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Associated Press
20-05-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Chargers sign draft pick Omarion Hampton
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) — The Los Angeles Chargers signed running back Omarion Hampton on Monday. The team selected him 22nd overall in last month's NFL draft, making him the highest pick at his position out of North Carolina in 40 years. He ranked No. 2 in the nation over his final two years with 3,164 yards rushing, earning Associated Press All-America second team and first-team All-Atlantic Coast honors each season. Hampton had 19 games with 100 yards rushing, the third-most in the nation over his three-year career. ___ AP NFL:
Yahoo
07-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
The 2025 Penn State football schedule: Path to the College Football Playoff?
Penn State football is preparing for its most anticipated, highly regarded season yet under head coach James Franklin. The Nittany Lions, who return a dozen starters from last year's College Football Playoff semifinal team, are expected to land in most national top-five preseason polls. Advertisement Some are even predicting them to win their first national championship in 39 years. Penn State will be led, on offense, by All-America candidates at quarterback, running back and along the line, to go with a rebuilt receiver room. On defense, they feature stars on each level, including potentially the top cornerback room in the nation. The Lions will begin the season as heavy favorites in three non-conference games and play five of their first six in Beaver Stadium. They may well not even play a ranked opponent at home after September. Here's the Penn State schedule for the 2025 season: Penn State head football coach James Franklin reacts to something on the sideline during the Blue-White game at Beaver Stadium on Saturday, April 26, 2025, in State College. The White team defeated the Blue team, 10-8. 2025 Penn State football schedule Nevada at Penn State, Aug. 30 Florida International at Penn State, Sept. 6 Villanova at Penn State, Sept. 13 Off, Sept. 20 Oregon at Penn State, Sept. 20 Penn State at UCLA, Oct. 4 Northwestern at Penn State, Oct. 11 Penn State at Iowa, Oct. 18 Off, Oct. 25 Penn State at Ohio State, Nov. 1 Indiana at Penn State, Nov. 8 Penn State at Michigan State, Nov. 15 Nebraska at Penn State, Nov. 22 Penn State at Rutgers, Nov. 29 Big Ten Championship Game, Dec. 6 (Indianapolis) College Football Playoff, first round, Dec. 19-20 Frank Bodani covers Penn State football for the York Daily Record and USA Today Network. Contact him at fbodani@ and follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter, @YDRPennState. This article originally appeared on York Daily Record: Penn State football schedule 2025: path to college football playoff
NBC Sports
02-04-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Lauren Betts' brief absence provides valuable test for UCLA in March Madness
SPOKANE, Wash. — If there's one thing UCLA's Elite Eight victory showed, it's that the Bruins are about more than just Lauren Betts. The 6-foot-7 All America center is the centerpiece of UCLA's offense and a menace for their opponents. But she's not the only asset for the overall top-seeded Bruins, who will face UConn and Paige Bueckers as the women's NCAA Tournament heads to Tampa, Florida, for the Final Four. Against LSU in the regional final, Betts picked up two early fouls. She went to the bench with less than a minute left in the opening quarter, then sat the entire second quarter. She didn't return until after halftime. The Bruins leaned on Timea Gardiner, while guards Kiki Rice and Gabriela Jaquez kept their teammates focused. UCLA wound up outscoring the Tigers 22-12 in the quarter as Betts looked on. 'I don't have to be in the game at all times. I have a team full of players who are just amazing and talented in their own right, and they put in the work,' Betts said. 'So I knew that as I was sitting there, I'm going to be the best teammate that I can and cheer them on, but they have my back at the end of the day.' Even when Betts was in the game, she was often derailed by the Tigers' defense, which double-teamed her at times. She still finished with 17 points, seven rebounds and six blocks in three quarters of play. Betts averages 20 points and 9.6 rebounds for the Bruins. 'I think that we just did what we usually do. One person goes down, another person steps up,' said Gardiner, who finished with 15 points — all on 3-pointers. 'As Lauren said, we have a deep team and everyone is ready when their number's called, and so we truly did that and we found each other, too, and we just played off each other and we just had fun.' The Bruins have lost just twice this season — both times to nemesis Southern California — before winning the Big Ten title and then sweeping through the opening two rounds of the tournament. They pulled away in the second half of a 76-62 victory over Mississippi in the Sweet 16, Betts leading the way with an efficient 31 points on 15-of-16 shooting to go along with 10 rebounds. That set up the victory over LSU, which sent the Bruins to the NCAA Final Four for the first time, although UCLA won a national title in 1978 in the pre-NCAA era of women's basketball. Jaquez had 18 points and eight rebounds against the Tigers and Gardiner finished with 15 points. Gardiner, a transfer from Oregon State, has averaged 7.7 points and 3.5 assists, while Jaquez has averaged 9.9 points and 5.2 rebounds. Rice is second on the team to Betts with an average of 12.9 points. UConn, the Bruins' opponent, got 31 points from Bueckers in a 78-64 Elite Eight victory over USC, for the Huskies' record 24th trip — a record among both men's and women's teams — to the national semifinals. Sarah Strong added 22 points and 17 rebounds. UCLA coach Cori Close said Betts' absence for an entire quarter was good for the rest of the team's confidence that they can play effectively without their star center, and it also may have solved another puzzle, too. 'The other part of that equation, not only did Lauren go out, but we have been really struggling in second quarters,' Close said. 'So we've been having great first quarters and great third quarters, and we were talking to our team and at the quarter break, we said, `OK, here we go right here. What are we going to do different to come out and execute? We have more than enough and what does it look like to really execute right now?' And it wasn't even just about without Lauren. It was like, we want to play better all the way through this stretch.'
Associated Press
02-04-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Lauren Betts' brief absence provides valuable test for UCLA in March Madness
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — If there's one thing UCLA's Elite Eight victory showed, it's that the Bruins are about more than just Lauren Betts. The 6-foot-7 All America center is the centerpiece of UCLA's offense and a menace for their opponents. But she's not the only asset for the overall top-seeded Bruins, who will face UConn and Paige Bueckers on Friday as the women's NCAA Tournament heads to Tampa, Florida, for the Final Four. Against LSU in the regional final, Betts picked up two early fouls. She went to the bench with less than a minute left in the opening quarter, then sat the entire second quarter. She didn't return until after halftime. The Bruins leaned on Timea Gardiner, while guards Kiki Rice and Gabriela Jaquez kept their teammates focused. UCLA wound up outscoring the Tigers 22-12 in the quarter as Betts looked on. 'I don't have to be in the game at all times. I have a team full of players who are just amazing and talented in their own right, and they put in the work,' Betts said. 'So I knew that as I was sitting there, I'm going to be the best teammate that I can and cheer them on, but they have my back at the end of the day.' Even when Betts was in the game, she was often derailed by the Tigers' defense, which double-teamed her at times. She still finished with 17 points, seven rebounds and six blocks in three quarters of play. Betts averages 20 points and 9.6 rebounds for the Bruins. 'I think that we just did what we usually do. One person goes down, another person steps up,' said Gardiner, who finished with 15 points — all on 3-pointers. 'As Lauren said, we have a deep team and everyone is ready when their number's called, and so we truly did that and we found each other, too, and we just played off each other and we just had fun.' The Bruins have lost just twice this season — both times to nemesis Southern California — before winning the Big Ten title and then sweeping through the opening two rounds of the tournament. They pulled away in the second half of a 76-62 victory over Mississippi in the Sweet 16, Betts leading the way with an efficient 31 points on 15-of-16 shooting to go along with 10 rebounds. That set up the victory over LSU, which sent the Bruins to the NCAA Final Four for the first time, although UCLA won a national title in 1978 in the pre-NCAA era of women's basketball. Jaquez had 18 points and eight rebounds against the Tigers and Gardiner finished with 15 points. Gardiner, a transfer from Oregon State, has averaged 7.7 points and 3.5 assists, while Jaquez has averaged 9.9 points and 5.2 rebounds. Rice is second on the team to Betts with an average of 12.9 points. UConn, the Bruins' opponent on Friday, got 31 points from Bueckers in a 78-64 Elite Eight victory on Monday night over USC, for the Huskies' record 24th trip — a record among both men's and women's teams — to the national semifinals. Sarah Strong added 22 points and 17 rebounds. UCLA coach Cori Close said Betts' absence for an entire quarter was good for the rest of the team's confidence that they can play effectively without their star center, and it also may have solved another puzzle, too. 'The other part of that equation, not only did Lauren go out, but we have been really struggling in second quarters,' Close said. 'So we've been having great first quarters and great third quarters, and we were talking to our team and at the quarter break, we said, `OK, here we go right here. What are we going to do different to come out and execute? We have more than enough and what does it look like to really execute right now?' And it wasn't even just about without Lauren. It was like, we want to play better all the way through this stretch.'
