Category: College Sports

USC Football Players to Deliver Food to Homeless People on Skid Row

September 26, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—Several USC football players will deliver food left over from this weekend’s game to homeless people on Skid Row on Sept. 26, coinciding with the Trojans’ annual Zero Waste Game. The effort will be led by injured quarterback Mo Hasan, the founder and operator of the nonprofit organization Second Spoon, which regularly distributes extra…

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UT-San Antonio Drops ‘Come and Take It’ Football Rallying Cry After Accusation of Racism

September 10, 2021
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University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) said it will end the tradition of using “Come and Take It” as a rallying cry during football games. In a letter to students, faculty, staff and alumni, UTSA President Taylor Eighmy said he made the decision because it has become “a distraction” from the university’s mission. “I…

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Rutgers Football Player Enters Transfer Because of University’s COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

August 26, 2021
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A defensive back on Tuesday said he is leaving the Rutgers University football team because of the Big Ten school’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. “The University of Rutgers [sic] has made the COVID vaccine mandatory to attend school and play football, therefore I have no other choice but to enter my name into the transfer portal,”…

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Texas Women Win NCAA Rowing Championship

May 31, 2021
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SARASOTA, Fla.—The Texas women took first with a time of 6:17.387 in the varsity eights grand final, and the Longhorns won their first national title in the NCAA rowing championship on Sunday. Texas, Stanford, and Washington finished in a three-way tie with 126 points in the overall standings, with the tie broken by the varsity…

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EWU QB Eric Barriere Highlights AP FCS All-America Team

May 13, 2021
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Eastern Washington quarterback Eric Barriere, Sacred Heart running back Julius Chestnut, and VMI receiver Jakob Herres are among the Walter Payton Award finalists highlighting The Associated Press FCS All-America team released Wednesday. The Championship Subdivision’s spring season, pushed back nearly six months because of the pandemic, will conclude Sunday with the national title game between…

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Supreme Court Unsympathetic to NCAA Arguments Justifying not Paying Student-Athletes

March 31, 2021
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Before a skeptical Supreme Court this morning the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) defended its rules that preclude paying student-athletes. The Biden administration sided with the student-athletes during oral arguments March 31. The case is actually two cases that the court ordered heard together: National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Alston, court file 20-512, and American…

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University: Utah Star Freshman Running Back Ty Jordan Dead

December 26, 2020
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DALLAS—Ty Jordan, a star freshman running back for the University of Utah who grew up in the Dallas area, has died, school officials announced Saturday. Authorities in Texas and Utah have not released details about the circumstances of the Jordan’s death. A day earlier, the 19 year old was named Pac-12’s newcomer of the year….

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