Illinois State

Chapel Hill, NC

Columbus, OH

Iowa State

Iowa City, IA

Iowa Hawkeyes On SI

IOWA CITY, Iowa – The Big Ten Conference announced the opponent rotation for the 2024-25 wrestling season on Tuesday.   The University of Iowa will host Nebrask

B1G Opponents Set for Iowa Wrestling

Nebraska State

Omaha, NE

247Sports

The Nebraska high school season kicks off on Thursday night with week one games and there's a couple notable Class A games to get things started in Omaha and Lincoln. Omaha North at Omaha Westside — Big showdown between two teams with title aspirations and power conference prospects. Nebraska commit Tyson Terry and Nebraska target Christian Jones are the big names.

Two intriguing Nebraska high school Thursday games

Cade McNamara will miss having head coach Kirk Ferentz on the sideline for Iowa’s season opener against Illinois State. However, McNamara knows the Hawkeyes are going to rally in support of their head coach. News broke last week that Ferentz was serving a one-game self-imposed suspension related to a...

Cade McNamara weighs in on Kirk Ferentz's Week 1 suspension

West Lafayette, IN

Purdue Boilermakers On SI

Which volleyball venue is the best in the Big Ten? Big Ten Network volleyball expert Emily Ehman says Purdue and Nebraska have the two best in the conference.

BTN Expert Emily Ehman Says Purdue, Nebraska Have Best Big Ten Venues in Volleyball

Minneapolis, MN

Athlon Sports

Storms are expected to impact the Twin Cities Thursday afternoon and evening.

Gophers push kickoff in season-opener to 8 p.m.

North Carolina State

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Winston-salem, NC

Town Talks

A North Carolina restaurant serves fried chicken in a “spicy, savory” sauce — and fans can’t get enough. So much so, the restaurant now ranks as the state’s No. 1 place to eat fried chicken.

Best fried chicken in North Carolina is at this restaurant, Yelp says. Why it’s No. 1

Los Angeles County, CA

Herbie J Pilato

It's been two decades since beloved actor Brian Kelly died of pneumonia at 73 in 2005. Best known as Porter Ricks in the classic TV family show Flipper(NBC, 1964-1967), Kelly had once suffered a paralyzing motorcycle accident that ended his acting career. However, he rechanneld his creative talent and became a producer. This is his story.

The Paralyzing Accident & Tragic Death of TV's 'Flipper' Father Brian Kelly: Two Decades Later

The start of another college football season is upon us and with it comes the inevitable discussion about which coaching jobs are heating up. Who will be shown the door following - or during - unsuccessful 2024 campaigns? Once again OTE is here to gaze into our crystal balls, decipher the murky futures of the Big Ten’s coaches, and share our imperfect insights with our readers people that will skip straight to the comments section.

Big Ten Football Coaching Hot Seats - 2024 Preseason Edition

Minnesota Golden Gophers On SI

The game at Huntington Bank Stadium has been pushed back an hour.

Gophers' opener vs. UNC pushed back to 8 p.m. amid weather concerns

Greetings, college football fans, and welcome to a rare Thursday edition of Big Ten Infographics. In 2022, I only dropped two editions of this. Fall 2022 was a great time. I was very busy having fun and I just couldn’t invest that much time into it. In 2023, the...

Big Ten Football 2024 Week 1 Preview in MS Paint Infographics

One of simple pleasures I enjoy in my increasingly old age is a simple haircut. Now, I am not a man whose hair deserves anything more than the $20 slap-and-tickle at GreatCuts or SuperClips or Fantastic Sports. I like my hair, mind you, but it's not winning any awards. But...

A Salute to the Hometown Haircut: Don’t Watch This; Watch That, Week 1

Kirk Ferentz will not be on the sidelines during Iowa's season-opener, but he will be acting head coach up until the game. On Tuesday afternoon, the longtime Hawkeye coach met with the media to discuss Iowa's strategy heading into the season and much more. IOWA CITY, Iowa-- Kirk Ferentz will...

Iowa Football: Everything Kirk Ferentz said prior to 2024 season-opener against Illinois State

That’s right, the Power Poll is back! Our long-time reader favorite/author nightmare/Wednesday landmark has returned. This year, to kick things off, we’re talking superfluities—those things that there are just too damn many of for any person with any sense. Is this a bit heavy handed, in a year when the Big Ten has ballooned up to 18 teams and stretches literally from coast to coast of an entire continent? Yes. But I have 18 teams to get through, so subtlety has been de-prioritized.

Preseason 2024 Big Ten Power Poll: Superfluities

Georgia State

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Louisiana State

New Orleans, LA

Daily Coffee Press

A developing tropical disturbance in the Caribbean is showing increasing potential to enter the eastern Gulf of Mexico, intensify, and impact areas along the Gulf Coast, likely between Florida and Louisiana. If the system gains a name, it will be designated Tropical Storm Debby. This system has the potential to bring significant rainfall to the eastern Gulf Coast, and depending on its strength, could also generate hazardous winds and a dangerous storm surge.

Potential Tropical Storm Debby Could Bring Heavy Rain and Strong Winds to Gulf Coast and SE GA

Monday’s rain-soaked and stormy loss by the Twins at Target Field was damaging in a lot of ways. Meanwhile, the Vikings have some familiar (and some new) areas of concern heading into the season. RandBall: Pressure on the Twins and concerning position groups for Vikings. Located in Litchfield, MN...

RandBall: Pressure on the Twins and concerning position groups for Vikings

Montana State

Wyoming State

WyoFile

To increase the genetic diversity of an island population of grizzly bears , Wyoming and Montana wildlife managers recently worked together to import fresh bloodlines into the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Two Montana grizzly bears trucked to Wyoming to bolster genetic diversity, help states’ delisting case

The Lantern

Head coach Ryan Day leads the team onto the field ahead of then-No. 1 Ohio State’s game against Michigan State on Nov. 11, 2023. Fast forward to August 2024, and the Buckeyes are preparing for their season opener against Akron Saturday. Credit: Brett Price | Lantern File Photo.

Football: New starters named for Buckeyes’ Saturday game against Akron and other UpDAYtes

Minnesota will play 24 conference games this season.

Gophers unveil 2024-25 men's hockey Big Ten schedule

Green Bay, WI

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Joe Heller was the editorial cartoonist for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wis., from 1985 until being laid off in July 2013. He still draws several cartoons a week and distributes them through his own syndicate. Through Heller Syndication, his cartoons regularly appear in more than 400 newspapers, making him the most successful self-syndicated editorial cartoonist in the nation. His cartoons are reprinted many times in USA Today, Denver Post, St. Paul Pioneer Press, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek Japan, The Week and The Washington Post. Joe’s cartoons have won numerous distinctions, including 10 Best of Gannett awards, eight Milwaukee Press Club awards and two Honorable mentions for the John Fischetti Award. He lives in Green Bay with his wife, Pamela. He is a regular featured cartoonist for the NKyTribune .

Joe Heller: Cartoonist views Olympics, court limits, last supper, eye-for-eye, orange/black

Here is the latest chatter on the Iowa basketball recruiting front. - Iowa will be hosting two top targets in the 2025 class for official visits this weekend in four-star forward Brady Koehler out of Indianapolis Cathedral (Ind.) and four-star wing Ryder Frost out of New Hampshire. Here is the deep dive on both those prospects.

Iowa Basketball Recruiting Buzz: Intel on visitors this weekend

Carrboro, NC

Durham, NC

Hillsborough, NC

Cary, NC

Morrisville, NC

Pittsboro, NC

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Week 1: B1G Thursday Thread

Eastern Illinois Panthers vs Illinois Fighting Illini. 1) No pirated streams or discussion about pirated streams. Game Threads drop at 830, 230 and 6 on Saturdays....

Week 1: B1G Thursday Thread

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