Author: Mikesportz
Tennessee Vols head baseball coach Tony Vitello has been the Coach of the Year by Baseball America. Tony Vitello was hired to lead the University of Tennessee’s baseball program in 2017, taking over a struggling program looking to compete in a conference dominated by in-state rival Vanderbilt. All of that has changed in his seven years at Tennessee. Vitello has won nearly 300 games as the Vols’ head coach, including a program-best 60 wins in 2024. Not only did Tennessee win 60 games, but they also won the regular-season SEC Championship, SEC Tournament, and the men’s College World Series. This…
Shericka Jackson is a Jamaican sprinter who has made a significant impact in the world of track and field. Here’s a brief history about her: – Born: July 16, 1994, in Saint Ann, Jamaica – Specializes in the 400 meters and 200 meters events – Rose to prominence in 2016, winning the 400m bronze medal at the Rio Olympics – Won gold in the 400m at the 2018 Commonwealth Games and 2019 Pan American Games – Set a new Jamaican record in the 400m (49.78 seconds) in 2019 – Anchored Jamaica’s 4x400m relay team to gold at the 2019 World…
Warholm and Alison dos Santos, Benjamin seeks gold in their Olympic rematch. SIX TIMES SINCE autumn ’19 have the three fastest men ever to circle the track in the 400H met in the same race. Following the Tokyo Olympic final of ’21 the trio’s subsequent meetings on four occasions have been celebrated correctly as epic.
I don’t have access to personal information about Tony Vitello’s family, including his mother’s name and year of birth. However, I can suggest some possible sources where you may be able to find this information: – Tony Vitello’s biography on the University of Tennessee’s athletic website – News articles or interviews featuring Tony Vitello – Social media profiles or public records If you have a specific reason for needing this information, I’d be happy to try and help you find it. Alternatively, you can try contacting the University of Tennessee’s athletic department or Tony Vitello’s representatives to see if they…
A typical day for U.S. track and field athlete Gabby Thomas is a full 24 hours. During the day, she trains three to six hours in anticipation of the 2024 Paris Olympics. But at night, she works at an Austin, Texas, volunteer health care clinic for people without insurance. How does one of the fastest athletes in her sport find the time to do it all? She attributes that work ethic to her mother. When Thomas and her twin brother were young, their mom waitressed and took classes to become a professor. “She showed me in real time…
A typical day for U.S. track and field athlete Gabby Thomas is a full 24 hours. During the day, she trains three to six hours in anticipation of the 2024 Paris Olympics. But at night, she works at an Austin, Texas, volunteer health care clinic for people without insurance. How does one of the fastest athletes in her sport find the time to do it all? She attributes that work ethic to her mother. When Thomas and her twin brother were young, their mom waitressed and took classes to become a professor. “She showed me in real time growing up…
Men’s 400-hurdle champion Rai Benjamin (Bronxville, New York/USATF New York) won the 24th USATF Athlete of the Week award for 2024 after clocking the sixth-fastest time ever by an American. This year, Benjamin had received recognition for the second time for his accomplishments. Benjamin defeated 2022 world champion Alison dos Santos of Brazil and defending Olympic and world champion Karsten Warholm of Norway at the Monaco Diamond League competition, clocking a time of 46.67 to win. The 26-year-old Benjamin now has nine of the top ten positions and the sixth-best timings ever for an American. Benjamin, who is unbeaten in…
The last time Jamaica placed first in the men’s 400-meter hurdles race at the Olympics was 20 years ago, but Roshawn Clarke’s coach, Okeile Stewart, is quietly optimistic that his young pupil may end that streak in Paris this year. The last Jamaican to win an Olympic medal in the sport was Danny McFarlane, who took home a silver medal from the 2004 Athens Games. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, Winthrop Graham became the first-ever medallist for the nation in the men’s 400-meter hurdles competition, taking home the silver medal. At the World Championships in Budapest, Hungary,…
Media Day with the Lady Vols basketball team means a chance to ask players several get-to-know-you questions and at least one about hoops. This 2023-24 series will continue with Kaiya Wynn. Wynn, a 6-0 guard from Nashville, has carved out a bigger role for the Lady Vols in her third season in Knoxville. Wynn, who played her final season of high school basketball in Texas after a family move, grew up in Tennessee and always wanted to be a Lady Vol. The junior guard is majoring in kinesiology, intends to become a doctor and is the consummate teammate.
Cardoso’s fighting spirit stemmed from her upbringing in Brazil, where she dealt with bullying because of her size and needed to stand up for herself. A docuseries chronicling the 2023-24 college basketball season offered a behind-the-scenes look at the ex-South Carolina star’s personal life. The ESPN production “Full Court Press” follows Cardoso’s sensational conclusion to her NCAA tenure, which culminated in a national championship. It features enlightening interviews with her mother, Janete Soares, and sister, Jessica Cardoso Silva. “For me, it was really hard at the beginning [of my life] because they used to make fun of me, they used…