Spampinato, 21, finished three rounds at 6-under-par 210 to win by a shot over 23-year-old Alex Zurat of Rochester’s Oak Hill Country Club and Scarsdale’s James Allen, who just finished his senior season at Penn State University.
The Buffalo News will keep track of the Big 4’s men’s and women’s nonconference opponents as they are announced, reported or confirmed.
NIL and school collectives aren't changing the game for Big 4 athletic programs yet. That may change
Collectives for the Big 4’s athletic programs are mostly young, and they haven’t had the initial, high-profile impact that tends to come with NIL opportunities.
Now that the collectives are up and running, each has set its own goals, and each faces its own challenges. That includes dispelling some of the myths that surround collectives and NIL, as the landscape of college sports continues to change.
The Buffalo News is keeping track of high school players who commit to the UB football program.
Wrestlers who committed to Buffalo State spoke with The Buffalo News the day after the coaching change was announced. Their responses ranged from shock and anger to even resiliency.
Buffalo State’s administration confirmed Wednesday morning to The News that women’s wrestling head coach Steve Hart and assistant coach Kellen Devlin are no longer employed by the school, adding in a statement that a search process is underway for a new head coach.
FORT WORTH, Texas — Fort Worth’s ability to grow exponentially while few notice remains one its greatest strengths and fatal flaws. There remains a loyal sector of the population who love Fort Worth and would prefer it not be listed on a map, and blocked to GPS. There are those who love Fort Worth and would prefer it take the “Austin” or “Nashville” track to growth. According to the latest ...
DALLAS — Arch Manning is in the game. After being one of college football’s most notable names to not opt in to the upcoming EA Sports College Football 25 video game, the Texas quarterback announced via social media on Tuesday that he will, in fact, be a part of the highly-anticipated release. The announcement featured Eli Manning, a two-time Super Bowl winner and Arch’s uncle, calling plays ...
NIL and school collectives aren't changing the game for Big 4 athletic programs yet. That may change
Collectives for the Big 4’s athletic programs are mostly young, and they haven’t had the initial, high-profile impact that tends to come with NIL opportunities.
Now that the collectives are up and running, each has set its own goals, and each faces its own challenges. That includes dispelling some of the myths that surround collectives and NIL, as the landscape of college sports continues to change.
BALTIMORE — Minnesota Vikings rookie Khyree Jackson and two other former college football players died in a car crash in Upper Marlboro early Saturday morning, Maryland State Police said. Jackson, 24, from Waldorf, and Isaiah Hazel, 23, from Upper Marlboro, were pronounced dead at the scene by emergency services, while Anthony Lytton Jr., 24, from Upper Marlboro, was pronounced dead at the ...
The Buffalo News is keeping track of high school players who commit to the UB football program.
Wrestlers who committed to Buffalo State spoke with The Buffalo News the day after the coaching change was announced. Their responses ranged from shock and anger to even resiliency.
DETROIT — During his high school playing days in Texas, before he received any college scholarship offers, Michigan quarterback Alex Orji would hear from those who were more supportive of him switching positions than sticking with the one he loved. “All the time,” Orji said before co-hosting a youth quarterback camp in Detroit with Michigan State quarterback Aidan Chiles last Sunday. He is ...
Buffalo State’s administration confirmed Wednesday morning to The News that women’s wrestling head coach Steve Hart and assistant coach Kellen Devlin are no longer employed by the school, adding in a statement that a search process is underway for a new head coach.
Alnutt will serve a three-year term as chair of the FBS oversight committee.
LOS ANGELES — For years, Chip Kelly's assistant coaches sounded a we'll-get-back-to-you refrain with high school recruits as part of an agonizing, slow-speed pursuit. The staff's reluctance to pounce on prospects was among the reasons UCLA ranked last in the nation in scholarship offers and built little buzz in recruiting circles, with the results to match. Scott Taylor was among the last ...
FORT WORTH, Texas — Bill Montigel now joins Bill Belichick and Wade Phillips as examples of coaches who are considered “too old” to do their job when all they want to do is to just keep coaching. And yet none of the above is quite old enough to be President of the United States. Among the many differences between the former TCU men’s golf coach and the former NFL head football coaches, only ...
In an ever changing college landscape, it’s become rare to see a blue-chip recruit actually redshirt and decide to stick around at his program. The allure of playing time and quick money from name, image and likeness is always tempting for any athlete. But Texas Christian University redshirt freshman Isaiah Manning has always marched to the beat of his own drum. It wasn’t easy redshirting for ...
Texas and Oklahoma are finally making their long-awaited conference switch. But first, it’s time to party with Bevo (the longhorn) and Pitbull (the human).
Total attendance at 2024’s Greatest Show on Dirt was 371,818 and would have broken last year’s all-time record if an extra game was necessary.
The beloved sportscaster has been with ESPN since 1979, the year the network launched, and called ESPN’s first-ever college basketball broadcast.
Weitz says she made her pitch light-heartedly but noted the school faces a $58 million budget shortfall. Her proposal might be dead on arrival as fellow regents laughed at idea.
Spatafora replaces Rob McCoy, who resigned June 20 to become the head baseball coach at William & Mary.
It’s the Golden Griffins’ home opener and the home debut for new Canisius coach Jim Christian, who was hired in April. This will be the 172nd game between the Bonnies and Griffs.
BOONE, N.C. — In North Carolina’s mountains, a football coach named Jerry Moore led Appalachian State to new heights two decades ago. Now 84, Moore coached the Mountaineers from 1989-2012 and built a dynasty. In 2005, 2006 and 2007, he directed the Mountaineers all the way to the top of the mountain, winning three straight national titles at the FCS level. Those were the first three NCAA ...
There are two lessons: 1. They will all leave. All of them. Coaches and players are effectively on one-year contracts, so plan accordingly. 2. The spirit of DeLoss Dodds has infiltrated the body of Chris Del Conte. The last week of June of 2024 will long be remembered as a “high point” in the love affair between the University of Texas and Texas A&M; when Bevo nabbed the Reveille’s baseball ...
Mark Alnutt, who is in his sixth year as UB’s athletic director, was among the top candidates for the opening that was created in April when Laird Veatch became Missouri’s athletic director after 4½ years in the same role at Memphis.
AP photographers are making the most of the European Championship. They were on site when France superstar Kylian Mbappé took part in a training session wearing a protective face mask in the colors of the French flag.