12/10/2021 Jackson becomes 14th head coach GRAMBLING, La. | Grambling State University President Richard J. Gallot, Jr. and Vice President of Intercollegiate of Athletics Dr. Trayvean Scott introduced on Friday morning Hue Jackson as the 14th head football coach in Tiger history. Jackson comes to Grambling State after spending the […]
Month: December 2021
Sooners’ Venables names coordinators, will retain four coaches from Lincoln Riley staff
December 10, 2021 NORMAN — Oklahoma head football coach Brent Venables announced his first two assistant coaching hires Friday, naming Jeff Lebby as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach and Ted Roof as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach. Venables also announced that he is retaining Cale Gundy, Bill Bedenbaugh, DeMarco […]
Oklahoma hires for Bob Stoops staff member Brent Venables as new football coach
December 05, 2021 NORMAN — A former 13-year University of Oklahoma assistant coach who won a national championship with the Sooners and two more with Clemson University during a highly successful 10-year stint as defensive coordinator, Brent Venables has been named OU’s 23rd head football coach, […]
Duke Blue Devils hire Mike Elko as new head football coach; was DC/safeties coach at Texas A&M
12/10/2021 DURHAM – Duke Vice President and Director of Athletics Nina King announced Friday that Mike Elko has been named Duke University’s 22nd head football coach. Details regarding Elko’s introductory press conference will be forthcoming. The defensive coordinator and safeties coach at Texas A&M University for the past four seasons, […]
Southern Jaguars Eric Dooley named 2021 AFCA FCS Regional Coach of the Year; for work at Prairie View A&M
12/10/2021 BATON ROUGE, LA—Newly named Head Football Coach, Eric Dooley named 2021 AFCA FCS Regional Coach of the Year for his efforts in leading the Prairie View A&M Football program during the 2021 season. Coach Dooley most recently led Prairie View to the 2021 SWAC Championship game and […]
Eric Dooley not out of job long; hired to lead Southern Jaguars Football Program
12/7/2021 BATON ROUGE, LA—Southern University Athletics formally announces Eric Dooley as the 20th Head Coach of the Jaguar Football program on Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at a press conference held inside A.W. Mumford Fieldhouse. Coach Dooley is no stranger to Southern as he was on legendary Coach Pete Richardson […]
Nevada Wolf Pack picks a coach they know well to head football program, Oregon Co-DC/LB coach Ken Wilson
December 10, 2021 RENO, Nev. – Ken Wilson, with over two decades experience on the Nevada coaching staff and in administration, has been named Nevada Football’s 27th head coach, Nevada Director of Athletics Doug Knuth announced Friday. Nevada Athletics will hold a press conference for members of the media […]
Virginia Cavaliers name Clemson OC Tony Elliott as new head football coach
December 10, 2021 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia athletics director Carla Williams announced today the hiring of Tony Elliott as the University of Virginia’s Fralin Family Head Football Coach. Elliott becomes the 41st head football coach in the program’s history. Elliott has spent the last 11 seasons as […]
Prairie View A&M football coach Eric Dooley resigns
12/6/2021 PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas (December 6, 2021) – Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU) Head Football Coach, Eric Dooley has submitted his resignation. He is expected to take up the position of head coach at Southern University in January 2022, when his PVAMU contract ends. Assistant Head Coach, Bubba […]
Daily Almanac for Friday, December 10, 2021; Day 344 of the Year
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS Ralph Johnson Bunche (/bʌntʃ/; August 7, 1903 – December 9, 1971) was an American political scientist, diplomat, and leading actor in the mid-20th-century decolonization process and US civil rights movement, who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Israel. Among black Nobel laureates he is the first African […]
Wright State Basketball News: Women’s Basketball’s Pause Continues
Thu, Dec 9, 2021 DAYTON – The Wright State women’s basketball game scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 12 at Abilene Christian has now been canceled due to COVID-19 implications. Due to positive cases within the program, the Raiders are not yet cleared for travel and competition. The […]
Blue Jackets back home to take on Anaheim tonight at 7 p.m.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS VS. ANAHEIM DUCKS TV: Bally Sports Ohio Jeff Rimer (play-by-play), Jody Shelley (color analyst), Dave Maetzold (reporter) Radio: 97.1 The Fan Bob McElligott (play-by-play), Dylan Tyrer (host) THE MATCHUP COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS 2021-22 Record: 13-11-0, 26 pts. (5th, Metropolitan Division) Goals: 3.25 Goals-For/3.33 Goals-Against… Shots: 29.7 Shots-For/34.6 Shots-Against Power […]
Columbus Blue Jackets News: McCONNELL EDUCATION FOUNDATION AWARDS GRANTS TO 37 CENTRAL OHIO HIGH SCHOOL HOCKEY TEAMS TONIGHT AT NATIONWIDE ARENA
DECEMBER 9, 2021 COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have announced the McConnell Education Foundation will award grants tonight to 37 Columbus-area high school hockey programs for the 24th consecutive year. The Foundation has a mission to support the cultivation and growth of youth and high […]
Blue Jackets recall Bemstrom, assign Harrington to Cleveland
DECEMBER 8, 2021 COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets have recalled right wing Emil Bemstrom from the Cleveland Monsters and assigned defenseman Scott Harrington to the American Hockey League club, General Manager and Alternate Governor Jarmo Kekalainen announced today. Bemstrom, 22, has registered a goal […]
Blue Jackets, Monsters announce multi-year extension agreement
DECEMBER 7, 2021 COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Columbus Blue Jackets and Cleveland Monsters announced today that the organizations have reached a multi-year agreement for the Monsters to remain as the Blue Jackets’ American Hockey League affiliate, extending a relationship that began in 2015. “The relationship between […]
NFL News: Top Seven statistical highlights from Week 13 Sunday
A look at seven statistical highlights from games played at 1:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. ET on Sunday, December 5, the 13th week of the 2021 season. There have been 26 games decided by a game-winning score on the final play this season, the most through […]
NFL News: Playoff Scenarios for Week 14
AFC CLINCHED: None (no scenarios this week) NFC CLINCHED: None ARIZONA CARDINALS (10-2) (vs. L.A. Rams (8-4), Monday night, 8:15 PM ET, ESPN) Arizona clinches playoff berth with: ARI win or tie OR MIN loss or tie + SF loss OR MIN loss or tie + NO loss […]
NFL Week 14 opens tonight with Steelers visiting Vikings
THURSDAY NIGHT PREVIEW: PITTSBURGH STEELERS (6-5-1) AT MINNESOTA VIKINGS (5-7) Week 14 of the 2021 NFL season gets underway on Thursday, December 9 (8:20 PM ET, FOX/NFL Network/Amazon) as the Pittsburgh Steelers (6-5-1) visit the Minnesota Vikings (5-7) in a key late-season interconference matchup. Each […]
NFL News: Cowboys-Saints Draws Viewership of 16.8 Million Across All Platforms
Viewership of 16.8 Million Across TV and Digital – Up +19% vs. Both 2020 11-Game Average & 2020 Week 13 ‘Thursday Night Football’ Matchup Average Minute Audience on All Digital Platforms, Including Prime Video, Hits 1.5 Million – Up +41% vs. Both 2020 11-Game Average […]
NFL News: Three players suspended for violations of COVID-19 Protocols
The National Football League announced today discipline of three players for violating jointly developed and administered NFL-NFLPA COVID-19 protocols. Tampa Bay’s Antonio Brown and Mike Edwards have each been suspended without pay for the next three games. Free agent John Franklin III, if signed by […]