Brett Yormark, the Big 12 commissioner, has been described by Sports Illustrated as “the college sports shark that never stops swimming.” Having lost Texas and Oklahoma to the SEC, he’s not playing around. He has no qualms about patrolling the waters of college football, looking for schools to steal away from other conferences. “We have a plan for expansion,” Yormark announced at Big 12 football media days earlier this month. “I’m not going to really address it today. Hopefully we can execute it sooner than later.” And so he has. On Thursday, Colorado, following a unanimous vote of approval ..read more

For weeks, NewsNation has been reporting that asylum-seekers and migrants at the Texas border are suffering in searing triple-digit heat. I recently watched a video of several families, waist-deep in water, lifting their children over razor wire to waiting hands on the other side. My breath caught as one toddler with pink pants and pigtails bobbled in the handoff and almost slipped from her father’s hands. The desperation of these parents couldn’t have been more clear. What realities lay behind them, that they would take such risks to find a better place for their families? T ..read more

Steve Bartle Share Share Email Steve and Porter give their reactions to Colorado officially moving to the Big10, how that will affect the pending Pac-12 Media Rights negotiations, how conference realignment is changing the CFB landscape and more! Source link ..read more

As college graduates struggle under piles of unpaid loans, Democrats and Republicans are bringing very different ideas to the table on how to deal with the rising cost of higher education. The average yearly tuition at a public university was $9,400 in 2021, and $35,000 at a private university, according to federal statistics — and by all measures it is still rising fast. Earlier this week, the Biden administration revealed its plans to cancel $130 million in federal student debt for more than 7,000 attendees of a for-profit Colorado college that allegedly used deceptive marketing strategie ..read more

Johnny Juzang does not believe that he’s even scratched the surface on what he can do when it comes to his NBA career and he feels like this year can be a stepping stone toward realizing his potential. “I’ve got a lot to prove and to show who I really am,” Juzang said. “I’m excited and that drives me.” On July 19, the Utah Jazz announced they had re-signed Juzang to a two-way contract, giving Juzang another year to split between the Jazz and the Salt Lake City Stars. “I’m excited to be back,” Juzang said. “I love being in Utah, genuinely. So, I’m really excited to go out there and show what ..read more

Porter Larsen Share Share Email Smitty and Porter break down the Pac12 losing Colorado, they discuss how the Pac12 might recover from losing 3 teams in 13 months, his thoughts on the evolution of College Sports in the light of NIL and conference realignment, what the Utah Jazz looks like after the rebuild and more! Source link ..read more

Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff spent last week in Las Vegas telling the college football world that everything was fine: The Pac-12 was on the verge of a media rights deal that would stabilize the conference. “We’ll get our media rights deal done, we’ll announce the deal,” he said. “I think the realignment that’s going on in college athletics will come to an end for this cycle. … The longer we wait for the media deal, the better our options get. “ It was hard to believe at times — especially as Colorado’s athletic director slipped out of town without answering questions about his univ ..read more

Share Share Email Porter talks with Tony Parks, Joshua Newman, Steve Bartle, and Richard Smith on all things around the sports world. They discuss the Pac12 losing Colorado, how conference realignment and super conferences might affect schools who have smaller markets, what this means for the Utes, what the Jazz are up to in the offseason and more! Porter and Paul Pugmire give a PGA update, what the Local Pros are up to and more on this episode of the Drive. Source link ..read more

(Bob Schutz | AP) Dolly the elephant and Dottie the donkey are placed in a pen at Storytown in Lake George, New York, Aug. 24, 1972, where both are part of a circus act. By Ladd Johnson | For The Salt Lake Tribune   | July 27, 2023, 8:00 p.m. | Updated: 11:48 p.m. I had the honor last fall of running as a candidate of the United Utah Party for the Utah Legislature (House District 46 in Draper/Bluffdale). I enjoyed the hundreds of conversations I had with residents as I knocked doors during my campaign. In one of those conversations about my views on how we could improve go ..read more

Soccer legends Marta of Brazil and Christine Sinclair of Canada are staring down history once again. Marta and Sinclair could become the first player — man or woman — to score in six World Cups. The pair are in an elite club with Cristiano Ronaldo as the only players to score in five World Cups, according to ESPN. Marta and Sinclair were the first to do so in 2019. Ronaldo joined them in 2022. Sinclair had a chance from the penalty spot in Canada’s first group stage match against Nigeria but missed. She also failed to find the back of the net in Canada’s win over the Republic of Ireland on ..read more