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Alabama Crimson Tide among schools to not disclose NIL data | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

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Arkansas

CFB Week 5 betting cheat sheet

Significant sports stories inevitably impact the betting world, even if they involve a sensitive topic. That’s just the nature of the business because that’s exactly what it is. This business involves a great deal of money, and industry experts must approach unique variables just like they would an injury or any other development. Hurricane Ian […]

Arkansas

How Sam Pittman and his fellow Arkansas coaches ushered in a historic athletic era

In September 2021, Sam Pittman smiled as he sat at the table for his postgame interview after Arkansas beat Texas A&M in Arlington, Texas, ending a nine-year losing streak to the Aggies, their longtime SEC (and SWC) rivals. Pittman took in the significance of the win, a momentous hurdle cleared in his rebuild of a […]

Arkansas

Bobby Petrino returns to Arkansas and faces his past

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Bobby Petrino knows what’s coming. He has been called many things over the years, but he is not naive. The job he’s done in resurrecting a moribund Missouri State program and turning the Bears into FCS title contenders speaks for itself. But this week, Petrino’s past, and not his present, will be […]

Alabama

NIL: Power 5 commissioners urge congress to take action | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

The Power 5 conference commissioners say boosters are inducing high school and transfer athletes to attend their affiliated universities with “payments inaccurately labeled as NIL,” and they are encouraging Congress to make such actions illegal. In a two-page letter obtained by Sports Illustrated and sent to Sens. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) and Joe Manchin (D-WV), the […]

Alabama

Tommy Tuberville leading new congressional push for NIL regulation | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

Tommy Tuberville, the college football coach turned U.S. senator, is spearheading the latest congressional movement to regulate name, image and likeness (NIL). In an interview this week, the 67-year-old Republican senator from Alabama announced his intent to draft a bipartisan NIL bill with fellow senator Joe Manchin, a conservative Democrat from West Virginia. In a […]

Mayor

Around the Way with EJ: Mayor Sherman Lea

ROANOKE, Va. – We’ve seen him for years in a suit and tie as a Roanoke City Councilman and now as the Mayor of Roanoke. But there’s more to Sherman Lea than just the title and position he holds. “I’m a father and a grandfather and I enjoy athletics. Athletics have been good to me. […]

Alabama

Midterm updates | Nguyen in runoff in Democratic SoS primary | National News | #republicans | #Alabama | #GOP

ATLANTA — State Rep. Bee Nguyen is advancing to a runoff in the Democratic primary for Georgia secretary of state. It was too early to tell which of the other four Democratic candidates she will face in the June 21 contest. They are Floyd Griffin, a state senator and former mayor of the city of […]

Alabama

2022 primaries: Live updates on May 24 races | #elections | #alabama

ATLANTA — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, who was a top target of former President Donald Trump, has won the Republican primary as he seeks reelection. Raffensperger beat three challengers, including Trump-endorsed U.S. Rep. Jody Hice, who had criticized his handling of the 2020 election. Raffensperger was among Trump’s chief targets when the former […]