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The Arizona State football team opens its season on Saturday against the University of Wyoming, hoping to avoid a third consecutive 3-9 season for the once-promising team. Entering year two of the Kenny Dillingham era, the Sun Devils have plenty of questions: How will they perform? What will happen with the team’s new recruits? Can quarterback Sam Leavitt lead the Sun Devils to surprising success after finishing last in the Big 12 media poll? What will be even more interesting is how ASU fare in its transition to the Big 12 Conference. After the Pac-12 collapsed, the Sun Devils were…

Coco Gauff, the defending U.S. Open champion, is the third seed in this year’s tournament. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)Attention tennis fans, the final Grand Slam tournament of the season is finally here. The 2024 US Open kicked off this week at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center. This year’s defending US Open champions are Coco Gauff and Novak Djokovic. Djokovic is fresh off of winning gold at the 2024 Summer Olympics, but is seeded at No. 2. Jannik Sinner takes the No. 1 seed position, while Carlos Alcaraz is seeded at No. 3. In the women’s competition, Gauff is…

The state legislature last night approved Senator Nancy Skinner’s SB 906, a bill that would increase transparency in Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) transactions in California college sports and raise awareness about gender equality. SB 906 received strong bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. “SB 206 revolutionized the multi-billion dollar college sports industry. Today, student-athletes across the country are being compensated for their talent and hard work, which is great news. However, we are also seeing an increasing number of instances where supporters of college sports have formed so-called ‘unions’ and engaged in other tactics that appear to…

Story LinkNEW ORLEANS — The Sun Belt football programs have many selections on preseason All-America teams heading into the 2024 season. Thirty student-athletes representing eight of the Sun Belt’s 14 football programs earned a total of 52 preseason All-America honors. Old Dominion University senior linebacker Jason Henderson was named the 2024 Sun Belt Preseason Defensive Player of the Year and led the team with 13 preseason All-America nominations, including five first-team selections. Henderson led the nation with 15.5 tackles per game and 186 tackles for loss as a sophomore in 2022 and led the nation with 14.2 tackles per…

BAY CITY, MI – Here is a look at what’s happening in Bay City area high school sports from August 26-28, 2024. Bay City area coaches are asked to email results, highlights and comments on the night of each event to lthomps2@mlive.com.Soccer: Western bounces back with winBay City Western didn’t let obstacles in the way hold them back for long.The Warriors had their five-game winning streak snapped by a loss to John Glenn in the Bay County Championship finals, but bounced back with a 5-3 win over Saginaw Valley Lutheran.Western (6-2) kept scoring to stay within striking distance of the…

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) – As students return to school and sports season begins, a local physical therapist shared some tips to prevent injuries. Morgan Heffernan with Novant Health spoke to WECT about some simple steps athletes can take to prepare their bodies for exercise. “… there’s a big difference between before and after stretching, and I don’t think people realize that,” Heffernan says. “When we think of stretching, we typically think of static holds, but actually before any activity you should be making sure you’re doing what’s called dynamic movement, which means making sure that each joint in your body…

The Salt Lake City skyline will be elevated.City council members unanimously approved an ordinance Tuesday proposed by Smith Entertainment Group that would raise the maximum building height in the sports and entertainment district from 125 feet to 600 feet, or about 50 stories.The change could bring the skyscraper near Delta Center by about 150 feet above what will soon be the city’s tallest building, the 450-foot-tall luxury building at 89 E. 200 South.Meanwhile, SEG continues to call for “staff-level” review of high-rise buildings in the Sports District above a certain height, which would allow them to bypass Planning Commission review…

They have the ball in their hands every snap.They are overrated, or over-criticized, depending on the results of the games.Most players grow up wanting to play that position, but some are thrust into a position that defines greatness out of necessity. Quarterbacks are a different breed. The best ones happily accept the responsibility of knowing what every position on offense has to do. The best ones spend hours watching tape of their opponents, studying their slightest tendencies in an attempt to exploit them on the field.The glow of the Friday night lights starts to separate the championship contenders from the…

SPORTS FEEVER by Chris Fee of KROX Radio – chrisjfee@yahoo.com ARE YOU READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL??????? The high school football season is finally here, with a bunch of games on Thursday night and a bunch of games on Friday to wrap up Week 1. There are a lot of interesting matchups in the first week, and there should be great weather, too. I tried to get a Section 8AA Football coaches poll and preview, but as usual, it is tough getting 100 percent participation, and that is why I quit doing it several years ago. Too many coaches either don’t…

Getty Images Week 1 of the college football season is finally upon us, and Thursday night brings with it a sumptuous appetizer for the weekend, with several Power Four teams beginning their campaigns, including four ranked in the preseason AP Top 25.Some matchups stand out more than others as they could be thrillers that provide early perspective on some teams with key questions: Minnesota will host North Carolina at 8 pm ET in a Big Ten vs. ACC matchup between two teams using new starting quarterbacks while relying on elite running backs.At the same time, Colorado and North Dakota State…