Alabama QB AJ McCarron will drive the pace car and lead the Sprint Cup race for the first lap at Sunday’s Aaron’s 499 at Talladega Speedway.

Michael Waltrip's No. 55 Aaron's Toyota will honor Alabama’s national title with a special themed car that notes back-to-back championships and says “Roll Tide” on the back.

On his ESPN Radio show Monday, evening SportsCenter anchor Scott Van Pelt let it be known he wasn't happy with talking about Tim Tebow as his "One Big Thing" and called out his brethern at the daytime edition...

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SVP: "I vowed when we got up today and saw the news that Tebow'd been released by the Jets we weren't going to go all in here because he's a backup quarterback who was responsible for zero touchdowns last year and if SportsCenter wants to turn it into a carnival in the morning then that's on them. I don't get it but if you want to talk about that for an hour and not show Golden State highlights then I would disagree with that and people would be happy I'm not anchoring cause my thing is show me highlights."

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The votes have been tabulated and the College Football Playoff officially has a new logo...

Kentucky coach John Calipari's daughter, Erin Calipari, doesn’t seem to be a fan of Louisville coach Rick Pitino's new championship tattoo...

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"From now on when my dad does something embarrassing I will just say to myself 'at least he doesn't have a giant back tattoo'"

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After Arkansas quarterback Tyler Wilson started tumbling down the draft board this past weekend, he decided to clear his head by venturing out to a local Walmart Supercenter. And that’s when the Oakland Raiders called, creating a buzz amongst curious shoppers...

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“I was fed up with watching so we just got out and then get the phone call there in Walmart, of all places, but that’s good being from Arkansas,” Wilson said, via the Log Cabin Democrat. “He’s standing right next to me and kind of hears the conversation a little bit. I kind felt like everybody in the store at that point had kind of figured out what’s going on. That was fun. We ended up getting out of there without too much harm and ended up getting back and celebrated with friends and family.”

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