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The Southeastern Conference will welcome Texas and Oklahoma in 2024, bringing membership to 16 schools from Texas on the west, South Carolina on the east, Florida on the south, and Missouri and Kentucky on the north

Texas A&M, citing mediocre results, fires Jimbo Fisher

November 13, 2023November 13, 2023Tom Johnson

In a surprising move, Texas A&M has fired head football coach Jimbo Fisher despite being owed more than $75 million on his contract. Fisher, who previously won a national championship […]

The Northwestern University Wildcats are a member of the Big Ten Conference, with the school located in the northern Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois

Northwestern U. fires football coach just prior to start of season

July 11, 2023Tom Johnson

Northwestern University, a Big Ten Conference institution in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, has made the decision to fire head football coach and NU alum Pat Fitzgerald, the result […]

Mizzou fires baseball coach Steve Bieser

May 31, 2023Tom Johnson

The University of Missouri will not be bringing back baseball coach Steve Bieser as leader of the Tiger program for 2024, after a 30-24 season that saw Mizzou eliminated in […]

The Kansas City Royals are a baseball team playing in Kansas City, Missouri.

Royals can Matheny, Eldred following 97-loss season

October 18, 2022Tom Johnson

Changes to the Kansas City Royals promised by owner John Sherman hit hyperdrive following the end of the 2022 season, as Manager Mike Matheny and pitching coach Cal Eldred were […]

The University of Nebraska is a school located in Lincoln, NE. It is a member of the Big Ten Conference

Loss to Georgia Southern ends Frost’s tenure at Nebraska

September 13, 2022Tom Johnson

The University of Nebraska has fired football coach Scott Frost, with the final nail in the coffin coming Saturday night, as the Cornhuskers, as a three-touchdown favorite, lost to Georgia […]

Slumping Royals fire hitting coach

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022Tom Johnson

The Kansas City Royals have made a move to charge up an offense that has struggled through the first month of the 2022 season. Hitting coach Terry Bradshaw was relieved […]

Picture of "The Columns" on the campus of the University of Missouri in Columbia, Missouri

Mizzou fires Martin after SEC Tournament ouster

March 23, 2022Tom Johnson

A 76-68 loss to LSU in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament has ended the Missouri Tigers season, and the coaching tenure of Cuonzo Martin, who was fired […]

Cardinals fire Mike Shildt, claiming “philosophical differences”

October 19, 2021Tom Johnson

A 17-game winning streak that rallied the franchise into the Major League Baseball postseason did not save the managerial job of Mike Shildt in St. Louis, as the Cardinals have […]

Memorial Stadium at Faurot Field is the home stadium of the University of Missouri football team in Columbia, Missouri

Mizzou humbled in SEC loss to Tennessee, 62-24

October 5, 2021Tom Johnson

The struggling Missouri defense appears to have hit rock-bottom, giving up 458 rushing yards, with 275 of those coming in the first half alone, as the Tigers were blown out […]

The Pacific-12 Conference is made up of 12 schools in the western U.S., based from Colorado, Utah, and Arizona to up and down the Pacific Coast

College football sees prime coach opening, with USC’s firing of Helton

September 18, 2021Tom Johnson

A slow start to the 2021 football season, including an embarrassing 42-28 loss to Pac-12 opponent Stanford on Saturday night, has spelled the end of the seven-year tenure for Clay […]