Accusations of teams ”not playing anybody” are as old as college football itself. They were leveled at Kansas State in the ’90s, Baylor in the ’10s, and Boise State for most of its glory years. Even Alabama dealt with them in 1992, when they won the national title after beating Southern Miss, Louisiana Tech and Tulane in non-conference play.
Michigan would appear to be a candidate to attract such chatter this season, as the powerful Wolverines lead off 2023 with East Carolina, UNLV and Bowling Green.
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Longtime Yankees radio announcer Suzyn Waldman was caught on a hot mic blasting the team’s play during Tuesday night’s broadcast.
New York extended its losing streak to nine games with a 2–1 loss at the hands of Washington on Tuesday. New York only amassed two hits in the defeat, and looked lifeless once again as the team slid to a 60–65 record and further into the cellar of the AL East.
With the score tied 1–1 at the end of the fourth inning, Waldman was caught on a hot mic coming out of a commercial break declaring “God, this is boring,” according to Awful Announcing.
According to NFL Network insiders Tom Pelissero and Ian Rapoport, the San Francisco 49ers have made the decision at quarterback. Brock Purdy is the starter, as expected. And Sam Darnold is the backup. Trey Lance, the #3 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft, is third. For now.
Trey Lance has had a good camp and preseason, showing growth in his game. But Brock Purdy and Sam Darnold are atop the depth chat for a #49ers team that should be a contender, and trading Lance is one possible solution. https://t.
USC has a long and storied history of Heisman Trophy winners, starting way back in the 1960s, now including last year’s winner, Caleb Williams.
Part of the school’s tradition is honoring the Heisman winners by essentially retiring their jersey number. And to signify that retirement, USC’s hung up jersey replicas around the Peristyle end of the LA Memorial Coliseum.
For years, Reggie Bush’s famous #5 was part of their team’s ring of honor. But after the NCAA punishments came down, his jersey was removed. Along with the return of his actual Heisman trophy.
Tua Tagovailoa would like ESPN analyst Ryan Clark to politely piss off.
And if I were Clark, I’d oblige. After all, the Miami Dolphins’ QB1 is JACKED now, if you hadn’t notice.
“I think we all worked hard throughout the offseason,” Tagovailoa said Wednesday when asked about Clark’s recent comments about his weight. “And I’m not someone to talk about myself the entire time, but it takes a lot. You think I wanted to build all this muscle? To some extent, I wanted to be a little lighter.
Andretti Autosport landed itself a big fish for next season with the announcement that 2022 Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson will join their team.
However, they didn’t say which car he will be driving, so let the prognosticating begin…
Ericsson came to the NTT IndyCar Series after several years in Formula 1 driving for Caterham and Sauber between 2014 and 2018. After being replaced by Antonio Giovinazzi midway through the 2018 season, Ericsson made the switch to IndyCar for 2019 and drove for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports for one season.
Rory McIlroy speaks with the media ahead of the 2023 Tour Championship. | Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images
McIlroy has long disdained those who play with LIV Golf, so he did not hold back when discussing former European Ryder Cuppers.
ATLANTA — In front of a packed media room at East Lake Golf Club, Rory McIlroy was asked if he had a problem with the Americans selecting LIV golfers for their Ryder Cup team. The Europeans are not allowed to do so.
“No,” McIlroy confidently said ahead of the Tour Championship. “I don’t think it would make a difference for us.
It’s an issue that comes up every NFL preseason: the dreaded joint practice fight. Two teams get together to rehearse ahead of an exhibition game, tempers flare, and suddenly fists are flying (or, in extreme cases, helmets are swinging).
What does the coach do? Does he accept fighting as a side effect of summer football, like Jets coach Robert Saleh? Does he confer with the other team’s coach and call off practice, as the Colts and Eagles did Tuesday?
Browns coach Kevin Stefanski has a unique answer to these questions.
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Hovland’s growth from a year ago was vast. He reflects ahead of the Tour Championship and how it has helped him on the PGA Tour this year.
Viktor Hovland’s game has grown tremendously in the last year. He went from the PGA Tour player who struggled with his short game to shooting a 61 at the BMW Championship to win his first FedEx Cup playoff event. Now he is No. 2 in FedEx Cup points and will start at 8-under for the Tour Championship.
This season has seen him grow as a player on and off the course.
As the college football landscape was turned on its head over the past month or so, one of the sport’s looming powers remained out of the fray: independent Notre Dame, which, save for the pandemic-impacted 2020 season, has never been a part of a conference as a football program.
So, following the latest round of conference realignment that saw the Big Ten pillage the West Coast’s top programs and brought the Pac-12 to the brink of extinction, with some help by the Big 12, Fighting Irish athletic director Jack Swarbrick had some strong words about the state of the sport.