Sports

JT Barrett named Big Ten All-Decade first team quarterback

The quarterback is the leading position in soccer, perhaps in all sports. College football team seasons are often made or broken by their quarterback’s play. Perhaps that’s why, in announcing their 2010-19 All-Decade team, the Big Ten waited until the end of the week to announce the quarterback after revealing …

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Bob Nightengale of USA Today really didn’t give the proper context to Joe Maddon’s quotes about MLB players who choose not to participate in the 2020 season

On Friday morning, MLB USA Today reporter Bob Nightengale tweeted several quotes from the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Orange County, California manager Joe Maddon, talking about COVID-19 and the players who could choose not to participate in the 2020 season. Here’s a screenshot of Nightengale’s now-deleted tweet that caused …

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Austin Peay coach Mark Hudspeth resigns after 11-win season

Austin Peay football coach Mark Hudspeth, who led the show to a record 11 wins and an Ohio Valley Conference championship last season, abruptly resigned on Friday. In a university statement, Hudspeth mentioned the need to spend more time with his family and said he would return to training “at …

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COVID-19 Cases in Georgia Continue to Grow

That’s less than 3,472 recently reported cases the day before, setting a record for the number of new cases. Also on Friday, the state Department of Public Health reported 7 more deaths from the disease. To date, Georgia has reported 90,493 confirmed cases and 2,856 deaths attributed to COVID-19.

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