At one point in time, Michigan was in good shape to land Washington cornerback Thaddeus Dixon. But as time moved on, the Wolverines started to trend away from t

Michigan State will host its first big recruiting event of the year this Sunday, when it welcomes an impressive list of 2026 and 2027 recruits to campus for its annual junior day. The recruits will take in the Michigan State-Illinois basketball game during their visits.

Michigan State head coach Tom Izzo had high praise for the Spartans' next opponent, the Illinois Fighting Illini.

Bill Belichick is operating without a signed contract at North Carolina. According to CBS Sports, Belichick hasn’t officially signed his deal with the school. UNC introduced him as its next coach in December and the six-time Super Bowl winner has been assembling a staff and gone out on the road to recruit.

No. 20 Michigan plays the Northwestern Wildcats after Danny Wolf scored 23 points in Michigan's 84-81 overtime loss to the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

Colgate at Lafayette, 1 p.m. Maine at UMBC, 1 p.m. Mercyhurst at Wagner, 1 p.m. Albany (NY) at Binghamton, 2 p.m. Canisius at Fairfield, 2 p.m. Cornell at Penn, 2 p.m.

Appalachian St. at Marshall, 1 p.m. Bryant at Mass.-Lowell, 1 p.m. Bucknell at Navy, 1 p.m. CCSU at Fairleigh Dickinson, 1 p.m. Davidson at St. Bonaventure, 1 p.m. Fairfield at Canisius, 1 p.m. Manhattan at Niagara, 1 p.m. Penn at Cornell, 1 p.m. UMBC at Maine, 1 p.m. Wagner at Mercyhurst, 1 p.m. Army at Boston U., 2 p.m.

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No. 20 Michigan hosts the Northwestern Wildcats after Danny Wolf scored 23 points in Michigan's 84-81 overtime loss to the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

ATLANTA — The stage is set. On Monday, Notre Dame and Ohio State will play for the 2025 College Football National Championship. North Carolina is well represented on Notre Dame's sideline with graduate kicker Mitch Jeter, a Salisbury native, and Sam Pendleton, a Reagan High school alum.

If Donald Trump seizes the Panama Canal, Greenland and Canada, perhaps Glenn Youngkin should go after West Virginia.