Playing for a Gold Mine: Inside the Black Hills Brawl
Ask a college football fan to name the most played rivalries in the country, and the answers come easily at the top:…
July 3, 2026
Rivalries
The greatest rivalries in college sports: history, all-time records, trophies and the 2026 matchups, from the Iron Bowl to Division III classics.
July 3, 2026
The Rivalry Realignment Couldn’t Kill: Washington, Washington State, and the Apple Cup
A 126-year cross-state grudge that conference realignment split in two and still couldn’t break. One brother chased the Big Ten; the other…
July 3, 2026
Bedlam: Inside the Oklahoma–Oklahoma State Rivalry
In Oklahoma, you are born into a side. The state’s two largest universities sit 85 miles apart on Interstate 35 — the…
July 2, 2026
The Oldest Grudge on Tobacco Road: Inside the Duke–Wake Forest Rivalry
They started as a Methodist school and a Baptist school, separated by a short stretch of North Carolina road. They first played…
June 30, 2026
Playing for Lincoln’s Hat: Inside the Illinois–Northwestern Rivalry
Somewhere between Champaign and Evanston, depending on the year, sits a bronze replica of a stovepipe hat. It is modeled on the…
June 30, 2026
Older Than the Forward Pass: Inside “The Rivalry”
Some rivalries need a nickname. This one gave up on the idea a long time ago. In the Lehigh Valley of eastern…
June 29, 2026
Same State, Two Worlds: Inside the Louisiana–Louisiana Tech Rivalry
Leave Lafayette heading north and the Louisiana you know starts to dissolve. The cypress and the crawfish boils and the French place…
June 28, 2026
3,300 Miles and a Missing Cowboy: Inside the Hawai’i–Wyoming Paniolo Trophy Rivalry
Once a year, two of the most opposite places in America agree to pretend they’re neighbors. One is Laramie, Wyoming, where War…
June 27, 2026
The Battle of LA: Inside the UCLA–USC Rivalry
The campuses are 12 miles apart. Both sit inside the Los Angeles city limits. Until 1982, they shared the same stadium. They…
June 25, 2026
Inside the Oregon–Oregon State Football Rivalry
Less than 50 miles separate Autzen Stadium in Eugene from Reser Stadium in Corvallis. In college football terms, that is nothing —…
June 25, 2026
The Iron Bowl: Inside the Alabama–Auburn Rivalry
In most of America, the Saturday after Thanksgiving is for leftover turkey and early shopping. In Alabama, it is the day the…
June 25, 2026
The Jeweled Shillelagh: Inside the USC–Notre Dame Rivalry
It began with a train ride and a conversation between two women. In 1925, USC athletic director Gwynn Wilson and his wife…
June 24, 2026