Tennessee State

Tallahassee, FL

247Sports

The latest preseason rankings are here. The latest preseason college football top 50 rankings released via USA Today, which reflect transfer portal additions, various roster changes and conference-title perception among contenders. Compared to 247Sports own post-spring rankings, this one looks vastly different with numerous surprises. With the spring transfer portal...

College football rankings: USA Today releases post-spring top 50 poll for 2024

Nebraska State

Lincoln, NE

No. 3-seed Florida (28-27) will start true freshman right-hander Liam Peterson against No. 2-seed Nebraska in its Stillwater Regional opener on Friday afternoon. Arguably Florida's hottest pitcher entering NCAA Tournament play, Peterson caught fire in his final five appearances of the regular season, maintaining a 2.33 ERA and .211 batting average against in 19.1 innings.

Gators to start Liam Peterson against Nebraska in regional opener

Fayetteville, AR

Former Arkansas forward Trevon Brazile announced his intentions to withdraw from the NBA Draft on Monday afternoon, as first reported by Field of 68's Jeff Goodman. The decision comes after Brazile announced he was entering the NBA Draft back on April 8, and he recently participated in the NBA Draft Combine in Chicago.

Trevon Brazile set to withdraw from NBA Draft

Will Walsh was designated for the special assignment. He's 6-foot-4 and so Will Bolt felt the Husker pitcher was a good choice to help hang the team pictures that are taken on the field after each win. Put them in the locker room next to each other. The more of them, the prettier the big picture looks.

Keep those pictures coming: The Huskers want to hang more on the wall

South Bend, IN

Each player has strengths that afford him chances to contribute throughout 2024. Rino Monteforte sings in an Notre Dame campus choir, honors a fellow collegiate long-snapper – East Carolina's Tripp Smith – with a bracelet that never leaves his wrist and enters summer having impressed Fighting Irish coaches with his, thus far, ineffable consistency on snaps for Notre Dame's field goals and extra points through spring camp.

Counting Down The Irish: LS Rino Monteforte, Andrew Kros

Saint Johns County, FL

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Jacksonville Today

Fourth-grade teacher Maria Fratta lives in New York, but now she has a place to stay in Anastasia Island. Fratta was announced Wednesday as the winner of HGTV’s Dream Home sweepstakes. A new, fully furnished home in St. Johns County is just one of the prizes Fratta receives — she also takes home $100,000 and a new Mercedes Benz.

HGTV’s ‘Dream Home’ sweepstakes has a winner

Cape Girardeau, MO

CJ Coombs

The historic Old Lorimier Cemetery was established between 1806 and 1808 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri by Louis Lorimier. The cemetery consists of over five acres on a hill at 500 North Fountain Street in Cape Girardeau, Missouri overlooking the Mississippi River. This was the first public cemetery established after Lorimier’s wife, Charlotte, died.

Haunted lore: the tapping ghost of Old Lorimier Cemetery landmark in Cape Girardeau

Louisville, KY

The University of Louisville announced a third addition of the day to the roster. Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year Terrence Edwards from James Madison committed to the Cardinals back in early April, not long after putting his name in the portal. He was announced on Tuesday after U of L also announced Charleston transfers Reyne Smith and James Scott.

Louisville announces Sun Belt Player of the Year Terrence Edwards added to roster

Thermopolis, WY

WyoFile

The small herd of bison that roams the sage hills of Hot Springs State Park near Thermopolis may not garner the same attention as its brethren near Jackson, but it has a solid contingent of local fans.

A calf is born: Hot Springs park welcomes first baby bison of the year

Arizona State

San Marcos, TX

GJ Kinne is set to add a former Power Four starting linebacker to his roster at Texas State. Ex-Florida and Houston linebacker Mannie Nunnery is transferring to Texas State and is already now on campus, a source tells 247Sports. The Texas native made three starts and posted 28 tackles at...

Texas State set to land former Florida, Houston linebacker Mannie Nunnery

Iowa State

Iowa City, IA

Charles Bell was working on setting an official visit to Iowa for a while, and he got it locked in for late June in what is a decidedly Big Ten recruitment. Bell, a cornerback who plays at Oakdale (Conn.) St. Thomas More will be on campus June 21-23. It gives the Hawkeyes the last in-person shot at Bell before the dead period begins.

CB Charles Bell locks in Iowa official visit

Georgia State

A woman whose skeletal remains were found almost four decades ago in a Crescent Beach sand dune has finally been identified through advanced DNA technology. Now the search for whoever killed and buried Mary Alice Pultz in the sand can continue, armed with her face and a name that could jog some memories, the St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office said.

Crescent Beach body finally identified after 39 years

North Carolina State

KANSAS CITY - Arden, N.C., Christ School big man Zymicah Wilkins has had quite the start to his summer. The 6-foot-8, 225-pound Wilkins is playing for Team United on the EYBL circuit and is making a name for himself. Already a national name heading into the offseason, Wilkins has turned in back-to-back big-time weekends for Team United.

Rising North Carolina big man looking to visit Louisville

Virginia State

Cheryl E Preston

Pastors cannot attempt to sway the congregant's votes. It's election time in Virginia, and in some churches, those in the pews may hear direct or subliminal messages about how they should vote. In 2011, The Christian Post reported that Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli said pastors could endorse candidates personally but could not use their church to endorse anyone. He added:

Virginia pastors face losing tax-exempt church status by promoting political candidates from pulpits

South Carolina State

South Carolina has another national championship-winning coach in its athletics department. TheBigSpur.com has learned that SMU equestrian head coach Carol Gwin was offered and accepted the same position at South Carolina. Gwin is a former assistant coach for the Gamecocks, helping the program to its only two SEC Championships going...

Gamecocks set to hire national championship-winning equestrian coach

The Current GA

Georgia voters kicked out incumbents, picked replacements for departing legislators and set the stage for June runoffs as well as the big show in November. Ballot casters up and down the Peach State made choices Tuesday that are already set to reshape the state Legislature, which could have an even greater effect on the average Georgian than who sits in the White House this time next year.

Voters deliver upsets in Georgia House races with other contests headed to a June runoff

Arkansas State

Outfielder Peyton Holt is putting on a clinic during his senior year for Arkansas (43-14, 20-10 SEC) but will be needed more than ever this weekend in the Fayetteville Regional to start the NCAA Tournament. Holt is swinging for a .309 batting average for the Razorbacks with six home runs...

Arkansas will need Peyton Holt’s spark for NCAA Tournament

Utah State

Salt Lake City, UT

The Big 12 Insiders is a new streaming show hosted by former Kansas State football player Brien "Big B" Hanley. It covers everything related to and affecting the new 16-school Big 12 Conference. In today's edition, Big B is joined by 247 site publisher Tim Fitzgerald and Michelle Bodkin of KSL in Salt Lake City to discuss the talk of Utah seeking membership in the ACC. Fact or fiction?

Big 12 Insiders: Is Utah's interest in the ACC a fact or fiction?

Wyoming State

Some Wyoming coal mines are likely facing extinction-level headwinds — even before the prospect of new federal coal pollution reduction rules taking effect in 2032, some market analysts say.

Wyoming coal production nosedives, with more trouble ahead

Blacksburg, VA

Virginia Tech and Megan Duffy scored a big commitment from elite point guard prospect Kate Sears. The 5-foot-10 guard from Boone, North Carolina, chose the Hokies over Kansas, Purdue, Michigan, Wake Forest, Princeton, Marquette and Clemson. "I chose Virginia Tech because when I visited, it felt right," Sears told 247Sports....

2025 elite prospect Kate Sears commits to Virginia Tech

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FSU part of Top 8 for 4-star OT Lamont Rogers who is 'still working on that' return visit with the Seminoles

Mesquite (Texas) Horn four-star offensive tackle Lamont Rogers, who is ranked as the No. 45 prospect in the nation and No. 6 offensive tackle by the...

FSU part of Top 8 for 4-star OT Lamont Rogers who is 'still working on that' return visit with the Seminoles

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