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The Detroit Lions will be under incredible pressure to succeed after how last season ended. Detroit had arguably its best regular season in franchise history, winning 15 games and securing the No. 1 seed in the NFC playoffs. It will be a tough act to follow, for more reasons than one. Detroit has already faced plenty of adversity ahead of the 2025 NFL season, and training camp just started. The Lions started the offseason by losing both Ben Johnson and Aaron Glenn to head coaching jobs. Now the pressure will be on Dan Campbell and Detroit’s new coordinators to keep…
ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — The Detroit Lions had one of the NFL’s best offensive lines last season. This year is more of a work in progress. Center Frank Ragnow’s retirement and the loss of right guard Kevin Zeitler in free agency have opened up competition for at least two new starters. Graham Glasgow, who started at left guard last season and has experience at center, along with rookie Tate Ratledge are getting reps at center through four days of training camp. And then there’s the banged-up veteran Taylor Decker at left tackle. “It’s been great. Tate, I thought, was…
Things have been heated over the first week of Detroit Lions training camp, and so much so that head coach Dan Campbell has had to pause practice on multiple occasions to get things under control. On Tuesday, Campbell was forced to kick second-year defensive back Norice Morris out of practice after he was getting too physical in the session. Then, on Thursday, things got chippy again, with safety Brian Branch and Amon-Ra St. Brown getting into it “multiple times,” per Colton Pouncy of The Athletic. The Lions head coach once again paused the session and tried to calm things down. Campbell…
Kentucky Wildcats head coach Mark Pope spoke to the media Monday afternoon and gave an update on international commit Andrija Jelavic. The Croatian big man is the only player on the Wildcats’ 2025-26 roster who is not yet in Lexington. Pope spoke with reporters and gave an update on when he expects Jelavic to arrive in Kentucky. Pope didn’t want to give an exact timeline on when he hopes to have the 6-foot-11 big man on campus, but he sounded hopeful. Jelavic has completed his classes and is awaiting the next step in his process. “The status is we have…
NORTH AUGUSTA, S.C. — Kentucky basketball coach Mark Pope will never be John Calipari on the recruiting trail. Nor is he trying to be, based on how he’s approached his first class having a full year to recruit. While he’s proven in one year to have the coaching acumen that will keep UK a top program, now he has to show he’s got the recruiting chops to match. Pope’s best talent so far has come from the transfer portal, and his highest-ranked recruits, Jasper Johnson and Malachi Moreno, are both homegrown. In going outside of the bubble, Pope’s first big…
Kentucky Wildcats freshman Braydon Hawthorne is already turning heads in Lexington, and he hasn’t even played a college game yet. During Monday’s media press conference, Kentucky head coach Mark Pope had glowing words for the 6-foot-8, 175-pound small forward from Huntington, West Virginia, even comparing him to one of the greatest Wildcats of all time. “Braydon Hawthorne, he is a unique player,” Pope said. “I can’t wait until you guys get to watch him and see him on the court. I was with Tayshaun Prince for quite a while, maybe a week ago, and he just…build, body, skill set…there is…
We have seen plenty of activity around college athletics, but more recently, we have seen teams starting to switch their apparel brands. We saw Auburn leave Under Armour to become a Nike school. Meanwhile, the Tennessee Volunteers have decided to return to Adidas. Good news, Kentucky Wildcats fans. It appears that the Cats will be staying with Nike for quite a while longer. According to a report by Jeff Drummond of Cats Illustrated and Rivals, Kentucky is set to renew its contract with Nike on a long-term apparel and shoe deal that should “dwarf the previous one.” The…
Tyreek Hill has spent his NFL career dazzling defenders and fans alike with his explosive speed and game-breaking plays. The Miami Dolphins star is widely regarded as one of the most dangerous offensive weapons in the league today. However, not everyone is convinced that Hill deserves to be mentioned among the NFL’s greatest receivers of all time. That includes Hall of Famer Randy Moss, who made headlines recently with his brutally honest assessment of Hill’s legacy. Speaking on an episode of the I Am Athlete podcast, Moss did not hold back when asked about where Hill stands among the…
Since arriving in the NFL, Tua Tagovailoa has posted solid numbers. However, for both the quarterback and Miami fans, injuries-particularly concussions-have prevented him from putting together a truly outstanding season year after year. This year, hopes are high that Tua can remain healthy throughout the entire campaign, allowing him to be the consistent and dynamic leader the Miami Dolphins need to return to the postseason. The moment seems right: the New England Patriots are no longer contenders, still searching for a new identity; the New York Jetsremain plagued by instability; and while the Buffalo Bills are likely to dominate, the…
The La Familia name carries weight in Lexington. But on this summer day in 2025, the future of Kentucky basketball made it clear: the new blood is here to take the torch. According to Kentucky Sports Radio’s Matt Jones, the Wildcats edged out La Familia in a competitive exhibition game, winning by eight points. It marked the second straight year the current Cats have taken down a group of UK alums, and the message this time was simple—this isn’t just a young team, it’s a ready one. Lowe and Oweh show out Multiple sources relayed to Jones that Jaland Lowe…