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Chris Peterson

Chris is a sports fanatic with 20 years of sports writing experience. His work has been featured on Bleacher Report, FanSided and Yardbarker. He’s covered the NFL, high school sports and everything in between. 

Fever stun Dream in Game 3 to advance in WNBA playoffs

Against all odds, the Indiana Fever have advanced to the semifinal round of the WNBA playoffs.

Lynx use epic comeback to clinch series, avoid WNBA chaos

When the Golden State Valkyries built an 18-point lead over the Minnesota Lynx on Wednesday night, it felt like another WNBA playoff series was headed for a do-or-die game.

Five teams with the best chance of winning the WNBA championship 

After a 44-game regular season, one that featured a lot of parity, the race for the WNBA championship begins on Sunday. That's when the first round of the playoffs will begin.

WNBA MVP race has two historic candidates but one clear choice 

The 2025 WNBA MVP has been fascinating, but as the regular season comes to a close on Thursday, there is one clear choice to win the award. 

Five takeaways from CFB Week 2: OU is back, Oregon is dangerous and Billy Napier is feeling the heat 

Looking back at college football Week 2, here are five major takeaways, including two marquee head coaches who are feeling the heat.

Arch Manning's Heisman campaign won't recover from ugly Ohio State performance 

One game can ruin a Heisman campaign, which is precisely what happened to Arch Manning against the Buckeyes on Saturday. 

Fever move closer to playoffs, remain WNBA's biggest unknown

Even without Caitlin Clark, Sophie Cunningham and a number of their walking wounded, the Indiana Fever took a big step toward securing a berth in the WNBA playoffs for the second straight season on Tuesday.

Wings' Paige Bueckers makes history but Kelsey Plum, Sparks get the last laugh 

Paige Bueckers had maybe the finest game a WNBA rookie has ever had, and it still wasn't enough for the Dallas Wings to get a win in Los Angeles. Kelsey Plum made sure of that. 

Kelsey Mitchell may have saved Fever's season with 38-point outing against Sun

Mitchell might have just saved the Indiana Fever's season.

Fever are closer to missing WNBA playoffs than being title contenders 

The Fever have played more games without Caitlin Clark than with her this season.

College football AP preseason poll reactions: Too high, too low and just right

Preseason polls don't mean much in the end; however, they do help shape the narrative of the season. Looking at the first AP poll of the season, here are the teams that are ranked too high, too low and just right.

Weekly WNBA takeaways: Injuries putting damper on regular season

Injuries have also become a major storyline, which is where we'll begin with the takeaways from the past week in the WNBA.

Kelsey Plum stars again in Sparks win over Fever

The Los Angeles Sparks had a lot of things going for them on Tuesday night against the Indiana Fever.

Five takeaways from the first college football Coaches Poll

The 2025 college football season is less than three weeks away. On Monday, the first edition of the US LBM Coaches Poll was released. Here are five takeaways from the poll.

Fever extend winning streak without Caitlin Clark

It's still not clear when Caitlin Clark will return from injury to the Indiana Fever. What is clear, though, is that the Fever have found their groove without Clark, winning their fifth straight game Sunday in Seattle.

The Big 12 is a Power 4 conference in name only

When it comes to the Power 4 conferences in major college football, there is one conference that isn't like the others.

Lynx, Napheesa Collier solidify status as WNBA favorite, MVP lock 

At this point, the MVP award is Collier's to lose. 

Five under-the-radar national title contenders in college football

The 2025 college football season is just a few weeks away, and one of the most intriguing storylines is the lack of a true favorite for the national championship.

Weekly WNBA takeaways: Sparks are dangerous; Kelsey Mitchell is carrying Fever

Don't look now, but the Sparks are back in the WNBA playoff conversation.

Lincoln Riley's logic on USC-Notre Dame rivalry is backward

What his words boil down to is that the only way the USC-Notre Dame game can continue is if the game doesn't matter.

Ryan Day still doesn't get why Ohio State keeps losing to Michigan

Ryan Day might have led Ohio State to a national championship, but it's clear he still doesn't understand what it takes to win "The Game."

Could Arch Manning lure Nick Saban out of retirement?

Saban was 297-71-1 in college football as a head coach. He was 15-17 in two seasons as the head coach of the Dolphins.

Until Caitlin Clark gets right, Fever have limited upside

Until Clark gets healthy and gets right, Indiana has limited upside.

Matt Rhule responds to Scott Frost's comments about Nebraska

Nebraska football fans like Matt Rhule. They'll like him even more once he starts winning in a major way.