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Longtime ESPN reporter and SEC Nation host Laura Rutledge signed a contract extension with ESPN this week. Rutledge began her reporting career in 2011 as a student at the University of Florida. She earned her first gig working as a pre- and post-game reporter for the Tampa Bay Rays telecast. …

The future of the College Football Playoff (CFP) could feature significant changes. Both the SEC and the Big Ten prefer to restructure the format, pushing to expand from 12 teams. The pair proposed implementing an automatic qualification system to benefit the pair of college football powerhouses, according to Yahoo Sports’ …

Ever since he was a kid, Steve Russell only wanted to do three things: be a professional baseball player, be a coach or be a teacher. He realized early on that professional baseball wasn’t in the cards for him, so he needed to find another way to combine his love …

Missouri has had an up-and-down season, to say the least. A team with high preseason expectations that have gone by the wayside for various reasons. Still, it’s crucial for Missouri to get healthy and rebound after a couple of bad losses this season, most notably last week’s beatdown by the …

The Houston Texans managed to hold off the Indianapolis Colts 23-20 Sunday, but many of the talking points from the game were not about who won. The Colts had a situation not many in the sports world had seen. Former Florida Gators standout quarterback Anthony Richardson left the game for …

Twenty-five years after Gators soccer’s first and only National Championship, the story of the 1998 team will air on SEC Storied. SEC Storied: “Kick Start” featuring head coach of the 1998 team and founder of the soccer program, Becky Burleigh, debuts on Oct. 29 on SEC Network. The 1998 is …

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed an executive order Tuesday that allows athletes to be paid directly without following the NCAA rules. Instead, athletes are being offered compensation for their name, image and likeness. At the start of the next academic year, athletes will be able to collect money via NIL …

The Back Nine comes at you after an incredible weekend that included a little bit of everything: golf, birdwatching and, oh yes, some baseball games. 10. No words. No words are possible to explain how Kevin O’Sullivan has taken this team to Omaha. This Florida team won what is arguably …

It’s funny how being semi-retired makes you not care about game times being released. We used to agonize over those Mondays when we would be told the following week’s game time, peaking at the news through spread fingers. The High Five gives you what used to matter and the game …

Iowa senior guard Caitlin Clark made history Thursday night. Clark scored a career high and single-game school record 49 points against Michigan to become the NCAA women’s all-time scoring leader. How Clark Made History Clark needed eight points going into Thursday’s contest to move past Kelsey Plum’s record of 3,527 …