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The Lane Kiffin coaching saga, where a reality show-esque drama played out over several weeks between Ole Miss and the LSU Tigers, highlighted some big, systemic problems. How the sport handles the last month and a half of the regular season, conference championships, transfer portal, signing day and, of course, the College Football Playoff, is completely nonsensical.
It’s impossible to fit all these important dates and milestones into one six-week period without upsetting the apple cart in some significant way.
Paul Burmeister, Tim Howard, and Danny Higginbo
Paul Burmeister, Tim Howard, and Danny Higginbo
As the status of the Olympic hockey venue continues to be a concern, the hottest topic in hockey right now is tiny rinks.
It was revealed this week that Milan’s PalaItalia Santa Giulia — which is way behind schedule, but slated to open in January when it hosts an Italian league game — could have an ice-surface that is three to four feet shorter than a standard NHL-style, 200 by 85-foot ice sheet, which was the size it was originally supposed to be.
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Let the broader basketball-discussing world focus its collective attention on the question of what a future without Giannis Antetokounmpo might look like for the Milwaukee Bucks. Doc Rivers and Co. have a more pressing concern on their hands: Figuring out how to better navigate the present without him.
UAB football is elevating Alex Mortensen to head coach, according to multiplereports. Mortensen served as the Blazers’ interim coach following Trent Dilfer’s dismissal.
Mortensen, who entered the season as UAB’s offensive coordinator, led the program to a 2-4 record following Dilfer’s firing. That includes an upset win over Memphis that put a damper in the Tigers’ College Football Playoff hopes at the time.