During the next month, the nine-year-old venue will have just one occupant, the U.S. national soccer team, which has chosen the stadium as its main training base for the World Cup. The temporary change in ownership is heralded by a giant orange orb the size of a hot-air balloon, adorned with the U.S. Soccer logo and tethered to a rise just outside the stadium.
Mendoza completed his bachelor's degree in business administration and management in his three years at Cal before transferring to Indiana last year. Mendoza won the Heisman Trophy, led the Hoosiers to the National Championship and was selected by the Raiders with the number one pick in this year's NFL Draft.
“My decision to bring in a new coach was based on the results of our game in Denver,” Pegula said. “I want to take you in the locker room after that game. I looked around, the first thing I noticed was our quarterback with his head down, crying. I looked at all the other players. I looked at their faces and our coaches. I walked over to Josh, he didn't even acknowledge I was there.”
A lawsuit filed Monday in Texas' Lubbock County District Court requests that Sorsby be declared eligible for all team activities because the NCAA "failed to comply with its contractual commitments" to him as a student-athlete and therefore "is precluded from enforcing its gambling bylaws against Mr. Sorsby to deny or withhold his reinstatement."
The NFL revealed the matchups for all nine international games on Wednesday, with the Jacksonville Jaguars and San Francisco 49ers both playing two contests. The league's most ambitious global schedule to date spans seven countries and four continents, including its Australia debut (Week 1 in Melbourne) and its first game in France (Week 7 in Paris).
Cristo Fernandez, who many will know as Dani Rojas, has now put pen to paper on a professional deal with US side El Paso Locomotive. Fernandez spent two months on trial with the Texas-based side, who play in the USL Championship, before signing professional terms.
Kiffin centers his self-justification around the college football calendar, which is fair. As currently organized, the calendar really is absolutely fucked, requiring coaches and students alike to make major decisions about their futures while the season is still ongoing. There was no reasonable scenario in which Kiffin could've delayed taking the LSU job till Ole Miss's playoff run came to an end. But while it is kinda true that the calendar forced his hand, it's also kinda besides the point.
Qualifying begins Wednesday for the Northern Regional at Los Robles Golf Course. The top 20 players from the three regionals advance to the individual finals May 21 at River Ridge Country Club.
DIVISION I #1 Taft d. #9 East Valley, 25-23, 23-25, 25-8, 25-18 #4 North Hollywood d. #5 VAAS, 3-2 #3 Cleveland d. #6 Vaughn, 25-23, 25-22, 25-23 #2 Sylmar d. #7 Larchmont Charter, 25-20, 25-18, 25-20
"Growing up in South Los Angeles taught me a lot. It taught me to stay focused in order to be able to go where I want to go, and that's to the NFL. You have to stay in the classroom and do what you're told to do."
Brendan Sorsby is entering a residential treatment program for a gambling addiction and will be away from the team indefinitely, he and the Red Raiders announced Monday in a joint statement.
