DeVonta Smith, the wide receiver whose speed and acrobatics electrified Alabama’s offense and helped the Crimson Tide to reach next week’s national championship game against…
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The Heisman Trophy Has a Surprise Favorite: a Wide Receiver
The Heisman Trophy will be handed out Tuesday night, a month later than usual in a college football season in which almost nothing has turned…
View More The Heisman Trophy Has a Surprise Favorite: a Wide ReceiverWas the College Football Season Worth It?
A torrent of public criticism was directed at Kevin Warren in the aftermath of the decision to suspend the season. Whether this represented a majority…
View More Was the College Football Season Worth It?NFL Week 16: What We Learned
The Pittsburgh Steelers overcame a huge deficit to shock the Indianapolis Colts. The Kansas City Chiefs barely beat the Atlanta Falcons and the Baltimore Ravens…
View More NFL Week 16: What We LearnedCollege Football Playoff Faces Tricky Call After Messy Year
This fiasco of a college football season, in which no amount of coaches’ scheming or testing or contact tracing could keep the coronavirus from wreaking…
View More College Football Playoff Faces Tricky Call After Messy YearDear Jets: There’s Hope to Be Found in a Winless Season. Take It From Someone Who Knows.
Only two N.F.L. teams in history have gone 0-16 since the regular season expanded to 16 games in 1978: the Detroit Lions in 2008 and…
View More Dear Jets: There’s Hope to Be Found in a Winless Season. Take It From Someone Who Knows.Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence Tests Positive for the Coronavirus
Trevor Lawrence, the star quarterback at top-ranked Clemson University and a leading contender for the Heisman Trophy, has tested positive for coronavirus, his coach said…
View More Clemson’s Trevor Lawrence Tests Positive for the CoronavirusCollege Football Stars Press an Urgent Case: ‘We Want to Play’
Emboldened by the imperiling of the college football season and a summer of social activism, some of the sport’s biggest stars pressured administrators on Monday…
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