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Read More »Chargers coach Brandon Staley doesn’t regret decisions
Six football seasons ago, Brandon Staley was the defensive coordinator at John Carroll University, a small, non-scholarship, Division III program in Ohio. That was 2016. This is 2021, and Staley is the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers, locked Thursday night in a critical game against AFC West rival Kansas City. The 39-year-old is on a meteoric rise (he coached linebackers in Chicago for two seasons, then Denver for one, then became the defensive coordinator in L.A. for the Rams before… Source link
Read More »Chargers’ Donald Parham appears unconscious during TNF
The first drive of Thursday night’s game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Los Angeles Chargers ended with a terrifying moment. Chargers tight end Donald Parham appeared to fall unconscious upon impact with the ground in the end zone after reeling in what would have been a touchdown pass from Justin Herbert on fourth-and-goal. Parham had the ball in his hands, but then his helmet snapped back and made hard contact with the turf. Parham’s arms immediately jolted up toward his helmet before his… Source link
Read More »Urban Meyer’s fate sealed by Trevor Lawrence mismanagement
As the smorgasbord of failures and embarrassments piled up, it was the lagging performance and measured concern of quarterback Trevor Lawrence that signaled the end for Urban Meyer. Not the Chris Doyle fiasco. Not the offseason fines or Tim Tebow fantasy camp. Not skipping a team flight and the infamous viral bar video that followed. Not even allegedly kicking a former player during practice. To be sure, these incidents were all somewhere on the scale of being fireable. But when it came to Source link
Read More »Gene Chizik’s tweets show college coaches’ control waning
Gene Chizik, he of a perfectly mediocre 38-38 record as a college football head coach, tweets supposed pearls of wisdom every few days. They almost always end with the hashtag #WordsofChizdom, because you can’t get advice like, “Pay close attention to those who don’t clap when you win” just anywhere. Twice this month, Chizik has bemoaned the new state of college athletics, where the young adults on campuses around the country who also take part in athletics can now make a few dollars while… Source link
Read More »College sports need a more sane method of revenue sharing
The viral video of No. 1 Rivals.com recruit Travis Hunter signing with Jackson State over Florida State, Georgia and Auburn looms as an inflection point for college football. It’s the most recognizable moment in a flurry of events that show the 2022 recruiting class portends change in how the talent procurement process and compensation of college athletes will unfold. It can be placed alongside top-ranked quarterback Quinn Ewers leaving high school early for NIL riches, Lane Kiffin’s… Source link
Read More »Stock futures steady after sell-off in tech shares
Stock futures opened slightly higher Thursday evening after a rout in technology stocks earlier during the regular trading day, as investors turned away from growth stocks in anticipation of tighter monetary policy next year. Contracts on the S&P 500 ticked up. Earlier, the index closed lower, with the tech-heavy information technology and consumer discretionary sectors leading the way lower. The Nasdaq underperformed to drop 2.5% to give back all gain after a rally on Wednesday. The Dow… Source link
Read More »Cavs have covered 13 games in a row
The Cleveland Cavaliers were expected to be one of the worst teams in the NBA this season. The Cavs’ preseason win total was about 26.5 or 27.5, depending on where you looked. It was among the five lowest totals in the league. It wasn’t unfair. They hadn’t won more than 22 games in a season since 2018, when LeBron James was still on the roster. Then a weird thing happened. The Cavaliers have been good. And for bettors, they have been great. The best team in the NBA, actually. Cavaliers… Source link
Read More »COVID test changes will help players return quicker
After rounds of intense discussion and negotiation between the NFL and the NFL Players Association, an agreement has been reached to revamp parts of the COVID-19 testing thresholds and get players back onto the field more quickly. Before that measure kicks in, the NFL has entered all franchises into the enhanced COVID protocols through the end of this week’s games in response to a massive spate of positive tests this week. That means through the end of this week’s games, franchises will… Source link
Read More »Sidewalk Labs will be folded into Google as CEO steps down for health reasons
Sidewalk Labs CEO Dan Doctoroff is stepping down for health reasons, and the six-year-old company and its products will be folded into Google, he wrote in a blog post Thursday. Doctoroff says he’s been diagnosed with what may be ALS and wants to spend more time with his family. “Starting next year, Sidewalk products Pebble, Mesa, Delve, and Affordable Electrification will join Google, becoming core to Google’s urban sustainability product efforts,” Doctoroff wrote in the post…. Source link
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