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Greg McElroy rips Tony Vitello’s ‘antics’ during Tennessee CWS celebration: ‘Like a WWE character’ John LeuzziUSA TODAY NETWORK Tony Vitello has put Tennessee baseball at the top of the mountain top in college baseball, as highlighted by Monday’s College World Series national championship win over Texas A&M. But the way Vitello celebrated after the game — jumping into the stands at Charles Schwab Field to celebrate with Vols fans, pick up pieces of ice off the ground after getting a Gatorade bath from his players and chest-bumping his players — seemed to have gotten under the skin of former Alabama football quarterback-now college football commentator Greg McElroy. McElroy…
Despite going 15-0 and winning a national championship last season, the Michigan football team never truly found stability in the return game last fall. Over the 15 games, a total of 10 different players returned a total of 50 combined kickoffs and punts for the Wolverines. Even in in its legendary Rose Bowl win over Alabama, Michigan fumbled a punt in the first quarter that led to an Alabama touchdown, then muffed another punt close enough to the goal line to raise every Michigan fan’s blood pressure, before Jake Thaw regained possession, and held onto the ball just outside of…
Slowly but surely, we are getting closer to the start of the regular season for the Dallas Cowboys 2024. While we are wishing our summer away by dreaming of fall spent lying on the couch and screaming at every negative play, it is time for our latest installment in our best player to wear their respected number for the Cowboys. Since we are 75 days from the start of the season, well, you guessed it, we are celebrating the greatest player to wear No. 75. Jethro Pugh – DT/DE If you said the name Jethro Pugh as the answer to…
May 17, 2024; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Mike Budenholzer speaks alongside General Manager James Jones during a press conference to announce his job as head coach of the Phoenix Suns. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports / Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns and Utah Jazz have reportedly been in talks for a potential swap of picks during the 2024 NBA Draft, which begins with the first round on June 26. The Suns currently own pick No. 22 and could look to wheel-and-deal to obtain more draft slots in hopes of injecting a star-studded roster with youth (and…
Pippen recalled a scorekeeper saying he would ‘take care of’ Jordan. Hall of Fame basketball player Scottie Pippen said in his memoir that scorekeepers incorrectly attributed statistics to Michael Jordan, often taking away from his own statistical totals. The 58-year-old won six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls alongside Jordan in the 1990s and was a threat on the offensive and defensive sides of the ball. In his memoir, titled “Unguarded,” Pippen alluded to the idea that Jordan manipulated scorekeepers into wanting to doctor statistics in his favor. “Michael was better at getting people to do whatever he wanted,” Pippin…
Dan Hurley will not go to the NBA after all. The UConn coach declined a six-year, $70 million contract offer from the Los Angeles Lakers to become the team’s next head coach, team and league sources confirmed Monday. Los Angeles would have made Hurley one of the NBA’s six highest-paid coaches. Instead, Hurley will return to UConn to pursue a third straight national championship — a feat that has only been accomplished once in NCAA men’s basketball history, when UCLAunder John Wooden won seven consecutive titles from 1967 to 1973. I am humbled by this entire experience,” Hurley said in…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Logan Thomas has a decade of NFL experience, but joining the 49ershas been an eye-opening experience for the tight end, primarily because of coach Kyle Shanahan. The 32-year-old Thomas shared his initial impression of Shanahan while speaking to NBC Sports Bay Area at Tight End University, the two-day camp hosted by 49ers All-Pro George Kittle, Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce and NFL alum Greg Olsen. It’s very different,” Thomas said. “He sees it in from the inside out, and from the outside in. He sets things up. He’s like there are a couple of plays that…
Tennessee coach Tony Vitello fought back tears following the Vols’ first national championship at the College World Series after his team won a decisive third game against Texas A&M, 6-5, becoming the first overall No. 1 seed to accomplish the feat since 1999. Tennessee led 6-1 in the eighth inning before the Aggies brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth. “They’re fun, but also … kids are tough these days,” Vitello said seconds after the final strikeout. “These guys will do whatever you ask them to do. I know our fans got us through that tough…
Tennessee wins College World Series: Reaction, final call after Vols’ first baseball national title Tennessee coach Tony Vitello fought back tears following the Vols’ first national championship at the College World Series after his team won a decisive third game against Texas A&M, 6-5, becoming the first overall No. 1 seed to accomplish the feat since 1999. Tennessee led 6-1 in the eighth inning before the Aggies brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth. “They’re fun, but also … kids are tough these days,” Vitello said seconds after the final strikeout. “These guys will do whatever…
OMAHA, Neb. — Peyton Manning checked in with Tony Vitello on Sunday night. The legendary Vols quarterback got a text back Monday morning from the Tennessee baseballcoach. Vitello expressed how many tough decisions lay ahead in the national title game against Texas A&M. Manning reached back to his playing days at Tennessee, pulling a quote from World War II general George S. Patton that former Vols offensive coordinator David Cutcliffe used to tell him: Make a decision and do it like hell. That just means you make a decision and you go all in and you don’t look back,” Manning…