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When Creighton basketball player Isaac Traudt’s teammates take a break at practice, they might grab a drink of water, chat it up or go over assignments. Traudt does that, too, but not before he checks a device attached to his body that tells him his blood glucose level. Depending on what it says, he might need to grab some energy …

The advent of name, image, and likeness (NIL) continues to fuel a firestorm across the college sports landscape. NCAA rules stipulate that top college football players and any other sort of athlete can collect lucrative payments in exchange for their autograph, their image appearing in an advertisement, and more under current NIL policies. However, some athletes participate in individual sports …

Ahkil Crumpton, a former wide receiver for the University of Georgia, was sentenced to 30 years in prison in the shooting death of a gas station employee. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Crumpton, 26, was sentenced for “interference with commerce by attempted robbery” and providing a “false statement during the purchase of a firearm.” Crumpton had previously been charged with …

Minnesota Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards threw down one of the nastiest dunks of the NBA season on Monday night against the Utah Jazz. With 5:35 to go in the third quarter, the Jazz turned the ball over, and the Timberwolves started on a fast break. Edwards moved the ball up the floor and then cut to the basket. CLICK HERE …

One week before free agency kicked off, J.J. Watt sat in London and pondered a question from Fox News Digital; where will Russell Wilson be playing in 2024? “I would put Russell Wilson in Pittsburgh,” Watt said after some thought. He was correct, of course, as Wilson made his intentions clear three days after Watt’s prediction, when he posted to …

Travis Kelce’s rising celebrity might land him on the reboot of a popular game show. The Kansas City Chiefs star tight end is “in talks” with those involved with the reboot of “Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?” to be the game show’s host, Variety reported Tuesday. The show would reportedly stream on Amazon Prime Video. CLICK HERE FOR …

The reigning NFC champion San Francisco 49ers have created a stockpile of compensatory draft picks over the past few years. The Niners along with the Los Angeles Rams were awarded five additional draft selections earlier this month, which is tied for the most in the NFL this year. But, the 49ers have learned that some of ther additional draft picks …

A proposed rewrite of the law governing the Olympics in the United States calls on public funding for the embattled U.S. Center for SafeSport while also forming a new government office to oversee grassroots sports that have long been attached to the Olympics themselves. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the legislation, which is proposed to rework the 1978 …

For two decades, the New England Patriots were considered the gold standard. During that period, the franchise won six Super Bowl titles. The organization’s unprecedented run of success was documented in Apple TV’s docuseries “The Dynasty: New England Patriots.” The series’ final episode was recently released. Over the past several weeks, each episode drew an array of reactions. Some criticized …

LIV Golf was always a legitimate threat, but it became much more of a legitimate tour when it got the defending Masters Champion to join. Jon Rahm shocked the golf world in December when, after much criticism of the new tour, he joined LIV for what’s assumed to be an absurd amount of money. Rahm once said that 54-hole tournaments …