The NCAA declared North Carolina wide receiver Devontez “Tez” Walker ineligible for the 2023 season, the school announced on Thursday.
Walker, who played the past two seasons at Kent State, transferred to North Carolina before the season in part to be closer to family, especially his ill grandmother. However, the wide receiver is a second-time transfer, having originally starting his college career at North Carolina Central in 2020. Because of that, he needs a waiver to play as a two-time transfer who has not yet graduated.
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Ahead of a potential resurgent season with the Titans, star receiver DeAndre Hopkins made it clear he hasn’t forgotten about the teams who passed on him during free agency this offseason.
During a recent interview with GQ, Hopkins, who joined Tennessee on a two-year deal in July, admitted there were a few teams he contacted that “didn’t give a call back.” When asked for specifics, the 31-year-old initially paused before naming the 49ers, Giants, Lions and Cowboys.
“Detroit Lions, they didn’t want me,” Hopkins told GQ. “Dallas Cowboys didn’t want me.
Walker transferred to UNC to be near his ailing grandmother. Brown wrote of the decision that the NCAA “couldn’t care less about the young people it’s supposed to be supporting.
With Anthony Davis set to anchor the Lakers frontcourt for the foreseeable future, the veteran star’s vision for his role in the lineup reportedly played a key factor in the team’s plans this offseason.
Davis, L.A.’s starting center the past two seasons, “made it clear” to the Lakers entering the offseason that he wanted more support at center so he wouldn’t have to play the position “so much” during the regular season, according to ESPN’s Dave McMenamin.
Thursday’s report comes less than a day after L.A.
In No. 11 Texas’s first game of the year, the Longhorns cruised past Rice 37–10, yet freshman quarterback Arch Manning remained on the bench. After Texas pulled starter Quinn Ewers late in the game, it was Maalik Murphy who relieved him at quarterback.
Coach Steve Sarkisian said he wanted to get Manning in the game, but the timing just didn’t work out.
“Quite frankly I had all intentions of playing Arch in that game,” Sarkisian said, via On3.
Ireland’s Shane Lowry juggles his golf ball during the opening round of the 2023 Horizon Irish Open. | Photo by Ross Kinnaird/Getty Images
Despite claims to the contrary, Shane Lowry brought his A-game to the Irish Open with the Ryder Cup looming.
Shane Lowry has not had the best of seasons, hence why European Captain Luke Donald drew some criticism for his Ryder Cup selection.
Some even suggested that Adrian Meronk should have replaced Lowry on the European roster. But the Irishman has not had doubts in himself.
“I feel like I’ve not been far away,” Lowry said Thursday.
The Nationals have canceled Stephen Strasburg’s retirement press conference on Saturday as the two sides renegotiate the terms of the 35-year-old’s retirement, The Athletic’s Britt Ghiroli reports.
Strasburg reportedly decided to retire last month after struggling to return from thoracic outlet syndrome that he first suffered in 2021. According to Ghiroli, Washington first approached Strasburg about paying the full amount of his remaining contract, but have since decided to try and change the terms of the agreement.
Fantasy baseball analyst Fred Zinkie helps you finish Week 22 on a high note.
Saquon Barkley didn’t get the long-term contract extension he sought this offseason, and faces a running back in a similar boat in Sunday night’s marquee season opener.
No one in professional golf was more outspokenly against LIV Golf and its Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF) backing than Rory McIlroy. The keyword in that last sentence is ‘was.’
Now that the PGA Tour has announced plans to merge with the PIF giving the Saudis an influential seat at the table of professional golf, McIlroy’s tune has changed quite a bit.
This isn’t to say that McIlroy has simply given up on his morals or even on board with the Saudis getting involved in professional golf.
McIlroy is simply living in reality.