Author: Michael

Assistant Josh Elander will serve as the Volunteers acting head coach.
Tennessee baseball coach Tony Vitello has been suspended for what the program simply described as a “violation”, the university’s athletic department announced on Friday.
Vitello, who is in his sixth season at Tennessee, will miss the Volunteers’ three-game series against Dayton starting Friday. Assistant Josh Elander will serve as the Volunteers acting head coach.

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Kevin Durant scrimmaged with the Phoenix Suns but is ruled out against the Oklahoma City Thunder tonight. He will be available on Sunday against the Milwaukee Bucks at the earliest. KD joining the Suns brought up title or bust talks and Devin Booker was asked whether his squad was a superteam. He responded saying quote: ‘Everything that’s said about us will come regarding how we finish.’ Emmanuel Acho, Joy Taylor, LeSean McCoy and Ric Bucher debate whether anything less than a title would be a failure for KD.

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A college softball game in Orlando got an unexpected interruption on Friday: a duo of rogue parrots.
It happened at the University of Central Florida’s softball complex (just a stone’s throw from FBC Mortgage Stadium home of the 2017 National Champion UCF Knights football team. Look it up). The Knights were hosting a weekend tournament and this game was between Bradley University and Gardner-Webb University.
Everything was moving along as per usual in this Knights Classic game until the seventh inning. That’s when a pair of avian streakers made their way onto the field.

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Matt Rhule and Nebraska football, step aside. The volleyball team is walking into your trap and taking over your trap!
It was announced on Friday that the Cornhuskers will play their first-ever outdoor volleyball match at Memorial Stadium on August 30, 2023. They will host the Omaha Mavericks for a regular-season match at the 85,000-seat stadium, which is usually home to the football program.

Through these gates.
8 . 30 . 23 pic.twitter.com/Ku4O31xxno
— Husker Volleyball (@Huskervball) February 24, 2023

Nebraska finished the 2022 season ranked No. 9 in the country.

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Manny Machado has already informed the San Diego Padres that he intends to opt out of the remainder of his contract after 2023.
READ: MANNY MACHADO GIFTS PADRES FANS AN ‘F-YOU’ DAYS BEFORE SPRING TRAINING, WILL OPT OUT AFTER SEASON
After a few disappointing seasons, Machado has timed his opt out perfectly, one year after putting together an outstanding season in San Diego.
He had a 152 wRC+, hit 32 home runs and contributed his usual exemplary defense on his way to a 7.4 WAR season.

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