From 0-star recruit to $43 million and the No. 1 pick. Cam Ward is big business.

Will Campbell was born in Monroe, Louisiana, grew up rooting for the Tigers, and played his entire collegiate career at LSU. After 21 years, Campbell is leaving Louisiana and is officially a New England Patriot.

Abdul Carter finished his time at Penn State as a unanimous All-American and the 2024 Big Ten Defensive POTY. After this year’s Orange Bowl, the DE declared for the 2025 NFL draft. He was just selected by the Giants in the first round.

Travis Hunter: 2024 Heisman winner Big 12 Defensive POTY Unanimous All-American AP College Football POTY First 5-star to go to HBCU Deals with Adidas, United Airlines, Celsius, and more Hunter is now on his way to the NFL—where he plans to play offense and defense for the Jags.

Zero-star recruit ACC Player of the Year Heisman Trophy finalist No. 1 overall NFL Draft pick Projected $43 million slot value Cam Ward is heading to the Tennessee Titans.

BREAKING: Shannon Sharpe has announced that he is temporarily stepping away from ESPN.

EXCLUSIVE: Flau’jae Johnson says she will return to LSU. Johnson told FOS that she needed to talk to Kim Mulkey about her development before locking in her return to Baton Rouge.

The Texas Rangers are introducing ‘The Golden Chicket.’ Fans who buy a mezzanine ticket for the team’s April 28 game vs. the Athletics will get a free ticket to the next home game if the Rangers win. The streak continues until the Rangers lose at home.

Phillies' Matt Strahm has been called a Nicolas Cage look-a-like throughout his MLB career. Ahead of Wednesday's game, the reliever showed off his custom glove with the Declaration of Independence printed on it. "I stole it, then made a glove out of it."

Lee Corso is retiring from ESPN College GameDay after 38 years. His final headgear pick will be on August 30, shortly after his 90th birthday.

Athletes featured in the 2025 ‘Time100’ include: 🏈 Jalen Hurts 🤸‍♀️ Simone Biles 🏃 Léon Marchand 🎾 Serena Williams 🏀 Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier

Rory McIlroy turned pro at 18 years old. He’s won four major championships—the U.S. Open, two PGA Championships, and the Open Championship. He just won the 2025 Masters Tournament—becoming the sixth player to ever complete a career Grand Slam.

The 2025 Masters Tournament is CBS’s 70th consecutive year broadcasting the event—the longest-running sporting event on any one network.

Terance Mann is juggling his college program while gearing up for the NBA postseason. When it comes to the transfer portal, Mann tells FOS: “You have kids that average six points a game… asking for $500,000, $600,000. That’s the asking price but… you’re not that good.” gofos.co/4liATGu

ESPN star reporter Jeff Darlington's current contract expires late this summer, sources tell FOS. It remains to be seen if the NFL and golf reporter will test the free agency waters. gofos.co/4jxpyAT

Experts expected a surge in M&A activity this year—but through Q1 of 2025, dealmaking was down. Sports investors, however, are not showing the same hesitancy. "As an investor, we believe there’s a bit of a safe harbor," Ares Management's Mark Affolter, tells FOS. gofos.co/43UMA01

For the first time, Mercedes-Benz customers can watch the Masters Tournament right from the driver’s seat.

The SEC sent a record 14 teams to men's March Madness, won 24 games, and earned a record $70M in units for the conference. Now, Florida has capped off the SEC's historic season with the conference's first men's basketball national title in 13 years. The SEC is big business.

• Zero-star basketball recruit • Rejected SEC football offers to pursue basketball • Described by Iona coach Rick Pitino as "fat, slow, and can't shoot... but could pass" • Transferred to Florida when Pitino left for St. John's Now, Walter Clayton Jr. is an NCAA CHAMPION 🐊

Todd Golden has just led Florida to a national championship at 39 years old—the youngest head coach to do it since NCAA Tournament expansion in 1985.

Being played at Augusta National Golf Club for the 89th time, this year's Masters will blend the tournament’s storied and exclusive traditions with new trends of 2025. Everything you need to know ahead of Thursday's Round 1 » gofos.co/3YmZpfI

Alex Ovechkin was selected by the Capitals first overall in 2004. He's played his whole 20-year career in Washington, earning $161M and bringing a Stanley Cup to D.C. He just scored his 895th goal—breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time record. Alexander Ovechkin is big business.

Fans can now submit bids for Amir “Aura” Khan’s boombox that was used during the 2025 NCAA Tournament 🔊 The current highest bid is $5K.

NFL team owners have tabled a Tuesday morning vote to ban the much-debated Tush Push. gofos.co/3RB80aN

NEWS: ESPN has announced it has finalized a deal with NFL reporter Peter Schrager. gofos.co/3RsCBav

Marucci is officially selling torpedo bats.

The YES Network-Comcast carriage dispute has been resolved—at least for now. The Yankees-led YES Network and Comcast made a one-sentence joint statement Monday that they “reached an agreement for continued distribution” in the New York area. gofos.co/4hY4eTR

Dwight Howard's dream podcast guest: Donald Trump. "I want to talk to Donald Trump," Howard tells FOS.

Three weeks ago, Rick Pitino led St. John's to its first Big East regular season title in 40 years. His newest rival coach in the Big East: His son, Richard Pitino, who just accepted the job at Xavier.

TBS, CBS, TNT, and truTV viewership through the second round of March Madness is averaging 9.4 million viewers. It's the most-watched tournament in 32 years 📺

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix has declined to bid for rights to stream the NFL Draft, sources tell FOS. Fox, ESPN, and Google are among the media giants making a push for the rights, which would begin in 2026. gofos.co/4j13kqA

Syracuse has released a first look at its new, state-of-the-art Football Performance Center: • Athletic training room • Offices, player lounge • New locker room • Meeting rooms • Dining center

Kendall Coyne Schofield has been one of the most impactful presences in women’s hockey. The PWHL is now about halfway through its second season, and the Frost captain tells FOS the league has seen growth and change both on and off the ice ⬇️ gofos.co/425zWZz

JuJu Watkins will miss the remainder of the women’s NCAA tournament after tearing her ACL in USC’s win over Mississippi State on Monday night. The team announced that Watkins will undergo surgery and then begin rehab for her injury. gofos.co/4cb5CBm

This season, the Dodgers will have a total of 21 nationally televised and streamed games—the most in MLB. The White Sox and Athletics will have none.

In 2000, Tom Izzo coached future NBA star Jason Richardson to a national title at Michigan State. 25 years later, Izzo and Richardson's son Jase are taking the Spartans to the Sweet Sixteen.

The PWHL drew nearly 400,000 fans during its 2024 regular season. As the league continues to grow, Minnesota captain Kendall Coyne Schofield credits the fans in the stands as much as the players on the ice. “We all need to continue to show up.”

Maryland's players were asked what their head coach means to them after the Terps made the Sweet 16. Derik Queen's response: "First, he did pay us the money." (🎥: W_Brown21/X)

For the first time, Warren Buffett's employee March Madness pool has its first $1M winner or winners. At least one person—or multiple people—have won the prize after Buffett relaxed the rules from correctly picking the Sweet 16 to picking at least 30 of 32 first round games. gofos.co/4iRHqGa

McNeese State came into March Madness with reports of their head coach accepting the job at NC State. They had never won a tournament game in program history. The Cowboys just took down No. 5 Clemson.

The Astros' space-themed City Connect jerseys feature a quote from JFK's "We choose to go to the Moon" speech, delivered in Houston in 1962.

$360 million: How much the Grousbeck family bought the Boston Celtics for in 2002 $6.1 billion: How much the Grousbeck family agreed to sell the Boston Celtics for in 2025 The Celtics are big business.

NEWS: The Boston Celtics have been sold to private equity billionaire Bill Chisholm at a valuation of $6.1 billion, per multiple reports. It is the largest sale of a sports franchise ever in North America. gofos.co/4hsyNkm

The Phillies are suing an analytics company for allegedly breaching their exclusivity contract by selling parts of their platform to other teams. Philadelphia says the platform reaching other teams would cause "irreparable harm" to its front office's competitive advantage. gofos.co/3FFS8kL

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin discussed potential hockey games between the two countries involving players from the NHL and Russia’s professional league, the KHL. According to the Kremlin, Trump supported the idea on a call discussing the war in Ukraine. gofos.co/4kAygj3

Scottie Scheffler has selected the 2025 Masters Champion Dinner menu 🍽️

Tonight, the Thunder and 76ers meet amid a race for a top-six draft pick. Multiple stars are either resting or shut down for the season ahead of a game both teams would prefer to lose » gofos.co/4hh8jCl

Jessica Mendoza is: • An Olympic Gold Medalist • An Olympic Silver Medalist • ESPN’s first female MLB commentator • The first female World Series analyst on any national broadcast platform She joins this week's Redefined » gofos.co/3FOzNlr

The USL is officially adopting promotion and relegation for its men's soccer system, becoming the first U.S. professional sports league to go to the model. The structure will have three divisions: 1️⃣ USL Division One 2️⃣ USL Championship 3️⃣ USL League One

Women’s sports are seeing: • Record-setting expansion fees • New media-rights pacts • Viewership records Now, after years of substandard conditions and scrambling for available facility dates, women’s pro sports are increasingly getting their own purpose-built venues. gofos.co/4hOmD5f