A group of nine West Virginia football players from the 2023 roster will be amongst 137 potential NFL prospects showcasing their skills at the inaugural Big 12 Pro Day later this month. The Big 12 and the NFL have partnered to organize the event in an effort to “maximize the prospect experience.” In addition, the conference is partnering with official NFL Combine training partner NoBull to provide apparel the athletes participating in the Pro Day, and Zebra Technologies, the Official Real Time Location Solutions Provider of the NFL, to track player performance at the event. Players taking the field to perform at…
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Troy Dannen, the athletic director at Nebraska, talks about his collaboration with Matt Rhule and how he can support the football team. When new Nebraska athletic director Troy Dannen was just a candidate for the vacant Husker job, he called Nebraska head coach Matt Rhule, who he had known dating back to their time in the American Athletic Conference. Dannen and Rhule were plenty familiar with one another and had common friends in the athletics industry. Dannen wanted to know about the Nebraska job, but had a question for Rhule, who he is now overseeing. “I considered him a friend…
The Minnesota Vikings may have had the most active and impactful free agency session in the NFL, even though they didn’t sign as many new players as the Houston Texans, Chicago Bears, or Washington Commanders. According to OverTheCap, the Vikings brought in 11 new free agents with a yearly contract value of $67.7 million per year, the fifth-highest of any team in the league. At the same time, the Vikings led the league in “lost” free agency value, with former players earning a total of $102.6 million per year in free agency with new teams. That means in total roster…
With the defeat, Patrick Murphy’s squad has now dropped their third consecutive series matchup to open up conference play in the SEC. In a nail-biting game that stretched into extra innings, No. 14 Alabama Softball (26-8, 3-6 SEC) faced a devastating defeat against Kentucky on Saturday, with the Wildcats clinching a 4-3 victory courtesy of a walk-off double in the bottom of the eighth inning from Rylea Smith. The game began with both teams showing their defensive might, with the Crimson Tide and Wildcats keeping each other off the scoreboard in the first inning. However, in the bottom of the…
A group of nine West Virginia football players from the 2023 roster will be amongst 137 potential NFL prospects showcasing their skills at the inaugural Big 12 Pro Day later this month. The Big 12 and the NFL have partnered to organize the event in an effort to “maximize the prospect experience.” In addition, the conference is partnering with official NFL Combine training partner NoBull to provide apparel the athletes participating in the Pro Day, and Zebra Technologies, the Official Real Time Location Solutions Provider of the NFL, to track player performance at the event. Players taking the field to perform at…
The Pittsburgh Steelers enter the 2024 NFL Draft with several holes on their roster to fill. With their first pick, the 20th overall selection, there are four positions they are most likely to target: offensive tackle, center, wide receiver, and cornerback. Starting with offensive tackle, this is a very deep draft class. Some players could be available for the Steelers who, in other years, wouldn’t fall out of the top 15. Here are some realistic offensive tackle options for the Steelers with their first draft pick. Steelers First-Round Draft Targets: Offensive Tackle Amarius Mims – Georgia Amarius Mims to the…
ANTIGUA – The Cricket West Indies (CWI) Women’s Selection Panel on Saturday announced a 15-member squad for the white-ball tour to Pakistan in April- May. West Indies are scheduled to arrive in Karachi on 14 April to feature in eight white-ball matches, including three ODIs, which are part of the ICC Women’s Championship 2022-25.The three ODI matches will be played at the National Bank Stadium (NBS) in Karachi on 18, 21 and 23 April.The ODI series will be followed by five T20Is, to be played at the same venue, starting from 26 April.The ODIs are set to begin at 330pm…
MANHATTAN, Kansas – At Tointon Family Stadium on Thursday, Texas Baseball lost the first game of the series to No. 23 Kansas State, 14-3, following an eight-run second inning by the Wildcats. At 6 p.m. on Friday, the Longhorns (15-11, 4-3) will try to get back on track and even the series. In the top of the first inning, Jalin Flores hit a single home run to left field to give the Longhorns a 1-0 lead. Dee Kennedy launched his first career home run to left field to put the team ahead 3-0. The two-out, two-run home run to…
Former Florida DE Princely Umanmielen had a jab to take at his coaching while in Gainesville, and the man on the receiving end is now in College Station. Ole Miss DE Princely Umanmielen calls out coaching at Florida; Is this a shot at a current Texas A&M football coach? If it were anyone but a Lane Kiffin-coached player making a comment like this about a Texas A&M football coach, I may just pass it off. But with some of the shenanigans that the current Ole Miss head man has pulled relative to the Aggies, it makes me narrow my eyes just a bit. Former…
Spring is frequently greeted with open arms by many, with flowers in bloom and mild weather returning after the gloom and frost of winter. Neal Brown, the head football coach of West Virginia, is one of them. “This is one of my favorite seasons,” Brown remarked on Friday at a press conference. For Brown, however, the thrill of the season is more related to his program’s annual Spring Football workouts than it is to the weather. Monday, March 25, is when the Mountaineers’ spring sessions will start. On Saturday, April 27, at Milan Puskar Stadium, there will be the yearly…