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COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND - DECEMBER 13: Yaxel Lendeborg #23 of the Michigan Wolverines handles the ball in the second half against David Coit #8 of the Maryland Terrapins at Xfinity Center on December 13, 2025 in College Park, Maryland.

College Basketball

Michigan Is Routing Everyone

Tom Ley

College Football

Fernando Mendoza And Indiana Are The Flippin’ Big Ten Champs!

Israel Daramola

Ray Ratto

A Florida Gator tackles a Texas Longhorn in a college football game.

Things Can Always Get Worse

Jalen Milroe #4 of the Alabama Crimson Tide is sacked by Cameron Brandt #91 of the Michigan Wolverines during the third quarter in the 2024 ReliaQuest Bowl at Raymond James Stadium on December 31, 2024.

College Football Brings People Together, But Then What?

Death To The NCAA

Let’s See How Dumb We Can Make The College Football Playoff

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Drew Magary

Michigan players celebrate during a game against Ohio State.

This Is So Stupid

After Defeating Ohio State, Michigan Faces The Ultimate Test: Iowa

The Ohio State University Marching Band performs prior to a game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Penn State Nittany Lions at Ohio Stadium on October 21, 2023 in Columbus, Ohio.

Report: Connor Stalions Lurked In The Shadows At 11 Big Ten Games

Lauren Theisen

Connor Stalions Implicated In Latest Alleged Scheme Carried Out By Jim Harbaugh

Maitreyi Anantharaman

Maryland Terrapins head coach Brenda Frese talks to Maryland Terrapins guard Diamond Miller (1) during the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship sweet sixteen round game between the Stanford Cardinal and the Maryland Terrapins on March 25, 2022, at Spokane Veterans Memorial Stadium in Spokane, WA.

The Maryland Terrapins Are So Crazy They Just Might Work

Matthew Mayer giving an interview at practice

That’s Too Many Energy Drinks

David Roth

Michigan quarterback John Navarre, seen here getting ready to do something dull.

Podcasts

The Bigger Big Ten And The Soul Of A Michigan Man, With Ben Mathis-Lilley

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 23: The USC Trojans run onto the field prior to a game against the UCLA Bruins at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on November 23, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

There’s Only So Much Room In The Lifeboat

Holy Frickin’ Heck Michigan Kicked So Much Iowa Butt

Historic Alliance Is Neither

What Big Ten Basketball Game Is Playing In The Background Of The Latest ‘The White Lotus’ Episode?

Demarcus Elliott #94 of the Indiana Hoosiers applies pressure to quarterback Justin Fields #1 of the Ohio State Buckeyes

Proud Hoosiers, Now Is The Time To Take Up Arms Against Your Hated Buckeye Neighbors

Head coach Scott Frost of the Nebraska Cornhuskers argues a call in the first half against the Iowa Hawkeyes at Kinnick Stadium on November 27, 2020 in Iowa City, Iowa.

The Big Ten Is Getting The Football Season It So Dearly Wanted

A bike cop stands outside B1G Ten headquarters in Illinois during a small protest by parents demanding a football season, in April.

Politics

There Is No Alternative

Aerial general view from a drone of of Michigan Stadium and Crisler Center on March 15, 2020 in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Who’s In Charge When An Outbreak Hits A College Town?

Big 10 Football Players Are Guinea Pigs

Barry Petchesky

during the first half against the Georgia Southern Eagles at Sanford Stadium on November 21, 2015 in Athens, Georgia.

Just Say Money

Patrick Redford

The Big Ten Coming Back Is My Personal Battle Of Camulodunum

Head coach Jim Harbaugh of the Michigan Wolverines looks on in the first half while playing the Rutgers Scarlet Knights at Michigan Stadium

Big Ten