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The Irish offense is replacing the school’s winningest quarterback, Ian Book, and six other starters, including four-fifths of the offensive line. Undaunted, Rees said he has seen the offense come together behind quarterback Jack Coan, a graduate transfer from Wisconsin, and preseason All-America candidates in running back Kyren Williams, tight end Michael Mayer, center Jarrett Patterson and guard Cain Madden, another grad transfer.
“That’s how he looked in spring training,” Sox manager Tony La Russa said. “A lot of those young guys made such an impression because they would just play late in the game, or you wouldn’t play them for three days, and when they played, they played like it was the seventh game of the World Series. They’ve carried that hunger over.
Ryan retired the first six batters he faced but ran into trouble in the third. After issuing a leadoff walk to Alfonso Rivas, Ryan fanned Sergio Alcántara before Andrew Romine doubled to put runners on second and third. Rafael Ortega flied to short center for the second out, but Schwindel launched a three-run homer to left.
“Duke, to me, is scrappy, tough, instinctive,” Pace said. “Marqui is athletic and versatile and can play safety too. So they’re kind of different flavors, and maybe there’s scenarios where we can use all of them. It’s been a good competition. It’s made them both better. The good thing about it (is) our defensive coordinator will put those guys in advantageous positions.”
“What a way to open up this season,” said Wisconsin coach Paul Chryst, whose 12th-ranked team hosts No. 19 Penn State on Saturday. “For us, it’s a little bit different from maybe Penn State in the sense that it’s a home game, but you talk about going through last season with no fans in the stands, and now you say our home opener is against Penn State and fans are in the stands. It’s a heck of a way to start.”
Scott, who took over the role in January when the team fired Jared Porter over explicit texts to a female reporter, was arrested on a DUI charge around 4:15 a.m. Tuesday morning. White Plains cops found him asleep at the wheel of his 2018 Toyota Highlander at the intersection of Fisher Ave. and S. Lexington Ave. The 44-year-old exec failed a field sobriety test and then refused a breathalyzer test.
Packers coach Matt LaFleur offered his best to “everybody in New Orleans,” adding: “That’s a bad deal that they’re going through, so we’ll adjust and, yeah, there are some adjustments … some positives that it probably won’t be quite as loud. But the negative is that it’s hard to simulate that kind of heat, so our guys are going to have to do a great job of hydrating and taking care of their bodies all week.”
González, 24, is slashing .275/.357/.525 with 15 doubles, 23 home runs, 57 RBIs, 58 runs and 22 stolen bases in 87 combined games with Double-A Birmingham (78) and Charlotte (nine) this season. He is one of seven players in the minor leagues with 20 homers and 20 steals.
The Bears are signing sixth-year NFL receiver Breshad Perriman, ESPN reported. Perriman, whom the Detroit Lions cut earlier this week, has 125 catches for 2,066 yards and 14 touchdowns in his career. He had 30 catches for 505 yards and three touchdowns last season with the New York Jets.
“Danny is working through all of his stuff right now,” coach Matt Nagy said last week when asked about Ogletree pushing Trevathan for playing time. “We love Danny to death and we understand the leader that he is, the player he is. But ‘Tree’ has come out here since Day 1 — I mean, he’s had like seven, eight picks. He’s continued to just play fast. We want to create depth. We want to have that for our players there, defensively, and I think he’s done a great job of letting us know that depending on where Danny is — status-wise, health-wise, etc.”