SEC expands with Oklahoma and Texas joining the league
The SEC welcomes Oklahoma and Texas as the league expands to 16 teams after Saban departs Alabama. Brent Venables calls the two programs elite as Georgia and other powers stay strong with quarterbacks like Beck and Ewers leading top offenses. New coaches and coordinators across the conference loom as key matchups and dates surface for a reshaped season.
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Nick Saban
Oklahoma
Texas
Alabama
ESPN
Sooners
Longhorns
Saban
Crimson Tide
Elite
Brent Venables
SEC
Georgia
Michigan
Kirby Smart
Steve Sarkisian
Quinn Ewers
Karen DeBoer
Tuscaloosa
Washington
Carson Beck
Beck
Bulldogs
Mike Elko
Texas A&m
Duke
Mississippi
Jeff Lebby
Mississippi State
Bobby Petrino
Sam Pittman
Arkansas
Pittman
Petrino
Razorbacks
Florida
Billy Napier
LSU
Ole Miss
Florida State
DJ Lagway
Vanderbilt
Clark Lea
From Paris to Los Angeles 2028 Olympics prep
Paris handed the Olympic flag to Los Angeles officials led by Mayor Karen Bass and LA28 chief Casey Wasserman. Tom Cruise kicked off the countdown with a pre recorded trek as LA plans a no build games with SoFi Stadium Memorial Coliseum and Inglewood venues. Transportation measures, security planning, and Long Beach marathon swim focus shape the effort to host a third financially successful Olympics.
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Los Angeles
Karen Bass
Paris
Tom Cruise
Babe Didrikson Zaharias
Hollywood
Rafer Johnson
Memorial Coliseum
John Williams
U.S
Carl Lewis
Mary Lou Retton
Michael Jordan
California
Janet Evans
Associated Press
Bass
LA28
Casey Wasserman
Traci Park
Paul Krekorian
Evans
Seine River
SoFi Stadium
Inglewood
SoFi
Intuit Dome
NBA
Clippers
Lakers
Crypto.com
Seine
Long Beach
Heal
Tom Bradley
Eric Garcetti
Ucla
Olympic Village
Maxine Waters
Los Angeles Times
Metro
Biden
Stephanie Wiggins
U.S. Secret Service
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Brady Cook
Luther Burden II
Burden
Will Campbell
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Joe Moore
Ewers
Tal
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Jalen Milroe
Milroe
James Pearce Jr
Tennessee
Harold Perkins Jr
Malaki Starks
Starks
Danny Stutsman
DeBoer
Clemson
Atlanta
Dallas
Auburn
Jeffrey McWhorter
AP Photo
the Bay
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Billie Eilish
Snoop Dogg
Dr. Dre
Venice Beach
Cruise
Gavin Newsom
Adam Burke
International Olympic Committee