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2021 College Football HOF Ballot Released June 19 - June 25, 2020 Vol. 18, Issue 43 www.sportspagdfw.com FREE 2 June 19, 2020 - June 25, 2020 | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 18 Issue 43 | www.sportspagedfw.com | follow us on twitter @sportspagdfw.com Follow us on twitter @sportspagedfw | www.sportspagedfw.com | The Sports Page Weekly | Volume 18 - Issue 43 | June 19, 2020 - June 25, 2020 3 June 19, 2020 - June 25, 2020 AROUND THE AREA Vol. 18, Issue 43 LOCAL NEWS OF INTEREST sportspagedfw.com Established 2002 Four Mustangs named All-America Scholars Cover Photo: 4 AROUND THE AREA was named CoSIDA Academic All-District. The finance major set the SMU single-sea- 5 RANGER REPORT son record in 2019-20 with a 70.44 stroke BY DIC HUMPHREY average over 18 rounds, averaging -1.06 6 GOLF, ETC. below par. He won the Royal Oaks BY TOM WARD Intercollegiate and posted four total top- DEALING WITH MENTAL OBSI- five finishes in six events. Overall, eight of Big 12 and Kansas City Announce CLES WHEN PLAY RESUMES his rounds were in the 60s, and 14 were Extension for Basketball Championships 7 BY DR. GREGG STEINBERG Four Mustangs Named Srixon/Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars par-or-better. He is now a two-time All- Agreement Runs Through 2025 2021 NFF COLLEGE FOOTBALL American, ranks second in career scoring The Big 12 Conference has announced a 8 HALL OF FAME CANDIDATES Four Mustangs were named Srixon BY FOOTBALLFOUNDATION.COM /Cleveland Golf All-America Scholars as average and is one of 11 SMU golfers with one-year extension to the multi-year agree- ment for Kansas City to serve as the host COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWS AND announced by the Golf Coaches multiple collegiate tournament victories 12 NOTES Association of America (GCAA) since 1985. He was also named SMU's site for the Phillips 66 Men’s and Women’s BY BO CARTER Jackson Markham, Mac Meissner, Male Student-Athlete of the Year. Basketball Championships. The events will 15 AUTO REVIEW Ollie Osborne and Justin Thompson all Osborne turned in a 72.17 stroke aver- remain in Kansas City through 2025. BY KBB.COM earned the honor. To be eligible at the age over 18 rounds this season, posting Kansas City was the initial host of both Division I level, an individual must be a nine rounds of at least even par and five championships in the first six years of the 2020 NFL SCHEDULES BY TEAM rounds in the 60s. He posted his best per- Conference from 1997-2002, and again in 16 BY STAFF sophomore, junior or senior academically, have a stroke-average under 76.0 and formance claiming medalist honors at the 2005, 2008 and 2010-12. The men’s post- 18 THE TICKET WINDOW maintain a minimum cumulative career Royal Oaks Intercollegiate, where he fired season event has continued its run in grade-point-average of 3.2. They must also an 8-under 205, which included a season- Kansas City since 2010 while the women’s RESTAURANT REVIEW have participated in 40% of the team's best 65. The business major joins Meissner championship was set to return in 2020. 19 BY RICHARD POLLAK competitive rounds in 2019-20. is one of 11 Mustang golfers with multiple Due to COVID-19, the men’s champi- Markham graduated in May with a collegiate tournament wins since 1985 and onship was halted after the first two games degree in applied physiology and sport currently averages 73.22 strokes over 33 while the women’s event was cancelled in management after lettering four seasons on rounds. its entirety. The Phillips 66 Big 12 Men’s the Hilltop. He set a 54-hole school record PING All-Central Region selection Basketball Championship played seven of with a 16-under 200 at The Prestige Thompson averaged 70.93 strokes over 15 its events in Kemper Arena before moving Individual Tournament in February, win- rounds this season, ranking him fifth on to the newly-opened Sprint Center in 2008. ning the event by two strokes, and twice SMU's single-season list. He posted three The men’s championship has been contest- tied the fifth-best single-round in program top-10 finishes and averaged 0.47 strokes ed in Sprint Center annually since 2010 Follow us on history at 64 in his career. Markham fin- below par, becoming only the fifth SMU with average crowd near 18,000 each year. ished the abbreviated 2019-20 season with golfer to average under-par for an entire Municipal Auditorium has hosted the Twitter & Facebook a 72.67 stroke average over 18 rounds and season. 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That gets teams through this season, but adds to the operating expenses in future years in the form of debt service. The longer-term ramifications are not good either. Many club officials are pre- dicting that there will be a record number of non-tenders this season, putting a huge number of veterans on the market this win- ter. This will hit largely at the middle and upper class of players. The veteran backup middle infielder making $1-$2 million per year will be replaced by a rookie making the Major League minimum. At the upper end of the pay scale, Mookie Betts is considered to be the best free agent available this winter. He turned down an offer from the Red Sox for more than $300 million prompting his trade to the Dodgers. It’s doubtful that he’ll get an Even Commissioner Manfred used the word “disaster” to describe the situation this past week offer approaching that figure now.