Last week, Atlanta let pass what many people thought was its deadline for deciding on Cousins — a roster bonus that kicked in on March 17 that guarantees the quarterback an additional million. That means Cousins will make at least 0 million from the contract he signed with the Falcons just over a year ago. […]
Last week, Atlanta let pass what many people thought was its deadline for deciding on Cousins — a roster bonus that kicked in on March 17 that guarantees the quarterback an additional million. That means Cousins will make at least 0 million from the contract he signed with the Falcons just over a year ago. The move could prove costly for team owner Arthur Blank (although that money might ultimately be offset by a Cousins contract with a new team), but it also increases the Falcons’ leverage in potential trade talks involving Cousins.It’s a shame from a storytelling perspective because the camera crew that followed Cousins through the 2024 season was around all the time and worked its tail off, hauling tons of cameras and equipment around behind the quarterback. I can’t imagine how many hours of footage had to be edited, and I’m a little sad to think about how much good stuff we will never see.
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Do you think signing Jordan Fuller means passing on one of the safeties in the first round? I had somewhat hoped that we might trade down in the first for one of the safeties and additional draft capital and wait for a defensive lineman/edge until the second round. — Rick W.There are lots of Kirk Cousins questions in today’s mailbag, so let’s catch up on where things stand with the Falcons and their former starting quarterback before diving into the details.
Would the Falcons take Georgia’s Jalon Walker if he’s there at No. 15? (Steve Limentani / ISI Photos / Getty Images)
What are the chances Atlanta can trade Cousins for a fifth-round or better pick in 2025 or 2026? The meager number of draft picks Atlanta has seems like the biggest drag on its prospects for offseason improvement. — Martin C.AdvertisementThis scenario requires three assumptions. First, that Shedeur Sanders isn’t viewed as an immediate starter (which is the whisper campaign that got louder at the NFL combine). Second, that the Titans won’t give Will Levis one more year to figure things out. Third, that no one takes (another) chance on a Joe Flacco or a Carson Wentz. That’s a lot of assumptions, but the Falcons also could end up being the beneficiary of an offseason or training camp injury that would increase someone’s desperation and thus Cousins’ value on the trade market. Assuming the risk of accepting Cousins’ roster bonus bought the Falcons the time for that potential factor to work in their favor.How excited are you to see Kirk from this past year on Quarterback 2? — Reece C.If he’s there, I think the chances are good Atlanta takes him. I know I reference the “Falcons hate the Bulldogs and won’t draft Georgia players” thing pretty frequently, but that’s only because it’s such a hot talking point among UGA fans. I don’t believe it’s based in any fact, and Walker would be an intriguing fit for what new defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich says he wants to build — a uniquely hybrid defense.Why did you choose violence with your pick in the latest The Athletic beat writer mock draft, LOL? — Kristina J.Is it time to bring Matthew Judon back on a low average annual value deal? With Leonard Floyd, Judon, a draft pick and Ulbrich, this could be a decent pass rush. Are the Falcons open to bringing him back? — Paul S.I’ll watch this upcoming season of “Quarterback” just like I watched the last one, which I thought was moderately informative about its subjects, but we can’t forget how that first series wrapped up Marcus Mariota’s departure from Atlanta during the 2023 season. It basically didn’t. Mariota was there one episode and gone the next, and there was a ton of drama and context that an old-school documentary could have provided with that situation.Arthur’s son Josh was hired by AMB Sports & Entertainment in August as vice president of executive strategy, and he has been very visible around the team since then. Josh Blank, who played soccer at Elon University from 2016 to 2019, worked in the NFL office for four years before officially joining his dad’s company. It seems pretty clear that he is being groomed to run things when Arthur is no longer in charge, but I would also imagine that all of Arthur’s children will have some equity in the team.The NFL requires every owner to provide a detailed succession plan and update it annually to avoid any messy situations like what the Broncos went through after former owner Pat Bowlen’s death in 2019.What are the chances Jalon Walker slips to 15 AND the Falcons actually take him? — Josh R.
Colorado athletic director Rick George backs NIL changes after landmark house ruling
The college athletic landscape drastically changed Friday evening when a United States district judge approved a house settlement that will allow universities to directly compensate student-athletes for their name, image and likeness (NIL) rights. To increase parity across college athletics, each school’s total student-athlete compensation will be capped at $20.5 million per year. In a […]
The college athletic landscape drastically changed Friday evening when a United States district judge approved a house settlement that will allow universities to directly compensate student-athletes for their name, image and likeness (NIL) rights.
To increase parity across college athletics, each school’s total student-athlete compensation will be capped at $20.5 million per year. In a message to Colorado fans, Colorado athletic director Rick George announced that the department’s entire allotment would be used to “remain competitive” in recruiting. He also shared that CU will adopt a “revenue-share budget that is proportional to the revenue that sport generates.”
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In short, athletes in high-revenue sports like football and men’s basketball will receive higher payouts than those in non-revenue sports.
The ruling does not affect athletes’ ability to earn money through personal NIL deals. However, those deals will be subject to review by a national clearinghouse.
“For the first time ever, we will be able to share our revenue with student-athletes for their name, image and likeness rights to a cap of $20.5 million,” George said in a video posted to the athletic department X account. “In the next month, we’ll also be announcing some exciting new opportunities for student-athletes’ NIL engagement. This will be an incredible opportunity for businesses to work directly with student-athletes to enhance their brand.”
Colorado is significantly more prepared for the changing era of college athletics, with Deion Sanders leading the football program. Under Sanders, interest in Colorado athletics, beyond just football, has grown as more people attend games, generating revenue. With the new ruling, revenue can be distributed across all athletic programs, allowing student-athletes to be compensated, even if most of the revenue and engagement is driven by football.
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Maxwell’s grand slam highlights Arkansas super regional win eliminating defending champ Vols 11-4
Associated Press FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Logan Maxwell had three hits, including a game-breaking grand slam, and Arkansas defeated defending national champion Tennessee 11-4 on Sunday to sweep the best-of-three Fayetteville Super Regional and advance to the College World Series for the 12th time. The Razorbacks had a 3-1 lead with two outs in the […]
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Logan Maxwell had three hits, including a game-breaking grand slam, and Arkansas defeated defending national champion Tennessee 11-4 on Sunday to sweep the best-of-three Fayetteville Super Regional and advance to the College World Series for the 12th time.
The Razorbacks had a 3-1 lead with two outs in the fourth inning when Maxwell hit a 1-2 pitch over the left-field wall. That was more than enough for third-seeded Arkansas to advance to Omaha, Nebraska.
Arkansas (47-13) will face the winner of the Baton Rouge Super Regional between LSU and West Virginia.
Tennessee (46-18), the No. 14 overall seed, only had two hits when they lost to their SEC rivals 4-3 on Saturday.
The Vols almost became just the third team from their conference to finish a super regional with fewer than 10 total hits. With two hits in the eighth and two in the ninth, including a two-run home run by pinch hitter Jay Abernathy, they finished with eight.
Charles Davalan had a two-run homer in the third for Arkansas. Tennessee got one back in the bottom of the inning, but Maxwell’s big bash broke it open in the fourth.
Tennessee pitchers walked four batters, all in the seventh inning, including two with the bases loaded to fall behind 10-1.
Cole Gibler (3-1) got the win in relief. Tennessee starter Liam Doyle (10-4) took the loss.
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Podcast star Alex Cooper accuses her Boston University soccer coach of sexual harassment …
Popular podcaster Alex Cooper made startling allegations in the upcoming Hulu documentary, “Call Her Alex,” that she was sexually harassed by her soccer coach at Boston University. The revelation in the new Hulu doc, set to premiere on the streaming platform on June 10, comes 10 years after Cooper said she went through the ordeal, […]
Popular podcaster Alex Cooper made startling allegations in the upcoming Hulu documentary, “Call Her Alex,” that she was sexually harassed by her soccer coach at Boston University.
The revelation in the new Hulu doc, set to premiere on the streaming platform on June 10, comes 10 years after Cooper said she went through the ordeal, which she claimed was three years of escalating sexual harassment at the hands of former head coach Nancy Feldman until she left the team in her senior year.
“I felt a lot of anger—anger at my coach, anger at my school, and anger at the system that allowed this to happen,” the “Call Her Daddy” podcast host Cooper said in the documentary, according to Vanity Fair. “I don’t think anyone could’ve prepared me for the lasting effects that came from this experience. She turned something that I loved so much into something extremely painful.”
Ry Russo-Young (L) and Alex Cooper attend the “Call Her Alex” Premiere – 2025 Tribeca Festival at BMCC Theater on June 08, 2025 in New York City. Getty Images for Tribeca Festival
Feldman coached BU’s women’s soccer team for 22 years before she retired in 2022, but Cooper said that the former coach started to “fixate on me way more than any other teammate of mine” during her sophomore season.
Cooper was a member of the Terriers women’s soccer program from 2013-15.
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It was during that time Cooper alleges Feldman took an uncomfortable interest in her and would make comments about her body and her personal life, including once asking Cooper if she had sex the previous night.
The podcaster and media mogul also said Feldman would try to get her alone, put a hand on her thigh and stare at her.
In the documentary, Cooper said that any time she would try to “resist” Feldman, the coach would tell her “there would be consequences.”
“It was this psychotic game of, ‘You wanna play? Tell me about your sex life. I have to drive you to your night class, get in the car with me alone,’” Cooper said in the doc. “I started trying to spend as little time as possible with her. Taking different routes to practice where I knew I wouldn’t run into her, during meetings, I would try to sit as far away from her as possible. Literally anything to not be alone with this woman.”
And when Cooper and her family attempted to approach Boston University officials about their claims, she said they were brushed off and officials asked her, “What do you want?”
Alex Cooper attends the “Call Her Alex” Premiere – 2025 Tribeca Festival at BMCC Theater on June 08, 2025 in New York City. Getty Images for Tribeca Festival
Cooper claims Boston University officials told her family that they would not fire Feldman, but would allow Cooper to keep her full soccer scholarship.
Cooper said that the school did not investigate her claims.
Feldman compiled 418 victories to rank 22nd all time among NCAA women’s soccer coaches and was named conference coach of the year 12 times.
She was the program’s only coach since 1995, when it became a varsity sport.
Boston University did not immediately respond to a request for comment by The Post.
Cooper has hinted at a traumatic experience from her time playing soccer at BU, which included interviews with Cosmopolitan and The New York Times, and it was teased in the trailer for the documentary.
The documentary premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival before its release on the streaming platform, and during a Q&A afterward, Cooper, who previously worked for Barstool Sports, said she was motivated to come forward as they were making the film.
“During the filming of this documentary, I found out that the harassment and abuse of power is still happening on the campus of Boston University, and I spoke to one of the victims, and hearing her story was horrific, and I knew in that moment, if I don’t speak about this, it’s going to continue happening,” Cooper said, according to Deadline.
“Call Her Daddy” became one of the most popular podcasts on the planet after debuting in 2018 and surged to second on the podcast charts behind only “The Joe Rogan Experience,” before Cooper went over to SiriusXM last year in a massive deal.
Arizona Digest: Rattlers lose 2nd straight on the road, fall to 7-3
The start of summer is looming in Arizona, and there’s plenty of activity. Phoenix Rising FC’s USL Championship soccer and Arizona Rattlers seasons are in full swing, along with new women’s soccer club Desert Dreams FC. Here are the news and events happening around Arizona sports. Rattlers drop 2nd straight, fall in Jacksonville The Rattlers couldn’t […]
The start of summer is looming in Arizona, and there’s plenty of activity. Phoenix Rising FC’s USL Championship soccer and Arizona Rattlers seasons are in full swing, along with new women’s soccer club Desert Dreams FC.
Here are the news and events happening around Arizona sports.
Rattlers drop 2nd straight, fall in Jacksonville
The Rattlers couldn’t pull out another miracle win, losing their second straight, this time to the Sharks, 54-48, on Saturday, June 7, in Jacksonville.
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Dalton Sneed was intercepted late in the third quarter, leading to a Larry McCammon touchdown run that gave the Sharks a 51-34 lead. Wide receiver Corey Reed Jr.’s third rushing touchdown of the game cut the Rattlers’ deficit to 54-48 with nine minutes left.
Arizona Rattlers receiver Corey Reed Jr. (6) catches a touchdown past Tucson Sugar Skulls defensive back Robert Sheffield (4) at Desert Diamond Arena on July 7, 2024, in Glendale.
After a missed Sharks field goal, the Rattlers took over from their 5-yard line with 52 seconds left and three time outs. The Rattlers could’t capitalize, falling to 7-3 and losing their grip on first place in the IFL Western Division.
The Bay Area Panthers (7-2) moved into first place, ahead of the Rattlers, who return home June 14 to take on the Tucson Sugar Skulls (3-6) at 6 p.m., at Desert Diamond Arena.
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— Richard Obert
The Vegas Golden Knights will include several stops in Arizona the annual road trip from July 12-17.
The VGK Road Trip will feature members of the Golden Knights organization participating in a series of on-ice hockey clinics and meet-and-greets with fans in each city. The team’s mascot, Chance, as well as members of the VGK Cast and team broadcasters, will be on the trip.
The Golden Knights will visit the Chandler Ice Den on July 15, Scottsdale Ice Den and Sunnyslope Community Center in Phoenix on July 16 and Mullett Arena in Tempe and Chicanos por la Causa in Phoenix on July 17.
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The events at the Sunnyslope Community Center and Chicanos por la Causa will be ball hockey clinics.
—Jenna Ortiz
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Morgan Price, formerly of Fisk and now transferred to Arkansas, celebrates as part of the Bulldogs in 2023. Fisk announced Friday it would discontinue its gymnastics program after the 2026 season. SUBMITTED Fisk University’s groundbreaking gymnastics team will be no more after next season, the school announced on Friday. According to a release, the Bulldogs […]
Morgan Price, formerly of Fisk and now transferred to Arkansas, celebrates as part of the Bulldogs in 2023. Fisk announced Friday it would discontinue its gymnastics program after the 2026 season. SUBMITTED
Fisk University’s groundbreaking gymnastics team will be no more after next season, the school announced on Friday.
According to a release, the Bulldogs plan to discontinue the nation’s first historically Black college or university gymnastics program at the end of the spring 2026 season.
The decision came after “a comprehensive review of the gymnastics program and its alignment with the HBCU Athletic Conference.” Fisk faced considerable challenges, per the release, in scheduling and recruitment because gymnastics is not sanctioned by the conference.
“While we are tremendously proud of the history our gymnastics team has made in just three years, we look forward to focusing on our conference-affiliated teams to strengthen our impact in the HBCU Athletic Conference,” Fisk Director of Athletics Valencia Jordan said in the release.
“Fisk is grateful for the hard work, dedication and tenacity of its gymnasts, staff members, and coaches who made this program possible.”
Fisk previously promoted donations for the gymnastics team through its university website. Funds supported scholarships, training, nutrition, travel assistance and equipment upgrades among other expenses, according to the site.
Already departed from the program are its inaugural head coach Corrinne Tarver and six-time national champion Morgan Price.
Tarver announced her exit from Fisk in February. Price transferred to Arkansas last month.
The school said after Tarver’s departure that a national search would commence for a new head coach. Former meet director and social media manager Nuriya Mack was named interim coach for the rest of the spring season.
Together they founded the first HBCU to compete in NCAA gymnastics.
Long before becoming Fisk’s coach in March 2022, Tarver was the first Black woman to win an NCAA all-around gymnastics championship.
She was promoted to the role of athletic director for the Bulldogs in July 2022 but was replaced by Jordan in 2023.
Price, a Lebanon native and multi-time All-American, was the first HBCU gymnast to record a perfect score with her uneven bar performance this season at Temple University. In April she won five individual titles for Fisk at the Women’s Collegiate Gymnastics National Invitation Championship.
“Morgan Price has served as a phenomenal ambassador for Fisk University and embodied the incredible ways our institution continues its history-making legacy,” Fisk President Agenia Clark said in a statement following Price’s transfer. “I am extremely proud of all she has accomplished and the light she’s been able to shine on Fisk.”
Fisk’s final gymnastics season will run through April of next year.
Eric Blum Captivates Sports World with Controversial Revelation
Unveiling the Intrigue: Eric Blum’s Controversial Symphony In the world of sports, where every move is scrutinized and every word dissected, few figures command attention quite like Eric Blum. Known for his incisive commentary and ability to stir the pot, Blum has once again captured the spotlight with his latest revelation, leaving fans and critics […]
Unveiling the Intrigue: Eric Blum’s Controversial Symphony
In the world of sports, where every move is scrutinized and every word dissected, few figures command attention quite like Eric Blum. Known for his incisive commentary and ability to stir the pot, Blum has once again captured the spotlight with his latest revelation, leaving fans and critics alike buzzing with speculation and intrigue.
The Maestro of Controversy
Eric Blum’s latest disclosure has set the sports world ablaze, reminiscent of a conductor leading an orchestra through a tumultuous symphony. His words, sharp and precise, have a way of resonating deeply, challenging the status quo and prompting a reevaluation of long-held beliefs. Blum’s reputation for not shying away from controversial topics has made him a polarizing figure, yet undeniably influential in shaping public discourse.
A Legacy of Provocation
Blum’s career has been marked by a series of bold statements and daring insights that have often put him at odds with conventional wisdom. His ability to articulate complex issues with clarity and conviction has earned him a devoted following, as well as a fair share of detractors. Whether addressing the intricacies of team dynamics or the broader implications of sports in society, Blum’s commentary is never short of thought-provoking.
The Latest Revelation
The recent revelation that has everyone talking is no exception to Blum’s storied history of stirring debate. While details remain shrouded in mystery, the impact of his words is undeniable. Fans are left to ponder the implications, dissecting every nuance in search of deeper meaning. Blum’s ability to keep audiences engaged, even when the full picture is yet to be revealed, speaks to his mastery of narrative and timing.
Reflection and Future Possibilities
As the dust begins to settle and the sports community grapples with the latest wave of controversy, one thing remains clear: Eric Blum’s influence is as potent as ever. His revelations serve as a reminder of the power of words to inspire change and ignite conversation. Looking ahead, the question on everyone’s mind is what Blum will unveil next and how it will continue to shape the ever-evolving landscape of sports commentary.
In the grand tapestry of sports, Eric Blum stands as a figure who challenges norms and invites us to look beyond the surface. His latest revelation is not just a moment of controversy but an invitation to engage with the complexities of the sporting world in a meaningful way.
Alex Cooper attends the “Call Her Alex” Premiere – 2025 Tribeca Festival at BMCC Theater on June 08, 2025 in New York City. Getty Images for Tribeca Festival
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