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Inside the Inquirer: Postgame presser with Phoenix Mercury head coach Sandy Brondello 8.2.15

By E. Marcel Pourtout, Editor The Sports Inquirer attended the postgame presser of Phoenix Mercury head coach Sandy Brondello following her team’s 71-68 road win over the Atlanta Dream on August 2. Topics included thoughts on the win, contributions of players such as Candice Dupree who had a game-high 27 points, the return of Brittney…
Big South Announces 2015 Football Preseason All-Conference Team, Players of the Year

Release from the Big South Conference: Coastal Carolina redshirt-senior quarterback Alex Ross (Alpharetta, Ga.) and Gardner-Webb senior defensive lineman O.J. Mau (Masefau, American Somoa) have been voted the Big South Conference’s 2015 Preseason Offensive and Defensive Players of the Year, respectively, by the league’s head football coaches and media panel, it was announced today at Big South…
Big Ten Announces Football Preseason Players to Watch List

Release from the Big Ten Conference: The Big Ten Conference announced today its fifth annual football preseason Players to Watch list, with 11 players earning recognition. A select media panel voted for the top five players each from the East and West Division, with one additional honoree this year due to a tie. Michigan State…
Georgia Tech Football Ranked No. 17 in Preseason Coaches Top 25

Release from Georgia Tech Athletics: The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets are ranked No. 17 in the Amway Coaches Preseason Top 25 released Thursday by USA TODAY. Georgia Tech finished seventh in the final coaches poll of 2014. Georgia Tech enters the 2015 season as the third-highest ranked team in the ACC, following Atlantic Division members…
Playoff Match for FIFA Confederations Cup 2017 to Be Played between USA and Mexico on Oct. 9 at the Rose Bowl

Release from the CONCACAF: The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) announced today that the playoff match for a berth in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, which will determine the nation that will represent the region in that prestigious tournament, will be played between the United States and Mexico on Friday,…
Dream Finalize Three-Team Trade with Minnesota and Chicago

Release from the Atlanta Dream: The Atlanta Dream has announced that it has completed a three-team trade Monday with the Minnesota Lynx and Chicago Sky. The Dream has dealt veteran center Erika de Souza to Chicago and in exchange has received second-year forward Damiris Dantas and rookie Reshanda Gray from Minnesota along with the rights to…