Mike Gorman’s career nearly ended in a parking lot. It was in the mid-1970s and Gorman, fresh off a five-year stint in the U.S. Navy, was still trying to figure out a post-military future. He loved sports and had an itch for broadcasting, so one day he decided to take a chance and pop into the offices of WBZ, a Boston-area radio affiliate, and try to speak to Gil Santos, then a legendary local play-by-play man. If Santos wouldn’t meet with him, his next stop was Weymouth (Mass.) High School, where a friend said he could get him a part-time gig as a substitute teacher.
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The dominant news of the day in Kentucky on May 17, 1875, was the death of John C. Breckinridge, a U.S. Congressman turned Confederate Civil War general. Breckinridge died at the age of 54 at his home in Lexington, Ky., a divisive historical figure. His obituary filled several columns in the next day’s The Courier-Journal newspaper.
On page 4 of that Courier-Journal, a relatively modest headline read, “Derby Day.
The Philadelphia 76ers went into Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night and beat the New York Knicks in thrilling fashion, 112-106, in overtime to save their season and force a Game 6 back in Philadelphia on Thursday night.
While Tyrese Maxey was the hero for the 76ers with his big play down the stretch and his long three-pointer that forced overtime, Joel Embiid had another solid performance, going for 19 points and 16 rebounds in 48 minutes of action while still not being at full strength.
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No. 1 pick aside, everyone knew Patriots needed help on offense and Commanders needed a new leader.
On April 18, five West Virginia middle school girls refused to participate in a track & field event due to the inclusion of a transgender (biological male) opponent. The transgender competitor went on to win the girls’ shot put event, beating the second place girl by over three feet.
The transgender athlete also participated in the discus event, where the athlete finished in second place.
This was the most difficult set of power rankings I’ve done since taking over the franchise at Sports Illustrated. I think post-NFL draft is the toughest time of year because we are blinded by expectations and are flying high on the magnanimous language used throughout the process by experts and scouts and coaches who lead us to believe that every single one of these players are going to immediately improve the prospects of their franchise when the reality is always more complicated. About half of these players aren’t going to make a tangible impact on the NFL, which is harsh but true.
Nick Saban won his head coaching debut on Saturday, Sept. 8, 1990, at age 38 when Toledo beat Miami of Ohio, 20-14, in front of 19,000 at Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio.
Saban won his ESPN College GameDay TV analyst debut, but in more spectacular fashion at the NFL Draft, on Thursday, April 25, 2024, at age 72 in front of 275,000 fans in Detroit and another 12.1 million watching across ESPN, ABC and ESPN2.
Saban finished 9-2 and shared the Mid-American Conference title at Toledo in 1990 and would win 11 Southeastern Conference championships at LSU (2) and Alabama (9, including the 2023 title).
The Atlanta Falcons are feeling awesome now because they believe they’re finally settled at quarterback, and it’s going to be that way for the next five years. And that is a feeling that’s been lacking with this franchise for quite some time.
“Now we feel really good at five years minimum, we are good,” Falcons assistant general manager Kyle Smith said Tuesday. “We don’t have to worry about that position.”
Those five years give the franchise a sense of security at quarterback. But it comes with caveats.
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The greatest engineer in F1 history is departing Red Bull
Adrian Newey has made it official.
He is leaving Red Bull.
Arguably the greatest engineer in Formula 1 history, Newey officially informed Red Bull that he would be leaving the team following the 2025. The move was rumored to be coming, with reports surfacing last week that Newey had grown frustrated with the power struggle taking shape at the F1 team.
The team shared the news on social media Wednesday morning, indicating that he would be departing “in the first quarter of 2025.