By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer North Carolina CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — 2025 record: 4-8 Expectations The Tar Heels a year ago bet big on six-time Super Bowl-winning coach Bill Belichick only to fall flat and miss a bowl game for the first time since 2018. The most pressing requirement ...

By AARON BEARD AP Sports Writer Virginia Tech 2025 record: 3-9 Expectations Things unraveled quickly last year, both for Virginia Tech and James Franklin back at Penn State. The Hokies started 0-3, leading to the quick firing of Brent Pry. And Franklin found himself out of a job when a ...

By KYLE HIGHTOWER AP Sports Writer Boston College BOSTON (AP) — 2026 record: 2-10 Expectations After going 7-6 and playing in a bowl game in his first season in charge of the Eagles inƒ 2024, coach Bill O'Brien's program stalled significantly in Year 2. The 2-10 finish was BC's worst ...

By The Associated Press The introduction of name, image likeness payments that rule the college landscape is hardly the first time atheltes have been compensated for playing. Almost since the beginning, they've received train tickets, some walking-around money and scholarships. For decades, ...

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes insists he has had stretches during his still-burgeoning career when he has had to grit his teeth and grind through it. The problem is, it rarely seemed like it. Spending two seasons doing things few pitchers in the history ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates acquired veteran catcher Christian Bethancourt from the New York Yankees on Wednesday in exchange for cash considerations. The 34-year-old Bethancourt had been playing for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, New York's Triple-A affiliate. Pittsburgh assigned ...