Month: August 2022

South Carolina partners with sports marketing agency to become first major college program with in-house NIL firm

South Carolina is becoming the first major college athletic department to partner with a sports marketing agency to establish an in-house name, image and likeness firm, where Gamecocks athletes will have free access to deal facilitation, content generation and branding services.

The school has hired Everett Sports Management (ESM) to launch Park Ave, an exclusive initiative that will provide NIL services for Gamecocks athletes. South Carolina’s board of trustees on Tuesday afternoon approved the two-year, $2.2 million contract. Everett Sports Management, based in Greenville, SC, represents NFL players such as Jalen Hurts, Mac Jones and Jonathan Taylor, and handles NIL marketing for several college athletes, including Miami basketball players and social media stars Haley and Hanna Cavinder, Georgia quarterback Stetson Bennett and Coastal Carolina quarterback Grayson McCall.

“There have been a lot of different approaches (toward NIL), and nobody has gone this way,” South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner told

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Manchester United are set to miss out on Chelsea’s Christian Pulisic – Paper Talk | Transfer Center News

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Manchester United are facing disappointment in their attempts to prize Christian Pulisic away from Chelsea.

Manchester United insiders believe the £70m signing of Casemiro is a ‘blessing’ that the club has ‘needed for some time’.

Ajax star Antony has refused to rule out a move to Manchester United after he was forced to train alone amid transfer interest from the Premier League club.

Former Aston Villa star Gabby Agbonlahor has hit back at Jurgen Klopp after the Liverpool boss criticized the winger’s attack on Manchester United.

Manchester United have been warned against ‘getting into bed’ with an American company with links to Russian oligarchs sanctioned by the UK Government.

Football’s rule-makers should encourage referees to specialize in video technology to improve the standard of officiating, the former official who pioneered VAR says.

Xavi has upped the

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Red & Black remain perfect on the season

WATERTOWN, New York (WWNY) – The Red & Black were looking to stay perfect on the season Saturday night as they hosted Auburn at the Alex T. Duffy Fairgrounds.

Juston Williams and Kalon Jeter team up early in this game with a 43 yard reception setting up the first score of the game.

Eric Washington takes it in from 3 yards out.

Eric Beyler adds the extra point to put the Red & Black on top 7-0.

Later in the first quarter, it was Jonathan Williams with the interception. He takes it to the house from 30 yards out. The pat is good, 14-0 Watertown.

Red & Black defense is up once again as Derek Dalton and Jeremy Machia lead Watertown.

It was Jaquin Salmon with the interception, stopping an Auburn drive.

Later in the second quarter, Chris Furr shows off his tip drill skills 34 yards Juston Williams to

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MLB StandingsWith a contemporary slate on the horizon, we glance towards the potential darkish horses making a run in late fall, and the large market teams trying to live up to expectations. All US-based mostly groups wore Stars and Stripes caps and uniforms from July 2-four, ending with Independence Day Groups wore caps denoting what league they play for (there have been nine interleague series through the time period). Andrew Gaare, a 25-year-previous big time” Mets fan, spent this season watching games from a perch behind center area. He is an Amazin’ Mets ballpark cross subscriber, so he can go to as many house video games as he desires for $forty a month. There’s just one catch: His ticket is for standing room only with no assigned seat.

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Mets visit the Yankees to begin 2-game series

New York Mets (79-44, first in the NL East) vs. New York Yankees (74-48, first in the AL East)

New York; Monday, 7:05 pm EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Mets: Max Scherzer (9-2, 2.15 ERA, .93 WHIP, 134 strikeouts); Yankees: Domingo German (1-2, 4.45 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 23 strikeouts)

SPORTSBOOK FANDUEL LINE: Mets -166, Yankees +141; over/under is 7 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The New York Yankees open a two-game series at home against the New York Mets on Monday.

New York has a 43-20 record at home and a 74-48 record overall. The Yankees have a 41-20 record in games when they record at least eight hits.

New York has a 79-44 record overall and a 39-25 record on the road. The Mets have the second-ranked team on-base percentage in the NL at .330.

Monday’s game is the third time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Andrew Benintendi is 12th

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