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The first two months of the 2025-26 women's college basketball season were full of big games. The willingness of elite ...

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Pregame analysis and predictions of the Seattle Seahawks vs. San Francisco 49ers NFL game to be played on January 3, 2026 on ...

It's a close race at the top of the East with the Detroit Pistons holding strong at No. 1 after an explosive start to the ...

Perhaps most notable: UCLA's win over the Buckeyes was enough to lift the Bruins a spot in this week's ESPN women's college ...

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Still, a missed opportunity is a missed opportunity. After looking like the best team in the country for 12 games, the Buckeyes finished 2025 with back-to-back losses, and as Miami made this game a ...

We found fatal flaws for all 12 clinched teams in the playoff field, plus the AFC North and NFC South teams trying to join ...

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Miami Dolphins vs. New England Patriots NFL game to be played on January 4, 2026 on ...