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The Pac-12 is adding Gonzaga as a member in all sports programs beginning July 1, 2026, the school and conference announced Tuesday. The Bulldogs will also be exiting the West Coast Conference (WCC). Gonzaga will join the Pac-12 as its eighth member. “Following discussions with Pac-12 member presidents, I believe membership will represent an opportunity to participate in building a conference that imagines new, forward-thinking ways to support student-athletes in a rapidly changing collegiate sports landscape,” Gonzaga University President Thayne McCulloh said. “Partnerships with a new group of universities can also assist in our student recruitment and enrollment efforts, create…
On the second episode of UFC 307 Embedded, Khalil Rountree Jr. trains with the youth, Julianna Peña trains with UFC welterweight champion Belal Muhammad, Kayla Harrison goes hiking, Roman Dolidze spars, Stephen Thompson plays disc golf, Alex Pereira goes to Oktoberfest, and more.
NCAA Women’s Swimming: 5 Veterans Who Can Elevate Their Squads in 2024-25 As the next college swimming season begins, those with even a rudimentary knowledge of the sport understand that the Virginia women are set to dominate the country for a fifth consecutive year, with Gretchen Walsh returning from the Olympics to a format she absolutely dominated last year while older sister Alex Walsh swims her fifth year after winning three individual titles in 2024 and transfer Claire Curzan adds a third key member to the squad. But who will push for the top team finishes behind the Cavaliers? We…
The third edition of the UCI Gravel World Championships, held October 5-6 in the Flemish region of Belgium, brings a fresh ethos to the burgeoning battle for rainbow stripes, with a new organiser, new geography and new competitors. Not all of the changes have created a full metamorphosis in the discipline, but the groundwork is in place to give gravel a solid foundation on the global stage.The qualification process through the year-long Trek UCI Gravel World Series has helped deepen the fields. The series went from 16 global events in 2023 to 25 events on the calendar this year, where…
Analysis D1Baseball Staff – October 1, 2024 In the fall of 2015, we presented our inaugural Top 100 Programs rankings, which we described as an attempt to assess the overall health of each program in the current era. A lot can change quickly in college baseball, so we decided to make this a biennial exercise. We updated the Top 100 in 2017 and again in 2019. But after the pandemic wiped out the 2020 season, we decided to push the 2021 update back a year to 2022.For the purpose of this exercise, we don’t care what happened in the 1970s or…
Injured Wallabies star will head to the US in January Will attempt to join a host of other Aussies in the NFL Has the option to return to Queensland Reds if it fails By Josh Alston For Daily Mail Australia and NCA NewsWire Published: 02:45 EDT, 1 October 2024 | Updated: 02:45 EDT, 1 October 2024 The Reds have backed Jordan Petaia’s decision to chase his NFL dream, with the Wallabies star to attend the International Player Pathway (IPP) development camp in Florida in January.Petaia, who hasn’t featured at all for the Wallabies this year due to a shoulder injury he suffered in…
Carlos Alcaraz will play Jannik Sinner in the China Open final after cruising past Daniil Medvedev in straight sets.The Spanish world number three needed 88 minutes to seal a 7-5 6-3 win against his opponent who needed two medical timeouts for treatment on his left leg.It is the 21-year-old’s eighth successive victory since his shock second-round defeat by Botic van de Zandschulp at the US Open.World number one and defending champion Sinner reached the final with a 6-3 7-6 (7-3) win over Chinese wildcard Bu Yunchaokete.The Italian, 23, is competing in Beijing after the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) said on…
Muhammad Ali (right) vs. Joe Frazier. Photo courtesy of Corbis/The Bettman Archive It was billed as the thrilling end of a trilogy between two all-time greats. It ended up being much more than that. The grueling, exhilarating and amazing “Thrilla in Manila” took place 49 years ago today. Their first encounter was billed as the “Fight of the Century,” and it didn’t disappoint. In that legendary fight that took place at New York’s Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971, the rivalry between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier came to life in dramatic fashion, with the returning Ali being floored…
Being an agent for a PGA Tour player is now going to require time and money.Tyler Dennis, the chief competitions officer for the tour, sent a notice to agents and managers late Monday afternoon announcing the Agent Certification Program starting in 2025. It will be required to receive a season PGA Tour credential.Agents must complete interactive video programs on integrity and education and accept a code of conduct. They also must pay an annual $1,500 application fee per agency, and $500 (plus tax) for each agent credential to get access to the clubhouse, locker room, practice area, media center and…
While news of the New York Knicks’ trade of Karl-Anthony Towns broke suddenly last week, the front office had been pursuing a deal for him over the past several months. The Knicks’ need for a center with Mitchell Robinson’s injury issues expedited their pursuit for Towns. “This pursuit of Karl-Anthony Towns really picked up steam over the last, I think, week, two weeks when the Knicks started calling Minnesota about him,” said Shams Charania on the Throwbacks podcast. “Making offers. Making concepts of offers. They were just given hard no’s repeatedly. Way back, even around draft time, July, and into…