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Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia wasn’t shy about selling himself to NFL scouts during a television interview during the Panini Senior Bowl week on Jan. 28.The Heisman trophy finalist told Simone Eli, from New York’s PIX11News, “I’m the best player in the country,” when asked what he was trying to prove to NFL scouts and coaches at the Senior Bowl.”You get me, you get someone who is a winner, a competitor, a leader, and someone who doesn’t take no for an answer.”The Senior Bowl, which will be held Jan. 31 in Mobile, Alabama (1:30 p.m. CT, NFL Network) is a showcase…

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Students react to university’s decision to resume in-person classes.VUMC anesthesiologist charged with 15 counts of sexual exploitationUPDATED: Classes canceled, some students left without power, water and heat following winter stormFilm Room: New kid on the blockBREAKING: University cancels in-person classes due to inclement weatherIN PHOTOS: SnowpocalypseVanderbilt moves forward with full-time undergraduate campus in San Francisco, graduate campus in West Palm BeachVanderbilt LifeFlight helicopter crash leaves 1 dead, 2 critically injuredBREAKING: All in-person classes canceled for Jan. 29, and Jan. 30Men’s Basketball: Previewing Vanderbilt vs. KentuckyNo. 18 Vanderbilt Men’s Basketball once again returned to Memorial Gymnasium on Tuesday, Jan. 27, to take on the…

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The Yankees finalized their five-year, $162.5MM contract with Cody Bellinger last week. That would ordinarily come with a $32.5MM average annual value that counts against the team’s luxury tax ledger. In most cases, a contract’s luxury tax number is taken by dividing the number of guaranteed years from the overall amount of guaranteed money — regardless of the salary distribution. Unlocked performance bonuses or option decisions can subsequently change the calculation, but the AAV is the starting point. However, as Joel Sherman of The New York Post reports, Bellinger’s deal falls into a rare exception built into the collective bargaining agreement:…

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Vanderbilt eyes bounce back, hosts Middle Tennessee on ThursdayNASHVILLE, Tenn. — The Vanderbilt men’s tennis team returns home for a matchup with Middle Tennessee on Thursday at the Lummis Family Tennis Center.The Commodores saw their four-match win streak come to an end in a 4-0 loss to No. 1 ranked defending champion Wake Forest at ITA Kickoff Weekend. The Dores turn their focus to Middle Tennessee (5-0), who Vanderbilt (4-1) defeated 4-3 in a road thriller last season. The black and gold lead the all-time series 33-12, with the last Blue Raider win coming in 2021. Middle Tennessee makes the short…

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Vanderbilt’s scheduled game at Ole Miss, which was slated for 7:30 Central in Oxford, Miss., has been changed to a Saturday tipoff at 5 Central in Memorial Gymnasium.The two teams were set to play in Nashville on March 4, but the dates for the home-and-home series have been flipped. All tickets purchased for the original game will be valid for the one this upcoming Saturday.Ole Miss’s campus is closed until February 8, with the Sandy and John Black Pavilion (the Rebels’ basketball arena) being used as a warming center during mass power outages in the area.Vanderbilt’s campus has been open,…

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In this story:No. 18 Vanderbilt men’s basketball is coming off a big win over a Kentucky team that was red hot going into Tuesday night’s matchup. The Commodores extinguished the Wildcats’ five-game win streak to get back to 5-3 in SEC play. In the SEC standings, Vanderbilt now sits tied for fourth with Kentucky and just a game-and-a-half behind Texas A&M for the overall spot.While Vanderbilt was on a three-game losing streak, its postseason projection for the NCAA Tournament took a little bit of a hit as some projections had the Commodores has low as a No. 4 or No.…

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POPULAR SEARCHES BROWSE BY Vanderbilt Commodores (20-1, 6-1 SEC) vs. Ole Miss Rebels (17-4, 4-2 SEC)Birmingham, Alabama; Friday, 3 p.m. ESTBOTTOM LINE: No. 5 Vanderbilt and No. 17 Ole Miss square off in Birmingham, Alabama.The Rebels are 4-2 against SEC opponents. Ole Miss is sixth in the SEC with 13.0 offensive rebounds per game led by Christeen Iwuala averaging 3.6.The Commodores are 6-1 in SEC games. Vanderbilt averages 85.3 points and has outscored opponents by 25.2 points per game.Ole Miss makes 44.7% of its shots from the field this season, which is 5.0 percentage points higher than Vanderbilt has allowed…

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Vanderbilt forward Tyler Nickel (5) celebrates a three point basket during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Kentucky, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. Credit: AP/George Walker IVNASHVILLE, Tenn. — No. 18 Vanderbilt and Mississippi are flipping the locations for their home-and-home men’s basketball series because of the impact of last weekend’s winter storm. The two teams had been scheduled to face off Saturday at Ole Miss. That game will now take place at Vanderbilt’s Memorial Gymnasium instead, with a tip-off time of 5 p.m. Central.Their March 4 rematch will be at Ole Miss. That…

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