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2025 Football Game Designations Unveiled

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Athletics has unveiled its 2025 home football game designations in Neyland Stadium this fall. Checker Neyland presented by Pilot is set for the Volunteers’ SEC home opener against Georgia on Sept. 13. The ninth Checker Neyland game in program history showcases Tennessee’s iconic checkerboard pattern through Neyland Stadium. The Georgia contest […]

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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Athletics has unveiled its 2025 home football game designations in Neyland Stadium this fall.

Checker Neyland presented by Pilot is set for the Volunteers’ SEC home opener against Georgia on Sept. 13. The ninth Checker Neyland game in program history showcases Tennessee’s iconic checkerboard pattern through Neyland Stadium.

The Georgia contest will also serve as the National Football Foundation Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute for VFL legend John Henderson. Henderson, a two-time first-team All-American and 2000 Outland Trophy winner, will be officially inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame at the 67th NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 9 in Las Vegas.

When Tennessee hosts Arkansas on Oct. 11, Champions Weekend presented by Pilot takes centerstage in Neyland Stadium. The fourth annual Champions Weekend presented by Pilot will welcome past teams and individuals who won SEC and/or NCAA championships during specific years and celebrate anniversaries.

Homecoming is scheduled for Nov. 15 when the Vols and New Mexico State meet for the first time. That same day will be the annual Salute to Service, which honors our nation’s service members, veterans and their families. Veterans Day is Nov. 11, earlier that week.

Senior Day festivities will take place at the home finale versus Vanderbilt on Nov. 29. Excluding the 2020 COVID-shortened season, it will be the 10th consecutive year that the Vols and Commodores are scheduled to close the regular season against each other.  

Season tickets are sold out for the third consecutive year. Fans interested in purchasing future new season tickets can fill out the 2026 season ticket interest form.

2025 Tennessee Football Game Designations
Sept. 13 Georgia – Checker Neyland presented by Pilot, John Henderson NFF Hall of Fame Salute
Oct. 11 Arkansas – Champions Weekend presented by Pilot
Nov. 15 New Mexico State – Homecoming, Salute to Service
Nov. 29 Vanderbilt – Senior Day

 

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Trump signs NIL overhaul order to curb big money influence in college sports

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order prohibiting “third party, pay-for-play” payments to college athletes, a move the White House is taking to curb “bidding wars” that have roiled college sports in recent years. The order, a fact sheet that was shared in advance with NBC News by a White House […]

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order prohibiting “third party, pay-for-play” payments to college athletes, a move the White House is taking to curb “bidding wars” that have roiled college sports in recent years.

The order, a fact sheet that was shared in advance with NBC News by a White House official, notes that recent court rulings have dismantled the NCAA’s transfer and recruiting rules and “created a chaotic environment that threatens the financial and structural viability of college athletics.”

The order could send shockwaves through college football and men’s basketball, where player recruitment in the so-called transfer portal has become a multimillion-dollar market in recent years, with top teams spending tens of millions to fill out rosters.

The order would not apply to fair-market compensation for athletes who make brand endorsements, according to the White House.

The order also looks to protect women’s and nonrevenue sports by mandating that revenue sharing between universities and college athletes be implemented in a manner that protects those programs.

The president’s order also notes that a patchwork of laws in 30 states have contributed to competitive imbalances in sports.

It was not immediately clear how the proposed order would be enforced, or what mechanisms were in place to ensure revenue is shared more equitably between men’s and women’s and nonrevenue-generating sports.

This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.



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Their job: Help kids in YES track program run, compete while having summertime fun

When Boston teens and kids head to South Boston’s Moakley Park on Monday and Thursday nights for the Summer Track and Field Program run by Youth Enrichment Services (YES), they are met by staff members who, not too long ago, walked or ran a mile in their shoes. Dorchester’s Katie Keating, now 21 and a […]

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When Boston teens and kids head to South Boston’s Moakley Park on Monday and Thursday nights for the Summer Track and Field Program run by Youth Enrichment Services (YES), they are met by staff members who, not too long ago, walked or ran a mile in their shoes.

Dorchester’s Katie Keating, now 21 and a senior at Connecticut College, spent every summer of elementary school with YES, running around the track at Moakley’s Saunders Stadium.

“I did YES as a kid, and now I’m back here as an activity coordinator (AC), said the mid-distance runner on ConnCollege’s Women’s Track and Field team. “I just want to give back to the community that gave me my favorite sport. I love seeing all the kids. They’re so happy and they really enjoy it and it reminds me of younger me.”

As an AC, Keating, who as a high school athlete was the captain of the John D. O’Bryant Track and Field team, works with colleagues Athena James and Lailonie Johnson to ensure that everything runs smoothly before, during, and after the weekly practices.

“Normally, we get here a little bit before all the assistant coaches get here, “ she said. “We basically just start setting up and making sure all the hurdles and the long jump pit are set up for the kids.” They then take attendance and direct the children to their groups.

James, a Roxbury native and a rising sophomore at Merrimack College, got involved with YES as kind of an accident.

“My nephew does the cross country in the fall, and I think sometimes in the spring,” said the 19-year-old one-time high school track athlete. “One time I was here, coming along with my big sister, and they were short on volunteers, and I was like ‘I’m free.’”

She said she wants the kids to have fun while running and she credits YES because it welcomes all levels of athletes; then it’s up to them to “bring their own competitiveness.”

Johnson, 20, hopes to have an impact on the kids both on and off the track. “I know how important it is to help with children,” said the Dorchester native. “For me, it’s just all about helping the kids grow, whether that be succeeding through track or creating new avenues. They are our future.”

She noted that YES teaches its kids not to give up when things get hard, to have “endurance at track and endurance in life.”

For more information on the program visit yeskids.org.



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Women’s Volleyball Releases 2025 Schedule With Opener Planned For August 29 Against Westfield

Story Links Springfield, Mass. – July 24, 2025 – The Springfield College women’s volleyball team and head coach Moira Long has officially announced the program’s 2025 schedule which is slated to get underway on August 29 against Westfield State in Blake Arena. FULL SCHEDULE The Pride will play a 29-game schedule that […]

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Springfield, Mass. – July 24, 2025 – The Springfield College women’s volleyball team and head coach Moira Long has officially announced the program’s 2025 schedule which is slated to get underway on August 29 against Westfield State in Blake Arena.

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The Pride will play a 29-game schedule that includes 11 New England Women’s and Men’s Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) contests and 18 non-conference matches against teams from both in and out of the region. Six of Springfield’s opponents reached the NCAA Tournament last fall including Middlebury College, MIT, NYU, Smith College, Endicott College and Stevens. Five of those six teams appeared in the final AVCA Division III poll at the conclusion of the 2024 campaign highlighted by MIT ranked ninth and Middlebury ranked 22nd. NYU, Smith and Stevens all received votes in the poll as well.

A season ago, Springfield produced 22 wins including nine victories in conference play and reached the NEWMAC semifinal round after securing the second seed in the tournament. The Pride earned an at-large berth to the NCAA tournament and appeared on the national stage for the tenth time under Long’s direction.

Springfield will host the Joel B. Dearing ’79 Volleyball Classic to open the 2025 season against Westfield State, Skidmore College and Rivier University in Blake Arena before hitting the road for the next ten contests which are highlighted by tournament’s at both Haverford (against the host Fords, Scranton and Lynchburg) and Stevens (against the host Ducks, Oneonta and Sarah Lawrence). The road trip will conclude with the team’s NEWMAC opener at Wellesley College on September 23 before rounding out the month with a home match against WPI on September 27 and a road tilt at Smith on September 30.

Springfield will open the month of October with a tri-match at Emerson and just a couple of weeks later will travel to MIT for a tri-match with the nationally-ranked Engineers and NYU in Rockwell Cage. The Pride will then host the New England Challenge in Blake Arena for the first time in program history welcoming NESCAC rivals Middlebury, Tufts and Williams as well as NEWMAC foes Babson and MIT to Springfield. Springfield will wrap up the regular season against Clark (October 28) and Babson (November 8) at home and Salve Regina (November 4) on the road prior to the NEWMAC tournament.

The NEWMAC Tournament will begin on Tuesday, November 11 and a champion will be crowned on Sunday, November 16. The higher seeded team will be named the host in each quarterfinal before the semifinal and championship will take place at the highest remaining seed. The winner of the NEWMAC title will earn the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA Division III Women’s Volleyball Tournament.

For the latest on Springfield College Athletics, follow the Pride on social media on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.  Be sure to tune into all Springfield College Athletic events by subscribing to FloSports.





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President Trump issues college sports executive order addressing NIL, pay-for-play

President Donald Trump issued an executive order on July 24 that attempts to create a national standard for NCAA name, image and likeness programs. The order is Trump’s latest entry into a debate that has embroiled the NCAA since NIL rules went into effect in 2021, ushering in a wild-west era of college sports that […]

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President Donald Trump issued an executive order on July 24 that attempts to create a national standard for NCAA name, image and likeness programs.

The order is Trump’s latest entry into a debate that has embroiled the NCAA since NIL rules went into effect in 2021, ushering in a wild-west era of college sports that has come under increasing scrutiny by local and national legislators.

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Broadly focused on efforts to “save college athletics,” the order also seeks to preserve and support “expansion of opportunities for scholarships and collegiate athletic competition in women’s and non-revenue sports.” Most of the NIL money is given to athletes in football and men’s and women’s basketball.

The settlement in the long-running House v. NCAA case went into effect July 1 and allowed schools to directly pay college athletes through a revenue-sharing model.

In May, Trump appeared poised to create a commission co-chaired by former Alabama coach Nick Saban and influential Texas Tech booster Cody Campbell with a directive to explore and address major issues facing college sports. But there have been no announcements regarding that directive.

This week, a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives aimed at restructuring rules around the administration of college athletics passed two committees and is expected to move to the House floor when the summer recess is over in September.

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Speaking at a National Press Club event in Washington earlier in the day, before the order was signed, NCAA President Charlie Baker was asked about possible executive order on college sports. He said he was open to ideas, but “our focus needs to be on the legislative process.”

SEC commissioner Greg Sankey, who along with many in college sports has been advocating for federal intervention, told USA TODAY Sports last week, “The President is going to do what he wants to do.”

“I’ve read things on social media, but I also read that there would be a presidential commission,” Sankey added. “So the question with an executive order is if (Trump) does, and then what it is, and then we’ll go from there.”

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Howe Tabbed for U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select Team Staff

Story Links COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Yale men’s hockey assistant coach Joe Howe has been selected to serve as an assistant coach for the U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select Team. The team will hold training camp from July 28-August 3 at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Michigan. Following camp, 23 players will […]

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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Yale men’s hockey assistant coach Joe Howe has been selected to serve as an assistant coach for the U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select Team.

The team will hold training camp from July 28-August 3 at USA Hockey Arena in Plymouth, Michigan. Following camp, 23 players will be chosen to compete in the 2025 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, held August 11–16 in Brno, Czechia and Trencín, Slovakia.

This marks Howe’s second consecutive summer with USA Hockey. In 2024, he served as an assistant coach for the U.S. Under-17 team at the Five Nations Tournament in Pieštany, Slovakia.

Howe joined the Yale staff in July 2021 after three seasons at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks. He previously spent three years at the University of Denver as a volunteer assistant coach and director of hockey operations. During his tenure, the Pioneers captured the 2017 NCAA Division I National Championship and an NCHC regular-season title, while making two Frozen Four appearances and qualifying for three NCAA Tournaments.

A native of Plymouth, Mass., Howe was a four-year standout at Colorado College, where he appeared in 119 games and posted a 54-50-10 record, a 2.97 goals-against average, and a .905 save percentage. He ranked third all-time in career saves. After college, Howe played professionally in the ECHL, CHL, and AHL.

Read the full announcement from USA Hockey here.



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