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The historic season of Vanderbilt’s Sarah Fuller added a new highlight on Sunday. Fuller announced on Twitter that she’s taking part in President-elect Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration on Wednesday, calling it “an honor to be invited to participate in one of America’s great traditions.” She’s expected to speak during the inauguration of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, who will become the first female vice president in American history. Fuller taped a video for the… Source link

Sarah Fuller is not going to play in the NFL. That didn’t mean the NFL, and the football industry that surrounds it, wasn’t watching as the Vanderbilt women’s soccer goalie became the first female to play in a major conference college game when she served as the Commodores’ placekicker on Saturday. The NFL is played by men. Through its 100-plus-year history, it has also almost exclusively been coached by men, run by men and had almost every tentacle of its business dominated by men.

Houston Texans wide receiver Will Fuller has been suspended six games for a violation of the NFL’s performance-enhancing substance policy, the player announced Monday. Hours later, the same thing happened to one of his teammates, cornerback Bradley Roby. Fuller, one of the 4-7 team’s few bright spots this year, insisted the violation was due to a medical professional mistakenly prescribing a medication allowed by the NFL’s drug policy. “Earlier this year, I sought treatment from a… Source link

It’s easy to view this college football season as a prolonged battle of attrition. For the second consecutive week, we saw 18 games canceled or postponed from the weekend’s schedule. For the season, that number of disrupted games has hit 100. We entered this week with the focus on what wouldn’t be there — Alabama coach Nick Saban missing from the sidelines at the Iron Bowl, Ohio State disappearing from the schedule and games called off everywhere from Tallahassee to Boise. “Every… Source link

Vanderbilt kicker Sarah Fuller made history on Saturday afternoon by becoming the first woman to appear in a Power Five college football game. Fuller normally serves as a goalkeeper on Vanderbilt’s women’s soccer team, which she led to the Southeastern Conference title last weekend. She was added to the Commodores’ roster after the team’s other kickers were forced into COVID-19 quarantine, rendering them unavailable for Saturday’s matinee at Missouri. The Power Five is comprised of… Source link