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 »Dustin Johnson Takes The Travelers Championship
Dustin Johnson grabs his first win of the season on Sunday at the conclusion of the Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut. Johnson’s 21st victory was accomplished with a 3-under 67 with one-stroke over Kevin Streelman. Johnson claimed $1,332,000 which brought his official earnings on the PGA Tour to $63,722,508. New decade. …
Read More »Cam Newton Joins Patriots
Former NFL MVP Cam Newton signed with the New England Patriots on Sunday. The one-year contract is set to be at $7.5 million with incentives. Newton was considered a top candidate to replace Tom Brady. Newton wrote, “I’m excited as I don’t know what right now! #LETSgoPATS,” via an Instagram …
Read More »COVID-19 Cancels NFL Hall Of Fame Game
The COVID-19 Pandemic has triggered the NFL to cancel the Hall of Fame Game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Pittsburg Steelers. The next HOF game will not be played until August 5, 2021. In addition, the Pro Football HOF postponed the enshrinement ceremony for this year’s Hall of Fame …
Read More »How GEICO 500 Changed NASCAR
The NASCAR GEICO 500 race at Talladega was postponed from Sunday to Monday at 3 p.m. due to weather. An additional hour delay was then suffered at lap 58. Yet, the Talladega Superspeedway race still reached a desired hair-raising completion with Ryan Blaney grabbing 1st place from Ricky Stenhouse Jr …
Read More »New Florida Bill Allows College Athletes to Profit Off their Name, Image and Likeness
On Friday June 12, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a bill allowing college athletes to get paid for their name, image and likeness. DeSantis confirmed the signing of the bill during a ceremony at the University of Miami. Representative Chip LaMarca joined Seth Harp on The Tailgate on …
Read More »Daniel Berger Takes The Charles Schwab Challenge in Playoff
The PGA Tour made its return from the COVID-19 pandemic for the 2020 Charles Schwab Challenge this past weekend at the Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Former FSU golfer Daniel Berger took the tournament to a playoff hole with Collin Morikawa where Berger sealed the deal with a …
Read More »Long Time Bucs Play by Play Man Gene Deckerhoff Talks Tom Brady
Radio play-by-play announcer of the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers and FSU Gene Deckerhoff joined Steve Russell on Sportscene recently to chat about Tampa’s acquistiion of quarterback om Brady and Florida State’s new head football coach. Deckerhoff has been the voice of the Buccaneers since 1989 and the Florida State Seminoles …
Read More »Reche Caldwell Killed In Shooting
Former Florida Gator and NFL wide receiver Reche Caldwell was shot and killed on Saturday night in his hometown of Tampa, Florida. Caldwell was 41. According to his mother Deborah, Caldwell was shot in his leg and chest outside of his home in an “ambush.” According to the Tampa Police …
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