Patricia Babcock McGraw

Patricia Babcock McGraw is an editor at OutKick.

A former basketball player at Northwestern University, she spent 25 years in newspapers covering sports of all kinds and at every level in the Chicago area. She's also worked in sports television since 2007.

Members of Tennessee's EcoCAR Challenge team are about to start a four-year challenge to enhance a Jeep Grand Cherokee with innovative technology.

3 days ago

Will Tennessee zoom past No. 1 Texas? These Vols competing in auto innovation have already hit the gas

University of Tennessee engineering students are transforming a Jeep Grand Cherokee with self-driving capabilities in the 2026 EcoCAR Innovation Challenge.

The Ole Miss Special Olympics unified flag football team won a gold medal and national championship over the summer in Minnesota.

September 19, 2026

Ole Miss hosts LSU in top game in the country, but Rebels not even most decorated football team on own campus

The Ole Miss Special Olympics flag football club won gold in Minneapolis, and now these mini celebrities are cheering on the Rebels against LSU.

Students at the University of Texas jam out at "The Lodge," the home of student Anna Buendia, who has created a space for daily jam sessions and musical events.

September 12, 2026

From football Saturdays to routine weekdays, the music never stops at this UT house full of college musicians

Anna Buendia's "Meet Me Here" program turns a University of Texas student house into a free jam session hub with live music every Sunday in Austin.

Puppies from Clemson's Canine Companions club are seen on the Clemson campus with their raisers.

September 4, 2026

Even on opening weekend, football players at Clemson, LSU might be upstaged on campus by these furry friends

LSU and Clemson students raise Canine Companions puppies on campus, training them to become service dogs for people with physical disabilities.

(Left) Simone Biles, (right) Riley Gaines and Royce White

August 29, 2026

Royce White became a fan-favorite guest at Fever game amid Simone Biles' appearance

Royce White showed up unannounced to Friday's Indiana Fever game and was mobbed by fans, a stark contrast to Enes Kanter Freedom's Chicago ejection.

Riley Gaines and Royce White talk in Indianapolis during halftime of a WNBA game between the Indiana Fever and the Connecticut Sun about how important it is to keep women's sports for biological women.

August 29, 2026

From spit on to hugged, Riley Gaines unlocks main problem with the WNBA, and it’s as simple as red vs blue

Riley Gaines received hugs and smiles at an Indiana Fever game after being booed in Minneapolis, highlighting the red state-blue state divide in the WNBA.

Royce White at Gainbridge Fieldhouse

August 28, 2026

Royce White shows up to Indiana Fever game in blonde wig amid WNBA Draft pursuit

Royce White attended an Indiana Fever game in a blonde wig as part of his public campaign to enter the 2027 WNBA Draft as a transgender woman.

AB Hernandez standing on the high jump podium with fellow competitors at a track meet

May 25, 2026

California mom speaks with compassion but brutal honesty about presence of trans athlete in daughter’s sport

Jennifer Oliver speaks out after trans athlete AB Hernandez beat her daughter and the rest of the top girls in high jump at a California girls state qualifying track meet.

AB Hernandez standing on the high jump podium with fellow competitors at a track meet

May 24, 2026

Trans track star sweeps three events, shares first-place podium and qualifies for CA state meet yet again

Now a senior, trans athlete AB Hernandez continues to make headlines, qualifying for the California high school girls state track meet for the second straight year.