Author: Michael

The rift between the Athletics and the city of Oakland continues to fester as the franchise plans an eventual relocation to Las Vegas. That potential move comes after years of unsuccessful talks between the two sides over a potential new stadium.
The A’s reached an agreement in May to build a $1.5 billion stadium along the Las Vegas Strip.
However, if the A’s do indeed move to Las Vegas, they will need a place to play until their new home in Nevada is completed. The venue is unlikely to be finished until at least 2028.

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The four remaining Pac-12 schools are still surveying their options following a turbulent summer that saw six conference members announce their intent to leave the league following the 2023-24 academic year.
While Stanford and Cal are being linked to the ACC, that leaves Oregon State and Washington State scrambling for a conference home, but they are receiving interest from two league in the Group of 5.
Mountain West leaders already have met with Washington State and are expected to speak with Oregon State soon as well, according to The Athletic’s Chris Vannini.

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Bit of a good news-bad news situation if you’re a fan of USC football ahead of tonight’s opener. The good news? The Trojans have made DirecTV their official partner moving forward, meaning all athletic events will be televised.
Well, scratch that. Here’s the bad news …
USC’s first two games this season are on the Pac-12 network, which is fine. Except DirecTV doesn’t have the Pac-12 network, which means the official partnership is off to a ROCKY start.

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Two fans were wounded in an apparent shooting during Friday night’s Chicago White Sox game at Guaranteed Rate Field.
According to police, a 42-year-old woman was shot in the leg and taken to a local hospital while a 26-year-old was grazed by a bullet but refused medical attention at the scene. Both victims were seated in the left field bleachers.

Here is video from the #WhiteSox on the shooting incident tonight at Guaranteed Rate Field. Look to the right of the State Farm sign, midway up Section 161. pic.twitter.

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Wisconsin Badgers athletic director Chris McIntosh sounds ready to bring a national title home to Camp Randall.
The Badgers open the season in a week against Buffalo, and fans have unbelievably high expectations now that Luke Fickell will usher in a new era of football at the University of Wisconsin.
The program averaged double digit wins for the better part of the past few decades, but inconsistent play from 2020-2022 cost Paul Chryst his job. Now, it’s on Fickell to turn things around, and fans aren’t willing to give him any kind of grace period.

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