B.C. Lions announce Rick Campbell as new head coach Rick Campbell helped turn the Ottawa Redblacks from a struggling CFL expansion team into a Grey Cup champion. The B.C. Lions are hoping he can do the same thing in Vancouver.⊃ The Lions introduced Campbell as the 27th coach in club history on Monday at a press conference at BC Place. He will be tasked with turning around a team that finished 5-13 last season under DeVone Claybrooks, who was fired in early November after just one year at the helm. “The CFL’s a league where you make one or two…
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Cowboys coach’s strange explanation for stripping ‘surprised’ Dally M winner of captaincy North Queensland coach Todd Payten has offered a strange explanation for stripping gun forward Jason Taumalolo of the club captaincy. And he’s conceded both Taumalolo and Chad Townsend were “surprised” when told they would no longer be co-captains, before the announcement of Tom Dearden and Reuben Cotter to the roles on Sunday. “Looking at our group, a few guys right at the back end of their career and over the course of the next 12 months or next two seasons, they won’t be here for a number of reasons and we needed to make a shift in…
Last week was a big one for Mark Pope. This week will be, too. Here’s what to expect next. Last week was expected to be a big one for new Kentucky men’s basketball coach Mark Pope, and it didn’t disappoint. Things are unlikely to slow down in the coming days. In addition to officially announcing four members of Pope’s first UK coaching staff — assistants Alvin Brooks III, Mark Fox, Cody Fueger and Jason Hart — the program actually added some players for the 2024-25 roster, which was left at zero following John Caliparideparture to Arkansas earlier this month.…
Tracking Louisville men’s basketball departures in the transfer portal Following another disappointing season for Louisville men’s basketball and the removal of Kenny Payne as the program’s head coach, a number of players from the roster were expected to enter the transfer portal. That movement began on Monday, March 18, the opening day of the college basketball transfer portal. It continued, player by player, until April 2 when point guard Ty-Laur Johnson became the final scholarship player from last season to enter the portal. Tracking Louisville men’s basketball departures in the transfer portal by Michael McCammon May 11, 4:41 AM (May 11: Update to reflect Ty-Laur Johnson to…
Nathan Cleary set to miss State of Origin as Blues hit by injury crisis NSW half-back Nathan Cleary could miss the entire State of Origin series after scans confirmed a grade two hamstring injury that will sideline him for eight weeks. The champion Penrith playmaker re-injured his right hamstring in ther Panthers’ 16-10 win over Canterbury on Friday night in a devastating blow for the Blues, who have a number of other key players sidelined through injury. Cleary left the field just before half-time after hurting the hamstring for a second time is as many months, with the Panthers issuing…
Publication gives Kentucky’s hire of Mark Pope a Ψ What grade would you give Mark Pope? The dust has settled on the hiring of Mark Pope at Kentucky, and the Wildcats are very happy with what they have gotten. Coach Pope has done an incredible job so far in the transfer portal, bringing in veteran talent that has this team looking good. Blake Toppmeyer of USA Today gave grades for all of the basketball hires in the SEC, and he gave Kentucky’s hire a C. I wonder if his opinion of this grade would change or stay the same after…
Texas roster departure tracker and scholarship list….. This is the Texas roster departure tracker, a list of those Longhorns who have announced they’re entering the transfer portal, have already entered the portal, have left the team, or have entered the 2023 NFL Draft. Last season, Steve Sarkisian had a pretty good idea how much roster turnover Texas would experience coming out of a 5-7 season, saying he expected as many as 33 new players to join the roster heading into the 2022 season. It ended up being 37 when you count the 28 freshmen signed in the 2022 recruiting class…
Buffalo Sabres: LaFontaine’s Departure Looks Bad, but Should Not Impact Future Sabres fans have become all too familiar with the end-of-season locker clean-out interviews before the NHL playoffs begin. UIt’s usually an opportunity to get tiny shreds of honesty from players on how they felt about the season and, as I stated before, another year of not making the post-season. You get comments of frustration, disappointment, missed opportunities, and hopeful optimism for the next season. Again, all too familiar. Jack Eichel, since being drafted in 2015, second overall is usually the focus on these dreary days. Reporters in a non-covid…
How Scott Servais helped stabilize a turbulent Mariners offseason Feb. 25, 2024 at 7:00 am Updated Feb. 25, 2024 at 8:00 am Seattle Times staff reporter PEORIA, Ariz. — Much as he’d like to, Scott Servais can’t escape the TV dad vibes that seem to emanate from him as the manager of the Mariners. His kids tease him about it. Players chuckle when it’s mentioned. And fans can’t help but see it in his comments and actions. “It’s even better when he tries to not act like it,” said a player that didn’t want to be named for obvious reasons. “And…
John Calipari’s message to Kentucky fans calling for his firing By Matt Ehalt Published March 26, 2024, 10:05 a.m. ET John Calipari insists he’s going to work tirelessly to uphold the championship standards at Kentucky — even if he can’t beat the likes of Saint Peter’s and Oakland in the tournament anymore. “I talked again about the standard, that is the standard that I believe in, that I think we can do. That standard of national titles has been here, from coach (Adolph) Rupp on. The only thing I am saying to all our fans — I’m going to work, work for…