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1. I don’t want to get on a soapbox, but … There’s no denying it now. In a matter of months, FSU has become FIU. From national championship contender in 2023, to becoming the third…

Thursday’s NFL season kickoff means one thing: USA TODAY’s Survivor Pool is officially back.   While not everyone can be crowned a Super Bowl champion, the Survivor Pool is anyone’s to win. Keep picking winners and…

Team USA’s Tatyana McFadden can truly do it all.  McFadden, 35, earned her 21st career Paralympic medal Wednesday, tying her with Bart Dodson for the most Paralympic track and field medals won by a U.S.…

The long offseason wait is finally over and football fans can rejoice. While that won’t officially be true for the NFL until tomorrow night’s opening game, a new season for Jason and Travis Kelce’s popular…

SYDNEY — Australian Rachael ‘Raygun’ Gunn has defended her breakdancing skills and suggested much of the criticism she received for her performance at the Paris Olympics last month was born of ignorance of the sport. Gunn…

The Denver Broncos and cornerback Patrick Surtain agreed on a four-year, $96 million contract extension on Wednesday, making him the highest-paid defensive back in league history, a person close to the situation informed USA TODAY…

The state of Florida schools and their college football fortunes are going different directions after the opening weekend of the season. Miami went into the Swamp and routed Florida, adding more pressure to the hot…

INDIANAPOLIS — It’s official: the Indiana Fever’s playoff drought will stop at seven seasons. The Fever officially clinched a playoff spot as Chicago lost to Las Vegas and Atlanta lost to Phoenix late on Tuesday…

Golf’s long-simmering civil war is about to become prime-time entertainment. Rory McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler will face Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in a made-for-TV match later this year, Golfweek has learned. The contest pits…

The series finale of ‘Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Chicago Bears’ aired Tuesday night as the new-look team puts training camp and the preseason in the rearview and goes full speed ahead toward the…