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USA Today
2 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Spartans slide outside top 20 in latest Jon Rothstein early preseason rankings
Spartans slide outside top 20 in latest Jon Rothstein early preseason rankings Michigan State basketball has slid outside of the top 20 in the latest early preseason rankings from one notable college basketball analyst. Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports released an updated batch of preseason rankings for next year on Thursday, which saw the Spartans land just outside the top 20. Rothstein had Michigan State listed at No. 21 in his updated rankings. Among Big Ten teams, Rothstein had Michigan State come in at No. 5. The Spartans were behind the following Big Ten teams: Purdue (No. 1), Michigan (No. 5), UCLA (No. 6) and Oregon (No. 20). Rothstein's rankings -- which goes up to 45 teams -- also included the following teams from the Big Ten behind the Spartans: Illinois (No. 22), Wisconsin (No. 23), Ohio State (No. 26), USC (No. 32), Maryland (No. 34) and Nebraska (No. 40). Based on Rothstein's rankings, it seems clear he has three teams in the top tier of the Big Ten: Purdue, Michigan and UCLA. After that, though, its a big group of teams that could battle it out to join that top tier, including Michigan State. Check out Rothstein's complete rankings by clicking on the post below: Contact/Follow us @The SpartansWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Michigan State news, notes and opinion. You can also follow Robert Bondy on X @RobertBondy5.
USA Today
6 days ago
- Sport
- USA Today
Sean Payton finally lands ex-Lions coach he targeted for years
Sean Payton finally lands ex-Lions coach he targeted for years Sean Payton finally got his man. After losing several members of his staff this spring, the Denver Broncos' coach managed to land someone he had been targeting for years: new director of game management/OL assistant Evan Rothstein. 'Evan, I tried to hire before," Payton said in March. "I tried to hire Evan when he was leaving Detroit, Rothstein. He ended up in New England, but I had interviewed him in New Orleans. So every season, I've always kind of paid attention to what he's doing. He's real smart. He's a football coach. He's also someone who has a great way about him, both analytically and from a preparation standpoint. So finally that worked out." Rothstein worked for the Lions from 2012 to 2020 before landing with the Patriots, where he held various positions for four seasons before landing in Denver. When he was with the New Orleans Saints in 2021, Payton attempted to hire Rothstein, but the coach ended up in New England. Four years later, Rothstein has joined Payton with the Broncos. Related: These 25 celebrities are Broncos fans.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Louisville basketball, Cincinnati reportedly finalizing neutral-site series. What to know
Louisville basketball is reportedly adding another longtime rival to its 2025-26 schedule. The Cardinals and Cincinnati are finalizing an agreement to play a two-year, neutral-site series beginning this season, according to a report Friday from Jon Rothstein of CBS Sports on X, formerly Twitter. Advertisement This year's game, per Rothstein, will be played at Heritage Bank Center in downtown Cincinnati. UC called the arena home for more than a decade after it opened in 1975. In 2026-27, the teams will play at Freedom Hall, U of L's old stomping grounds of 54 years. The last time the Cards took the court there before moving to the KFC Yum! Center was March 7, 2010, when they upset top-ranked Syracuse, 78-68. Louisville has played Cincinnati 100 times, more than any opponent in its 111-year history. But they haven't met on the court since the 2022 Maui Invitational — the Bearcats won, 81-62. Before that? You have to go all the way back to 2014, when both teams were members of the American Athletic Conference. Advertisement The Cards hold a 56-44 lead in the all-time series with UC, which dates back to 1921. This year's game will be a homecoming for coach Pat Kelsey, who grew up in Cincinnati and both played and coached at Xavier. Cincinnati is coming off a 19-16 finish in 2024-25, which was coach Wes Miller's fourth season at the helm. Having missed out on the NCAA Tournament, the Bearcats participated in the inaugural College Basketball Crown in Las Vegas. They lost to UCF in the second round. As of Friday, Louisville had confirmed three games on its 2025-26 nonconference schedule: U of L has also reportedly agreed to play cross-state rival Indiana on Dec. 6 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Advertisement Before Rothstein's report on the Cincinnati series, Louisville athletics director Josh Heird said during a Friday appearance on WLCL 93.9-FM that the Cards won't play St. John's and former coach Rick Pitino at Madison Square Garden this season. Pitino told reporters at the Final Four in April that the schools were in negotiations to make that happen. Reach Louisville men's basketball reporter Brooks Holton at bholton@ and follow him on Twitter at @brooksHolton. This article originally appeared on Louisville Courier Journal: Louisville basketball schedule 2025-26: UofL, Cincinnati add series
The Hill
08-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hill
Federal judge blocks new Trump conditions for mass transit, homelessness grants
The Trump administration may not, for now, impose new conditions furthering the president's agenda on certain mass transit and homelessness services grants, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. Senior U.S. District Judge Barbara Rothstein, an appointee of former President Carter, temporarily blocked the administration from placing the constraints on hundreds of millions of dollars worth of grants for the local governments that challenged them, from the Seattle area to New York City. The constraints were meant to bolster core tenets of President Trump's sweeping second term agenda, the eight cities and counties that sued said, spanning efforts to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies; facilitate mass deportations; and make information about lawful abortions less accessible. The challengers wrote in court filings that some plaintiffs were directed to decide whether to agree to the conditions or forfeit federal funding as soon as Thursday, which would have slashed 'critical' programs and services, forced workforce reductions and significantly impacted their budgets. 'Defendants have put Plaintiffs in the position of having to choose between accepting conditions that they believe are unconstitutional, and risking the loss of hundreds of millions of dollars in federal grant funding, including funding that they have already budgeted and are committed to spending,' Rothstein wrote in a terse five-page order. The Trump administration argued that lawsuit amounts to a contract dispute and should have been brought in the Court of Federal Claims, not before Rothstein. However, the judge rejected those arguments, finding that the challengers asserted claims based on statutory and constitutional rights, not a contract claim, and the injunctive relief they seek would not be available to them in the other venue. The order bars the Department of Housing and Urban Development, Department of Transportation and the Federal Transit Administration from enforcing the new conditions or withholding funding for 14 days. The local jurisdictions will likely seek longer-term relief, now that the pause is in place. Boston and New York City, the city and county of San Francisco and Santa Clara County in California and Pierce and Snohomish Counties in Washington state sued over changes to homelessness services grants. Washington state's King County, which includes Seattle, sued over the homelessness grant condition changes and mass transit funding.
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
White House's proposed budget dramatically cuts funding for traumatic brain injury research
As the man whose signature appears on every NFL football was in the Oval Office for the announcement that the 2027 NFL draft will be held in Washington, D.C., published an important piece of news regarding one of the spending objectives of the man whose signature looks like the EKG of a myocardial infarction. Via Michael Rothstein of the Trump administration's 2026 fiscal budget request to Congress would eliminate millions in federal funding for traumatic brain injury research and education. The proposal, released on Friday, deep-sixes the CDC's department responsible for TBI research. Among other things, it would scrap $8.25 million for brain injury research and public education about the risks of concussions. Congress is responsible for passing the final budget. Rothstein adds that, on April 1, the CDC placed the five employees responsible for administering the U.S. government's primary TBI program on paid leave. The article includes a quote from Dr. Owen Perlman, a member of the Brain Injury Association of America's board of directors. Dr. Perlman says the cuts would "roll back decades of progress" regarding TBI research and education. The cuts would also kill Heads Up, which administers concussion-prevention programs for youth and high-school coaches in 45 states. As Rothstein notes, the Heads Up website, which is still active, says that more than 10 million people have participated in its online training programs. Since the NFL had its Congressionally-forced concussion epiphany in 2009, it has been committed to concussion prevention and education at all levels of the sport of football. It will be interesting to see if the league has anything to say about this. Given that the NFL has pivoted to a far more positive strategy when it comes to dealing with the current President, the most the league might be willing to say regarding anything the White House does is "thank you, sir, may I have another?"
