Navy’s football stadium gets another large scoreboard

By The Associated Press
July 25, 2016 | 1:17 AM

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — The opening game for the U.S. Navy’s football team will finally offer two massive scoreboards instead of just one this fall.

The Capital Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/2amKzkw) that installation of the second large scoreboard is 10 years in the making. The Naval Academy’s athletic director said the delay was due to a lack of money and more pressing priorities for Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium.

The new scoreboard will have the same dimensions and quality as the one installed on the field’s north end in 2006. Both displays will measure 25 feet high and 87 feet wide. The new scoreboard will be four times larger than the one it is replacing. It cost about $2.5 million.

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Information from: The Capital, http://www.capitalgazette.com/

SEC joins Big Ten in banning pros from returning to college, including basketball players

By The Associated Press
August 25, 2026 | 8:08 PM

The Southeastern Conference passed a rule Tuesday banning players who have been drafted by NFL, NBA or WNBA teams or listed on rosters in those leagues, joining the Big Ten in taking a strong stand against this month's unexpected surge of pro players trying to return to college. The SEC's rule differs from the one adopted by the Big Ten, which only included football in its decision released earlier in the day and is expected address other sports later. The news was the latest in a head-spinning week of court rulings, emergency rulemaking sessions and player signings, all of which point to a college sports landscape in disarray. The moves by the nation's two biggest conferences, four days before the start of football season, are intended to tamp down on the latest crisis — one involving players who came back to college after being released from pro rosters. “I feel like I took a freaking gummy,” said Sean McVay, the coach of the Los Angeles Rams, when asked about the prospect of a player he released returning to college. “I don’t even understand it.”

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