Author: Mikesportz
For Tennessee fans, Vols baseball coach Tony Vitello is their guy. He’s engrained himself into the Big Orange. He’s a winner, sure, but he’s also got a good energy about him. He connects with fans, and he’s always in his team’s corner. But, what if you were the athletic director of a generic SEC baseball program, and you could hire any college coach in the country to run your program for the next several years? Who would you choose? In that situation, would you still pick Vitello, or perhaps a different SEC coach? The conference is at no shortage of…
The SEC is expected to be the most competitive in college football in 2024 as Oklahoma and Texas join traditional powerhouses such as Georgia and Alabama. However, other teams, such as LSU, Missouri, Ole Miss, and Tennessee, expect to make an impact in the race for the conference championship. A caller on The Paul Finebaum Showasked Finebaum who his top three SEC teams were this season. He believes it’s Georgia, Texas, and Alabama. As for Tennessee’s position in that group, Finebaum believes the Volunteers’ success will hinge on its game against Alabama. “They have a road game at Georgia and at Oklahoma…
The Dallas Cowboys took tight end Jake Ferguson in the fourth round in 2022 as a backup to Dalton Schultz. There were flashes in his limited opportunities that first season as he produced two touchdowns and 174 yards on 19 receptions. By his second year, Schultz was gone, and the keys to the tight end room were placed in his hands. He responded with a breakout campaign with 71 catches for 761 yards and five touchdowns, placing himself firmly in the upper level of the hierarchy at his position. As he enters his third season, Ferguson is expected to make…
Tagging his siblings Jasmine and Jeffrey, Marcus shared a picture of them all together and wrote: ‘Happy Father’s Day Dad. ‘We love you. Crack the Cincoro extra anejo open and take a shot for us.’ Marcus also added a reference to Michael’s basketball reputation with a small extra comment in the in the corner that read: ‘1-of-1’ and a goat emoji – meaning ‘Greatest Of All Time’. Michael Jordan, 61, had three children through his first marriage to Juanita Vanoy and two with his current wife Yvette Prieto.
When Wayne Gretzky broke his own record — becoming the first player to accumulate 30 assists in the Stanley Cup playoff season of 1985 — he did so in a year in which the Edmonton Oilers scored more than five goals per game. Gretzky ended that season with a breathtaking 208 points, numbers that seem impossible today, the second most that year in NHL history. There have been four 200-point scorers in the 100-plus years of NHL hockey. Gretzky has all four of them. And his records used to be just his records. No one else need apply. Just not…
Angel Reese was assessed a flagrant 1 for a hard foul she committed on Caitlin Clark Sunday, but it does not sound like the play bothered Clark at all. Clark was hit in the head by Reese on a layup attempt late in the third quarter of the Indiana Fever’s 91-83 win over the Chicago Sky at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Ind. Reese appeared to be going for the ball, but she did not get any of it and instead clubbed Clark off the side of the head. Clark fell hard to the floor under the basket. You can see…
The NBA community lost former point guard Darius Morris back on May 4, he was only 33 years old when he passed. We have now learned more about his tragic passing. According to the Los Angeles County medical examiner, Morris died of a heart attack that was caused in part by drugs and alcohol. ABC 7 had the news with the new details. His cause of death came out on Friday, showing that he died of coronary artery atherosclerosis, which is known as coronary heart disease. Within the investigator’s final report, Morris had elements of cocaine, hydrocodone, and ethanol in…
Kenley Jansen didn’t wait for his number to be called Saturday night at Fenway Park. The Red Sox closer took matters into his own hands. Greg Weissert was running into a bit of trouble in the eighth inning when Jansen told bullpen coach Kevin Walker to call Alex Cora. With Boston clinging to a two-run lead over the New York Yankees, the four-time All-Star wanted to let his manager know he was available for more than three outs. In turn, Jansen logged the final out of the eighth with the bases loaded and then finished the job in the ninth.…
USU gave up 572 yards, including 316 rushing yards to a team that came in averaging 102.2 per game (117th in the country) and that hadn’t rushed for more than 177 in any game. Huskies junior running back Dillon Johnson hadn’t rushed for more than 100 yards in a game in his career but rumbled for 256 yards and 4 touchdowns on 9.8 yards per carry, while quarterback Michael Penix Jr. did the rest, completing 22 of 30 passes for 256 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT and a rushing TD. Riley deflected big-picture questions about the defense, making clear he…
Gold Coast forward Keenan Palasia has been charged by the match review committee following the Titans’ Magic Round clash against the Knights on Saturday afternoon. Placed on report in the 58th minute, the enforcer has been hit with a Grade 1 Careless High Tackle charge on Newcastle back Enari Tuala in what is deemed to be his first offence. But in good news for the Titans enforcer, the early guilty plea will only result in a $1,000 fine. Should he elect to fight the charge and be found guilty at the hearing, he will be charged $1,800. No plea has…