University of Clemson football has been around for 127 years. The Tigers traveled to Greenville, South Carolina for their very first game against Furman in 1896.
They are one of the oldest college football programs in the country. Especially in the Southeast.
There is a lot of history at Clemson and Dabo Swinney’s tenure with the program has led it to become a prominent national brand with a lot of success in recent years. So much so that an 11-3 year in 2022 was disappointing. The bar is high.
Tradition is a big part of the Tigers’ program and Howard’s Rock is the most famous.
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Dalvin Cook remains an NFL free agent. He visited the New York Jets in late July but left without a deal. There are teams interested in his services, like the Miami Dolphins, but still no contract is in place.
Less than one month from the start of the NFL season, Cook is unsigned. But he expects to play for some team this season. And he posted a video on X, formerly Twitter, showing off his quick footwork.
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(@dalvincook) August 8, 2023
Of course, the problem with Cook isn’t his feet.
For the first time in over a decade, Dave Portnoy owns all of Barstool Sports.
Tuesday, Penn Entertainment announced it had divested from Barstool, selling 100 percent of its stake to Portnoy. In addition, Penn signed an exclusive partnership deal with ESPN to trademark and create “ESPN Bet” for a 10-year term.
Portnoy regaining ownership of Barstool is the more interesting piece of news. Penn finalized an acquisition of the brand earlier this year for a total of $551 million. Portnoy first sold a majority stake in Barstool to Peter Chernin’s Chernin Group in 2016.
Wow.
The Pittsburgh Penguins made easily the biggest splash of the NHL offseason so far when they acquired reigning Norris Trophy winner Erik Karlsson from the San Jose Sharks.
The deal took some help from the Montreal Canadiens to get done, but dammit, they got it done.
With it, new Pittsburgh GM Kyle Dubas has put his first major stamp on the franchise.
And the move was a long time coming.
At a news conference on Monday, the former Maple Leafs GM revealed that he had been trying to trade for Karlsson since he was in Toronto.
Dubas: “There’s a lot of work to be done.
Klay Thompson shared an incredible story about one of his favorite memories with the late great Kobe Bryant.
With exactly one month left until the 2023-24 NFL season kicks off, OutKick is unveiling its team-by-team preview series. Over the course of the next four weeks, we are going division-by-division, covering all 32 NFL teams. The series continues with the AFC and NFC West, now taking a look at last year’s third-place finisher in the NFC West, the Los Angeles Rams.
Los Angeles Rams 2022-23 Record: 5-12
Los Angeles Rams 2023-24 Win Total Over/Under: 6.5
Offseason Moves
The Los Angeles Rams did virtually nothing in free agency thanks to a terrible salary cap situation.
Rays ace left-hander Shane McClanahan is “highly unlikely” to pitch again this season, according to manager Kevin Cash.
Eric Bieniemy’s level of intensity has some Commanders players “a little concerned,” according to head coach Ron Rivera.
Tory Bowles, the Georgia football recruiting staffer who survived a January crash that killed two people, has been fired less than a month after filing a lawsuit.
Cornerback Dakoda Fields, ranked No. 75 in the 2024 ESPN 300 and originally committed to USC in June, has flipped to Oregon on the heels of last week’s Big Ten realignment news.