Pat Forde

Joined: Jan 1, 2019

Pat Forde is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who covers college football and college basketball as well as the Olympics and horse racing. He cohosts the College Football Enquirer podcast and is a football analyst on the Big Ten Network. He previously worked for Yahoo Sports, ESPN and The (Louisville) Courier-Journal. Forde has won 28 Associated Press Sports Editors writing contest awards, has been published three times in the Best American Sports Writing book series, and was nominated for the 1990 Pulitzer Prize. A past president of the U.S. Basketball Writers Association and member of the Football Writers Association of America, he lives in Louisville with his wife. They have three children, all of whom were collegiate swimmers.

Texas Tech transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby allegedly placed at least 40 bets on Indiana football games during his freshman season with that team, the NCAA says in a court filing.

A CFP presentation meant to explain the playoff rankings instead deepened SEC concerns that the committee rewards dominant records in weaker leagues more than survival in their gauntlet.

Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko said Tuesday, “I want 40 [teams in the playoff] because then I’ll make it and then I won’t get fired.”

College Football

The SEC spring meetings are highlighting the growing divide between what’s best for college football and what’s best for the people running it.

College Football

While weighing concerns about regular-season game value and changing the sport’s calendar, commissioners are coalescing around the Big Ten’s push for 24 with the SEC representing the lone—and most important—holdout.

College

College sports leaders are airing their grievances on everything from postseason expansion to eligibility concerns. Sports Illustrated examines these complaints and where the sport is headed.

Cody Miller will swim against other performance-enhancing drug users for the biggest prize money of his life at the Enhanced Games this weekend.

Olympics

Backed by investors including Peter Thiel and Donald Trump Jr., the “Steroid Olympics” are turning banned substances into the centerpiece of a new sports spectacle.

Quarterback Brendan Sorsby is suing the NCAA to be eligible to play for Texas Tech this fall despite admitting to having a gambling addiction and making impermissible bets.

College Football

After voting to preserve provisions against college athletes betting on pro sports, Texas Tech is now backing its quarterback suing to avoid the rules’ consequences.