Articles for Spring Games

Texas is the latest school to cancel its spring game, a college tradition that appears to be fading
1 month, 1 week ago

Texas is the latest school to cancel its spring game, a college tradition that appears to be fading

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — College football’s annual rite of spring seems to be withering. “We’re not going to have a spring game,” Sarkisian said in an interview with Kay Adams on the “Up & Adams Show.” It’s time to find a new way to develop players and preserve their bodies amid longer schedules, Sarkisian said. Nebraska coach Matt Rhule said earlier …

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USC joins Nebraska and Ohio State calling off its annual spring football game
1 month, 1 week ago

USC joins Nebraska and Ohio State calling off its annual spring football game

LA Times  

After years of showcasing its football team at the end of every spring, USC will not host a spring game, a person familiar with the decision not authorized to speak publicly told The Times on Wednesday. Spring games had been held at USC since Pete Carroll strolled the sidelines of the Coliseum, giving fans a chance for a first glimpse …

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Harbin welcomes Spring Festival with anticipation for Asian Winter Games
2 months ago

Harbin welcomes Spring Festival with anticipation for Asian Winter Games

China Daily  

People pose for photos with a snow sculpture of "Binbin," mascot of the 2025 Asian Winter Games, at the Harbin Ice-Snow World in Harbin, capital of Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, Jan 3, 2025. At the Harbin Ice-Snow World, a theme park dedicated to the Asian Winter Games, visitors are treated with a spectacular drone show celebrating the Chinese New Year. …

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Harbin welcomes Spring Festival with anticipation for Asian Winter Games
2 months ago

Harbin welcomes Spring Festival with anticipation for Asian Winter Games

China Daily  

A citizen runs past mascots of the 9th Asian Winter Games Harbin 2025 Binbin and Nini in Harbin, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, on Jan 8, 2025. During the Spring Festival holiday, many streets in Harbin are adorned with blue snowflake-shaped lights featuring the Asian Winter Games emblem. "The opening of the media village coincides with the Chinese New Year's Eve, …

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Shohei Ohtani has surgery to fix torn labrum, expected to be ready for spring training
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Shohei Ohtani has surgery to fix torn labrum, expected to be ready for spring training

LA Times  

Turns out, Shohei Ohtani was playing through more than just a partially dislocated shoulder in the World Series. The Dodgers announced Tuesday that Ohtani also suffered a torn labrum when he injured his left shoulder sliding into second base in Game 2. While the Dodgers managed to defeat the New York Yankees in five games to win their second championship …

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Mired in chaos off the field and winless on it, the Bears visit Washington hoping to spring an upset
1 year, 5 months ago

Mired in chaos off the field and winless on it, the Bears visit Washington hoping to spring an upset

Associated Press  

Ron Rivera understands what the Chicago Bears are going through. “When you lose, we’ve lost a couple games here this year, for me, everybody has frustrations,” said Matt Eberflus, who has lost more than a couple of games — 18 of 21 games actually — since taking over as Chicago’s coach. “We’ve got a lot of games in front of …

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ACC spring wrap: 14 players ready to break out in 2023
1 year, 11 months ago

ACC spring wrap: 14 players ready to break out in 2023

Associated Press  

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A look at football players in the Atlantic Coast Conference this spring who are poised to have standout seasons this fall in the now division-less league: BOSTON COLLEGE: OL Christian Mahogany was a second-team all-ACC selection in 2021 who missed all last year with a knee injury. GEORGIA TECH: QB Haynes King transferred from Texas A&M and …

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Freeze seeking top QB, tempers Auburn fans’ expectations
1 year, 11 months ago

Freeze seeking top QB, tempers Auburn fans’ expectations

Associated Press  

AUBURN, Ala. — Hugh Freeze’s to-do list includes choosing, or perhaps bringing in, a quarterback who can revive one of the nation’s worst passing offenses and closing the talent gap with Auburn’s rivals in the Southeastern Conference. Freeze is set to wrap up his first spring on the Plains on Saturday with those endeavors very much in progress, and wants …

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Column: New rules push baseball into fast-paced world
2 years ago

Column: New rules push baseball into fast-paced world

Associated Press  

Welcome to our fast-paced world, Major League Baseball. “Even some of the high-scoring games are under three hours.” Indeed, through the first week of spring training, there’s a whole lot to like about pitch clocks and larger bases and limits on infield shifts. “I don’t think this was intended for a game to end like that,” Braves manager Brian Snitker …

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14 Big Ten players poised to break out in 2022
2 years, 11 months ago

14 Big Ten players poised to break out in 2022

Associated Press  

The AP Top 25 college football poll is back every week throughout the season! A look at football players in the Big Ten this spring who are poised to have standout seasons this fall: EAST DIVISION INDIANA DL JH Tevis, senior. The 6-foot-7 Spann-Ford took a step forward as a pass-catcher last season with 23 receptions for 296 yards and …

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5 things to know about Alex Rodriguez's drug ban
11 years, 2 months ago

5 things to know about Alex Rodriguez's drug ban

Firstpost  

Rodriguez vowed to challenge Horowitz’s decision in federal court. Arbitrator Fredric Horowitz reduced Alex Rodriguez’s 211-game suspension, which was announced last Aug. 5 by Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig, to 162 games and any postseason games the New York Yankees play this year. It is the longest suspension ever under the drug agreement, which began in 2002, and it …

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