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Envisioning an NFL with college-style recruiting. Plus, coaches so happy with their rosters that they don't need the transfer portal.

Texas has a major developmental problem. We already kind of knew that, but the raw data backing that up is staggering.

Two big takeaways from the NHC’s Hurricane Ian report The National Hurricane Center released its comprehensive final report on Hurricane Ian. The 72-page document offers a tremendous amount of information from Ian’s origins as a tropical wave off of Africa to its rapid intensification over the Gulf of Mexico, onslaught on Florida, and then eventual

Start every morning with The Pulse in your inbox. Sign up here. Good morning! Don’t stomp on anyone’s chest today, OK? In wrestling, arguably nothing is more important than the heel. A supervillain’s negativity charges an audience, often moreso than a compelling hero. We love bad guys, as much as we try to deny it. Draymond Green is our heel. He’s been our heel for what feels like a decade. He embraces it, too, which makes all this even more engaging. Last night — someh...

Gatlin Bair is one of the top college football recruits in the Class of 2024 and a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is considering Nebraska, Michigan, TCU, Boise State and Oregon.

How does Nebraska compare with Rhule's previous rebuilds at Temple and Baylor? What he hears from Huskers fans the most?

It is a nifty trick to turn what it is essentially a sports business story into a compelling piece of filmmaking. That was the case for Apple TV’s recently released four-part docuseries, “Super League: The War for Football,” which is the best sports documentary I’ve watched in 2023. The film focused on the creation — and ultimate failure — of a proposed “Super League” competition among Europe’s most popular teams. The tempo, plot and pace felt like a scripted drama. I was think...

Start every morning with The Pulse in your inbox. Sign up here. Good morning! I hope you make the cut today. We already know the winner of the Masters. To a certain degree, at least. According to this great stat, no Masters winner — outside of Tiger Woods — has finished round 1 outside of the top 10. So, unless Tiger (2-over yesterday) storms back for a stunning win, we can feel pretty confident about the field. It was a fantastic first round in Augusta yesterday, rife with storylines. A few...

There’s been a whole lot that happened in the past couple days. The national title game between Iowa and LSU exploded in a discussion about sportsmanship, classlessness, and taunting, as two...

Hurricane Ian was posthumously upgraded to a Category 5 storm, according to a Tropical Cyclone report released by the National Hurricane Center on Monday.