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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 and 2022, while coach at Glenville State, where she won an NCAA Division II national…
Kim Caldwell coached the Marshall University women’s basketball team to a 26-7 record and the NCAA Tournament to win the Furfari Award as the state’s top college coach. (Photo by AJ Henderson) 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,…
DALLAS (AP) — Southeastern Conference Commissioner Greg Sankey unofficially opened the league’s first football season as 16-team league Monday in a massive hotel ballroom in North Texas, a new setting for SEC Media Days at a time when everything about college sports seems to be in flux. “It’s time to update your expectations for what college athletics can be,” Sankey said, kicking off the four-day event. The powerhouse SEC, which boasts 13 college football national champions since 2006, now includes Texas and Oklahoma. It’s one of many changes going into effect this year in college football, with plenty more to…
The FirstBank Female Basketball Team, the Elephants Girls on Sunday defeated MFM Queens in the finals of Sam Oguche Basketball competition. With the victory, the Elephant Girls once again proved their team as a force to be reckoned with in the Nigeria basketball circle The match, dubbed a one-sided affair by fans, commenced on a fast pace with the former African Champions dominating their opponent in the first quarter by 16-6.
Chris Sale really wanted to see Jarren Duran make the Major League Baseball All-Star Game so much so that he was texting his former manager before the official announcement. The former Boston Red Sox pitcher crashed Jarren Duran’s All-Star Game interview on MLB Network on Monday afternoon in Texas and revealed that he sent a text to Alex Cora about the speedy outfielder. “Please tell me Duran made it,” Sale, now with the Atlanta Braves, said on the MLB Network set. “And he did. I was like, ‘Dude, this guy’s an absolute spark plug for that team.”
The Chicago Sky fell to 9-13 on the 2024 WNBA regular season after losing a disappointing defeat to the New York Liberty on Thursday. If there was one silver lining in the loss, it was that rookie Angel Reese recorded yet another double-double (albeit barely), keeping her historic streak alive. But fans are blasting Sky coach Teresa Weatherspoon for seemingly caring more about Reese getting her record than giving fellow rookie Kamilla Cardoso minutes. One Sky fan went viral for writing on X, “Benching Kamilla Cardoso and putting her back in immediately after the double double happened is crazy” with…
NBC Universal, Inc. The Utah Jazz’s asking price in a trade for All-Star forward Lauri Markkanen is a “non-starter” for the the Warriors — the most engaged team on the Finland native, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported Monday, citing league sources. Per Charania, while the Warriors are offering guard Moses Moody, future draft picks and pick swaps, the Jazz additionally are asking for forward Jonathan Kuminga and guard Brandin Podziemski in a potential trade. While the Jazz are listening to offers for Markkanen, Charania also reports they are open to keeping the 2017 No. 7 overall draft pick, who becomes…
he Golden State Warriors have been sweating over the fitness of Steph Curry after he suffered an ankle injury when playing against theChicago Bulls. Curry sprained his right ankle during Thursday’s game against the Chicago Bullsbut it is not very serious and he is not expected to miss too many games.
The Lady Vols basketball program can recruit itself if Tennessee hires the right person to run it. It looks like we’re heading back in that direction after several years of being less than great on the recruiting trail. Kim Caldwell’s fun, up-tempo, explosive offense, and restrictive, hard-nosed defense have made Knoxville an attractive place again for women’s basketball.
NEW ORLEANS — Six members of the UNI track and field team, as well as both the men’s and women’s teams as a whole were recognized for their academic excellence on Monday with the release of the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s (USTFCCCA), 2023-24 academic honors. To be considered for team recognition, a team must register a 3.00 cumulative grade-point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale for all of its student-athletes. Individually, student-athletes must post a minimum 3.25 cumulative GPA, have completed at least two semesters at their nominating institution and have been ranked nationally in…