Published on Oct. 26, 2022, at 7:45 p.m. by Carleigh Clark. Name, image and likeness. Three words that have changed the landscape of college athletics almost overnight. NIL deals created millionaires out of college athletes seemingly instantaneously. The National Collegiate Athletic Association voted on June 30, 2021, to
Published on March 30, 2022, at 6:55 p.m. by Katie Holec. “The Worldwide Leader in Sports” — better known as ESPN — launched in 1979. Many consumers sat in front of their TVs to watch the premiere episode of “SportsCenter.” Since then, ESPN has created a name for itself. Its
Published on January 29, 2020 at 8:37 p.m. by Allie Rose. I was eating lunch with friends on Sunday, Jan. 26, when all around the restaurant people were struck with the news that basketball legend Kobe Bryant had passed. He and his daughter Gianna died
Published on September 26, 2016, at 4:21 p.m. by Mary Catherine Molay. Opening week for the National Football League (NFL) brings in a lot of attention; however, this year, much of the media attention was negative as ESPN’s Fantasy Football app crashed — for hours.
Posted on December 9, 2015, 7:00 p.m. by Shelby Bonner. Fan or not of Kobe Bryant, the news of his emotional poem announcing that he would retire at the end of the current NBA season was one of the biggest sports news stories over Thanksgiving weekend. Bryant’s
Posted: April 3, 2015, 12:05 p.m. by Esther Workman. Snapchat is on the fast track to becoming the Kentucky basketball of social media, making slam dunks on and off the court. According to Adweek, Amazon and Hollister paid the company a hefty $750,000 each for
Posted: February 12, 2014, 2:40 p.m. by Shannon Auvil. On Feb. 9, 2014, University of Missouri defensive lineman Michael Sam revealed that he is gay via a breaking article in The New York Times. Sam was named Defensive Player of the Year in the Southeastern
Posted At: March 12, 2013 9:00 A.M. by Jessica Ruffin Millions of Americans sat horrified in front of their televisions as one of the tires and the flaming engine from Kyle Larson’s racecar went soaring into the stands at the Daytona 500 race on February 23,
Posted At: February 20, 2013 2:42 P.M. by Jessica Ruffin The smell of freshly mown grass fills your nose, mixing with the thud of shoulder pads colliding against one another. The sound of Air Jordans squeaking on the waxed floor becomes muffled by the growing noise
