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KNOXVILLE, TN — Nolan Harvath, who has served as a member of the West Virginia University strength and conditioning staff since December 2020, has been hired as the director of sports performance for Tennessee women’s basketball. “I’ve had the pleasure of working with Nolan in the past and he knows what we’re trying to accomplish,” …

Harvath has been tapped to direct the Lady Vol Hoops sports performance Read More »

No shock, but as we inch closer and closer to Commissioner Roger Goodell’s first embrace of the 2024 NFL Draft, rumors are swirling about the consensus Top Four quarterbacks — Caleb Williams, Jaden Daniels, Drake May and JJ McCarthy – and the thought that they would be drafted with the Top 4 picks in the …

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Alden Gonzalez, ESPN staff writerApril 22, 2024, 5:34 PM ET Close ESPN baseball reporter. Covered the LA Rams for ESPN from 2016 to 2018 and the LA Angels for MLB.com from 2012 to 2016. An arbitrator denied Rimas Sports’ request for a temporary restraining order that would have allowed its top baseball agent, William Arroyo, …

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As Elijah Higgins sat on the witness stand last week, he described the similarities between his experience last season as a rookie with the Arizona Cardinals and the four years he spent playing football at Stanford University. Five or six days a week at every level of play, he was immersed in football activities: weight …

Salaries, drafts and layoffs: the possible future of college sports Read More »

Portland Sea Dogs outfielder Matthew Lugo was named the Eastern League Player of the Week after hitting .438 in five games. Lugo was 7 for 16 last week with three doubles, a triple, a home run, three runs scored and 10 RBI to help the Sea Dogs win five of six against New Hampshire. In …

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It’s 5:30pm on a Friday night and instead of relaxing after a busy week and getting ready to go downtown for the evening, Amy Duggan and Avni Trivedi are getting ready for their class. But they are not in a campus building preparing for a lecture. They walk on the sidelines of the Billy Henderson …

Sports Media students cover Clarke Central sports Read More »

A new independent report commissioned by the EBU from Oxford Economics estimates that the economic impact of public service media (PSM) sports broadcasting contributed €4.9 billion to Europe’s GDP and supported over 60,000 jobs in 2022. Findings include direct contributions from content production and broadcasting and significant indirect and induced impacts due to supply chain …

The EBU report shows that free-to-air sports broadcasting is worth €4.9 billion to the European economy Read More »