Jon Marley's Blog – March 2021 Archive (10)

The 2021 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Championship Tournament begins with 16 college hockey teams squaring off in the regional stage at venues in Bridgeport, Connecticut; Fargo, North Dakota; Loveland, Colorado and Albany, New York starting on Friday, March 26 (3/26/2021).…

The first four games of the 2021 NCAA Tournament featured four teams rallying from double-digit deficits with three of them closing the deal for impressive victories to advance on to first round games on Saturday. The most high-profile game of the night belonged to Michigan State and UCLA as the Bruins roared back from an 11-point halftime deficit to win 86-80 in overtime.…

The NCAA has canceled Saturday night's VCU-Oregon first round game. Read the NCAA's full statement below.

“The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee has declared the VCU-Oregon game scheduled for Saturday night at Indiana Farmers Coliseum a no-contest because of COVID-19 protocols. This decision was made in consultation with the Marion County Public Health Department. As a result, Oregon will advance to the next round of the tournament. The NCAA and the committee regret that…

Spring football is just days away for the Oklahoma Sooners. With the return of football on the way, Sooners Wire takes a look at each position group ahead of camp. This time we journey into the trenches with the offensive tackles.

Last season Oklahoma deployed the tackle duo of Adrian Ealy and Erik Swenson. After one game, Ealy and Swenson swapped sides putting the former at the right tackle spot. Ealy is now heading to the NFL through the draft meaning there would be at least one new…

The 2021 ACC Spring football game schedule has been announced, and nine of the 14 games will be televised live by the ACC Network.

Spring football game action in the ACC kicks off on Saturday, March 27 with Duke’s annual Spring Showcase. The game is set for 10:00am ET and it will be televised by the ACC Network.…

It was Saturday around 4:30 p.m. ET. The sun was out, but the air was crisp. My three-person family, as we tend to do on lazy weekend days, was spread out into three different areas of our house. And as I always do when I find myself alone on those such days, I started fiddling with the ESPN App to see what was on.

On this Saturday, as it has been for the past two Saturdays and as it will be until mid-May, what it was, was football. College football. Like, a whole lot of college…

While the 2021 Golden Globes and Academy Awards have been postponed due to COVID-19, music’s biggest night, the Grammy Awards, were still a-go for their originally scheduled date. With an increase in the amount of music that was released during the pandemic, it was decided that the 63rd annual Grammys would not be delayed. Then, as COVID cases increased in Los Angeles, where the Grammys were to be held, the Recording Academy had to rethink that decision. Variety confirmed Jan. 5 that the…

North Dakota State bounced back from its streak-breaking loss with a dominant showing and will look to start another streak this weekend as the Bison take on Illinois State. The Bison are fresh off a 25- win over Missouri State last week and are looking to rebuild their stock as championship contenders. On the other side, Illinois State is looking for its first win of the season after starting 0-2.

Saturday’s game will air exclusively on ESPN+ in the United States nationally. ESPN+ a…

The WCC Conference Championship stretches from March 4th through 9th with games played at the Orleans Arena in Paradise, Nevada. The tournament will include 10 teams, who will play single-elimination games with no reseeding, but gives a triple-bye to the top two teams, a double-bye to the third and fourth teams, and a single bye to the fifth and sixth teams.

Most of the coverage for the WCC tournament games will span across the ESPN broadcast platforms. Game 5 is set for ESPNU, while…

The Cowboy Channel and RFD-TV, coming off record-breaking viewership numbers for the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo (NFR), announced today The American Rodeo presented by Durango Boots is moving forward with its originally scheduled 2021 dates and tickets will be going on sale to the general public starting this Friday, January 15th at 10 am CT.…