By: Matt Vines, Assistant Sports Information Director Story Links NATCHITOCHES – After a successful fall season, the Northwestern State tennis team is prepared to open its spring season this weekend with UT Tyler on Saturday and TCU on Sunday. NSU starts the season at 2 p.m. on Saturday and finishes 10 a.m. Sunday, both on TCU’s campus. NSU was originally scheduled to open with UT Arlington before COVID-19 protocols within the Mavericks program changed the schedule. The Lady Demons welcomed a nationally-ranked recruiting class of three members to mix with a respected group of five veterans. NSU coach…
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This was the place for Samuel Montembeault to land, and not just because it’s where he grew up. The 25-year-old Becancour, Que., native couldn’t have known it when the Montreal Canadiens claimed him on waivers from the Florida Panthers back on Oct. 2. Naturally, he was excited to be back in his home province and joining the team he pulled for as a kid, to still be in the NHL because Carey Price was away in the NHL/NHLPA players assistance program and the organization wanted goaltender-of-the-future Cayden Primeau playing games in the American Hockey League instead of watching games at…
Rich Gannon completed 34 of 38 passes for 352 yards on a Monday night in Denver in 2002. He threw three touchdowns and no interceptions. At one point, he threw an NFL-record 21 straight completions. It was about as close to a perfect game as one could aspire to in the NFL. “We were a pretty good offense that year,” Gannon, who was named MVP after quarterbacking Oakland’s NFL-best passing offense that season, said. “But it’s fun, you know? It’s not always that easy.” The term “perfect game” – usually reserved for the baseball diamond – made its way into…
Former NBA shooting guard Wayne Selden signed with Afyon Belediye of the Basketball Super League, the Turkish club announced. Wayne Selden MIN: 6.38 PTS: 1.67 (37.5%) REB: 0.33 As: 0.33 ST: 0 BL: 0 TO: 0 GM: 3 Afyon are 14th in the BSL right now, struggling to avoid relegation. After going undrafted out of Kansas in 2016, Selden logged time with the Pelicans, Grizzlies, and Bulls, plus several G League clubs. The 27-year-old wing then suited up for Israeli Basketball Premier League club Ironi Nes Ziona during the 2020-21 season, winning the FIBA Europe Cup title and being named…
With just one month left before it commences, the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series season is already being billed as one of monumental change. With the debut of NASCAR’s Next Gen car serving as the tip of the iceberg, the expectation is that this coming season will be one that brings stock car racing into the future and sets the standard for a new era of innovative cars and the stars that drive them.It should come as no surprise, then, that there has been considerable movement on the driver and team market. With the shift into NASCAR’s next generation now including…
MLB Trade Rumors | Anthony Franco: After Major League Baseball made an “offer” to the players’ union last week — the first meeting between the two sides since the lockout needlessly began — it was reported the other day that the MLBPA was in the process of preparing a counteroffer. Now, we know the date that the offer will be presented to the owners’ representatives: this coming Monday, January 24th. Marking just the second meeting between the two sides on the core economics issues, it does represent an iota of progress. Just don’t expect the owners to be all that…
MLB Trade Rumors | Anthony Franco: After Major League Baseball made an “offer” to the players’ union last week — the first meeting between the two sides since the lockout needlessly began — it was reported the other day that the MLBPA was in the process of preparing a counteroffer. Now, we know the date that the offer will be presented to the owners’ representatives: this coming Monday, January 24th. Marking just the second meeting between the two sides on the core economics issues, it does represent an iota of progress. Just don’t expect the owners to be all that…
Cantlay, rookie Hodges share lead in The American ExpressPatrick Cantlay shot a 10-under 62 in perfect weather and turf conditions Thursday at La Quinta Country Club for a share of the first-round lead with rookie Lee Hodges in The American Express.Cantlay played the first seven holes in 7 under, making an eagle on the par-5 sixth and five birdies. The FedEx Cup champion added birdies on Nos. 11-13, two of them par 5s, and closed with five straight pars.“I got off to a roll at the start and kind of made a bunch of putts and then I kind of…
SAO PAULO: Brazilian football great Pele has returned to hospital for a routine checkup, his business’s manager told Reuters on Thursday, as he undergoes treatment after having a colon tumor removed last year. Sports TV network ESPN reported earlier in the day that Pele, 81, was back at Sao Paulo’s Albert Einstein hospital for new chemotherapy sessions. ESPN said he was diagnosed with a tumor in the intestine, one in the liver and the beginning of another in a lung, and would undergo new exams to find other possible cancer spots. It said Pele was in stable condition and could…
Afghanistan will take on Netherlands in a three-match ODI Series in Doha and the 1st ODI will be played on Friday (January 21). Afghanistan last competed in the T20I World Cup 2021 when they performed decently in the Super 12. Leg-spinner Rashid Khan will once again lead the bowling for Afghanistan, the master spinner now has 140 wickets in just 74 matches he played. On the other hand, Netherlands haven’t played as many games as their ODI series against South Africa got canceled due to Covid-19. All the matches will be played at the West End International Cricket Stadium, Doha.…