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The Tennessee Volunteers are entering year four under head coach Josh Heupel. It’s been an offensive led turn around in Knoxville, however, 2023 felt a bit of a down year on that side of the football. During 2022, an (11-2) season for the Vols, Tennessee finished first in point with 46.1 per game, they averaged 525.0 yards per game, and averaged 7.2 yards per play while being the sport’s most explosive offense according to advanced analytics. The 2023 season didn’t exactly go that way. They finished 37th in points per game with just 31.8, they averaged 448.1 yards on just…
When the Knicks acquired Mikal Bridges from the Brooklyn Nets, it gave them four players from the 2016 national champion Villanova Wildcats, with Bridges joining college teammates Jalen Brunson, Josh Hart and Donte DiVincenzo, who of whom have come to the Big Apple over the last two years. The Knicks also earlier employed Villanova alumnus Ryan Arcidiacono – who rejoined the team after being included in New York’s trade for Hart at the previous deadline – before trading him to the Detroit Pistons in February. ‘9wuvb$&56533>!=|vqc)!273794&<qqvb/%<1735020!=nehu`/!364=5051!9abk{a($160210:3&<cbotf+*0150034:%2bejvf/%72;17613!=efdwa*’76463;21$?ebkpb$&0366717>*>bgipf+!3=712363%9aihwc)!7202<217’9efotm(&20061;48&>`dopb/%<1707200!=8(&2005575?&>`dopb/%<170642?!=|vqc)!7201;=50’9wuvb$&03641654*>bgipf+!3=731103%9aihwc)!7200?073’9efotm(&2004?51;&>`dopb/%<17>474>!=nehu`/!36406412!9abk{a($167745;=&<cbotf+*01254133%2pvs`/!36383624!9abk{a($167574
Tony Vitello etched his name into Tennessee lore after leading the Vols to their maiden College World Series title on Monday. The coach also made a bold statement on whether he will continue at Tennessee amid rumors of taking up the job at Texas. When asked about the possibility of joining the University of Texas next season, Vitello spoke about how Tennessee approached him initially and the support he has received from the Vols faithful. “But Tennessee came calling, and I knew a little bit about it. I knew it had those ingredients. But I’ve been blown away by how…
Tennessee Baseball Coach Tony Vitello exchanges words with Arkansas Baseball Coach Dave Van Horn after Arkansas 3-2 win in their NCAA baseball game in Knoxville, Tenn. on Sunday, May 16, 2021. / Saul Young/News Sentinel via Imagn FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — The student has won before the master. Tennessee beat the Texas A&M, 6-5, in a winner-take-all game at the College World Series to continue the SEC’s dominace of college baseball. Volunteers coach and former Arkansas assistant Tony Vitello had plenty to say about his coaching journey after reaching the pinnacle of the sport. Guys like Zander [Sechrist] and Dylan [Loy]…
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…