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Again with the Top 10 teams losing… Part of it was self inflicted thanks to some awesome matchups this week, but four Top 10 teams fell in Week 11, including our No. 1 team as Georgia lost at Auburn. Who takes over their spot? Is it Alabama, who held on against Mississippi State? Or is it…
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Carrie Underwood Nashville caught hockey fever in 2017 as the city’s NHL team, the Nashville Predators, made it all the way to the Stanley Cup Finals. As the wife of the team’s captain, Mike Fisher, Carrie Underwood was there every step of the way. She even stepped onto the ice to sing the national anthem before…
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Tennessee fired fifth-year head coach Butch Jones after another blowout loss, according to multiple reports Sunday. Volunteers athletic director John Currie told Jones on Sunday morning that he was being fired, sources told ESPN’s Chris Low. The move was first reported by Sports Illustrated. Tennessee, winless this season in the SEC, was blown out 50-17 at…
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With a 10th-place finish yesterday at Phoenix Raceway, JR Motorsports driver Justin Allgaier punched his ticket to the Championship 4 race at Homestead, but he’ll be competing in that race with an all-new crew chief. Following the Ticket Galaxy 200, NASCAR officials discovered his No. 7 Chevy had an unattached brake cooling hose during routine inspections,…
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Senior quarterback Mason Rudolph passed for three touchdowns and sophomore running back Justice Hill ran for three as No. 15 Oklahoma State rallied for a 49-42 victory over No. 21 Iowa State on Saturday in Big 12 play at Ames, Iowa. Rudolph passed for 376 yards and Hill rushed for 134 and the Cowboys (8-2, 5-2…
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ATLANTA — Georgia Tech quarterback TaQuon Marshall completed only two passes, but both went for touchdowns, and the Yellow Jackets upset No. 17 Virginia Tech 28-22 on Saturday at Bobby Dodd Stadium. The winning score came with 6:30 remaining when Marshall connected with Ricky Jeune for 80 yards. Jeune dove in and clipped the pylon. The…
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Florida State is not looking good against Clemson as they headed into halftime down 17-0. While it’s understandable that the team might be upset, there is absolutely no reason why the hit below should take place on a return. FSU’s Emmett Rice went head hunting and was ejected for this hit on a Clemson tackler: Not…
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Matt Kenseth’s exit from NASCAR is nearing, and it hasn’t received the same publicity as Dale Earnhardt Jr. retiring or Danica Patrick’s likely exit. Kenseth probably prefers it that way, but he’s a likely candidate to reach the NASCAR Hall of Fame, and he will likely leave the sport unceremoniously. There are likely only two races…
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Howie Schwab was one of ESPN’s most beloved personalities as he was on SportsCenter and had his own show called “Stump the Schwab.” Now he will be joining FOX Sports as the company announced on Tuesday. Here’s what they said in a press release: Schwab will join FOX Sports studio programming as the season progresses to…
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Though statistically at only number 24, LSU played toe-to-toe with No. 2 Alabama last week but lacked explosive plays at quarterback in a 24-10 road loss, a game in which coach Ed Orgeron lifted senior starter Danny Etling for freshman Myles Brennan in the fourth quarter in an attempt to ignite the offense. When LSU…
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Calle Jarnkrok scored the tiebreaking goal in the third period and the Nashville Predators extended their winning streak to three games with a 3-1 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday night at Nationwide Arena. Jarnkrok’s second goal of the season came with 5:35 remaining when a rebound on a shot by…
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Former major league pitcher Roy Halladay died Tuesday after his ICON A5 plane crashed in the Gulf of Mexico, 10 miles west of St. Petersburg, Florida, the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office confirmed in a press conference. He was 40 years old. The man often called “Doc” retired in 2013 after spending 16 years in the major…
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Florida Gators wide receiver Kadarius Toney and defensive end Jachai Polite have been ruled out for Saturday’s game at South Carolina, the team announced. Toney and Polite are nursing shoulder injuries for the Gators (3-5, 3-4 SEC). Toney has recorded 117 rushing yards and 115 receiving this season while Polite has registered 22 tackles and two…
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Tennessee fans, take this latest GRUMOR for what it’s worth! FOX Sports Knoxville‘s Jon Reed joined The Drive on Wednesday afternoon to discuss a rumor involving Jon Gruden’s son Michael, a UT student, coming home to Tampa for a “family meeting,” this upcoming weekend. The rumor suggests that Gruden wants to discuss what taking the head…
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There’s a certain level of success that’s expected from a driver with the last name Earnhardt. The late Dale Earnhardt Sr. was one of the most successful NASCAR drivers in history, winning a total of 76 races and seven championships in the Cup Series, which ties him with Richard Petty and Jimmie Johnson for the most…
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CALGARY, Alberta — Sean Monahan and Matthew Tkachuk scored in a shootout to give the Calgary Flames a 5-4 win over the New Jersey Devils on Sunday. Drew Stafford replied in the shootout for the Devils. Monahan, Michael Frolik, Michael Stone and Micheal Ferland got Calgary’s regulation-time goals. Taylor Hall, Ben Lovejoy, Brian Gibbons and Andy…
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Redemption was the name of the game for several Tennessee players as the Volunteers got a much-needed 24-10 win over Southern Mississippi on Saturday night at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. John Kelly, who returned from a one-game suspension after being arrested for alleged marijuana possession, led the Vols with 79 yards and two rushing touchdowns.…
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Vanderbilt wide receiver Trent Sherfield had 127 yards of total offense and two touchdowns, helping the Commodores to a 31-17 win over Western Kentucky at Vanderbilt Stadium. The Vanderbilt defense held WKU (5-4) to minus-6 rushing yards on 30 attempts, though that included six sacks. WKU quarterback Mike White was 31 of 50 for 324 yards…
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The City of Houston will honor the World Series champion Astros with a parade through downtown on Friday. The World Series title was 56 years in the making since the club began life as the Colt .45s. It also marks the first championship claimed by a Houston team in any of the four major North American…
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SUNRISE, Fla. — Josh Anderson and Oliver Bjorkstrand scored twice each to lead the Columbus Blue Jackets to a 7-3 win over the Florida Panthers on Thursday night at the BB&T Center. Anderson has five goals this season, and Bjorkstrand has four. The Jackets (9-4-0) also got one goal and two assists from Boone Jenner, and…
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The Houston Astros, powered by a record-equalling home run by George Springer won the World Series for the first time on Wednesday with a 5-1 triumph over the Los Angeles Dodgers. George Springer belted his fifth home run of the Series as the Astros roughed up Dodgers starting pitcher Yu Darvish, who endured his second nightmare…
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Tennessee has reportedly offered former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Jon Gruden “over $10 million a year” to be its next head coach, according to The Read Optional’s Oliver Connolly. Connolly reported that the Vols have also targeted TCU’s Gary Patterson, Louisville’s Bobby Petrino and Purdue’s Jeff Brohm as potential candidates as well. The rumored deal would…
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Alex Bregman singled home Derek Fisher with the winning run in the 10th inning and the Houston Astros reached the brink of their first World Series title on Sunday, outlasting the Los Angeles Dodgers 13-12 in a tension-packed thriller. The Astros seized a 3-2 lead in Major League Baseball’s best-of-seven final and can claim the crown…
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They may apparently require no more than a comfortable chair, decent knowledge of a computer screen and nimble mastery of controllers, but the International Olympic Committee insisted Saturday that eSports are indeed…sports. An Olympic Summit, under the guidance of IOC president Thomas Bach, meeting in Lausanne hailed the phenomenal growth of video games. In a statement,…
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Two unlikely heroes, a pitcher who lost his only prior playoff start and a batter in an 0-for-13 slump, rescued the World Series title hopes of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday. Alex Wood baffled Houston batters for 5 2/3 no-hit innings and Cody Bellinger snapped his drought with two crucial doubles as the Dodgers downed…
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Kentucky escaped an SEC rivalry matchup with Tennessee 29-26 on Saturday in Lexington, Ky., in a chippy contest that almost opened with a melee. Trash talk and shoving invited unsportsmanlike penalties against the entirety of both teams early in the contest. That set the tone in a physical, back-and-forth contest won when Wildcats quarterback Stephen Johnson…
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Tennessee fans, this is not a drill!!! Jon Gruden, who was originally considered one of the biggest long shots listed, is now listed as the favorite for Bet Online odds rankings for the Vols’ next head coach. Gruden was originally considered at 20/1 on the website’s opening line, but moved up to 12/1 and 10/1 last…
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Two high school football officials walked off the field in protest Friday night after players from Monroe High School in Somerset County knelt during the national anthem before the team’s game against visiting Colts Neck. The officials, Ernie Lunardelli, 54, and his son, Anthony Lunardelli, 27, stood for the anthem and then abruptly left the field…
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Lots of country stars have been putting their spin on the national anthem lately, but Brad Paisley’s may be the most electric performance yet … literally. The Grammy-winner took to the field at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles to perform “The Star Spangled Banner” before game two of…
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Third-ranked Georgia continues to show why it is a legitimate contender for one of the four playoff spots. The Bulldogs (8-0, 5-0 SEC) dominated the rival Gators from beginning to end, winning 42-7 on Saturday, sacking quarterback Feleipe Franks five times and outgaining Florida in total offense 390 to 249. Georgia senior running…
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Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts vowed resiliency after an emotional defeat while the Houston Astros try to carry over World Series momentum as baseball’s championship showdown shifts to Texas. The Astros rallied from a three-run deficit for an 11-inning 7-6 road victory to level Major League Baseball’s best-of-seven final at 1-1 entering Friday’s game three…
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NORMAN, Okla. — Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield and Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury have had their share of disagreements — some publicly — since Mayfield walked-on with the Red Raiders five years ago. But entering Mayfield’s final meeting against Texas Tech on Saturday in Norman, tensions have cooled and Mayfield has embraced his time in Lubbock,…
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Arkansas head coach Bret Bielema announced on Monday that first-team All-SEC offensive lineman Frank Ragnow will miss the rest of the season. He suffered a high ankle sprain in Saturday’s 52-20 loss to Auburn. Ragnow had started 33 consecutive games including that game with 18 coming at center and 15 coming at right guard. The 6-foot-5,…
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CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson football coach Dabo Swinney isn’t interested in how and why his team lost at Syracuse on Oct. 13. “I’m anxious to see how this group is going to respond,” Swinney said. If recent history is an accurate barometer, Swinney’s team will respond in a positive way when the No. 7 Tigers (6-1,…
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The Houston Astros defeated the New York Yankees 4-0 on Saturday to book a Major League Baseball World Series showdown with the Los Angeles Dodgers. After fending off elimination in game six on Friday, the Astros won the best-of-seven American League Championship Series four-games-to-three to reach the World Series for the second time in club history.…
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Top-ranked Alabama had nearly 500 more yards than Tennessee and extended its winning streak over the Volunteers to 11 with a 45-7 victory on Saturday afternoon at Bryant-Denny Stadium. Alabama’s stingy defense allowed just 108 total yards and held redshirt freshman quarterback Jarrett Guarantano, making his second career start, to 44 yards on…
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Kasey Kahne and Matt DiBenedetto aren’t in the playoffs competing for a championship, but the two drivers can still celebrate career milestones this weekend at Kansas Speedway. Kahne will be making the 500th Cup Series start of his career, and the 37-year-old’s career began in 2004. DiBenedetto is making his 100th career start, and the 26-year-old…
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Heading into an all-important game against the No. 13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish, the No. 11 USC Trojans have received a bit of bad news involving starting defensive tackle Josh Fatu. Fatu, according to reports, was in a multi-car accident earlier this week, an accident bad enough where at the time of the initial reports, it…
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Drinking and driving can come with other consequences besides possible jail time and fines. A former NBA player turned college basketball coach found that out the hard way. Ben Hansbrough, who had just been promoted to a full-time assistant coach’s role at Western Kentucky University this summer, resigned his position just two days after he was…
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Everything surrounding the Tennessee football program is sketchy at the moment. The Vols sit at 3-3 on the season and, after two straight losses to Georgia (by quite a lopsided margin) and South Carolina, Butch Jones’ seat has never been hotter in Knoxville. In fact, many believe that there is very little Jones can do to…
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The college basketball season is right around the corner and now we have confirmation with the Coaches Poll being released for Week 1. Unsurprisingly, the top five is filled out with the teams most people believe are the most talented to start the season. The poll couldn’t come soon enough as the summer has been filled…
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Tennessee Titans receiver Rishard Matthews said he would “be done with football” if the NFL makes it a requirement for players to stand during the national anthem. It looks like he’s taken it to another level as he went back to the locker room during the national anthem on Monday Night Football. WR @_RMatthews heads back…
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Former 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick is still without an NFL job despite the fact that several players have come out and said there’s no way that there are 64 players — starters and backups included — that are better than him at QB. Now he’s decided that he is going to take action against the owners…
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Check out the top 10 things we learned during a wild Week 7 of college football. 1. Upsets rule college football. Many assumed with no games between top 25 teams that this was going to be a ho-hum weekend. It was anything but thanks to seven ranked teams falling: No. 2 Clemson, No. 5 Washington, No.…
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Dale Earnhardt Jr daughter Call it the circle of life. Call it divine intervention. Call it whatever you want to call it. We’re calling it the best news we’ve heard all day! Dale Earnhardt Jr. and wife Amy are expecting their first baby, a little girl! Just as he’s winding down his long and successful career…
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North Carolina’s athletic department avoided major penalties when the NCAA Committee on Infractions was unable to conclude the university violated academic rules when it made “paper courses” available to the general student body, including student-athletics. The practice went on from 1993 to 2011 — the NCAA investigation was from 2002-11 — and it involved a Department…
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Nothing brightens a day as much as a baby, especially when that baby just might be the next NASCAR driver in the family. RELATED: This impromptu pregnancy shoot just might be this NASCAR mama-to-be’s most beautiful yet “Healthy baby boy,” former NASCAR racer and current broadcaster Kenny Wallace tweeted out on the occasion of…
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If you like happy endings, then you could be in for a treat today. Dale Earnhardt Jr., his career winding down, took the pole at Talladega for the first time in his career, running NASCAR’s longest closed course at 190.544 mph “We’ve been fighting our teammate Chase and his group for poles at these tracks for…
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Just prior to halftime against Syracuse on Friday night, Clemson starting quarterback Kelly Bryant appeared to suffer an injury after a horrifying hit on third down. Bryant laid motionless on the field for a few minutes before finally being helped off the field. Bryant was already dealing with an ankle injury prior to this hit. Clemson…
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ATHENS, Ga. — On a weekend with its share of upsets, Georgia’s offense made sure the No. 4 Bulldogs didn’t suffer a similar fate, rolling up 696 total yards to rout Missouri 53-28 on Saturday night. The victory will likely push Georgia (7-0, 4-0 SEC) into the No. 3 spot in the poll following Clemson’s loss…
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