For Diego Pavia, December should have marked the start of a carefully orchestrated four-month march to the NFL draft. The Vanderbilt quarterback had already positioned himself as a Heisman Trophy finalist after leading his school to its first 10-win season. Along the way, he established himself as one of the most dynamic playmakers in college football, totaling more than 4,000 ...
Behind a 100-yard rushing performance from quarterback Quinn Henicle and a five-turnover performance from its defense, the Monarchs defeated South Florida 24-10 in the Cure Bowl at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, on Wednesday, Dec. 17. In just his second career start, Henicle struggled as a passer, going 11-of-25 for 127 yards, but dominated on the ground with 24 ...
If you know anything about Jake Paul, you know he can be quite the promoter. With today’s presser hyping up his upcoming fight against two-time heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua on Friday, Paul pulled out all the stops. He called himself a better boxer than Joshua. He said people who don’t take him seriously need to shut up. He even said ...
Following three successful seasons leading the Bulls, Alex Golesh took the Auburn head coaching job this coaching carousel and will not coach the bowl game. USF will also be without quarterback Byrum Brown, as he is likely to enter the transfer portal. In the Cure Bowl from Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, the Bulls (9-3) will open the new ...
The New York Knicks won the NBA Cup, but you won’t find any evidence of that in their home arena. According to ESPN, the Knicks will not raise a commemorative NBA Cup championship banner in Madison Square Garden, the iconic Midtown Manhattan arena where they play their home games. This bucks the trend of previous winners hanging banners in their ...
NHL goaltenders take longer to blossom and reach peak levels than other positions. With most teams running with two goalies, there’s simply not as much room to break out into the NHL right away, compared to forwards and defensemen like Connor Bedard, Macklin Celebrini and Matthew Schaefer, who made ‘The Show’ at 18. Of course, that’s a trend, not a ...
Senate Republicans inched closer to history Wednesday after blowing past yet another procedural obstacle on their way to confirming nearly 100 of President Donald Trump’s nominees. As part of their mad dash from Washington ahead of the upcoming holiday recess, Senate Republicans advanced a tranche of 97 of Trump’s picks. The 53-47 party-line vote puts the GOP one step away ...
More than 200 House Democrats voted against a bill aimed at criminalizing transgender medical treatment for minors Wednesday evening. The bill passed in a 216-211 vote that had some bipartisan crossover. Three Democrats — Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas; Don Davis, D-N.C.; and Henry Cuellar, D-Texas — voted with Republicans for the bill. Four Republicans — Mike Kennedy, R-Utah; Brian Fitzpatrick, R-Pa.; ...
The Senate confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman Wednesday in a 67-30 vote to serve as NASA administrator, months after President Donald Trump withdrew the same nomination during his public feud with Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. The confirmation places Isaacman, an investor in SpaceX and leader of two private spaceflight missions, at the helm of the nation’s space ...
Only two days before the start of the College Football Playoff, another head-coaching job in the sport has come open. Ohio terminated the contract of first-year head coach Brian Smith for cause, the university announced on Wednesday, Dec. 17. The move came after an administrative review of allegations that Smith had “violated the terms of his employment agreement by engaging ...