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Ringling College of Art and Design proudly served as the host site for the inaugural Virtual Reality in Sports Medicine and Exercise Science Symposium, held June 5 and 6, 2025, and presented by the International Virtual Reality Healthcare Association (IVRHA). This inaugural event brought together global thought leaders in healthcare, athletics, technology, and academia to explore how immersive technologies such as virtual and augmented reality are transforming sports performance, rehabilitation, and cognitive health. The symposium featured a diverse mix of clinical research, elite sports training, and design innovation, with presentations spanning football, baseball, cricket, tennis, track and field, fencing, and martial arts. These sessions emphasized the expanding role of immersive tools across both high-performance athletics and general wellness applications.

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JULY 9 – VERSUS THAILAND

Skinner entered the lineup for the first time this VNL tournament and had a heck of a showing with a team-high 22 points, 19 kills and 10 digs, also tacking on two blocks and an ace. The native Texan had a .324 hitting efficiency in her 2025 VNL debut, helping the the U.S. Women’s National Team defeat Thailand, 3-1 (28-26, 21-25, 27-25, 25-15).

“Thailand is an amazing team. We knew the rallies were going to be long, so for us, it was about being patient, not trying to score necessarily on the first ball but when we got our chance, then going for it,” Skinner commented. “It was special. I have been so excited waiting for this match. I’m glad we could come out and get a win. It’s really fun being back with this group. Coming to Arlington is so fun because we get to play in front of our crowd. We are grateful for all the fans who have come out to support us.”

Full results for the match can be found here. The USA Volleyball recap for the match can be found here.

JULY 10 – VERSUS DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

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JULY 10 – VERSUS CANADA

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JULY 13 – VERSUS CHINA

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Jacksonville, Fla. – The Jacksonville University beach volleyball team announced Thursday the hiring of Emily Kubicsko as the team’s new assistant coach.  Kubicsko joins in a coaching role after a decorated four-year career with the team as a student-athlete. 

“I am thrilled to welcome Emily to our staff this year,” head coach Dylan Hough said. “Over the past four years, she has been a foundational part of our program’s growth, and I’m excited to see her continue to elevate JU Beach in this new role. Emily is an exceptional teammate, leader, student, and friend. Her character and work ethic have always set the standard, and I have no doubt she will thrive and make a lasting impact in this new position.” 

During her career as an athlete, Kubicsko etched herself as the program’s all-time wins leader. 

She made an immediate impact as a freshman, appearing in 34 matches and helping the Dolphins to their most single-season wins in program history. During that 2022 campaign, she broke the freshman wins record alongside Sydney Eckhardt, and set the single-season record at the 2’s flight with Eckhardt. 

The next year, she set a new record for wins by 1’s pair in a single season by seven wins with 24. After another 16 wins in her junior year, she was only five wins shy of the all-time win record in Jacksonville Beach Volleyball history. 

Heading into her senior campaign, Kubicsko earned preseason All-ASUN honors. Fourteen games into the 2025 season, she became the all-time wins leader in Jacksonville University history. She wrapped up her illustrious career with 72 wins, 11 more than the previous record holder.  

Her senior season earned her Second-Team All-ASUN honors. Her 2022 class graduated as the winningest in program history.

FOX Sports, the industry leader in live events, is the umbrella entity representing Fox Corporation’s wide array of multi-platform US-based sports assets. Built with brands capable of reaching more than 100 million viewers in a single weekend, FOX Sports includes the sports television arm of the FOX Network; FS1, FS2, FOX Soccer Plus and FOX Deportes, as well as a joint-venture business in the Big Ten Network and digital properties including http://FOXSports.com and the FOX Sports App. FOX Sports has delivered the most watched television program, NFL’s America’s Game of the Week on FOX, for fourteen consecutive years.

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Fox Sports Digital is looking for a Freelance Digital Video Specialist to join the Sports Screening team. The Freelance Digital Video Specialist will use their expertise in video production, editing and editorial experience to identify, clip, distribute, and create compelling content that services FOXSports.com, the FOX Sports App, and all of FOX Sports’ YouTube channels. The perfect candidate will be knowledgeable of FS1 programming, sports and podcasts as they will interface with talent, production leaders and social media leaders on both the digital and linear sides of our company.

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• Work closely with other digital team members to help create original live streaming content and/or VOD, optimizing live event/sports studio show content as well as highlight content that will live across multiple FOX platforms, namely FOXSports.com, the FOX Sports App and the FOX Sports YouTube channels
• Utilize Adobe Premiere, WildMoka, and Google IAS to create compelling VOD content and highlights
• Distribute content through writing metadata, thumbnail creation, and publishing to digital platforms
• Understanding of how best to use social platforms and experience working with digital platforms
• Build and maintain relationships across a variety of groups including social media, production, studio and other show teams

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• 2+ years of Digital/TV editorial experience
• Experience with editing compelling video content using Adobe Premiere and distribute that content accordingly cross-platform
• Familiar with digital platforms, industry terminology and understand deadlines
• Effectively communicate with social media managers, producers and other project stakeholders
• Strong written and grammatical skills required for writing video metadata
• Ability to manage and organize multiple concurrent projects
• Knowledgeable about Digital platforms including YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, etc
• A passion for sports content and finding compelling storylines

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• Experience with Adobe Photoshop
• YouTube experience

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.

Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay rate/range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is $28.00 per hour.

FIRST ON FOX: The House of Representatives is rolling out bipartisan legislation later on Thursday that will mark a major shift in the world of college sports, particularly the compensation of student athletes, Fox News Digital has learned.

The bill would codify the right for student athletes to get paid for the use of their name, image and likeness (NIL), while mandating that colleges and universities also provide them with “comprehensive” academic, career counseling, and medical support, according to text obtained by Fox News Digital.

NIL regulations would be standardized across the country, overriding the current patchwork of state laws. More than 30 states allow colleges to pay student athletes for NIL, while no such regulations exist in others.

Student athletes would be able to hire agents and would have to disclose their NIL deals to their schools and to nonprofit Interstate Intercollegiate Athletic Associations (IIAA), like the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and similar groups.

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Mya Lesnar of Colorado State celebrates after winning the women’s shot put at 62-4 1/2 (19.01m) during the NCAA Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field.  (Kirby Lee-Imagn Images)

For non-athlete students at colleges and universities that bring in high revenue from sports media, it would shield them from footing the bill for their college’s athletics programs by prohibiting student fees at those schools from being used for them.

The bill also expressly prohibits student athletes from being considered employees of a college over their sporting participation.

It’s a bipartisan bill that’s the product of the House Energy & Commerce Committee, House Education & Workforce Committee, and the House Judiciary Committee.

Its lead co-sponsors are Reps. Janelle Bynum, D-Ore., and Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla. Rep. Shomari Figures, D-Ala., is also a co-sponsor.

Committee Chairmen Brett Guthrie, R-Ky., Tim Walberg, R-Mich., and Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told Fox News Digital in a joint statement, “NIL offers an endless array of opportunities for student-athletes to make the most of their college experience, but the lack of clear guardrails has left athletes and universities on unstable ground.”

“The SCORE Act creates a national framework that supports student-athletes and recenters the educational mission of college athletics,” they said.

Jordan, notably, was a two-time NCAA Division I college wrestling champion. He later became a coach with Ohio State University’s wrestling program before being elected to Congress.

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The bill was a product of the panels led by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Brett Guthrie, left, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, center, and House Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg, right.  (Getty Images)

Whether student athletes should receive a portion of their school’s sports media revenue and how much has been a years-long debate.

There have been several attempts in Congress to push for legislation giving student athletes the ability to profit off of their college sporting careers.

The NCAA, college sports’ main governing body, changed its rules in 2021 to allow student athletes to profit from NIL.

It comes after reports that such legislation could be introduced this week after a June antitrust settlement in House v. NCAA between the NCAA and lawyers for Division I college athletes. A judge approved over $2.7 billion in back pay for college athletes shut out of NIL deals between 2016 and 2024, paving the way for colleges to pay players directly.

Under the bill’s parameters, IIAAs would ensure NIL deals aligned with fair market value, while being able to limit student athletes’ eligibility based on the length of their college sports career and create new requirements for agents not registered with the IIAA.

The text also includes a liability shield for universities and IIAA that “the adoption of, agreement to, compliance with, or enforcement of any rule, regulation, requirement, standard, or other provision established pursuant to, or in compliance with, this Act shall be treated as lawful under the antitrust laws” and any state or local laws.

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The bill was lauded by Reps. Gus Bilirakis, R-Fla., Scott Fitzgerald, R-Wis., and House GOP Conference Chairwoman Lisa McClain, R-Mich., all who played key roles in putting the legislation together.

It was also praised by the NCAA’s Autonomy Conferences – the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC.

“This legislation comes at a time of historic transition for college athletics. In the absence of federal standards, student-athletes and schools have been forced to navigate a fractured regulatory framework for too long,” a statement to Fox News Digital said.

“Following the historic House settlement, this bill represents a very encouraging step toward delivering the national clarity and accountability that college athletics desperately needs. We urge lawmakers to build on this momentum and deliver the national solution that athletes, coaches, and schools deserve.”