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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. 

10 people who will define women’s college basketball this season

The 2025-26 women's college basketball season starts on Monday, and after a long wait, it isn't coming a moment too soon. Here are 10 people who will define what happens during another highly anticipated season.

Key storylines for WNBA offseason as CBA deadline approaches

The WNBA is set to have an interesting offseason. First things first, though, the WNBA's collective bargaining agreement needs to be sorted out.

James Franklin is the head coach who can resurrect Virginia Tech 

The Hokies are 3-5 this season, and the program needs a jolt of energy.

A'ja Wilson's Game 3 performance in WNBA Finals adds to legacy

A'ja Wilson is the best women's basketball player in the world, and if another reminder was needed, she offered one Wednesday night.

CFB Playoff hopes of Penn State, Texas already on life support 

Just when you think college football might take a week off from the insanity, the sport provides quite possibly the biggest upset of the season in Week 6.

Drew Allar is the reason Penn State won't win a national title

Penn State has a James Franklin problem, and Franklin has a Drew Allar problem. 

Three CFB teams on upset alert in Week 5

Here are three college football teams that should be on upset alert in Week 5, starting with the defending national champions.

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.