Category: Basketball

Bianchi: Is Lane Kiffin about to spark a $150 million Gators-Dolphins bidding war?

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Running off at the typewriter. … The question floating around Gainesville right now isn’t whether Lane Kiffin is the best candidate for the University of Florida’s head coaching job. It’s whether the Gators are actually willing to spend $150 million — fully guaranteed, over 10 years — to hire him. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for the Gators hiring Lane Kiffin, but — wince! — at what price That …

High school football: After two years away, CJ Wallace is back — and lighting up defenses for Springfield

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 6—After two years away from the game, CJ Wallace finally got the itch to play football again this winter. The Springfield High School junior — the son of South High School and Toledo University standout quarterback and current Wildcats offensive coordinator Chris Wallace — grew up playing under center, but opted to focus on basketball his first two years of high school. “I definitely …

High school football: After two years away, CJ Wallace is back — and lighting up defenses for Springfield

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 6—After two years away from the game, CJ Wallace finally got the itch to play football again this winter. The Springfield High School junior — the son of South High School and Toledo University standout quarterback and current Wildcats offensive coordinator Chris Wallace — grew up playing under center, but opted to focus on basketball his first two years of high school. “I definitely …

Asa Johnson, whose father played basketball, gets assist from dad in picking NIU football. ‘Work even harder.’

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Football is king for Aurora Christian’s Asa Johnson, with basketball a close second. The 6-foot-4, 210-pound senior quarterback plays forward for the Eagles in in the winter. Basketball topped the list for his dad, Matthew, in his playing days. “He’s a big dude, 6-8,” Asa said. “He was a shooter.” That may be true, but father Matthew apparently has some point guard skills, too. He picked up a …

Rich Rodriguez provides thoughts on proposed sports gambling for college athletes

NCAAF College Football News, Photos, Stats, Scores, Schedule & Videos… Nov. 4—Gambling has been something in the world since the B.C.E. times when the Mesopotamians started playing dice. Sports gambling came soon after, but it’s becoming more common around the United States over the past couple of years. 39 states allow sports gambling, plus Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico, and it’s more prevalent with all the commercials for FanDuel and Draft Kings, and if you …