North Carolina’s Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday the state hopes to lift mandatory social distancing, capacity and mass gathering restrictions by June 1. “The more we encourage people to get their shots, the sooner we can put this pandemic in our rearview mirror,” Cooper said. To date, North Carolina has administered over 6.5 million vaccines. More
The South Carolina Gamecocks’ secondary is slightly sparse. When defensive backs spoke to the media last week, 247Sports reports, there were only about half the available scholarship position players that assistant coaches Clayton White and Torrian Gray have available to them. “The secondary is very much a work in progress, as the defensive staff waits More
With coaches limited to Zooms and phone calls since the dead period was implemented in March 2020, Jimbo Fisher said he looks forward to the sense of normalcy that will return with the NCAA approving the regular sport-specific recruiting calendars starting June 1. “I think it’s very big,” he said on Friday, per Gigem247. “Because More
Kentucky’s new offensive coordinator Liam Coen said he didn’t have to sell his game plan to the older guys on the team but that they do have some improvements to make after the Wildcats’ spring scrimmage. “I didn’t have to sell anything,” Coen said, per the Lexington Herald Leader. “These guys knew that they needed More
The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions has announced penalties against Youngstown State University after it was determined that the university failed to monitor its football program. 247Sports’ Dean Straka reports that the violations, which were committed while the program was under the leadership of Bo Pelini, included “an assistant coach having impermissible contacts with More
After parting ways with former head coach Shaka Smart and hiring new head coach Chris Beard this spring, the Texas Longhorns figure to be a major power in the league right away. The team may have fallen to Abilene Christian in the first round of the NCAA Tournament this year under Smart, but 247Sports‘ Robbie More
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office is responding to a report that she recently traveled out of state to vacation in Florida, but her office says she defied the recommendations she urges her constituents to abide to visit her ill father. Michigan’s Republican Party said in a Monday press release that Whitmer’s travel to Florida contradicts More
Barry Bonds hasn’t attracted much attention since leaving the league in 2007, but he did resurface for a small stint as the Miami Marlins hitting coach in 2016. It lasted only one season — with good reason. Former team president David Samson said Thursday during his weekly appearance on The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz More
Deshaun Watson’s team answered the lawsuits filed against the Houston Texans quarterback on Monday, saying that he didn’t engage in any improper conduct. “The answer to the question of whether we are saying that all 22 plaintiffs are lying about the allegations of sexual misconduct by Mr. Watson is a resounding yes,” the Monday statement More
