Former pro hockey player Jason Payne has been hired as head coach of the ECHL’s Cincinnati Cyclones. Payne will be the only Black head coach in North American professional hockey this season.
Two days after Ohio-based high school football team Bishop Sycamore met national powerhouse IMG Academy in a mismatch on ESPN, questions continue to be raised about how the game was scheduled and whether the school even exists.
Zeb Noland, who had a year of eligibility remaining when he took a job as a graduate assistant on Shane Beamer’s coaching staff at South Carolina, will be the Gamecocks’ starting quarterback for the opener.
The Carolina Panthers will look to former XFL star PJ Walker to back up quarterback Sam Darnold. The Panthers released 2019 third-round draft pick Will Grier, who remains a possibility for the practice squad.
Former pro hockey player Jason Payne has been hired as head coach of the ECHL’s Cincinnati Cyclones. Payne becomes the only Black head coach in North American professional hockey next season.
On Monday, the NFL Players Association accepted the NFL’s revised proposal for joint protocols headed into the regular season, and among the several tweaks will be increased COVID-19 testing for fully vaccinated players.
