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Four years in the NRL wilderness now a Dogs lifeline has ‘comeback kid’ ready to explode That’s what Bronson Xerri’s Bulldogs teammates are calling him this summer as the young gun centre charges towards an NRL return after four years in the rugby league wilderness. Xerri burst into the NRL as a teenager at the Sharks in 2019 but tested positive to the presence of exogenous Testosterone and was slapped with a four-year ban. Rugby league is full of comeback stories and Xerri is determined to become the next by making the most of Canterbury and Phil Gould’s career lifeline.…
The Las Vegas Raiders’ offense is broken, and there is no excusing it now. Somehow, someway, an offense that features Josh Jacobs and Davante Adams managed to score a whopping zero points in a 24-0 loss to the New Orleans Saints on Sunday. The reason for the loss? Poor offensive line play, and disgusting quarterback play from Derek Carr. Behind an offensive line that gave up four sacks for 28 yards, Carr threw for a lackluster 101 yards and one interception before being replaced by backup quarterback Jarrett Stidham, who wasn’t much better (8-for-13 for 72 yards). It was believed that Las Vegas’ (2-5)…
Having coached in the collegiate ranks for decades, Alabama’s Nick Saban has a soft spot for the tradition in college football. And with the recent shuffle of several of the sport’s biggest teams and conferences, Saban finds himself disappointed that a lot of history will be tossed to the side over the next several years. “There’s a lot of traditions that we’ve had for a long time in college football,” Saban said. “… And some of those traditions are going to get sort of pushed by the wayside.” “It’s sad.” Saban’s nostalgia comes in light of the dismantling of the Pac-12 over…
The N.C.A.A. punished the University of Tennessee football program for recruiting violations and direct cash payments to athletes, imposing an $8 million fine and taking away scholarships for what it described as a culture of brazenly skirting rules in hopes of chasing wins. The N.C.A.A.’s report ran through numerous examples, including “at least 110 impermissible hotel nights” and “180 impermissible meals” and regular cash payments — $5,000 here, $6,000 there — given directly to parents of recruits by former Tennessee Coach Jeremy Pruitt and others in the program, who worked to camouflage the payments from the athletic department’s official books. The…
The Tennessee Vols played about as badly as they ever have under Josh Heupel in the second half against Alabama on Saturday. And the coaching/playcalling decisions were probably the worst we’ve seen from Heupel since he arrived at UT in early 2021. But that shouldn’t be the narrative after Tennessee’s 34-20 loss in Tuscaloosa. The officiating on Saturday wasn’t just bad, it was almost blatantly obvious that the officials were doing everything they could to make sure Alabama didn’t lose. And look, I’m sure Bama fans are already rolling their eyes and yelling “excuses” to the top of their lungs. But I’m…
The loss follows a 2-0 start for the Volunteers that had the team looking like they could make some noise deeper into the season. Tennessee had hung 49 points on Virginia in Week 1 and 30 points on Austin Peay in Week 2, so mustering only 16 was a huge blemish for the offense. Statistically, it didn’t look as bad, considering the Volunteers produced 388 total yards, but much of this came in the late stages of the contest, so it could be considered a bloated number,tr Joe Milton III went 20-for-34 for 287 yards with two touchdowns and an…