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    PHILADELPHIA — God, imagine it: 3 a.m. inside the living room of a Southwest Philadelphia home in the early 1960s, three men seated there, each of them a famous athlete, each of them a running back in the National Football League. The house belonged to Clarence Peaks, the Eagles’ starting fullback then, and from time to time, he would invite over two of his friends — his teammate Timmy Brown ...

      HARTSVILLE, S.C. - The Coker University Athletics Department was once again among the leaders in DII in community service hours during the 2022-23 academic year, completing over 6,200 hours of community service and finishing eighth in the DII Helper Helper National Service Hour rankings.

        The Atlantic Coast Conference is moving forward allowing schools to earn more money generated from their own postseason performances. That move comes as the league tries to find ways to close a growing financial gap with two power-conference peers. The ACC announced Wednesday that its board of directors have endorsed a "success incentive initiative" for the 2024-25 season. Details are being finalized. The league has long distributed revenue evenly among its membership. TV money will remain equally distributed. The change would affect money coming from revenue-generating postseason events like the College Football Playoff and the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

          Memorial Day weekend is almost here. That means Labor Day weekend can’t be that far away, which means college football isn’t that far away. With that in mind, it’s time to play our summer game when it comes to college football topics, with an emphasis on Kentucky football. Are we in? Or are we out? Kentucky will be better in 2023 — In Mark Stoops’ club didn’t nosedive last season, but there ...

            Charles Francis “Cotton” Nash, one of Kentucky Wildcats men’s basketball’s all-time greats, died early Tuesday. He was 80. According to Lexington attorney Patrick Nash, one of Cotton Nash’s three children, the former UK basketball star had been battling significant medical issues since around Thanksgiving. “Baptist (Health) Hospital was taking good care of him but, finally, he just wasn’t able ...

            Jacob Wilson disagrees with the modern baseball notion that striking out does not necessarily represent failure. The Grand Canyon shortstop is a projected top-10 overall pick in the Major League Baseball draft partly because of his uncanny ability to put the ball in play. Wilson has been the toughest player in the country to strike out for two years. 

            Glenn "Shemy" Schembechler, in a lengthy statement, said he has promoted "Black excellence" throughout his career in football, and that the Black players he has known are among the "great influences" in his life. Schembechler, the son of the late former Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler, resigned Saturday, three days after he announced on social media he had been hired as assistant ...

            Can we please stop with the ridiculous chatter about Billy Napier being on some sort of fictional hot seat heading into just his second season at the University of Florida? Napier’s coaching seat is far from hot. In fact, it’s the complete opposite of hot. I’ll even go as far as to say Billy Napier is on a relatively cool seat — as he should be. “We’re incredibly pleased with the way Billy is ...

            When Mike Bohn barreled into USC as its latest athletic director in the winter of 2019, he was sold as a man of character by university President Carol Folt. "He has real integrity," Folt said at the time. "He has run class acts and done it really well in some difficult situations." As Bohn was backpedaling out of USC nearly 3½ years later, it once again appears the Trojans have only a casual ...

            Glenn "Shemy" Schembechler, the son of the late former Michigan football coach Bo Schembechler, has resigned three days after he announced on social media he had been hired as assistant director of Michigan football recruiting. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh and athletic director Warde Manuel made the announcement Saturday night in a shared statement. Schembechler's Twitter timeline had a number ...

            LOS ANGELES — USC athletic director Mike Bohn has resigned from his position, The Los Angeles Times has learned. Bohn’s resignation comes a day after The Times asked him and USC about internal criticism of his management of the athletics department. In a statement provided to The Times in response to those questions, Bohn said that he will “always be proud of leading the program out of the ...

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            FLORENCE, S.C. – Four members of the Francis Marion University softball team – senior right-handed pitcher Rachel Davis, senior designated player Savana Rosson, junior catcher Lauren Smallwood, and junior outfielder Katie Smith – have been named to the College Sports Communicators Academic A…

            LOS ANGELES — USC athletic director Mike Bohn has resigned from his position, The Los Angeles Times has learned. Bohn issued the following statement to The Times: "After more than 40 years of college athletics leadership, it is the right time to step away from my position as Director of Athletics at the University of Southern California. I have dedicated my life to serving student-athletes and ...

            SAN DIEGO — San Diego State University said Thursday there were "no findings" against NFL hopeful Matt Araiza in the school's investigation into an allegation that Aztec football players raped a then-17-year-old girl at an off-campus house party. The school clarified that Araiza was not a named respondent in its investigation, which focused on whether anyone had violated the university's ...

            LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles office of the National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint Thursday against USC, the Pac-12 Conference and the NCAA, alleging that the three joint employers have maintained unlawful rules by "misclassifying" college athletes in men's and women's basketball and football as "student-athletes" rather than employees who are entitled to protections under the ...

            In his days as a starting running back for the Steelers, Jerome Bettis benefited from a good lead blocker. Now he hopes to help pave the way for future athletes across all contact sports, even beyond football. Bettis was in Oakland for Thursday’s announcement of the National Sports Brain Bank, a long-in-the-making initiative spearheaded by the University of Pittsburgh. In a city where much ...

            FLORENCE, S.C. — Four members of the Francis Marion University baseball team – senior infielder Naphis Llanos, senior catcher Isaac Schuck, junior left-handed pitcher Chas DeBruhl, and sophomore center fielder Caleb Oakley – have been named to the College Sports Communicators Academic All-Di…

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