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Bradon Smith Football November 25, 2025 Nebraska special teams coordinator Mike Ekeler was tabbed as one of 63 nominees for the 2025 Broyles Award, which honors college football’s top assistant coach. Ekeler has made dramatic improvements across Nebraska’s special teams units this season. The Huskers currently rank fourth nationally in kickoff returns average (28.9) and 17th in punt return average (17.6), as one of four programs in the top 20 nationally in both areas. Kenneth Williams leads the Big Ten and ranks fourth nationally in kickoff returns average while Jacory Barney is 15th nationally in punt returns average. The Huskers also rank in the top 35 nationally in blocked kicks (seventh, three), kickoff return defense (11th, 16.1 ypr) and punt return average defense (35th, 5.50 ypr). Ekeler has also developed a pair of first-year starters at the specialist spots as Kyle Cunanan is 13-of-16 in field goals and connected on all 42 PATs while Archie Wilson has placed 12 of his 28 punts inside the opponent 20-yard line and allowed just four punt returns all season. The Broyles Award selection committee is made up of former hall of fame coaches, members of the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA), and legendary

Men's Basketball November 25, 2025 Reese Dixon-Waters and BJ Davis combined for 43 points in the win. LAS VEGAS – San Diego State’s offense exploded for 97 points, led by Reese Dixon-Waters and BJ Davis, who combined for 43 points, as it downed Oregon 97-80 in the Players Era Festival on Tuesday night. San Diego State (3-2) will finish its stay in Las Vegas on Wednesday night against the Baylor Bears at 7:30 p.m. PT. Oregon (4-2) will look to bounce back against the Creighton Bluejays at 11 a.m. on Thursday. The teams battled back and forth early, leading to a 15-15 score with 12 minutes remaining in the first half. SDSU rattled off the next 12 points to pull ahead 27-15, a lead it would not relinquish the remainder of the night. Davis accounted for the first eight points of the run, making two free throws before back-to-back three-pointers. The lead held constant between seven and 12 points for the rest of the half as the Aztecs brought a ten-point lead into the locker room at halftime. After Oregon cut the lead to six at 17:58, the Aztecs scored the next eight points to go back up 14 with 16

COLUMBIA, S.C. (Nov. 24, 2025) – South Carolina Cross Country standout Salma Elbadra has officially secured All-American status, as announced by the USTFCCCA on Monday afternoon. To qualify for the All-American squad, athletes must finish inside the Top 40 on the individual leaderboard at the NCAA Cross Country Championship. Elbadra is just the second All-American in program history, joining Judy Kosgei who accomplished the feat in 2023. Elbadra earned the recognition after placing 28th at the NCAA Championship on Saturday morning in Columbia, Mo. The Morocco native crossed the finish line in 19:14.7 and aided the Gamecocks in the 15th-place finish in the program’s first ever appearance at the NCAA Cross Country Championship. Elbadra had a year to remember, earning both All-American and All-Region honors. The freshman distance runner set a new 6K program record this season at the Southeast Regional, running 19:03.1 to become the first individual winner at the regional meet in Gamecock history. In addition, she also holds the second fastest 5K time in Gamecock history with a mark of 15:57.5. Elbadra captured a pair of wins this year on the cross country course and earned First Team All-SEC honors and SEC All-Freshman Team after finishing fifth

Leading tech companies are in a race to release and improve artificial intelligence (AI) products, leaving users in the United States to puzzle out how much of their personal data could be extracted to train AI tools. Meta (which owns Facebook, Instagram, Threads and WhatsApp), Google and LinkedIn have all rolled out AI app features that have the capacity to draw on users’ public profiles or emails. Google and LinkedIn offer users ways to opt out of the AI features, while Meta’s AI tool provides no means for its users to say “no, thanks.” Recommended Stories list of 3 items list 1 of 3 AI investments are pulling the US economy forward. Will it continue? list 2 of 3 A dangerous tipping point? Anthropic’s AI hacking claims divide experts list 3 of 3 EU moves to ease AI, privacy rules amid pressure from Big Tech, Trump end of list “Gmail just flipped a dangerous switch on October 10, 2025 and 99% of Gmail users have no idea,” a November 8 Instagram post said. Posts warned that the platforms’ AI tool rollouts make most private information available for tech company harvesting. “Every conversation, every photo, every voice message, fed into AI

November 23, 2025 Historic run for Célia-Belle Mohr, Sophia Webster comes to an end in doubles final ORLANDO, Fla. — Vanderbilt women’s tennis suffered a 7-5, 6-4 defeat to NC State in the NCAA Doubles Championship final to finish as an NCAA runner-up after earning the first NCAA Championships final berth in program history. “Firstly, congratulations to NC State on a great tournament and a well-played match in the final today,” head coach Aleke Tsoubanos said. “Célia and Sophia played an outstanding NCAA tournament. I know it’s hard to see it now, but I hope they’re proud of the performance they put together this week in making a historic run to the NCAA Doubles Championship final. They were a joy to coach and be with on court this week, and I couldn’t be happier for the success they’ve had together this fall. I have tremendous faith in them and can’t wait to see what the spring dual season holds for our team.” Facing the Wolfpack’s No. 10 ranked Gabriella Broadfoot and Victoria Osuigwe, the Dores battled blow-for-blow to a 4-4 tie in the first set. NC State moved ahead 6-5 moments later in a set decided by inches. At a

In the annals of Duke Football, there is one play that stands alone, famous above all others. It took place in 1969, in the third quarter against UNC. Duke quarterback Leo Hart pretended to tie his shoelace during a timeout and Marcel Courtillet tossed the ball to Wes Chesson, who took off for the end zone, later saying it was the easiest touchdown he ever scored. It helped Duke, just 2-6-1, win the game 17-13. This was just four months and two days after Neal Armstrong touched down on the moon and people still marvel about the play. We don’t know if the fake field goal in Saturday’s game will be remembered quite the same way, but it was a heck of a play. And it was gutty as hell. Down 25-24 on 4th & 3 with 2:28 to play against your most hated rival is not the time most coaches would call for a trick play. Well, that’s exactly what Duke’s staff ordered up as punter Kade Reynoldson tossed the ball to kicker Todd Pelino, who took off to the left and ran 26 yards, getting the ball to the one-yard line. Duke ended up getting a touchdown instead

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Graduate Diego Pavia saved his best performance to date for his final home game as a Commodore at FirstBank Stadium, as the quarterback set the school’s single-game passing yards record with 484 yards through the air to lead No. 14-ranked Vanderbilt in a 45-17 victory over Kentucky on Senior Day. The Albuquerque, New Mexico, native’s 484 passing yards vs. Kentucky breaks Whit Taylor’s 44-year-old program record of 464 passing yards set at Tennessee during the 1981 season. Pavia also matched his school record for most passing touchdowns in a game with five, equaling his 5-touchdown performance vs. Utah State on Sept. 27. The quarterback posted a career-high 84.6 percent completion percentage, as he connected on 33-of-39 pass attempts. The quarterback also added a team-best 48 rushing yards and a score on the ground to give him six total touchdowns against the Wildcats. Pavia continues to stay hot to close out the 2025 regular season. He has now thrown for 350-plus yards with four-or-more total touchdowns in each of his last three contests. Since the calendar rolled to November, the quarterback has thrown for 1,226 yards with 11 passing touchdowns with only one interception, while he has added

NEW ORLEANS – The New Orleans Privateers finished their fall campaign with more tough competition as they battled the Tulane Green Wave who received votes in the final AVCA Poll from 2025 during the Saturday at White Sands.   Every pair played three matches on the day in competition that started at 11 a.m. with all matches playing just two sets.   Mona Salgado and Kylie Lyons scored a set for the Privateers in their final match of the day. After dropping the first set 21-15, the duo pushed through a tight set winning 21-18 against Tawny Ensign and Gabriella Kucinski.   The Privateers also had an intense match that featured Molly Perry and Sadie Elliott . The freshman duo played two long sets against Isabella Griffin and Giorgia Walther that finished 21-18, 21-19.   Tulane won the remainder of the sets throughout the day as the Privateers finished their fall campaign with experience against three teams that were either ranked or received votes in the last AVCA poll of the spring 2025 season.   NEXT UP The Privateers will return in the spring with the Green Wave Invitational as their first scheduled tournament on Feb. 20.   BLUES ON

By Jeff White (jwhite@virginia.edu) VirginiaSports.com WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Through its first four games, the UVA men’s basketball team did not trail for a single second. It was inevitable, though, that the Cavaliers would face adversity, and that happened Friday night in the Skechers Greenbrier Tip-Off. They didn’t flinch. After falling behind by seven points midway through the first half, Virginia steadied itself and took a four-point lead into intermission. Then it was Northwestern’s turn to take control. The Wildcats scored 19 points in the first five minutes of the second half to take a 55-48 lead. Once again, the Wahoos battled back. They went ahead to stay with 3:56 remaining and went on to secure an 83-78 victory in a ballroom that, for this event, has been converted into a gym. In front of a crowd dominated by their fans, the Hoos (5-0) went 9 for 10 from the line in the final 61 seconds to hold the Wildcats (4-1) at bay. Northwestern was the first Power 4 opponent on Virginia’s schedule, and head coach Ryan Odom never expected another blowout. “We knew it was going to be a big-time battle,” Odom said, and that proved to be the

The Kentucky Wildcats returned to Lexington tonight as they welcomed the Loyola Greyhounds to Rupp Arena. In need of a bounce-back game, the Cats trounced the Greyhounds, 88-46. With a ton of turbulence surrounding the program over the last two weeks, the Cats needed to show some fight in a game that should have been a cakewalk. They did exactly that in the first 20 minutes, including an awesome shooting performance from 3. Add that in with some connected defense, and it was a 50-20 game heading into the half. Then they kept the momentum rolling in the second half, absolutely dominating Loyola on both ends of the floor. Flashing the ability to score from all three levels, despite the level of competition, it is good to see the team come together and show some more consistency, especially on offense. The Cats have some major games on the horizon, as North Carolina and Gonzaga are a little over a week away. After the flops in the first two major non-conference games, Kentucky is going to have to take advantage of the next few matchups to get really locked in to make some noise against the Tar Heels on December 2nd.