Columbus, OH

As the Associated Press released its preseason Top 25, yet another August landmark has been reached. Georgia officially will begin the 2024 college football season as the nation's No. 1 team. Kirby Smart's program tops a ranking dominated by the SEC, which featured four of the AP poll's six highest-ranked teams.

Biggest Takeaways from the College Football's 2024 AP Preseason Poll

Baton Rouge, LA

Ann Arbor, MI

Michigan Wolverines On SI

The former 2025 Michigan football commit is now in SEC land

Former Michigan football commit lands in SEC country

West Virginia State

Indianapolis, IN

The Spun

A new prediction has come in for this year's College Football Playoff.  Using Ralph Russo's formula, On3's Andy Staples predicted the 12 teams to make the College Football Playoff. Russo, who covers college football for the Associated Press, has a formula for the 12-team playoff that is ...

'Formula' Predicts The 12-Team College Football Playoff In 2024

FanSided

The College Football season is right around the corner and as we continue to get closer, we continue to see outlets ranking past seasons. The SEC Network has been running through the best players of the past decade in the conference. They recently ranked quarterbacks and LSU stood out in a massive way.

SEC Network names LSU Football Quarterbacks the Two Best Quarterbacks since 2014

Athlon Sports

College football analyst Paul Finebaum weighed in on one of the newest Big Ten members during Tuesday's First Take discussion on ESPN. Oregon, Washington, USC and UCLA all left the Pac-12 this past offseason. Before conference play begins in the Big Ten, Oregon and Washington will kick off against ...

Paul Finebaum Says Major Big Ten Program Will "Unravel" Week 1

Green Bay, WI

Jordan Love's first season as a starter featured a clear turning point. The 25-year-old started strong but started to hit a skid around Week 3. This bottomed out after a difficult outing against the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 5, where he tossed three interceptions in a 17-13 loss. That...

Packers' Jordan Love Explains When His Mindset 'Switched' Ahead of Securing Contract

Get out those calendars, it's time to start planning for the 2024-25 NBA season. The NBA announced on Tuesday that it will release its schedule for the upcoming campaign on Thursday, Aug. 15. That is when fans can turn their attention from the drama of offseason player movement and rumors to the Boston Celtics' title defense and the rest of the league's chase for glory.

2024 NBA Schedule Release: TV Info, Start Time, Date and More For Full Release

Ohio State

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The Lantern

On Tuesday, licensed Ohio dispensaries began legally selling non-medical marijuana to consumers; however, the drug’s possession, growth and/or usage are still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus. Credit: Jefferee Woo/Tampa Bay Times/TNS [Original caption: Four citizen-led petitions with proposals to update Dallas’ charter hit the 20,000 valid signature threshold to make it on the Nov. 5 election ballot, including one that would ban police officers from arresting or citing people carrying less than four ounces of marijuana.] As of Tuesday, students 21 and older can now legally purchase marijuana in Ohio.

Dispensary sales of recreational marijuana began Tuesday; possession and usage still prohibited on Ohio State’s campus

Williamsport, PA

The 2024 Little League World Series is set to kick off on Wednesday in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and will feature some of the best youth baseball players from around the world. With regional qualifying tournaments complete, the field has been narrowed to 20 teams. The upcoming double-elimination tournament features 10 teams...

Little League World Series 2024: Bracket Schedule, TV Info, Round 1 Predictions

Tampa, FL

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville Today

Three men and a woman have been arrested on murder charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Charles Jones , a Jacksonville rapper known as Julio Foolio,” outside a hotel in Tampa.

4 arrested in slaying of Jacksonville rapper Julio Foolio

Atlanta, GA

College Football News

2024 Georgia State college football season preview with quick breakdowns, the best players, keys to the season, and prediction with projected win total.

Georgia State College Football Preview, Best Players, Top Transfers, Season Prediction, Win Total 2024

Boone, NC

Yardbarker

The College Football Playoff has felt like an exclusive club that is extremely difficult to get into. Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, Oklahoma, and Georgia have earned 26 of the 40 berths in the first ten years of the format, and those schools have won 8 of the 10 national championships.That all changes this season with the expansion of the playoff to 12 teams. So, while all of those schools look to get back into the dance, there are now seats for others to be able to have a chance to make a championship run. That includes the Group of 5,...

15 schools that can throw a wrench in the College Football Playoff

A Black woman may be leading the presidential ticket of a major political party for the first time, but for Jacksonville’s Black conservatives, political values trump a candidate’s personal identity.

Republicans look to shore up support among Black conservatives in Jacksonville

Musician Drake reportedly helped to raise €40 million ($43.7 millIon) to help save Italian soccer club Venezia from bankruptcy. "I got a call from Brad Katsuyama, co-owner of Venezia and a good friend of mine. He explained the problem to me in a simple way: Venezia has to raise €10 million in a couple of weeks, and then at least €30 million in a few months, or the club will go bankrupt," Drake's chief brand officer and a part of his management team, Matte Babel, told the Italian edition of GQ (h/t Francesco Porzio of CBS Sports). "Venezia is an incredible city, and Venezia has always been a special club. I spoke to Drake, then Brad, and I discussed the details of how we could help. Within two weeks, we had a deal, and raised the money needed to pay salaries and avoid bankruptcy."

Drake, Nike's Nocta Help Raise $43.7M for Serie A's Venezia FC to Avoid Bankruptcy

Now that almost all of the top 2024 NHL free agents have re-signed with their old teams or signed on with new ones, it's time to start taking an early look ahead to the players who could be on the move in the 2025 offseason. It is always interesting to...

Predicting the 7 Biggest Flight Risks in 2025 NHL Free Agency

Kansas State

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Missouri State

CJ Coombs

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) helps to locate missing children. Since July 1, 2024, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), 174 children have been reported missing in the U.S. Since January 1, 2024, there was a total of 1,445 reported missing in the country.

Missing Missouri children as of July 17, 2024, according to the NCMEC

The start of the 2024 NFL season is inching ever closer, making this a great time to take a look at how teams are faring in training camp. With each club now having participated in at least one preseason game, a clearer picture has begun to materialize. Some players are...

The Biggest Winners and Losers from 2024 NFL Training Camps

Tennessee State

Knoxville, TN

The Tennessee Volunteers are looking to make noise in the SEC Conference entering the 2024 season. Tennessee is a team that everyone could be sleeping on this year. A lot of teams in the SEC know about the potential of the Georgia Bulldogs, the Alabama Crimson Tide, the Texas Longhorns, and the Ole Miss Rebels.

Tennessee Volunteers: Dark Horse SEC Team Entering the 2024 College Football Season

Saint Louis, MO

Big Lots isn't any different from other retail stores that have had a decline in sales. The cost of groceries, alone, is enough to keep customers away who are watching their budgets.

These Big Lots locations will be closing in Missouri

Athens, GA

From 2021 to 2022, the Georgia football program had an impressive record of 29-1, including going undefeated in SEC play. The Georgia Bulldogs also won back-to-back College Football Playoff title games during this time. Leading the Bulldogs was Stetson Bennett, who started as a walk-on and later became the team’s starting quarterback. Bennett, who is from Atlanta, was named the Offensive MVP of the CFP National Championship Game twice, making him the only college football player to win the award twice. Despite his success in college, Bennett was selected in the fourth round of the 2023 NFL Draft by the Los Angeles Rams.

Former Georgia Football 2x National Champion Posts Brutal Four Interception Statline in Preseason Opener; Fans React

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B/R College Football 2024 Betting Locks: Conference Championships

Over the past six months, college football's landscape has undergone a seismic renovation. The conferences you grew up with have gotten larger or disappeared. And the...

B/R College Football 2024 Betting Locks: Conference Championships

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