SOUTH BEND, INDIANA - DECEMBER 05: Head football coach Marcus Freeman of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and his wife, Joanna, look on during the first half between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Texas Longhorns at Purcell Pavilion at the Joyce Center on December 05, 2024 in South Bend, Indiana. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) Getty
The start to 2026 was less than ideal for Notre Dame head coach Marcus Freeman and wife, Joanna Freeman. Marcus sent a clear message about his family after the coach was cleared of any wrongdoing regarding a January 3, incident which took place during his son's high school wrestling match.
Notre Dame released a statement backing the coach and explaining that the Freeman family was "verbally accosted" during the wrestling match.
"Vinny Freeman, head coach Marcus Freeman's son, was verbally accosted during and after his wrestling match by a local wrestling coach," Notre Dame's January statement detailed, per South Bend Tribune. "Marcus and Joanna Freeman intervened and removed Vinny from the situation.
"At no point did Coach Freeman physically engage with anyone. We believe that the police report, which includes video evidence, fully exonerates Coach Freeman and makes clear these accusations are unfounded."

#Wrestling

One Liverpool midfielder is set to leave the club permanently in the final 48 hours of the summer transfer window.
Stefan Bajcetic has been linked with a return to LaLiga in recent weeks, with Getafe having reportedly been in talks earlier this month before his former club Celta Vigo pounced to agree personal terms over the past few days.
The 21-year-old hasn't played for the Reds since May 2024 and didn't get on the pitch at all last season, with persistent injury problems having put his career on hold after his hugely promising breakthrough under Jurgen Klopp.
On Sunday evening, Vinny O'Connor reported for Sky Sports that the midfielder is close to leaving Liverpool permanently for Celta Vigo, with the Reds likely to retain a sell-on clause.
Negotiations are 'in the final stages' over a deal for the Spaniard to return to the club where he began his youth career, and the transfer is expected to go through before the 11pm deadline on Tuesday night.

#celta #vigo #reds

Gabriel Bannigan has stepped down from his role as Monaghan manager after two years at the helm.
Bannigan initially joined Monaghan as part of Vinny Corey's management team in 2022 before succeeding Corey as boss in 2024.
Under Bannigan, Monaghan won the Division Two **** le in 2025 and reached successive All-Ireland quarter-finals where they were knocked out by Donegal and then Louth.
The Farney men were relegated from Division One this year after a tough league campaign in which they failed to pick up a point.
They bounced back well in the Ulster SFC with wins over Cavan and Derry but suffered an extra-time defeat against Armagh in the decider.

#vinny #corey #donegal

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Recent Kickapoo graduate Vincent Mhire might have been known locally for his skills on the basketball court, but he is even better known in sports media.
Just a few years after picking up a professional camera for the first time, he now boasts over 40 thousand followers on Instagram (vinnyflics) and creates hype videos for nearly every high school in the Springfield area. It all started with an injury called mallet finger.
"So I was going to be out for the next three months. And in that time, especially during the summer, there's these things called AIU tournaments. They're basketball, like summer leagues for high school players and stuff like that," Mhire said. "All my friends were in those and I couldn't play. So, I decided to go and like, just go with them to those tournaments. And I don't know what caused me to do this, but I started filming videos on my phone."
Mhire as he works a golf tournament in the United Kingdom in May of this year.
After realizing he had a true passion and some skill for videography, he leaned into building his brand. All while continuing to keep up his grades and play basketball, something that he feels gives him extra insight.

#mhire #like #school #started

Liverpool's pursuit of Bradley Barcola appears to have reached the stage at which admiration has to be separated from valuation.
The France international remains firmly on Liverpool's radar, according to Sky Sports, but Paris Saint Germain's current asking price of £145 million represents a considerable obstacle. Liverpool have communicated how far they are prepared to go and, for now, there appears to be substantial distance between the clubs.
For Andoni Iraola and Liverpool's recruitment team, patience may now prove every bit as important as persuasion.
Speaking on Sky Sports News, Vinny O'Connor explained Liverpool's current position:
"Liverpool are still there effectively for Bradley Barcola, but they've put a valuation on Barcola and said to PSG, this is how far we'll go.

#appears

WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. — Vinny Busher looked out at the football field in front of him, a postcard setting backdropped by rolling green mountains and a cloudless blue sky.
"It's gorgeous," he said.
More than eight hours earlier, at 4:30 a.m., Busher left his home in Wappingers Falls, New York, and began the drive to Giants training camp at The Greenbrier resort. Busher, 37, pulled on his Eli Manning jersey and brought his girlfriend, ******* isa Aste, along for the ride, ready to bask in the optimism of coach John Harbaugh's first camp.
"I'm here for the vibes," Aste said.
Unlike Busher, she's not a Giants fan worn down by so much misery over the past 14 years. Still, here she was Thursday, watching the Giants' second camp practice on a perfect, low-humidity West Virginia afternoon. They'd stay the night and drive back in the morning. Weekend commitments awaited.

#Giants #camp #sulphur

Jersey Shore fans are taking a trip down memory lane after an old photo of Vinny Guadagnino resurfaced online, and it's sparking plenty of reactions.
A Reddit user recently shared a years-old selfie of the MTV star, 38, while discussing one of his more memorable personality traits from the show.
"I was laughing at how meticulous and picky Vinny was," the fan wrote, referring to his well-known attention to detail during his Jersey Shore days.
The throwback photo, believed to be from the early 2010s, shows a much younger Vinny sporting thick-rimmed glasses, a full beard, and his signature voluminous hairstyle.
"Not Vinny with the Pauly D blowout," one commenter joked.

We’re in the hurry up and wait period of the offseason, with the Las Vegas Raiders on a summer break before training camp. But we still have this week’s mailbag to get to, touching on camp, Maxx Crosby trade rumors and a bunch of season preview questions. Let’s get to it!
Q: With the talk around Maxx Crosby getting traded not going away, **** ume the Raiders do deal him before the start of the season. Who is your ideal trade partner, and what is a realistic “best case” trade in your opinion? What are the odds he gets traded?
A: I got a bunch of Crosby questions this week since the trade talks in the media picked up. Someone else asked if I think there is some fire with the smoke that’s out there, and I do think there’s some truth to it because of who is saying it.
Vinny Bonsignore of the California Post (formerly of the Las Vegas Review-Journal) is the most plugged-in reporter on the beat, in my opinion, and he’s been one of the driving forces behind a Crosby trade still being alive. Less than two weeks ago, Bonsignore wrote a column about why the 49ers should trade for the pass-rusher after the Rams acquired Myles Garrett. The way I see it, if Vinny were hearing that the Raiders aren’t interested in trading Crosby anymore, he’d be pushing back against those talks rather than contributing to them.
As far as an ideal trade partner, I definitely don’t want to see Crosby go to another team in the division and would prefer it if he landed somewhere in the NFC. However, the latter wouldn’t be a deal breaker, and I’d just want to see the Raiders get the biggest return possible, even if that’s a non-AFC West AFC team. If they can get another club to come up to the two first-round picks price tag again, then that’s a perfect situation. But, realistically, it feels like a first and a second are the ceiling for the deal.

In a bullpen game, the WooSox ended up fending off the IronPigs in extra innings. (Phillies AAA) Just as Nathan Hickey (who homered) and Vinny Capra (who drove in the game’s opening run) helped put some early runs on the board, they helped put plenty of padding on during a tenth inning offensive outburst with a knock apiece. It’s also notable that Kristian Campbell contributed in his own way by drawing three walks. This hefty lead allowed Kyle Keller to come in for a second inning and struck out two to slam the door and increase his total to four.
In a Patrick Sandoval rehab apperance in which a homer was his only hit allowed, the Sea Dogs were not as lucky, or rather, skillful at generating offense, in the tenth inning as Worcester was. The Patriots (Yankees AA) scored a run in the tenth off of Cooper Adams and the Sea Dogs couldn’t answer. In fact, the inning was a continuation of a pretty poor night where they struck out 14 times and had just 4 hits… even if one came from a budding Stanley Tucker. Romy Gonzalez would reach on an error and end up scoring. The Sea Dogs giving up walks, eight on the night, to be exact, was also a factor in the loss.
I’m going to be honest: I don’t have much hope for Patrick Sandoval. It was a bad contract with limited upside from the jump. Even if you’re among the last stragglers of belief in the 2026 Red Sox season (I’m not), this is not the place for Sandoval to make a resurgence. It’s great he’s pitching again and that he is about to come back from injury after such a long road. But he likely won’t make an impact on this ball club.
Greenville has now been outscored 24-6 in three games. Dylan Brown just allowed too many runs while striking out seven BlueClaws (Phillies High-A). The Blue Claws had 16 hits on the night and simply overpowered the Drive, and nothing of substance was happening with just five hits and stranding ten runners.
The RidgeYaks are now losers of ten straight with this shutout loss to the Nationals. Leighton Finley again pitched well in his five-inning start, not letting his four walks or one hit score and striking six out. Salem only struck out four on the night, but also had to fight for hits. And when it was time to score, the offense couldn’t be found; they put their best Red Sox costume on and went hitless in eight attempts with runners in scoring position.

The 2026 OSAA high school spring sports season is at the finish line and several Salem-Keizer area athletes have closed their respective seasons with state championship hardware across multiple sports.
Every week, you get to vote for the Statesman Journal’s Athlete of the Week, sponsored by Maps Credit Union.
Here are the nominees for this week’s boys Athlete of the Week.
Vinny Arnold, North Marion track and field
Caden Druliner, Silverton track and field

Analysts at Samosa Capital Investment Fund have warned that Michael Saylor’s BTC strategy is “hurting Bitcoin’s price action”, which is a net-negative for the Bitcoin community.
According to certified ****** ysts, Saylor’s Bitcoin digital ****** et treasury company, Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), is “a highly leveraged holding company traded on public exchanges that could blow up, exactly the opposite of what Bitcoin was intended to be.”
Vinny Lingham, economist and co-founder at Praxos Capital, also complained about how Saylor’s Strategy could ultimately do more harm to Bitcoin (and cry

i agrre wit vinny tht knowledge is power

In this glorious weather will you be having a few Neck Oils today Vinny