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Broadbell Joins Greene’s Kentucky Group as Post-Francis Moves Continue

Olympic bronze medallist Rasheed Broadbell has joined Lonnie Greene’s Kentucky group after losing coach Stephen Francis, the latest move in Jamaica’s post-MVP reshuffle.

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9 hours ago

October 22, 2026

Royal Jones

Rasheed Broadbell racing over the hurdles

Rasheed Broadbell is starting over — again. The Jamaican Olympic bronze medallist has joined coach Lonnie Greene’s training group at the University of Kentucky, the latest major move in the reshuffle that followed the death of MVP Track Club founder Stephen Francis in July 2026. The move was reported by TrackLife International this month and referenced again in reporting this week on the wider changes in Jamaican track.

Broadbell’s story explains the decision. The 26-year-old won 110m hurdles bronze at the Paris Olympics in 13.09 and owns a personal best of 12.94, making him the third-fastest Jamaican in history in the event. He is also the 2022 Commonwealth champion. But injuries and surgery have kept him sidelined for long stretches, and he had deliberately returned to MVP to rebuild under Francis — only to lose his coach in the middle of the comeback.

In Kentucky he joins one of the strongest hurdles rooms in the world. Greene also coaches Masai Russell, the 100m hurdles world record holder, and Devynne Charlton, the world record holder in the 60m hurdles, along with Jamaica’s Olympic bronze medallist Megan Simmonds.

For an athlete with Broadbell’s talent, the formula is simple: stay healthy, and the times will follow.

Photo: TrackLife International

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Saturday of Chaos: Five of the AP Top Seven Fall for the First Time Since 1936

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October 22, 2026

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Tennessee celebrates its 26-10 win over Alabama — the signature result on a Saturday when five of the AP top seven lost.

College football has been playing with an AP poll since 1936. It had never seen a Saturday like this one: five of the top seven teams in the country — No. 1 Georgia, No. 2 Notre Dame, No. 5 Indiana, No. 6 Alabama and No. 7 Texas — all lost on the same regular-season day, and the top two teams lost on the same day for the first time since Nov. 17, 2012. For the second straight week, the nation’s No. 1 team fell to an unranked opponent, something that hadn’t happened since 1990.

The carnage: Auburn beat No. 1 Georgia 27-24 in Athens on a field goal as time expired, the Tigers’ first win there in 31 years. BYU toppled No. 2 Notre Dame 28-24 in Provo behind four total touchdowns from Bear Bachmeier, ending the Irish’s 16-game winning streak. Ohio State survived Indiana 19-15 in Bloomington, snapping the Hoosiers’ 22-game winning streak — but lost quarterback Julian Sayin to a shoulder injury. Tennessee’s defense strangled No. 6 Alabama 26-10 in Knoxville, holding the Crimson Tide to 201 yards. And Florida went into Austin and beat No. 7 Texas 27-24 behind first-time starter Tramell Jones Jr.

The survivors: No. 3 Miami needed two overtimes to escape Florida State 43-35 in a rivalry classic. No. 9 Ole Miss routed No. 13 Missouri 31-3, LSU blanked No. 16 Mississippi State 31-0, No. 10 Texas Tech hung 53 on Arizona State, and No. 15 Kentucky rallied to win 21-13 at Oklahoma. Michigan benched Bryce Underwood and still beat Penn State 21-18. Elsewhere, Utah edged Colorado 27-24, UCLA beat Wisconsin 17-7, Houston outlasted Oklahoma State 35-32, SMU topped Virginia 23-13, Wake Forest routed Cal 41-7, Oregon held off Nebraska 17-14, and Washington beat Purdue 38-26 on Friday night.

The new AP Top 25 tells the story of the shakeup: Miami is No. 1 with 40 first-place votes, BYU is No. 2 (20 first-place votes) and Ohio State No. 3 (9). Notre Dame sits fourth, Georgia fifth, Indiana sixth, followed by Ole Miss, Texas Tech, UCLA and Utah. Tennessee climbs to No. 11 and Kentucky to No. 12, while Alabama tumbles to No. 13, LSU rises to No. 18, Texas falls to No. 19 and Florida cracks the poll at No. 20. Missouri (No. 22), SMU (No. 23), Northwestern (No. 24) and Arizona (No. 25) round out the rankings.

Week 8 has a lot to live up to.