Thursday, August 10, 2023

Who's to blame for college football conference realignment chaos?

Realignment chaos has roiled college football again, for better or worse. So who's to blame for it? Here is a list to start.

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Thu Aug 10 2023

 
The Oregon sideline calls a play during a Pac-12 matchup against Washington at Autzen Stadium Nov. 12, 2022.

Realignment chaos has roiled college football again, for better or worse. So who's to blame for it? Here is a list to start.

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Washington Commanders head coach Ron Rivera, left, talks with owner Josh Harris during an NFL football practice at the team's training facility, Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2023, in Ashburn, Va.
 

Message to the new Washington ownership group: the R-word is a slur

The Washington Commanders discarded their racist nickname three years ago for a reason. But the new ownership group is using it again. It's wrong.

Green Bay Packers tight end Luke Musgrave (88) during the first day of practice of the Green Bay Packers' 2023 training camp on Wednesday, July 26, 2023 at Ray NitschkeField in Green Bay, Wis.
 

33 NFL training camp standout players you need to know in 2023

August is a time when hype runs rampant in the NFL, and these 33 training camp standouts have sparked plenty of optimism with their play.

Phillies starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen is doused with water by first baseman Alec Bohm after pitching a no-hitter against the Nationals.
 

Phillies' Michael Lorenzen throws season's fourth no-hitter

Michael Lorenzen wasn't the highest-profile acquisition at Major League Baseball's trade deadline. So far, though, he's been the greatest.

Green Bay Packers guard Elgton Jenkins stretches during practice on Monday, July 31, 2023, at Ray Nitschke Field in Green Bay, Wis.
 

Packers player tossed from joint practice with Bengals

Elgton Jenkins, the Green Bay Packers' Pro Bowl guard, got into two skirmishes with Cincinnati Bengals defenders and was ejected from practice.

The Carolina Panthers and the New York Jets held a joint training camp practice at Wofford in Spartanburg on Aug. 9, 2023.   New York Jets quarterback Aaron Rodgers (8), center, waves to fans after practice.
 

Aaron Rodgers engages in playful trash talk with opposing fan

Aaron Rodgers likely won't play this preseason, but that didn't stop the QB from having fun during the Jets' joint practice with the Panthers.

Northwestern football players are reflected in a helmet during drills at practice at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside campus on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, in Kenosha, Wi. The National Labor Relations Board on Monday, Aug. 17, 2015, overturned a historic ruling that gave Northwestern University football players the go-ahead to form the nation's first college athletes' union, saying the prospect of union and non-union   teams could throw off the competitive balance in college football. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)
 

Northwestern football coaches wear 'offensive and tone deaf' T-shirts

Several Northwestern coaches were seen with T-shirts that featured "Cats Against the World" and No.51, fired coach Pat Fitzgerald's old jersey number.

Boston Red Sox left fielder Masataka Yoshida holds up the baseball after it broke the lens of the "OUT" indicator light, resting inside the scoreboard for a ground-rule double.
 

Watch: Ball gets stuck in broken light on Green Monster wall

The old cliché that would see something new every day at the old ballpark held true Wednesday night at Fenway Park.

Texas A&M quarterback Johnny Manziel (2) and wide receiver Mike Evans before a game against Mississippi State at Kyle Field on Nov. 9, 2013.
 

Johnny Manziel's former teammate applauds mental health conversation

Johnny Manziel's former Texas A&M teammate Mike Evans calls the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner's conversation about mental health as "noble."

Eric Bieniemy waves to fans while walking to the fields at Commanders training camp.
 

Commanders' Ron Rivera walks back controversial comments on OC

Eric Bieniemy, 53, is entering his first season with the Washington Commanders after five prolific seasons with the Kansas City Chiefs.

 

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