With the end of the college football season in sight, the annual guessing game begins regarding which coaches will be moving on, others that will be canned, and what the staffs of those who move to other jobs might look like. Given the still thin ranks of Black coaches, especially on the college level, it’s always worth following to see which ones get opportunities, where those are, and whether they get the prestige gigs at Power five schools. A prime example is at Texas A&M, where Kevin Sumlin is facing arguably his most critical off-season. You would think that an…
Author: Ron Wynn
If the Tennessee Titans had acquired Andre Johnson four or five years ago rather than last Saturday, there’s little doubt everyone around the NFL would have been impressed. Johnson has been a major thorn in their side for much of his career, and has amassed stats that are surefire Hall of Fame credentials upon his retirement. But Johnson is now on his third AFC South team in three years, and last sea- son with the Indianapolis Colts was among the worse he’s endured. Johnson had only 41 catches for 503 yards and four touchdowns while starting 14 of 16 games.…
The Nashville Sounds continued their march toward the Pacific Coast League playoffs Sunday with a 6-2 road victory over the New Orleans Zephyrs. It improved their record to 61-48 and gave them a nine game cushion in their division with little more than a month of the regular season remaining. In fact playoff tickets go on sale August 15. At times offense has been one of their few problems this year, but that certainly wasn’t the case Sunday. They had 11 hits for the game, and jumped ahead quickly with a three-run third inning. Colin Walsh’s leadoff home run, his…
The biggest free agent question of the NBA season was answered Monday as All-Pro Forward Kevin Durant announced he would be joining Western Conference champions Golden State this coming season. Teams cannot formally sign players until Friday. But it is widely expected that Durant on that day will sign a two-year deal for $54 million with a player option on the second year. The NBA salary cap is expected to surge again in the 2017-18 season to over $100 million dollars. Durant played his previous nine seasons for the Oklahoma City Thunder. He averaged 27 points, seven rebounds and seven…
There are a handful of people in any profession whose importance far surpasses their job title, and legendary basketball coach Pat Summitt, who died this week at 64, is certainly one of those people. The case can be made that when it comes to women’s basketball, NO one, be- fore or after, has been as influential. That impact extends far beyond her amazing statistics of eight national championships, 1,098 career victories, seven NCAA coach of the year awards, and no losing records in 38 years as a head coach. There’s also a playing career that includes a 1976 silver medal…
Though it won’t have the services of either the regular season or finals MVP selections, the 12-member squad for USA men’s basketball is still the prohibitive favorite for the gold medal in the upcoming Summer Olympics. Both the Golden State Warriors Stephen Curry and Cleveland Cavaliers Lebron James previously announced they would not be participating in this Olympics, which gets underway in Rio in August. But the two teams from this year’s finals will still be represented. Guard Kyrie Irving, who was a strong contender for the NBA Finals MVP award behind James, will represent the Cavaliers. Draymond Green is…