Zach Barnett

Grieving husband says "reckless" Texas abortion law led to pregnant wife's death Between 2019 and 2022, the maternal mortality rate in Texas increased 56% after the state outlawed abortions.

Porsha Ngumezi was killed by Texas’ abortion ban after doctors refused her a D&C to treat the miscarriage she suffered at 11 weeks gestation. She leaves behind a husband and two sons. www.cbsnews.com/news/grievin...

In the midst of dominant seasons on hardwood and diamond, it's time to ask: has football become the SEC's worst sport? Defending champion South Carolina knocking off AP No. 1 Texas is emblematic of the year the SEC is enjoying... in sports other than football.

Its MBB teams set a record with 14 tournament bids. Its WBB teams have won 3 straight titles. Baseball has 5 straight titles and 8 of the current top 10. Softball has 13 of the top 24.

Given all that, it's time to ask if football has become the SEC's worst sport.

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In the midst of dominant seasons on hardwood and diamond, it's time to ask: has football become the SEC's worst sport? Defending champion South Carolina knocking off AP No. 1 Texas is emblematic of the year the SEC is enjoying... in sports other than football.

Its MBB teams set a record with 14 tournament bids. Its WBB teams have won 3 straight titles. Baseball has 5 straight titles and 8 of the current top 10. Softball has 13 of the top 24.

Given all that, it's time to ask if football has become the SEC's worst sport.

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Power 4 track coaches circulate memo on how to save their sport ahead of House settlement Track coaches must actively campaign to ensure their sport's survival in a post-House world, a new open letter argues.

Ahead of the anticipated House settlement, track coaches must be proactive to ensure their sport's survival, a new memo argues.

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Rich Rodriguez bans West Virginia football players from TikTok dancing "You're in there in your tights dancing on TikTok, ain't quite the image of our program that I want."

If you downloaded TikTok with the hope of seeing West Virginia football players perform the latest viral dance, boy, I have some tough news for you.

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Sixteen non-conference games to look forward to in 2025 The number choice was intentional.

The 2024 season is over; the 2025 season is here.

16 non-conference games to look forward to in 2025, headlined by Arch Manning vs. the defending champs in a likely 1 vs. 2 game.

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Oklahoma reveals contract info for new general manager Jim Nagy, other assistants Nagy will earn more than double what his predecessor earned in the same job title.

Oklahoma will pay Jim Nagy more than double what it paid former GM Curtis Lofton.

Of course, Nagy will do more than double what Lofton did...

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Urban Meyer sold Bowling Green to Eddie George, and Eddie George to Bowling Green The new head coach at Bowling Green says he's motivated by preparing players for life after football, calling the game "the conduit to your purpose."

Eddie George wasn't looking for a new job. Then, on a drive from the NFL combine back to Nashville, Urban Meyer called.

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THE PLEA FOR help arrived last summer. am in Myanmar and work for a fraud company," a Chinese human-trafficking victim wrote in a short email sent from within the Tai Chang scam compound. Like thousands of others in the region, they were promised legitimate work only to find themselves tricked into modern slavery and forced to scam people online for hours every day. Tai Chang, which backs on to the Myanmar-Thailand border, has been linked to incidents of torture. "I'm not safe, I'm chatting with you secretly," they said. Despite the risk, their first request wasn't to be rescued.

NEW: A WIRED investigation reveals that Elon Musk’s Starlink is serving internet to scam compounds in Myanmar where tens of thousands of human beings are enslaved.

By @mattburgess1.bsky.social:

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Bonus points for allowing me to go off on one my pet topics: Swimmers can get a near-infinite number of medals, but basketball players are limited to one (and, recently, two).

Rodger's newsletter is consistently thought-provoking, well researched, and funny. This one hit the trifecta.

Investigation alleges massive fraud in Australian punting program The pipeline of Australian punters to American colleges may be too good to be true.

The Australian punter-to-American college pipeline is full of fraud, invesigation says.

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The obvious implication here is that Jerry believes Stephen can ruin the Cowboys just as well as his Daddy has.

You might think Whataburger and Dairy Queen are competitors, but you’d be mistaken. They are willful foils, because each can point at the other and say, “No, THEY have the slower drive-thru.”

And the largest American churches seem to be mostly cool with this!!!!!!

HOW DO I TALK ABOUT THIS WITHOUT SOUNDING LIKE A CRAZY PERSON

Every college football team looking to improve at defending the run -- who isn't? -- might want to place a call to DePauw. This season, the Tigers allowed 32.9 yards per game and 1.14 a carry.

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Seems like the person running ESPN CFB’s Twitter account should know Michigan’s school colors.

Doing some research for a future piece and discovered a STWOIMBISWYA (Stat That Will Only Interest Me But I'm Sharing With You Anyway): UMass was the only FBS team to not "force" a miss field goal in 2024.

Opposing kickers went 14-for-14 vs. the Minutemen.

Nothing summarizes the state of rock music like this: Last night, the Beatles won the Grammy for Best Rock Performance and the Rolling Stones won for Best Rock Album.

No, I was here for it but I thought that rational people agreed "digital blackface" was a ridiculous term and bullied those people into hiding.

Wait are you saying white people shouldn't be allowed to use gifs of black people?

PETA petitions to replace Punxsutawney Phil with ‘weather reveal’ vegan cake on Groundhog Day The proposed dessert would instead reveal a blue filling if the cold weather is expected to continue, with pink frosting indicating an early spring.

It's my opinion that the proliferation of conspiracy theories around every news event is evidence of our society's sickness, BUT it's also my opinion that PETA is a plant by the meat industry to make vegans look ridiculous.

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Sources: Notre Dame's top target for G.M. is Texas Tech's James Blanchard Blanchard, Marcus Freeman have spoken multiple times

Notre Dame is pursuing Texas Tech GM James Blanchard, with an offer believed to be in the high six figures.

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Are we still shouting our Wordle wins?

Wordle 1,320 2/6*

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If you're bored of Patrick Mahomes's greatness, you're wrong When the game is on the line, Mahomes's only peers are other all-time greats who happened to wear red: Jordan and Tiger.

I don't like to tell people how to think, but if you find Patrick Mahomes boring, you're wrong.

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Pete Carroll vs. Jim Harbaugh, Chapter 3: A brief history of coaching's greatest rivalry After battling for supremacy in the Pac-10 and the NFC West, Carroll and Harbaugh are now set to square off in the AFC West.

Pete Carroll is back in the NFL, and he took the right job. Not because he has a connection to the Raiders, but because it puts him back in competition with Jim Harbaugh once more.

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The 100 most-watched games of the 2024 college football season The 2024 season saw massive changes in how the college football regular- and post-seasons are televised. Now that it's over, what do the numbers say?

I compiled a list of the 100 most-watched games of the 2024 CFB season.

Within, there's plenty of insight and intrigue.

SEC > B1G
Big 12 vs. ACC
Playoff ratings down, regular season up

Much more

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North Carolina releases Bill Belichick's contract Despite much speculation, Belichick signed his 5-year contract on Wednesday.

Despite much speculation, Bill Belichick signed his North Carolina contract on Wednesday, and the Heels released the full thing on Thursday.

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As recently as 2020, I could tell you the gist -- plot, stars, etc -- of every Best Picture nominee. Now I could do three, maybe four. Never even heard of half these movies.

It's amazing how the movie industry has collapsed in cultural standing post-covid.

Every wacky morning radio show has a character named something like “Intern Josh” or “Part-Time Nick.” So wacky!