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From the turf to the booth, Aggies legend Robert Turbin returns to Logan Saturday
Utah State running back Robert Turbin (6) is stopped by Ohio Bobcats safety Josh Kristoff (9) during the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, Idaho Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011. USU lost to Ohio 24-23. (Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News) Estimated read time: 5-6 minutes LOGAN — When Utah State athletic director John Hartwell called former Aggies running back Robert Turbin to tell him he was getting inducted into the Utah State Hall of Fame, the first thing Turbin thought about was all the effort it took to get there. The extra work he put in when nobody else was in the facilities, opting not to go home to California during…
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Live LA Clippers Basketball Returns To Free Over-The-Air TV On KTLA 5
KTLA 5 Will Exclusively Air 15 Clippers Games This Season and Produce Pre-game, Halftime, and Post-Game Programming KTLA Clippers Broadcasts Will Be Syndicated Throughout Southern California LOS ANGELES, CA (Sept. 20, 2022)—KTLA-TV (KTLA 5), Los Angeles’ #1 TV station, and the LA Clippers today announced a broadcast television partnership that will return live Clippers games to over-the-air TV in Southern California. Eleven regular season and all four pre-season games will be exclusively accessible to all TV viewers in Southern California, bringing the Clippers back to KTLA 5 for the first time since 2009. The station’s regular season schedule is highlighted by games against the Houston Rockets, Oklahoma City Thunder…
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DREAM Adaptive Recreation water sports week returns with support
DREAM Adaptive Recreation has been awarded a $7,500 grant from The Weyerhaeuser Giving Fund to support the non-profit’s Summer Water Sports Program. The grant will be used to help defray the costs of the program, which aims to empower individuals with disabilities through a variety of water sports. New this year, Launch Water Sports has also teamed up with DREAM to provide a boat and driver for all their motorized water days this season. “Our ability to provide empowering top-notch programming is a direct result of generous community support,” DREAM Executive Director Julie Tickle said. “Weyerhaeuser’s annual support allows us to consistently provide inclusive family-friendly programming that folks in our…
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Tampa Bay Strikers unveiled as pro indoor soccer returns to Tampa
TAMPA — The Tampa Bay Strikers are the newest pro franchise in town. The National Indoor Soccer League is betting fans will show up to watch “hockey on turf.” “Come out,” league managing partner and Strikers’ co-owner Andrew Haines said following the teams’ unveiling Monday morning at the Yuengling Center, where home games will be played. “If you say you’re going to have a bad time, I’m going to sit right with you because I know you’re going to be like, ‘I was wrong.’ ” Like the rest of the league, the Strikers will have teams in the men’s and women’s divisions that will play back-to-back, with fans getting two…
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OUTDOOR SPORTS: Rhody Run returns in style
PORT TOWNSEND — More than 900 runners took part in the 2022 Rhody Run Redux at a new venue in the first running of the race since 2019. The race moved from Fort Worden to the Jefferson County Fairgrounds. Three out of the four male and female winners were from Port Townsend. Winning the 10K was a Port Townsend man and a former runner for the Port Townsend track and cross-country teams, Seamus Fraser, who finished in a time of 35 minutes, 14.53 seconds. Paul Smith of Olympia was second (36:28.28) and Owen Chamberlin of Tacoma third (36:43.21). The winner of the women’s 10K was a member of the Larson…
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Robservations: CHGO Sports drops Olin Kreutz; Marquee to air Chicago Sky; Rob Stafford returns to NBC 5 true-crime series
Olin Kreutz (Photo: NBC Sports Chicago) Robservations on the media beat: CHGO Sports Two months after he was on hand for the launch of CHGO Sports, former Chicago Bears offensive lineman Olin Kreutz has been dropped as a contributor to the digital media startup. According to the company, Kreutz physically attacked an unidentified employee Monday morning. “Effective immediately, Olin Kreutz is no longer with CHGO,” the company tweeted. “Although we were shocked by the incident, we are thankful that the employee is okay. The health and safety of our employees is of the utmost importance and we will not tolerate any action that puts that in jeopardy.” No other information…
