Greg Sankey continued college athletics’ multipronged offensive for broad-based name, image and likeness (NIL) legislation in Nashville on Monday. The commissioner of the Southeastern Conference opened the league’s media days with an extended treatise on the need for a national policy created by Congress.
While some of the alarmist rhetoric about the threat to the “college sports model” from NIL has been comically overblown in the last two years, Sankey’s point has merit. A little regulation can go a long way without costing athletes much in the exchange.
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Ashley Griggs—the mother of Ohio State wide receiver Carnell Tate—was shot and killed Sunday in the West Garfield Park area of Chicago, the university confirmed in a statement. She was 40 years old.
“We can confirm this was Carnell’s mother,” the statement read. “Our coach and coaches are aware of this terrible tragedy, incredibly saddened and they, along with our players, will support Carnell in any way they can during this most difficult time.”
Police responded to a shooting on West Washington Street in Chicago at around 2 a.m.
The Giants and Saquon Barkley reportedly failed to agree on a contract extension ahead of Monday’s deadline to extend players under the franchise tag, which passed at 4:00 p.m. ET.
After negotiations failed to bring a new long-term deal to fruition, the star running back took to social media to share his disappointment in a five-word message.
“It is what it is,” Barkley wrote via Twitter on Monday afternoon, seemingly expressing his disappointment over the lack of a new deal.
Hunter Dickinson may be the current villain of college basketball. The 22-year-old senior, who it feels like has been playing longer than Perry Ellis, ruffles a lot of feathers.
It all started during his sophomore year, when Dickinson carried around the Big Ten championship trophy to interviews at media day that fall. He later called Wisconsin “scumbags,” wore a ski mask to their next meeting, and may have stomped on a Badgers player.
Like him or not, Dickinson doesn’t care and embraces the role. His most recent comments are sure to ignite more hatred amongst his former fanbase.
While the Jets are officially the subject of this year’s Hard Knocks, the HBO production will not include some of the same footage as in years past.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, New York is not allowing HBO to film some parts of training camp, including when the team informs players that they are cut, a departure from Hard Knocks episodes of years past.
“Hard Knocks will not be the same. They’re not going to be given the same access,” Schefter said, via Front Office Sports. “The Jets don’t believe it’s humane to show players being released.
NASHVILLE – The loud construction noise outside the hotel hosting SEC Media days was finally drowned out when Commissioner Greg Sankey took the stage. With 35 radio outlets with a table outside the main ballroom and over a thousand media members, Monday represented the official kickoff for the 2023 college football season.
It was business as usual for Sankey. But there was a moment that went off-script compared to past gatherings.
State legislatures passing laws that not only supersede NCAA rules but outright prohibit NCAA enforcement of its rules is ridiculous — and probably unconstitutional.
MLB’s original Shohei Ohtani sweepstakes found itself consumed by questions of fit.
In the winter of 2017, as Ohtani embarked on the process that ultimately led him to join the Angels, these questions kept popping up alongside the ordinary queries about what a player wants and where he might go. These felt more existential.
Reds prospect Christian Encarnacion-Strand is poised to make his major league debut after being recalled from Triple A. He’s slotted into Cincinnati’s lineup as the No. 7 batter and designated hitter in Monday’s game against the Giants.
But before he even walks on an MLB field for the first time in his career, he’s already made major league history by having the longest name on record in the history of the game.
This is kind of messy for the Las Vegas Raiders and New York Giants.
The NFL deadline for franchise tag players and their teams to agree on a multi-year contract passed Monday afternoon and neither Josh Jacobs nor Saquon Barkley got deals done.
Next stop … drama.
It already existed because neither Jacobs nor Barkley were willing to accept long-term contract offers from the Raiders and Giants, respectively. But with the passing of the deadline, they won’t be able to negotiate a deal until next offseason.
And it gets worse.