Author: Michael

Despite firing head coach Pat Fitzgerald on Monday, Northwestern is expected to retain the rest of its football coaching and support staff, ESPN’s Adam Rittenberg reports. According to Rittenberg, athletic director Derrick Gragg, who had been away from campus, returned Tuesday to meet with players and coaches about the decisions.
Last week, Northwestern initially suspended Fitzgerald for two weeks following an investigation into hazing within the football program.

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Longtime surfer Mikala Jones has died at age 44 after a surfing accident in Indonesia on Sunday.
His father, John Jones, told The Associated Press that his son’s surfboard fin cut his femoral artery while surfing off the Mentawai Islands on Sunday.
“He was a humble artist,” the elder Jones said. “His pictures were incredible.”
Jones is most-known for his photos and videos of him riding waves, most of which are from angles that show him inside of the waves.

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Since baseball banned legendary player and manager Pete Rose from the game for life in Aug. 1989, the sport’s relationship with gambling has changed substantially. 
In the wake of the Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association decision in 2018, leagues of all stripes have rushed to make deals with sportsbooks. That includes MLB, which entered into a partnership with FanDuel in March.
Does this development spell a change in Rose’s status? According to commissioner Rob Manfred, the answer is no.
“Pete Rose violated what is Rule 1 in baseball.

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US senator says he wants college sports to go back to unpaid labor era in bizarre rant
Another Senator saying something incredibly stupid about Name, Image and Likeness? And it wasn’t Tommy Tuberville? (/sighs)
Kentucky senator Rand Paul was on the board of a LIV Golf-PGA Tour merger hearing (lol) when he brought up the discussion of how antitrust laws impact college sports. How we got to THAT from LIV-PGA Tour talk, I haven’t a clue.
However, Sen. Paul not only decided to stick his foot in his mouth, he blew the racial dog whistle so damn hard even Sounder heard it.

Sen.

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