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Fall Report Patrick Ebert – November 8, 2024 The Kansas coaching quartet of head coach Dan Fitzgerald, pitching coach Brandon Scott, hitting coach Tyler Hancock and recruiting coordinator Jon Coyne is entering their third season with the program. In his second year after taking over for long-time skipper Ritch Price, Coach Fitzgerald guided Kansas to a successful season in 2024, finishing the year 31-23 overall with a 15-15 mark in Big 12 Conference play. That’s a six-game improvement from his first season in 2023 (25-32) and included a 2-2 showing at the Big 12 Championship with wins over Kansas State…
The Autumn Nations Series/ Spring Tour continues in the northern hemisphere this weekend and the Wallabies have entered the chat.Joe Schmidt pulled a huge selection surprise by including 21-year-old rookie Joseph Suaalii in his starting team to face England at Twickenham.The Australia XV will play Bristol Bears on Saturday morning AEDT but as of time of writing there are no leads on a potential broadcast or stream – which is sure to leave many Aussie fans frustrated.Every match of the Autumn Nations Series will be shown live on Stan Sport.Ireland vs New Zealand, Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Saturday Nov 9, 7.10amIreland…
Sabalenka secured the year-end world number one ranking this week after a stellar season, but she was frustrated, error-prone and annoyed throughout against Gauff.Her forehand faltered – such a crucial component of her game – with 16 unforced errors coming off it in the first set.She and Gauff traded breaks early on but Gauff was serene on serve, able to extend the rally in the knowledge that Sabalenka would eventually hit an error.Despite the chaos, Sabalenka broke for a 6-5 lead and served for the set, but a netted backhand sent it to a tie-break, which Gauff dominated.After a lengthy…
by Declan Taylor RISING star Jesse Rodriguez is a big favourite to retain his WBC super-flyweight title in Philadelphia on Saturday night when he takes on Pedro Guevara. But the reality is, the 35-year-old Mexican is a hugely experienced former world champion with more knockouts than Bam has even had fights. We take a look at the top three victories for both men. JESSE RODRIGUEZ 3 BEST WINS Vs Carlos Cuadras, February 5, 2022, Phoenix – UD 12 This was the fight that catapulted Bam towards superstardom. The 22-year-old was supposed to be facing Fernando Diaz at flyweight on this…
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Paul Waring hit the shot of his life to complete a career-low 11-under 61 in the second round of the Abu Dhabi Championship on Friday and establish a five-stroke lead heading into the weekend of the European tour’s first playoff event.The No. 229-ranked Englishman hit a draw with a 3-wood from about 260 yards to inside 4 feet at No. 18 and tapped in the birdie putt to move to 19-under par for the tournament.The European tour confirmed to The Associated Press that it is the lowest 36-hole score to par in the tour’s…
Prominent agent Mark Bartelstein was asked to assess how he views the NBA’s new collective bargaining agreement that has become more restrictive for teams to sign and acquire players if they are above the first or second apron. “My initial take from where I sit is I hate it,” said Bartelstein on the Hoop Collective Podcast. “Because it’s restrictive and takes away… In the world I live in, I want flexibility for my clients. I want player movement. I want to be able to engage with all 30 teams. We were able to do that under the old CBA because…
Claiming he would prefer to fight Alex Pereira instead of Tom Aspinall after UFC 309 next weekend, Jon Jones insisted he won’t let the “hype” which surrounding to the Brit dictate what happens in his career after taking on Stipe Miocic. Jones, the current heavyweight gold holder and former two-time light heavyweight champion, will return to action next weekend in the headliner of UFC 309, headlining the flagship card at Madison Square Garden in a rescheduled title offing against former two-time heavyweight champion, Miocic. Most recently competing back in March of last year, Rochester native, Jon Jones landed a first…
South African Standout Pieter Coetze Analyzes Backstroke Rise on Social Kick Podcast Although just 20 years old, South African Pieter Coetze is already a two-time Olympian, having competed at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo Games in 2021 and the recently completed Paris Games. Over the past few weeks, Coetze was busy in Asia, racing at all three stops of the World Cup series. Just after wrapping up his World Cup work, Coetze joined the Social Kick Podcast to discuss his career with hosts Luke Paddington and John Mullen. During the hour-long interview, Coetze went into detail about his performances…
The future of the Arkéa-B&B Hotels team continues to be uncertain as a second rider under contract for 2025 has opted to move to a different team. EF Education-EasyPost announced the arrival of Vincenzo Albanese from the French team.Last month, Clément Champoussin exited his contract early to sign with Astana Qazaqstan, now Albanese has made a similar move.Albanese was Arkéa-B&B Hotels’ third-best points scorer behind Luca Mozzato and Kévin Vauquelin, raking in 935 points through a series of top results including podiums in the Memorial Marco Pantani, Prueba Villafranca and the Tour des Alpes.”I’m very happy to become a part…
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