Alex Byington

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As a walk-on out of tiny Pelham, Ala., Dabo Swinney never expected football — let alone coaching it — to be his way out of poverty. That is until legendary Alabama head coach Gene Stallings didn’t give him a choice in the matter. Swinney’s story from unheralded walk-on receiver to multi-year letterwinner and national champion — both as a player and, eventually, head coach — is what Disney movies are made of.

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UCLA slugger Megan Grant brought the Bruins’ season back from the brink when she drilled a game-tying, two-run home run with two outs in the top of the seventh of Sunday afternoon’s Women’s College World Series elimination game against Tennessee. But in the excitement surrounded by her UCLA teammates, Grant stepped right over home plate and had to be prompted by teammate Alexis Ramirez before she actually stepped on the plate for the potential game-tying run.

4 days ago | on3.com | Alex Byington

Last week, SEC commissioner Greg Sankey closed out the conference’s annual Spring meetings by distributing a packet with favorable analytics that made the case the SEC is unlike “any other,” according to Yahoo! Sports’ Ross Dellenger. The point was clear: the SEC “stands alone” when compared to other conferences and deserves special consideration from the College Football Playoff selection committee.

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The college sports world remains in a state of limbo while U.S. District Court Judge Claudia Wilken enters her fourth week weighing final approval of the revised House v. NCAA settlement after defendants capitulated to her request to grandfather in any student-athletes that are negatively impacted by the settlement’s proposed roster limits. Wilken’s delay — June 7 will mark a full month since she received the revised agreement — in finalizing the landmark House v.

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Skip to main contentFormer ESPN commentator Pablo Torre has been at the forefront of much of the bombshell reporting around Bill Belichick and Jordon Hudson that’s made the pair popular headline fodder throughout the first half of 2020. Two weeks ago, that included an in-depth piece on his Pablo Torre Finds Out podcast about the infamous 2023 Ring video featuring the six-time Super Bowl champion head coach shirtless outside a Massachusetts Airbnb.