Author: Mikesportz
July 1, 2021. The date will forever be etched in the memory of fans and college and high school athletes because that was the day when the NIL deals were introduced. It allowed athletes to cash in on their potential and use the lucrative money for their game development. However, it wasn’t without its own set of problems. For one, the NIL didn’t allow immigrant athletes to make money through their partnerships with major brands. And one such player who suffered at the hands of this provision was the ex-South Carolina Gamecocks star, Kamilla Cardoso. However, that changed after Cardoso…
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – Illinois volleyball was a recipient of the 2024 AVCA Team Academic Award sponsored by INTENT, as announced by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) on Wednesday afternoon. The award, initiated in the 1992–93 academic year, honors volleyball teams that maintain a year-long grade-point average of 3.3 on a 4.0 scale or 4.1 on a 5.0 scale. This year, more than 1,400 collegiate and high school volleyball programs earned the recognition, marking an all-time record number of programs honored for their academic achievements. INTENT, which is in its first year of sponsoring the prestigious award, is a game-changing, digital…
Another member of the Ortiz family is officially in the Red Sox organization. Boston selected David Ortiz’s son, D’Angelo, on Tuesday with their 19th-round pick (567th overall) in the 2024 MLB Draft. D’Angelo Ortiz, 20, is a third baseman/outfielder who last played for Miami Dade Community College in Kendall, Florida. A 6-foot-1, right-handed hitter, Ortiz appeared in 51 games for Miami Dade CC last season, batting .377 with one home run, seven doubles, and 35 RBI. The younger Ortiz has been around the Red Sox for most of his childhood. He was born a little over three months before his…
ARLINGTON — So many all-time greats have played for the Red Sox, a franchise rich in century-old history. Yet, the group of players who have won the Ted Williams All-Star Game Most Valuable Player Award presented by Chevrolet — an honor first awarded in 1962 and then renamed in honor of a Boston legend in 2002 — is quite exclusive. It features a pair of Hall of Famers — 18-time All-Star outfielder Carl Yastrzemski (1970) and eight-time All-Star right-hander Pedro Martinez (‘99) — as well as 11-time All-Star right-hander Roger Clemens (‘86) and outfielder J.D. Drew (2008). On Tuesday night,…
Noah Lyles is hoping to leave his mark at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but safe to say his lead up to the event has made noise on social media. His docuseries on Netflix, ‘SPRINT’, received mixed reactions from fans, with many stating that they found his attitude unlikable. Noah Lyles brimming with confidence as he prepares for the Paris Olympics Then there is the reignited rivalry between the USA and Jamaica heading into the games, which has put Lyles in the middle of another discussion. However, that doesn’t seem to be what the 26-year-old is most bothered by. Lyles not…
Rafael Nadal’s first singles match since losing in the first round of the French Open in May ended with a 6-3 6-4 win against Leo Borg in the first round of the Swedish Open. Nadal, 38, missed Wimbledon to focus on the Olympics in Paris this summer and was making his return to action at the tournament in Bastad. The Spaniard, who won a doubles match with Casper Ruud on Monday, broke his 21-year-old Swedish opponent, the son of tennis legend Bjorn Borg, with a drop shot in the fourth game. Nadal went on to serve out the ninth game…
The premier college coach in West Virginia leads a program at the University of Tennessee. Kim Caldwell, hired Sunday as head women’s basketball coach of the Volunteers, led Marshall to a 26-7 record, the Sun Belt Conference championship and its first NCAA Tournament berth since 1997 this season in her lone season with the Thundering Herd. The victory total was the most in program history. For her effort, Caldwell was voted winner of the Furfari Award, named for longtime sports writer Mickey Furfari and presented by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. Caldwell won the award twice before, in 2019…
Tennessee has found the next coach to lead its women’s basketball program. Kim Caldwell will leave Marshall for Knoxville, as first reported by Talia Goodman. Caldwell takes over for Kellie Harper, who was fired last week after five seasons coaching the Lady Vols. Caldwell will be formally introduced at a news conference on Tuesday, according to the Knoxville News Sentinel. In Caldwell’s lone season at Marshall, the Thundering Herd won the Sun Belt’s regular season and tournament championships, going 26–7 overall and 17–1 in conference. That performance earned Marshall an NCAA tournament bid as a No. 13 seed, but the…
e individual women, six men, and women’s team receive USTFCCCA academic honors NEW ORLEANS – Sprinter Louie Hinchliffewas recognized as U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s (USTFCCCA) Scholar Athlete of the Year, and a total of 11 student-athletes were named All-Academic Athletes, the organization announced Monday. Hinchliffe was named the 2024 NCAA Division I Men’s Outdoor Track & Field National Scholar Track Athlete of the Year after maintaining a 3.51 cumulative grade point average. The Sheffield, England, native won the 100-meter dash at the 2024 NCAA DI Outdoor Track & Field Championships with a personal best time…