Tennessee football recruiting: 2027 Five-star RB David Gabriel Georges commits to Volunteers​

The No. 10 overall player and No. 2 running back in the 2027 class chose the Vols over Ohio State and Ole Miss​

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David Lloyd, Stephania Bell, Tom Pelissero part of ESPN, NFL Network layoffs

ESPN and NFL Network are saying goodbye to several on-air personalities as another wave of layoffs come to the Worldwide Leader in Sports.

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Ugh I knew they'd freaking ruin NFL network. Cant even watch it anymore bc its just another ESPN channel

MLS to investigate tampering allegation against Inter Miami over Casemiro transfer​

Major League Soccer has announced a review into a tampering allegation against Inter Miami in the signing of Brazilian midfielder Casemiro.

"The league is gathering all relevant information and will refrain from further comment until the review is complete," MLS said in a statement.

Sources confirmed to ESPN that the LA Galaxy filed a tampering claim against Inter Miami to MLS regarding contact with Casemiro without first acquiring the player's Discovery Priority.

Though Inter Miami and the Galaxy have since reached a settlement for the Discovery Priority of Casemiro, the league will continue to review the claim.

"While Inter Miami CF and the LA Galaxy have reached a settlement for the Discovery Priority to sign Casemiro, the terms will be released upon conclusion of the tampering investigation," MLS said in a statement.

MLS rules state that clubs can sign up to five players to their discovery list at any given time. By listing a player, that team holds the exclusive right to begin negotiations first without competition from other MLS clubs. LA Galaxy has discovery priority over Casemiro, forcing Inter Miami to acquire the player's rights from the Western Conference club.

"If a club wants to sign a player on the Discovery List of another club that has higher Discovery priority on the player, it may offer that club $50,000 in General Allocation Money in exchange for the right to sign the player," League rules state.
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Chiefs unveil renderings of planned $3B domed stadium in Kansas​

The Chiefs unveiled Wednesday the first renderings for their new stadium in Kansas that is scheduled to open for the NFL's 2031 season.

One of the biggest aspects of the design from MANICA, an architecture firm in Kansas City, Kansas, is that the $3 billion, fully enclosed dome will feature a ceiling of translucent ethylene tetrafluoroethylene panels. The new stadium's design also pays homage to Arrowhead Stadium, the Chiefs' longtime home venue in Missouri, which opened in 1972. Similar to Arrowhead, the dome will be built with a symmetrical and curved exterior, including a scalloped upper deck in each end zone, continuing the Chiefs' unique look when compared with other NFL stadiums.

In a statement released by the Chiefs, club owner Clark Hunt said the stadium will hold 70,000 seats and will be built with the intention of amplifying crowd noise, a request that he heard from several season-ticket members in multiple surveys. In 2014, Arrowhead regained the Guinness world record for loudest stadium -- after fans for the Seattle Seahawks broke the record -- with the fans' collective voices generating 142.2 decibels.



"From the beginning, our goal has been to build something that [improves] the gameday experience for every single fan," Hunt said in the statement. "This new stadium will do just that. It's spectacular. It honors the rich legacy of this franchise while setting a bold course for the future of Chiefs Kingdom."

In late December, Kansas lawmakers voted unanimously to allow for sales tax and revenue (STAR) bonds to be issued to cover up to 70% of the cost of the stadium and the accompanying mixed-use district, including the Chiefs' new training facility. Hunt said he and his family will commit $1 billion in additional development, a portion that will be incentivized by the STAR bonds.

In the team's statement, Hunt said the new stadium will still be an ideal place for Chiefs fans to tailgate, which has been a distinct aesthetic surrounding Arrowhead. The atmosphere hours before kickoff -- with tantalizing smells of barbecue -- is similar to that of a major college football campus. The new stadium will be surrounded by more than 20,000 parking spots.

"I've been thrilled with what I've seen," Hunt said in late March of the dome's potential. "It's very, very exciting. Our fanbase is going to get an incredible stadium, something that'll be iconic and serve the community well for a minimum of 30 years -- and hopefully closer to 60."
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Bestbuck36 said:

I'm pretty sure I couldn't hate these assholes more.

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There is always more.

Bestbuck36 said:

I'm pretty sure I couldn't hate these assholes more.

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Every time I think that, they do something to prove me wrong.

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Still don't understand the need to grasp on to Fry

As a fan of this stuff that has no real impact on me, I kind of take pride in losing all the recruiting battles that have shady folks in the background.

It says something that can’t quite be articulated but the proof’s in the pudding.

This was a silent portal entry as there was nothing about it until he committed

I guess I'm not surprised considering he came from the SEC to being with.


The offensive is probably going to be the main issue in 2027, having to replace Kaczmar, Eckelman, Simpson, Ellis and Frucht is a lot. Thankfully Harvey and Bemis are back so the returning cupboard isn't completely empty. Scholvin got drafted in the 15th round by the Twins, fingers crossed he doesn't sign as he would be a big piece.

That being said, basically every major pitcher from last year is back so the pitching should continue on the positive track.

I'm guessing they will still add a couple of more transfers, no new announcements though yet.

Definitely don't want his uncle to be near our facilities...trouble waiting to happen.

They got lucky Whittingham fell into their laps to help them maintain some form of "stability" for a couple of years, but they are going to just continue on the pre cheating path where 3+ loss seasons are the norm and they aren't really a serious national threat at all.

calibuck said:

Amazing! Vlad is still at the top of competitive wrestling at 35? What does this guy eat for breakfast?

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Not so much, but still competing. 2016 was his last Olympics. 2017 his last World Cup. Lost to Bassett and beat DiJulius in RAF 7 & 8.

There's plenty of comments about "Unc" that have to be saved for when this moves out of the recruiting thread

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Am certainly old enough to remember that of which you speak. Also recollect that the catholic schools in Cincy had a pipeline to ND. 'Don't bother recruiting them, they're going to ND'. Never did understand, unless Cincinnati was jealous that Columbus, (by all accounts less cosmopolitan than C'bus) got all the pub. Really never understood (and still don't). Especially since UC was not even in the same galaxy as tOSU. That being said, tOSU did pull some great players out of there, who donned the Scarlet & Gray. And in truth, green is a more powerful color than S&G, and Black (and whatever). Heck, even remember when ND hired a HC from a Cincy HS, who lasted maybe a week and a half (not really). Still, am still perplexed how Watterson, and Pickerington can put more recruits in tOSU ranks than the entire Columbus Public School system.

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Well, tbh Gerry Faust has a lot to do with the Cincinnati to ND pipeline(he was a successful HSFB coach at Moeller prior to coaching ND). UC isn't in the same stratosphere as OSU, but Cincinnati is essentially between Lexington/Louisville and Columbus. But the local tv for years aired UK and UL and not OSU, same with local radio stations. So its almost instilled in you here. I moved to OH in Middle school from New York, so I didn't even have much frame of reference for CFB. And the first time I saw Eddie George run the football I was hooked. UC is more of a bandwagon team down here, the fans are loud only when they're winning(i.e. the eras of Brian Kelly, Butch Jones and Luke Fickell)

RhodeIslandBuck said:

Is that the uncle who tweeted that? What hard work is he talking about? His nephew's? Using the term entitled there is laughable. Again, I don't know if it was his uncle or not, but if it is, yikes.

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Yes. He is indeed talking about himself in this tweet.