Lou Holtz didn't like the way Notre Dame football captains were chosen, so he decided to do it his way before his first ...

The kids from Longfellow Elementary School in Buffalo Grove spread throughout the neighborhood. Some shot hoops in their driveway, others tossed baseballs or footballs in their yard. Eventually, a ...

Since the series was renewed in 1948, Auburn has rallied from double-digit deficits to win five times in the Iron Bowl. We will tell the stories of those games leading up to Saturday's Iron Bowl at ...

The 1986 Cleveland Browns came closer than any team in franchise history to rewriting the NFL’s story. Led by Bernie Kosar and a dominant defense, Cleveland finished with a record 12–4 season, ...

The concept of the "Get Right" game is not a new one. For decades now, teams who have gotten off to a sluggish start have always waited on the one game that it takes to right the ship. That includes a ...

Friday's game between UCLA and Iowa will be the first time the Bruins and Hawkeyes have faced off in almost four decades. Their last showdown came in the 1986 Rose Bowl, which of course, was a home ...

Larry Smith never tried to hide his dislike for ASU’s football team. A bulletin board outside his McKale Center office listed Smith’s four goals of Wildcat football. They were: Beating the Sun Devils ...

Former Notre Dame quarterback Steve Beuerlein, in town for Lou Holtz's March 16, 2026 funeral, tells a story from the 1986 ...

Pat Preston, a builder of championship high school football teams, both as an assistant under Paul Briggs and record-setting head coach from 1986 to 1996 at Bakersfield High School as well as a ...