The Big Ten conference announced that all fall sports programs will have a reduced schedule made up of conference-only matchups on Thursday. This news is a punch in the gut for sports fans who were holding out some hope that the fall season wouldn’t be affected by the virus. However, …
Read More »Buddy Teevens on Ivy League’s Decision
Dartmouth head football coach Buddy Teevens joined Steve Russell in Sportscene yesterday. He discussed the Ivy League’s decision to have no sports in the fall. On Wednesday, the Ivy League became the first NCAA Division I conference to cancel all competitive sports until January 1. The league made no decisions …
Read More »Austin Peay Hires P.K. Yongue Alum As Head Football Coach
Austin Peay State University has promoted their associate head football coach Marquase Lovings to the new interim head football coach for the 2020 season. Former Austin Peay State University Head Coach Mark Hudspeth resigned abruptly on Friday. https://twitter.com/letsgopeay/status/1280609186670403588 Gainesville Grown Lovings is a former P.K. Yongue student who grew up with …
Read More »Big Ten Opts for Conference-Only Schedule
The Big Ten Conference announced that it will be playing conference-only schedule this fall. Like the Ivy League’s decision, this impacts football too. This was the first Power 5 Conference to make this move. However, the ACC has already announced that it will delay the start of fall sports until …
Read More »Oliver Crawford turns pro
After three years, Oliver Crawford has decided to go pro. The young athlete caught up with Steve Russell on Sportscene to discuss his big decision. Crawford’s career The 5’10 ace has had an impressive career at Florida. He is 63-22 in overall singles, as well as 23-5 in the SEC. …
Read More »Stanford cuts 11 sports programs
Once the 2020-2021 school year subsides, Stanford plans to cut 11 of their 36 varsity sports. This decision came earlier this week in an attempt to reduce the programs and staffing. Stanford sports What sports will be seeing their last season? The 11 sports cut include men’s and women’s fencing, …
Read More »Joel Embiid Returning to Play
Despite his concerns, Philadelphia 76ers Center Joel Embiid will return to play in Orlando. This decision came as he made a very mixed stance on the idea of returning. Embiid feels he can’t trust other players to be responsible and follow all the protocols. He claims to follow all the …
Read More »Ivy League Says No Sports in Fall
Yes, even football. The Ivy League announced it won’t be playing any sports in the fall. They have yet to make a decision on winter and spring sports. The Ivy League said as well it will no consider bringing back sports until Jan. 1. ESPN senior writer Heather Dinich said …
Read More »Mark Calcavecchia Talks Career
The cancellation of fan-attendance in the PGA Tour makes people wonder if the tour will ever welcome back its fans. Former Gator golfer and PGA Senior Tour member Mark Calcavecchia gave shared his thoughts in a recent interview. The PGA Tour will be making it’s next stop at the Muirfield …
Read More »Tre Mann Withdraws from NBA Draft and Returns to Florida for Sophomore Season
Tre Mann announced on Tuesday that he will withdraw from the NBA draft and play with Florida for his sophomore season. He posted the announcement in his social media as he stated that he wanted to “continue growing as a player and as a person”. https://twitter.com/tre2mann3/status/1280612891360665600 Mann was one of …
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