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Brosnan named sixth Big East commissioner, will succeed Ackerman in September

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Big East named Tim Brosnan as the sixth commissioner in conference history on Monday. Brosnan succeeds Val Ackerman, who announced her retirement in April after serving as commissioner for 13 years. Brosnan brings years of experience in media, sports and business. His tenure begins on Sept. 1. St. John's president, the Rev. Brian J. Shanley, led the charge as the head of the search committee. He said in a statement that the conference prioritized finding someone with extensive experience in revenue generation. "Over the course of his career, Tim Brosnan has ...

Browns rookie Spencer Fano nails down starting left tackle

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BEREA (AP) — Fights or scuffles during NFL training camps are widely discouraged and rarely benefit anyone. Spencer Fano has become an exception. The ninth overall pick nailed down the Cleveland Browns' starting job at offensive left tackle after holding his own against Pro Bowl edge ...

Trickett is taking everyone back to basics to find WVU's center

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MORGANTOWN — West Virginia football offensive line coach Rick Trickett is old school. Heck, he’s 78, so what do you expect? But how he figures out what position each offensive lineman plays is a bit unique in the modern era of college football. Normally, a player comes in, and they’ll be labeled a tackle and will play tackle all their life, until the pros, where they get swapped up based on need. Trickett starts everyone from scratch, and that even goes for the center. “I’ve done that for a long time,” Trickett said. Trickett’s strategy has paid off a couple of times. ...

Bieniemy returns to practice after wife's shooting at their Virginia home

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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy returned to the team Monday for his first training camp practice since his wife was shot at their Virginia home and the couple's 27-year-old son was arrested in the shooting. Bieniemy was greeted by a handful of fans as he walked down the long hill to the fields at Missouri Western State University, where the Chiefs hold camp. Then he jumped right into his first practice since Mia Bieniemy was shot the evening of July 26. "It was good to have EB back, back in full. I don't think he missed a snap he was ...

Sayin returns bigger and stronger as Ohio State's QB

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Julian Sayin is back, bigger and stronger for a second season as the starting quarterback at Ohio State. Will he be better? That is among the biggest questions facing the Buckeyes, who finished No. 5 in the Associated Press poll last season after spending most of ...

NFL will allow head coaches to designate an assistant to throw a challenge flag

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NFL head coaches will now be able to designate an assistant to handle the task of throwing the red flag to challenge a call through instant replay. Since the current instant replay rule was put in place in 1999, only the head coach was allowed to throw the flag to challenge a disputed call. But the league tweaked the language in Rule 15 Section 1 of the rule book for this season, allowing that task to be delegated. "The head coach or head coach's pregame challenge designee can initiate a challenge by throwing a red flag onto the field of play before the next legal snap or kick," the ...