Oklahoma and Texas are once again thinking about leaving the Big 12, and such a move could destabilize all of major college football.
Author: Dan Wolken, USA TODAY
Opinion: If college football players skip vaccine and COVID wrecks their season, it’s their own damn fault
Urgency for college football programs to get players vaccinated against COVID-19 looms as a possible competitive advantage during the 2021 season.
Opinion: US men’s basketball team looking far from gold medal favorite in Olympic tune-up games
As Team USA men’s basketball fell to 0-2 in its Olympic tune-up, its gold medal coronation is starting to look more like a comeuppance.
Opinion: The argument is over, Novak Djokovic is the greatest men’s tennis player in history
With his sixth Wimbledon and 20th Grand Slam title, Djokovic’s achievements and head-to-head record with his rivals puts him at top of the heap.
Opinion: If athletes won’t get vaccine, this College World Series disaster is going to keep happening
NC State baseball’s COVID disaster is no fluke and it will happen again as athletes resist vaccine, writes Dan Wolken.
Opinion: Supreme Court ruling shows it isn’t buying NCAA’s model, and neither are the rest of us
Monday’s Supreme Court ruling against the NCAA is too narrow on its own to completely dismantle amateurism, but the pressure is on to make changes.
Opinion: The 76ers’ ‘Process’ will be remembered as a failure after Game 7 loss to Hawks
While the Philadelphia 76ers’ “Process” has never felt more aimless, the Atlanta Hawks’ rebuild is looking very promising.
Opinion: NBA needs to acknowledge its overly ambitious regular-season schedule was a mistake
The NBA’s 72-game regular season jammed in to just five months was far too ambitious, writes Dan Wolken. And the physical crumbling of teams is proof.
Opinion: Philadelphia 76ers’ inability to put away Game 4 breathes life into upstart Atlanta Hawks
The Philadelphia 76ers’ inability to snuff out the Atlanta Hawks in Game 4 bodes poorly on several fronts for a perceived Eastern Conference favorite.
Opinion: Sixers’ win in Game 3 exposes gap young Hawks still have to close
The Sixers took a 2-1 series lead with a 127-111 win that showed why they’re the top seed in the East and why the Hawks have not yet arrived.