Pat Forde

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.

From Toulouse to Tempe, Léon Marchand attended Arizona State to work with acclaimed coach Bob Bowman.

Olympics

Made in America: How the U.S. Forged the Olympic Swimmers Competing Against Them in Paris

With a victory in the 800-meter freestyle, Ledecky can become the first woman to win four straight Olympic gold medals in the same event.

Olympics

Katie Ledecky Is Chasing Her Own Greatness at the Paris Olympics

Olympics

Caeleb Dressel Calls Out World Aquatics’ Ability to Stage Drug-Free Olympics

Olympics

Caeleb Dressel Is Back for Paris, But as a Changed Swimmer

July 1 is the officially the start of the new Power Four conferences in the NCAA.

College

Welcome to the New College Landscape: How Each Power Four Conference Stacks Up

The SEC, Big Ten, Big 12 and ACC each gain members as the great migration in college athletics officially begins today.

Connor Stalions, right, was the top person we never expected to be talking about in the 2023–24 college season.

College

The 15 Unusual Suspects We Met in the 2023–24 College Sports Season

From Connor Stalions and Michigan’s sign-stealing scheme to Erin Matson’s field hockey dominance and the record-holders Caitlin Clark passed, it was a wild ride across the collegiate landscape.

Swimmers compete in the U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Trials on Thursday at Lucas Oil Stadium. Mykal McEldowney-USA TODAY Sports

Olympics

How an Unprecedented Swim-Off Embodied the Highs and Lows of Chasing an Olympic Dream

Coach Matt Kredich was put in an unenviable position when two of his swimmers—Erika Connolly and Catie DeLoof—battled in a one-on-one race for the final 400 meter freestyle relay spot on the U.S. Olympic team.

Manuel (left) and Dressel (right) both qualified for their third Olympic Games Wednesday, each completing their own personal comebacks to do so.

Olympics

Comebacks Complete: Caeleb Dressel, Simone Manuel Book Trips to Another Olympics

After facing battles in and out of the pool over the last few years, the two 27-year-olds and Team USA veterans finished their arduous journeys back to the top of the sport Wednesday by claiming spots in their third Summer Games.

Katie Grimes waves to the crowd after winning the 400-meter individual medley final Monday during the third day of competition for the U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Olympics

Katie Grimes Redefines Endurance Swimming at U.S. Olympic Trials

The 18-year-old Grimes punched her ticket to her second Summer Games by managing a non-stop 25-hour event schedule in Indianapolis.

The Big 12 reportedly is exploring selling naming rights to the conference.

College

Selling Conference Naming Rights May Be a Necessary Concession for the Greater Good

A multibillion-dollar bill is coming due with the settlements of court cases and if these sorts of everything-is-for-sale gambits help schools avoid cutting or gutting Olympic sports, so be it.

Ledecky is a near lock to qualify for multiple Olympic events, but she’s not the only American set to star in Paris.

Olympics

Five Things to Watch at the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials

American stars Caeleb Dressel and Katie Ledecky will face tough competition to qualify at the Trials, which will host an even deeper talent pool than the Olympics.

Lucas Oil Stadium is home to the first Olympic-size pool to be built inside an NFL arena.

Olympics

How an NFL Stadium Transformed into a Swimming Pool for U.S. Olympic Trials

Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts, will welcome about 1,000 Olympic hopefuls over the next week, setting a new bar of spectacle for the sport.

Zhang Yufei was one of 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a banned substance months before the Tokyo Games.

Olympics

U.S. Swimmers Unnerved by Latest Chinese Doping Case Ahead of Paris Olympics

Bowman cheers on his Arizona State swimmers as they go against the Grand Canyon Lopes in Tempe in January 2024.

Olympics

Bob Bowman’s Coaching Switch Disrupts U.S. Swimmers Ahead of Olympic Trials

Hurley has a 141–58 record in his six seasons at UConn.

College Basketball

Losing Dan Hurley to the Lakers Would Be a Huge Blow to College Basketball

College football rosters are the biggest of any Division I sport.

College Football

It’s Time to Rethink College Football’s Bloated Roster Sizes