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August 22, 2022

Urban Meyer to Rejoin Fox’s ‘Big Noon Kickoff’ Show

Over the weekend, Fox announced that former Jacksonville Jaguars head coach Urban Meyer will rejoin its "Big Noon Kickoff" show. In addition to coaching the Jaguars, Meyer has a career 187-32 in the college ranks winning three national titles, sev...

August 22, 2022

Big Ten Announces Multi-Billion, Multi-Network TV Deal

by Wesley Sykes

The Big Ten Conference announced today that it has reached distribution agreements with CBS, FOX, NBC, and NBCUniversal's Peacock. The breadth of new partners, in addition to Big Ten Network (BTN) and FS1, will place conference football, women’s an...

August 18, 2022

Mizzou Launches Innovative Ticket Sales Opportunity For Student-Athletes

by Wesley Sykes

The outbound ticket sales staff for the University of Missouri Department of Athletics just increased in size exponentially thanks to an innovative sales initiative that will benefit all MU students as well as enhance the home gameday atmosphere for ...

August 18, 2022

Gators Football Unveils Heavener Football Training Center

by Wesley Sykes

The Florida Gators football program got a sneak preview of their brand new $85 million Heavener Football Training Center over the weekend. The Gators entered the 142,000-square foot, $85 million Heavener Football Training Center, a facility the sc...

August 18, 2022

Vanderbilt Using Motion Capture Technology to Assess Movement Patterns

by Wesley Sykes

It starts as persistent and irritating pain in the foot or lower leg, then it gets more intense, maybe with swelling, and soon a runner knows she’s being sidelined by one of the most common running injuries: a stress fracture. These tiny cracks in ...

August 15, 2022

Basketball Player Saves Referee Who Collapsed During Game

by Wesley Sykes

Myles Copeland is exactly the kind of teammate you want. While his semi-pro basketball teams won the game, it was Copeland that made a lifesaving play on a referee. When referee John Sculli collapsed during a game two months ago, Copeland, who works...

August 10, 2022

Ohio HS Football Referees Receive Pay Raise, Avoid Boycott

by Wesley Sykes

High school football referees in northeast Ohio will no longer boycott the upcoming football season after receiving a pay raise. Up until Monday, August 8, northeast Ohio football referees were willing to boycott the regular season until they rece...

August 9, 2022

Getting Young Student-Athletes Ready for the Athletic School Year

by Wesley Sykes

As a new school year begins, many students return to their favorite sports or try something new. A recent story from HealthDay News spoke with a sports medicine professional from Baylor University to discuss how to get young student-athletes r...

August 8, 2022

Michigan Hockey Parts Ways with Coach Mel Pearson

by Wesley Sykes

The University of Michigan men's hockey team will no longer be coached by Mel Pearson. Last Friday, Michigan athletic director Warde Manuel said the decision "has been weighed heavily and for some time," according to a report from the Associated P...

August 8, 2022

DI Board of Directors Adopts Student-Athlete Benefit Legislation

by Wesley Sykes

The Division I Board of Directors adopted the first group of Transformation Committee recommendations aimed at allowing schools to provide more benefits to student-athletes. While generally supportive of elements of the transfer package, the board to...