In a video released on Friday, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell conceded the league did not listen early enough when players protested against racial injustice and police brutality. “We, the National Football League, admit we were wrong for not listening to NFL players earlier and encourage all to speak out and peacefully protest,” Goodell said in the video. “We, the National Football League, believe black lives matter.” MORE: ESPN’s NFL draft of every player raises questions about picks...

Kaepernick criticized the league Sunday for “actively blackballing” Reid, who was the second NFL player to kneel during the U.S. national anthem in the 2016 season alongside the then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback. Both players are now free agents who have long accused NFL owners and league officials of colluding to prevent them from being signed due to their outspoken anti-police brutality demonstrations. Reid, a 28-year-old former Pro Bowler, was recently ranked as one of the top available free agents in the NFL—and Kaepernick says his activism is the only reason he’s not been signed....

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No. 10 Kansas (-7) at Temple The Westgate Las Vegas SuperBook opened the Jayhawks (9-1 SU, 5-4 ATS) as 7-point road favorites. They’ve won and covered both of their road games (-8.5 at Rhode Island and +2 at Georgetown) up to this point. Junior Perry Ellis leads the team in both scoring (13.3) and rebounding (6.6). Temple (7-4 SU, 3-6 ATS), 5-0 at home, will get their third crack at a ranked opponent tonight....

If nothing else, the last week of action on the hardwood has shown us there are no invincible teams in college basketball. In the past seven days, we’ve seen West Virginia drop back-to-back games, Michigan State fall to an unranked opponent and need overtime to survive another and Wichita State drop its first game in the American. There aren’t many sure things but some are more certain than others. Let’s see who has the juice as we prepare for what’s sure to be another eventful week....

But of the seven Big Ten coaches who are active on Twitter (Matt Painter, no soup for you), the smallest following is 11,000. Four coaches have followings exceeding 20,000. The largest, predictably, belongs to Indiana's Tom Crean. He's also given people reason to follow him, with over 6,700 tweets. But he's not our No. 1. COACHES’ TWITTER RANKING BY CONFERENCE: AAC | ACC | Big East | Big 12 | Pac-12 | SEC...

Below, we’ll look at a few of our favorite season-long futures bets and regular season win totals that still provide some betting value. All odds courtesy of Caesars Sportsbook Best bets to win the College Football National Championship 2022-23 Ohio State Buckeyes +300 (implied probability 25.00 percent) While it would be a bit more intriguing to avoid going the chalk route given the lack of parity we’ve seen throughout the College Football Playoff era, it’s hard not to....

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At The Wynn sports book in Las Vegas on Sunday, Michigan opened as a 2.5-point road underdog visiting Northwestern, but is a 2-point favorite as of late Monday afternoon. Johnny Avello, The Wynn’s executive director of race & sports operations, told The Linemakers on Sporting News on Monday that the Wildcats’ recent poor play has contributed to the public’s perception of them, especially after going down 24-0 at the end of the first quarter and 38-7 at halftime against the Hawkeyes....

The SEC has a pair of blockbuster matchups this weekend. No. 2 Georgia meets No. 8 Arkansas at 12 p.m. in an unexpected top-10 showdown. No. 1 Alabama welcomes No. 12 Ole Miss at 3:30 p.m. ET in the latest installment of Nick Saban vs. Lane Kiffin. That is in the same window as another top-10 showdown between No. 7 Cincinnati and No. 9 Notre Dame, a game with huge College Football Playoff implications....

It’s the order in which the committee will put them that is a major dilemma after a few conference championship shockers. No. 11 Utah clobbered No. 4 USC 47-24 in the Pac-12 championship, which knocked the Trojans out. No. 10 Kansas State then beat No. 4 TCU 31-28 in overtime in the Big 12 championship game. Are the Horned Frogs still in? We get the temptation. Those losses could tempt the College Football Playoff committee to bump No....

That’s all the College Football Playoff committee had to do with its first set of rankings Tuesday, and it didn’t. Instead, it invited a trap. It invited back SEC Bias theory. It invited in East Coast Bias theory. It just had to put a one-loss team in the No. 4 spot. It had to throw Texas A&M in that spot. That’s not normal. Maybe it’s the made-for-television drama, but there’s no need for it this early....

Three of last week’s top four teams and half the top 10 lost Saturday, but Tuesday’s poll didn’t exactly reflect those upsets. Clemson, which was No. 2 last week, dipped to fourth after Saturday’s 43-42 home loss to Pittsburgh. Michigan, which was a 14-13 loser at Iowa, remained at No. 3 despite the loss. Washington, which was fourth last week, slipped to No. 6 after a 26-13 loss to USC....

That doesn’t make Tuesday’s top 25 any less important than the previous polls, however. Indeed, none is as important as this penultimate set of rankings. MORE: Is there a viable path for Notre Dame to the College Football Playoff? Yes How the committee orders its top six could go a long way in deciphering what it thinks of the playoff-eligible teams heading into conference championship weekend. Georgia was the only certainty at No....

Sure, No. 8 Georgia and No. 9 UCLA lost as well, setting up usurpers to make a leap into the top 10. MORE: Iron Bowl standouts | Conference title game schedule | Latest ‘Noles escape The nation’s top three teams all won again, likely leaving those three positions intact. Unless voters decide Florida State’s latest Houdini act isn’t sufficient to leave the Seminoles at No. 1. They wouldn’t do that … would they?...

As expected, the committee confirmed LSU in the top spot, followed by Ohio State, Clemson and Georgia rounding up the top four. Alabama remained in fifth place, with Oregon and Utah unchanged at No.6 and No.7 ahead of Penn State, while Oklahoma moved up a slot to No.9. Here’s five talking points from Tuesday. Alabama needs help to make the playoffs Since the CFP inception in 2014, Alabama has always made the playoff but that streak looks in danger of coming to an end this year....

That is the message the CFP committee sent by putting the Volunteers at No. 5 on Tuesday. Tennessee (8-1) is the top one-loss team behind the unbeaten quartet of No. 1 Georgia (9-0), No. 2 Ohio State (9-0), No. 3 Michigan (9-0) and No. 4 TCU (9-0). The Volunteers lost 27-13 in Week 10 to Georgia, but the path toward an at-large berth is not just feasible for Tennessee. It’s looking like a good bet....