Chuck Culpepper

Washington, D.C.

Reporter covering national college football, college basketball, tennis, golf and international sports

Education: University of Virginia, BA in rhetoric and communication studies

Chuck Culpepper has lived in 10 states and four countries, including the three with names containing the word "United" (United States, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates). He has written previously for Sports On Earth at USA Today, the National (Abu Dhabi), the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, the Oregonian, the Lexington Herald-Leader, the late National Sports Daily, the late Los Angeles Herald Examiner, the Suffolk (Va.) News-Herald and, beginning at age 14, the Suffolk Sun of the Virginian-Pilot. He has covered 51 college football bowl or title games, a bit of cricket, nine Olympics, one tract
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In college football’s new world, the little guys begin a giddy chase

The expanded College Football Playoff format includes an automatic berth for a Group of Five champion, giving hope that didn’t exist to smaller programs.

September 5, 2024
Barry Odom and UNLV have dreams of competing in the College Football Playoff. (Louis Grasse/Getty Images)

USC vs. LSU was a football delight — unless, of course, you’re Brian Kelly

The LSU coach was left “angry” after USC’s 27-20 win in a game that featured more quality defense than anticipated.

September 2, 2024

Away from home, three throwback college football powers open their seasons with sparkle

Penn State, Miami and Notre Dame all earned road wins Saturday, then headed on home with hope.

September 1, 2024
Cam Ward and the Miami Hurricanes earned a win over the Florida Gators in Gainesville, Fla., on Saturday. (James Gilbert/Getty Images)

College football season is going to be weird. Just look at the schedule.

We ranked the funkiest conference matchups this fall in the first year after radical realignment.

August 29, 2024

Kinzang Lhamo kept moving, and marathon fans shared an Olympic moment

The runner from Bhutan finished the women’s marathon more than 50 minutes behind the winner, but her arrival was loudly embraced.

August 11, 2024
Bhutan's Kinzang Lhamo ran well behind the field on Paris's challenging marathon course.

France is wild for Les Bleus. Its Olympians are repaying in gold.

At the Paris Games, the bleachers have been backed with blue. So have the medal podiums.

August 11, 2024
France fans wave French flags ahead of a handball match.

In Paris’s ‘Marathon for All,’ you didn’t have to be an Olympian

More than 20,000 runners took to the Olympic marathon course Saturday night in, as one called it, “the best idea.”

August 11, 2024
Runners leave the start of the “Marathon Pour Tous” at the Hôtel de Ville.

Small populations + scant resources + medals = the Olympics at their best

For athletes from the Windward Islands who found their way to spots on the podium, they’ll always have Paris.

August 10, 2024
Julien Alfred of St. Lucia takes a victory lap after winning the women's 100 meters.

‘It’s really good for our countries’: Pakistan, India share a medal podium

In javelin, Arshad Nadeem wins Pakistan’s first individual Olympic medal and receives it alongside silver medalist Neeraj Chopra of India.

August 9, 2024
Silver medalist Neeraj Chopra of India, gold medalist Arshad Nadeem of Pakistan and bronze medalist Anderson Peter of Grenada take a selfie during the javelin medal ceremony Friday.

Get ready, U.S. Olympians. Serbia’s coming.

A country of 6.65 million has a three-time NBA MVP, a 24-time Grand Slam champion and a formidable Summer Games presence.

August 8, 2024
Serbia's Nikola Jokic dribbles during a quarterfinal game against Australia.