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Giants close to hiring Tennessee coach Tony Vitello as new manager, per report

By curator October 18, 2025Articles, MLB, NCAA Baseball, News, Pressed, Reports

The San Francisco Giants are closing in on University of Tennessee head coach Tony Vitello to be their manager, reports The Athletic. The team has not announced the hire. Tap below…

How college football players spend NIL money, from cars to fishing gear to wedding rings

By curator August 27, 2025Articles, FYI, NCAA, NCAA Football, NIL, Pressed

Four years after college athletes became eligible to earn money based on who they are and what they do, NIL agreements are everywhere in college football. This summer, The Athletic asked 57…

SEC’s 9-game schedule will feature 3 contests vs. annual rivals: Here’s how it will work

By curator August 22, 2025Articles, Headlines, NCAA Football, Reports, SEC Football

The SEC announced on Thursday that it is officially going to nine games, ending a long-running saga with a vote of school presidents. Now comes the saga within the saga:…

Baseball slang 101: A guide to talking like you’re in an MLB clubhouse

By curator September 7, 2024Articles, MLB, NCAA Baseball, Odds and Ends, Pressed

So you want to talk like a baseball person? Then you’ll have to curse a lot. Tap below to read the article by Tyler Kepner for The Athletic. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5734020/2024/09/03/mlb-baseball-slang-guide-dictionary/?campaign=10994615&source=targeted_email&userId=13361407

Alabama baseball betting scandal shows college sports’ uneasy role in new gambling era

By curator May 7, 2023Articles, NCAA, Pressed, Reports

On April 28 the Lead1 Association, an athletic director group, hosted a webinar to educate athletic departments about college sports gambling. At the end of the hour, the four gambling…