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University of Texas athletics director Chris Del Conte, who is the steward of one of the most powerful brands in college football, has been a central figure in the complete re-envisioning of collegiate athletics over the last few years. That has meant giving a lot of interviews about what the University of Texas, and college athletics as a whole, look like now and into the future. The vast majority of those conversations have been centered around football, the elephant in any NCAA room, but in a recent interview with Austin, Texas’ ABC affiliated KVUE, the shift focused to the school’s new head swimming…
Emile Idée, the oldest surviving Tour de France stage winner, has died at his home near Paris aged 104.Idée was one of his country’s top racers in the 1940s, turning pro in 1942 and becoming a renowned time triallist and racing the Tour three times.Idée’s career, like so many others, was badly affected by World War II. But he nonetheless managed to conquer both the National Championships and the now-defunct GP Nations, widely considered for many years to be the unofficial World Championships time trial title, on multiple occasions.Idée was a pro for 12 years for the Alcyon-Dunlop, La Perle–Hutchinson,…
Image credit: © Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images Hurricane Milton’s devastating strike over St. Petersburg tore the coated fiberglass roof right off of Tropicana Field, home of the Tampa Bay Rays. It will cost the team roughly $56 million to fix MLB’s only remaining domed stadium, but the repairs won’t be complete until the 2026 season—if they’re made at all. For the upcoming 2025 campaign, the Rays will play every home game at George M. Steinbrenner Field, which currently serves as the Yankees Spring Training complex and home venue for their High-A affiliate. The shift is geographically convenient for players and fans,…
A Set small text size A Set the default text size A Set large text size Multi code international Israel Folau, and his former fellow Wallaby and current club teammate Samu Kerevi, are enduring a difficult start to the new season in Japan.Matters grew worse on Saturday when their Urayasu D-Rocks side was outclassed 62-19 by Shizuoka Blue Revs.Having managed just eight appearances across the past two years due to injury, Folau has already equalled the two games he played last year and has made some major run metres but the 35-year-old’s presence has failed to lift the newly-promoted side.D-Rocks…
World number one Aryna Sabalenka opened her season with a 6-4 6-0 thrashing of Renata Zarazua at the Brisbane International.After receiving a bye for the first round, it took Sabalenka just 63 minutes to beat Mexico’s Zarazua and set up a third-round contest against Kazakhstan’s Yulia Putintseva. Sabalenka starts the year as the top-ranked player for the first time in her career after winning the US Open in September.The Belarusian is aiming to win her third straight Australian Open in January but said she is not concerned about the weight of expectation that is upon her.”I have to say I’m…
Five-star prospect Mikel Brown Jr. announced his commitment to Louisville on Wednesday. Brown delivered the announcement during a media timeout at the KFC Yum! Center with the Cardinals playing North Carolina. Brown is the first five-star commitment in Pat Kelsey’s time at Louisville. Brown is ranked No. 11 in the ESPN 100 for the 2025 class.
Kelvin Gastelum is heading back to middleweight. Multiple people with knowledge of the promotion’s plans confirmed to MMA Fighting that the UFC is targeting a matchup between Gastelum and Joe Pyfer for the UFC’s return to Mexico City on March 29. MMA Mania was first to report the bout. After a 12-fight middleweight run, Gastelum returned to the welterweight division losing via lopsided submission to Sean Brady at UFC Austin in December 2023. Gastelum was slated to face Daniel Rodriguez in a 170-pound divisional tilt at UFC Saudi Arabia this past June, but weight cutting issues led to the contest…
Golden Goals: Setting New Year’s Swimming Resolutions for 2025 After 12 months of hard work in the pool, 2024 has finally come to a close. Whether it’s been a successful year or not, the end of the year often represents a time to reflect. Research from the University of Oregon suggests that setting “specific and challenging” goals over the new year leads to “reduced attention lapses and improved performance.” But what qualifies as a “specific and challenging” goal in the swimming world? And how can they be pursued effectively? Here are some effective new year’s goals for the pool. Endurance…
Image 1 of 5Fem van Empel gets past Lucinda Brand just before the finish lineVan Empel extends a hand to a devastated BrandBrand, Van Empel and Pieterse on the podium(Image credit: Getty Images)Lucinda Brand led for most of the race(Image credit: Getty Images)Fem van Empel showing the dirt from a first-lap crash(Image credit: Getty Images)Fem van Empel (Visma-Lease a Bike) delivered a devastating blow on the final lap, catching solo leader Lucinda Brand (Baloise Glowi) and then out-sprinting her with a bike throw on the line to win the GP Sven Nys.Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) was third.”This was one of the…
Image credit: © Sam Navarro-USA TODAY Sports Billy showed up on the first day and the kids all knew his name. While they hopped and darted around him, he began to feel at home. But it wasn’t long before their parents’ eyes narrowed with disgust. He was too big, that Billy. And his bigness just maximized his full-body weirdness; his cumbersome torso; his incorrect face. His head alone weighed fifteen pounds. It wasn’t his fault. He just showed up that way. Some guessed he was the result of swimming in chemically polluted waters or eating too much insecticide-rich mole cricket…