Columbus, OH

College Park, MD

After trying out for a couple of NFL teams but not catching on, Taulia Tagovailoa is taking his talents north of the border. The former Maryland football star is close to heading to the Canadian Football League and signing with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Canada news outlet Sportsnet reported. Tagovailoa, who...

Taulia Tagovailoa set to sign with his first pro team, per report

Manhattan, KS

247Sports

Kansas State is set to add a former all-conference Group of Five player to its defensive back group. Former Rice cornerback Jordan Dunbar is expected to transfer to the Wildcats, a source tells 247Sports. Dunbar, who is represented by agents Darren Wilson and Chase Moss, redshirted last year but was...

Kansas State expected to land former Rice all-conference cornerback Jordan Dunbar

Morgantown, WV

Cocoa (FL) defensive back CJ Hester was in class when his high school coach called him up to the office. There, the 2026 prospect learned some good news - he had an offer from West Virginia University, and he should call area recruiter Chad Scott. "He said he wanted to...

Hester already sees a familiar face at WVU

Los Angeles, CA

Tuscaloosa, AL

An aggressive baserunning decision in the Women's College World Series opener Thursday cost Alabama a go-ahead run in a loss to UCLA. In a pivotal moment during the top of the fifth inning, with two outs and the bases loaded for the Crimson Tide, Kenleigh Cahalan delivered a powerful hit to right-center field, scoring the game-tying run from third to make it a 1-1 score. But a bold baserunning move by Kali Heivilin resulted in an out at home, leaving two runners stranded. Alabama head coach Patrick Murphy defended the decision to send Heivilin home in an attempt to get the go-ahead run.

Alabama softball coach Patrick Murphy explains costly baserunning decision in WCWS-opening loss to UCLA

Iowa State

Iowa City, IA

IOWA CITY, Iowa-- The Hawkeye basketball squad got a huge win on Wednesday night when star forward Payton Sandfort withdrew from the NBA Draft and opted for one more year at Iowa. Sandfort, who led the team in scoring this past season, met with the media on Thursday to provide some transparency as to why he made the decision. Let's dive right into some of the tidbits.

Iowa Basketball: Payton Sandfort opens up about choosing to return to Iowa

Kentucky State

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Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky is now the first state in the nation to capture oblique (side/angle view) photography of its entire geography from the sky. The KYFromAbove Program and its contractor, NV5 , achieved this milestone after pilots flew 2,600 flight lines over Kentucky’s beautiful landscape, travelling 117,000 miles and capturing 40,660 square miles of the commonwealth’s land, including our cities, towns, farms, lakes, mountains and more.

Kentucky first state in nation to capture oblique photography of entire geography from the sky

Louisiana State

New Orleans, LA

USAye!

Shocking Case of Severe Abuse Uncovered After Car Accident. May 19, 2024, Tabone Parish, Louisiana- In an alarming case that has shocked the nation, the victim's mother, 40-year-old Latoya Harris, and her boyfriend, 41-year-old Terrence Washington, are now behind bars in Louisiana. The couple faces heinous charges after the 15-year-old girl is believed to have been subjected to unimaginable abuse at their home in Tabone Parish, just outside of New Orleans.

Teen Endures Horrific Abuse, Fights for Life

South Carolina State

Lexington, KY

The 11:59 PM ET deadline to withdraw from the 2024 NBA Draft in order to return to college came and went Wednesday night without an announcement either way from BYU transfer and Kentucky recruiting target Jaxson Robinson. Much like Hamidou Diallo in 2017, UK fans burned the midnight oil waiting...

Draft deadline comes and goes with no announcement from Jaxson Robinson

Wisconsin State

Wisconsin Watch

Reading Time: 13 minutes Click here to read highlights from the story. Wisconsin lacks a clear system for maintaining and making publicly available information about police officers who are subject to what are known as Brady disclosures in court.

‘It shouldn’t be the wild west’: Wisconsin lacks clear system for tracking police caught lying

Georgia State

The Current GA

Georgia voters kicked out incumbents, picked replacements for departing legislators and set the stage for June runoffs as well as the big show in November. Ballot casters up and down the Peach State made choices Tuesday that are already set to reshape the state Legislature, which could have an even greater effect on the average Georgian than who sits in the White House this time next year.

Voters deliver upsets in Georgia House races with other contests headed to a June runoff

Tennessee State

Knoxville, TN

After visiting last weekend for the first time in more than a year, Nic Moore has now finalized his plans for an official visit with the Vols. The four-star Class of 2025 offensive lineman from Jefferson County High School in Dandridge, Tenn., posted Wednesday afternoon on his X account that he's scheduled to return to nearby Tennessee on an official visit the weekend of June 21.

Top247 OL, local Vols target schedules official visit to Tennessee

Arkansas State

Fayetteville, AR

Arkansas head coach Dave Van Horn announced on Thursday afternoon that sophomore right-handed pitcher Cooper Dossett is out for the rest of the year with an injury to his throwing arm but will not need surgery. The injury occurred in the regular season finale against the Texas A&M Aggies on May 18.

Arkansas pitcher out for the season with injury to throwing arm

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Start times and television information for five University of Iowa 2024 football home games were announced on Thursday by the Big Ten Conference in conjunction with BTN, ESPN, CBS, NBC and FOX television networks. The Hawkeyes open the season with three consecutive home nonconference games. The...

Iowa Football: Hawkeyes announce start times for five home games

Oxford, MS

In a year's time, the Ole Miss football program has gone from be looked at as a hunter and now is being looked as the hunted by many curious on-lookers. It's been documented to no end why exactly that's the case — and one anonymous coach agrees with that.

Anonymous coach gives thoughts on Lane Kiffin, the culture at Ole Miss and its standing with blue bloods

Tallahassee, FL

TALLAHASSEE -- Florida State baseball (42-15) is one day from the first NCAA Tournament Regional at Dick Howser Stadium since 2018. On Thursday, Link Jarrett announced that Carson Dorsey will start against four-seed Stetson on Friday, attempting to advance into the winner's bracket of the regional. Dorsey has a 5.75...

FSU Baseball: Carson Dorsey will start game one of Tallahassee Regional vs. Stetson

Carsyn Baker visited for the first time in early April to attend one of the Vols' spring practices, and he picked up a scholarship offer from them a little more than two weeks ago. He's now ready to make the trip to Knoxville again. The four-star Class of 2026 running...

After Vols' offer, four-star running back set to attend Tennessee camp

Pullman, WA

WASHINGTON STATE'S SEPT. 7 home game against Texas Tech will broadcast by FOX, with a 7 p.m. kickoff, while the Apple Cup showdown at Lumen Field in Seattle a week later has been picked up by NBC's Peacock streaming platform, with a 12:30 p.m. kickoff, WSU announced in a press release today.

WSU's 2024 football TV placements complete, kickoff times nearly so

Alabama State

Auburn, AL

The Tigers coach had quite a bit to say about the state of college football at SEC spring meetings this week. Auburn football coach Hugh Freeze met with reporters Tuesday at the SEC spring meetings and voiced his concerns over the current state of college football. Freeze said he and the league's other coaches lack information on the recent NCAA settlement and the potential fallout, including roster limits, salary caps and signing players to multi-year contracts.

Hugh Freeze discloses biggest concerns with NCAA rule changes, what he's telling Auburn recruits

Wyoming State

WyoFile

Kelsie Maureen Clutter didn’t have to die. “​​Just one phone call could have saved her life,” said her friend, Danika Stone. Clutter started getting sick a lot around age 18 after graduating high school, Stone said. At the time, she thought of it as a recurring cold, but in retrospect, it was more likely withdrawal from opioids.

Wyoming now only state without protections for those who help overdosing friends

Marietta, GA

DeanLand

A deadly plane crash. A cryptic epitaph. And mysteries that endured for 82 years. Their story ended with a cryptic epitaph on a Marietta National Cemetery headstone: Died in a plane crash WWII April 29, 1942. And our interest in this story began there several Memorial Days past.

A Mysterious WWII Plane Crash Haunted Our Visits to Marietta National Cemetery

Grove City, OH

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Groveport, OH

Lockbourne, OH

Reynoldsburg, OH

Blacklick, OH

Westerville, OH

Dublin, OH

Amlin, OH

New Albany, OH

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After a redshirt year at Ohio State, Lorenzo Styles Jr. is 'ready to start making some plays now'

When Lorenzo Styles Jr. decided to transfer from Notre Dame last offseason and returned home to play with his brother at Ohio State, he did so...

After a redshirt year at Ohio State, Lorenzo Styles Jr. is 'ready to start making some plays now'

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