest Week 1 statement in that blowout against No. 11 Oregon in the Chick-fil-A Kickoff game on Saturday. It wasn’t that Georgia did it – the Bulldogs were a 17....

The College World Series features the eight teams to emerge from the Super Regional round of the NCAA Baseball Tournament. Here’s how to watch every game (all times Eastern): College World Series 2016 TV schedule Wednesday, June 22 Game 9: UC Santa Barbara (43-19) vs. Arizona (45-22), 7 p.m. | ESPN MORE: The greatest MLB Draft No. 1 picks ever Thursday, June 23 Game 10: Texas Tech (47-19) vs. Coastal Carolina (50-17), 8 p....

Power pitching, power swings — it was a dominant display by the Rebels on the mound and at the plate. And it was that power that helped them cruise to a 10-3 victory over Oklahoma on Saturday night in Omaha, Neb. Ole Miss did most of its damage in the eighth inning, smashing back-to-back-to-back home runs — the first time that had in a College World Series game since LSU did it in 1998....

The makeshift shipyard was located in a rural area of Tumaco in the Nariño Department, the Navy said in a statement that alleges the Ivan Rios dissident group of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC) ran the operation. The FARC had been involved in a conflict with the Colombian government that began in 1964. A treaty in 2016 called for the end of a decades-long war, and in June 2017, FARC officially ceased to be an armed group, supposedly disarmed and handed over its weapons to the United Nations....

Jean Witt last saw her students in their classroom at Aspen Creek PK-8 in Bloomfield, Colorado, on March 12, KDVR reported. She was sure she’d see them again soon, but last Friday, she found out schools would be closed for much longer. Witt was upset because she plans to retire at the end of the year and this year’s kindergarten class is the last she will teach at Aspen Creek PK-8, where she has worked since the school opened 20 years ago....