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"Deciding that a two-hour flight was not enough time together, the group wanted to hop on a bus and spend their last road-trip together. So, (the team got) a bus to spend 12 hours on the road, taking one last trip together to soak up all the moments they could" #d3baseball #whyD3.
Birmingham-Southern players wanted one last memory together, so they decided to take a 12-hour bus ride back home, over a quick flight. After a season full of dramatic moments, all this group wanted was one last road trip. The story 👇
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A @NCAADIII graduate will take his team to the @SuperBowl . Congrats to Nick Sirianni, the @Eagles, @MountUnionFB and @purpleraiders. A day to be proud #whyD3 #d3fb #FlyEaglesFly.
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What is the most picturesque venue for a @NCAADIII outdoor sporting event? . One that comes to mind for me from personal experience - South Hill Field at @BomberSports. Gotta love Cayuga Lake. But more importantly, what say you? . Share your photos here #d3Playbook
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For all of you new kids to @NCAADIII:. You don't MOVE DOWN to DIII. 450 schools and 195,000 student-athletes getting quality educations and athletic experiences that last a lifetime. @HartfordHawks are transitioning to DIII. Thank you. @d3saac @D3Commissioners #whyD3.
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Let me say it loud enough for those in the cheap seats . this is a @NCAADIII pitcher striking out the reigning AL MVP. #whyD3 @WUJackets #d3baseball.
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Winningest Women's ⚽️ Programs /1. 1. @HWSAthletics 593.2. @MessiahSports 538.3. @tcnjlions 535.4. @KeeneStateOwls 526.5. @Wheaton_Thunder 525.6. @LynchburgWSoc 519.7. @BomberSports 518.8. @RedDragonPride 510.9. @HSUAthletics 505.10. @TrinityUTigers 497.
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Winningest 🏈 Teams /1. 1. @purpleraiders 813.2. @WittAthletics 780.3. @wjathletics 755.4. @WidenerSports 710.5. @wabashathletics 696.6. @EphSports 656.7. @SJUJohnnies 653.8. @AmherstMammoths 651.9. @GoDiplomats 642.10. @CentralDutch 633. #d3fb @NCAADIII.
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On the first day of winter, we look ahead to the spring with the @CBNewspaper ⚾️preseason poll. 1 @suseagulls .2 @RedDragonPride .3 @MariettaPioneer .4 @ChapmanSports .5 @HopkinsSports . #d3b @NCAADIII
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Quite the spring 2021 for @suseagulls . Baseball - national champs.W Lacrosse - national champs.M Lacrosse - national runner-up. Congratulations. #whyD3.
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"student-athletes will not be charged with participation for the 2020-21 season if their team can complete only 50% or less of the sport’s maximum contests/dates of competition".
DIII Administrative Committee approves blanket waivers for participation:
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Always seems like a good time to mention that 450 @NCAADIII colleges and universities receive a total of $35.1 million in budget allocation from the @NCAA (3.18%) #whyD3.
University of Michigan to spend $41 million on new scoreboards at Michigan Stadium via @reporterdavidj.
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Shout-out to all site reps who are sitting through 6 hours of shoot-arounds and practice today prior to the @NCAADIII hoops tournament. We couldn’t do it without you #d3hoops #thanklessjob.
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If this doesn't make you want to run through a wall to reach your goals . don't know what will. Congrats @UWECblugolds . #whyD3 #d3vb.
Here is National Champion @UWECVolleyball Head @CoachWudiUWEC with an emotional address to the fans and @UWECblugolds athletes after returning to Eau Claire tonight.
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In the end, this is what college athletics is all about. Memories this team will hold dear forever #whyD3 #d3lax.
Elite 8 bound!! Heck of a 48 hrs. Just a Blue Collar group that is playing to stay together as long as possible. Play for something bigger than you. Grab your lunch pail and hard hat because we GET to back to work next week…Together. #NotDoneYet
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Winningest Men's ⚽️ Programs. 1. @Wheaton_Thunder 910.2. @EtownBlueJays 875.3. @OWUSport 866.4. @HCFords_Sports 839.5. @MessiahSports 828.6. @RedDragonPride 746.7. @RowanAthletics 732.8. @KeeneStateOwls 730.9. @Drewathletics 720.10. @HopkinsSports 702.
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The @NCAADIII Softball Championship Series is set. @vwu_marlins .vs.@tluathletics . Best of three begins Monday. We. Can't. Wait. #whyD3 #d3sb #d3softball #nfca.
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"There are remarkable DIII college football teams and towns that host incredible game days, a rich history, and make Saturdays in the fall a blast.". Six #d3fb tailgates of note . @mcdanielsports .@purpleraiders .@UWWAthletics .@SJUJohnnies .@CruSports .@FCGrizAthletics.
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There can BE only one . and @AdrianCollege stands atop the @NCAADIII Fight Song world tonight. Hail Adrian! was selected as the top fight song in DIII by our faithful twitter followers - and a few others. Congrats to the @AdrianBulldogs . Thanks to all who participated.
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Here is the list of the 40 @NCAADIII semifinalists for the 2020 William V. #CampbellTrophy @NFFNetwork #d3fb
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Thanks @BSCBaseball for your run. You made us believe. Best wishes for whatever your future holds. #d3baseball #whyD3.
Birmingham-Southern’s run has come to an end. Two days after their school closed its doors for good, the Panthers are headed home after a walk-off homer from Wisconsin-Whitewater. (via @LeahDohertyTV).
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Do we dare suggest @Crufootball? #d3fb.
Because of a COVID outbreak, Texas A&M is unable to play in the Gator Bowl, sources tell @SINow. Aggies don’t have enough available players. Gator is searching for a replacement bowl team, sources say, but the only way that's possible is if another bowl is impacted.
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Congrats to Jason Fein @BatesSports and Michelle Morgan @jcusports - elected new chair and vice-chair of Council.
DIII Management Council approves flexibility to define playing season by days:
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Winningest 🏑 Teams /1. 1. @ucathletics 774.2. @tcnjlions 763.3. @suseagulls 728.4. @MessiahSports 698.5. @EtownBlueJays 648.6. @RedDragonPride 645.7. @LVCathletics 639.8. @Lynchburg_FH 604.9. @RowanAthletics 590.T10 @HWSAthletics 588. #d3fh @nfhca @NCAADIII.
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Gentry worked at the @NCAA from 1996-2021 in championships and alliances. She was committed to making @NCAADIII better and her loss will be felt by many. Our deepest condolences to her family and friends. May her memory be a blessing.
The Iowa State Patrol said in a news release that Jan Gentry was southbound at 10:22 a.m. on Iowa Highway 39 when she lost control of her BMW Z3 after hitting a patch of slush from blowing snow.
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A #WatchD3 Double Feature. @NCAADIII Football 2nd round. @NCC_Athletics .vs.@purpleraiders . #d3football
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Is this the ugliest trophy in all of college football? . Or the most beautiful? . . @Cobber_Football @CobberSID @StOlafFB @StOlafAthletics @MIACathletics @d3football @FootballScoop #d3fb
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The finalists. @AdrianCollege @AdrianBulldogs. @CNUcaptains @CNUathletics. The winner will be announced in Friday's @d3Playbook.
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MBB: Down goes No. 1. @carthagesports takes down @UWWAthletics 77-73, handing Warhawks their first loss of the season, while the Firebirds improve to 5-1. Fillip Bulatovic led Carthage with 21 #d3hoops.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we present the "Best Fight Song" in @NCAADIII as voted on by you - our loyal readers. Hail Adrian!. #whyD3 @AdrianCollege @AdrianBulldogs .
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W🏐Winningest Teams /1. 1. @JuniataEagles 1497.2. @RedDragonPride 1426.3. @ONUsports 1361.4. @UWWAthletics 1345.5. @WASHUBears 1309.6. @BomberSports 1300.7. @SC_Pride 1185.8. @MSJ_Athletics 1151.9. @UWLAthletics 1129.10. @MITAthletics 1127. #d3vb #avca @AVCAVolleyball.
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"Jacob Ference boasts the seventh-best batting average in the ACC, while also hitting the most home runs of any catcher in the conference.". "Putting up stellar stats as a Division III transfer adjusting to ACC play is simply heroic." #D3baseball .
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Alex Larson ties the game with 1 second left. XP good. Johnnies up29-28. Kickoff to come with 1 second left.
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.@bwathletics DB Anthony Kendall has made the 53-man roster for the @Titans. How? It's a story of determination. #d3fb .
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Top Twitter feeds by followers /3. NCAC.@DePauwAthletics @WittAthletics @DenisonSports . NWC.@PSLoggers @linfieldsports @gobucs . ODAC.@SUHornets @BCAthletics @RCmaroons . OAC.@purpleraiders @jcusports @ONUsports . PAC.@wjathletics @SVC_Bearcats @Bethany_Bison.
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Middlebury College has purchased all tickets for the NCAA Division III Women’s Hockey Championship weekend in honor of the 50th anniversary of Title IX.
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WBB: Down goes No. 3. Marietta upset John Carroll, 81-80, behind a 23-point performance from Devin Hefner. Pioneers 8-1, Blue Streaks 7-1. #d3hoops.
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It's a wrap on the fall @NCAADIII sports season. Team Champions.MXC: @MITAthletics .WXC: @HopkinsSports .FH: @MiddAthletics .FB: @NCC_Athletics .MSOC: @uchicagoath .WSOC: @HopkinsWSoccer .VB: @JuniataEagles . Leagues.Centennial 2, CCIW 1, Landmark 1, NESCAC 1, NEWMAC 1, UAA 1.
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Calling out the @nytimes and @NYTGames. @NCAADIII is far from the lowest level of the NCAA. DIII has 450 institutions and 180,000 students participating in athletics. And we don't muck it up with "athletic scholarships," NIL collectives and other shady under-the-table inducements.
Come on @nytimes. There are so many better ways to get a bad answer into a crossword than calling @NCAADIII the “lowest level” of the NCAA. Go back to the numbers of random popes. #NYTXW #NYTcrossword @rexparker @NCAA
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If this ain’t #whyd3, nothing is. #d3baseball.
ICYMI: Fifth-year senior Braydon McCloskey sings national anthem prior to start vs. Wilmington today, and then throws 2.2 scoreless innings of relief as the winning pitcher in game two! 🎙️ 👏
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What a performance by @awil5504 placing in a tie for sixth in the 100 breast at #Tokyo2020 You have made all of @NCAADIII proud as well as your @EmoryAthletics family #whyD3 #d3swim
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"This is the largest individual gift in the college’s 162-year history, which will serve as the lead gift toward the expansion and renovation of the Regents Center, home to Norse athletics and the center for sports and recreation at Luther College.".
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.@NCAADIII Softball Finals. Abby Mace walks it off with a 2-run HR in the bottom of the 7th to lift @SUSeaGulls to a 4-2 victory over @TrineAthletics in game 1 of the best-of-3 final. #d3sb
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Congrats. Probably the sentimental favorite #d3baseball.
Baseball: Panthers punch ticket for first ever trip to D-III World Series with 4-2 win over Chapman in deciding game of Super Regional. #LCPantherProud
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College Gameday just gave a shoutout to the Cortaca Jug game between @BomberSports and @RedDragonPride #d3fb
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#whyD3 👏🏼👏🏼.
A cool moment at the start of the @hopecollegewbb Senior Day game at DeVos Fieldhouse. Nine @HopeCollege seniors on the court at the same time for the tipoff. It was definitely worth the technical foul for too many players on the court. #BeStrongBeTrue #D3hoops #NCAA
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Here. We. Go. It's time to determine @D3Playbook's "Best Fight Song" in @NCAADIII and we are asking for your help. Is it @AdrianCollege's "Hail Adrian"? Or is it "Go Captains" from @CNUcaptains? . The polls are open until midnight Thursday
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Down goes No. 1. No. 6 @HSCathletics 85.No. 1 @jcusports 67. Davidson Hubbard led the Tigers (9-1) with 31, while Adam Brazile added 24. Luke Frazier had 19 for the Blue Streaks (8-1) #d3hoops
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Hey @NCAADIII, @D3Commissioners and @d3sida . Let’s unlock the on-demand video streams on our portals and allow everyone to see the quality of play in D3. Now more than ever #whyD3.
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Unbeaten Teams in @NCAADIII women's 🏀. @CNUathletics .@SC_Pride .@HopeAthletics .@ncurams .@UCPioneers .@RWU_Athletics .@TransySports .@Drewathletics .@NYUAthletics .@SLUsaints .@GorlokSports .@WLCSports .@AmherstMammoths . #d3hoops @WBCA1981
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Alex Larson ties the game with 1 second left. XP good. Johnnies up29-28. Kickoff to come with 1 second left.
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“Champions learn how to adjust, and that is what you have all done as members of the Class of 2022. Remember, you never understand inclusion until you have been excluded. Don’t let others define who you are. Only you define you." #whyD3.
D3 philosophy at its best: Billie Jean King delivering a memorable and important speech Sunday at the Springfield College Commencement. @d3Playbook .
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Today we honor the life and the accomplishments of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and remember what he brought and gave to the civil rights movement in America.
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Another example of #whyD3. Two great teams. Two top-notch coaches. #d3hoops @YUathletics @HopeAthletics.
Appreciate all the folks bringing attention to @HopeCollegeWBB streak,but please realize that coach @elliotsteinmetz and I have talked a number of times. We are huge fans of their run. It’s not a competition. It’s an appreciation of sustained excellence. GREAT COACH AND TEAM!
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54 holes in the books at the @NCAADIII Men's Golf Championship #d3golf. 1. @iwusports +15.2. @mumonarchs +30.3. @DenisonSports +32.4. @goquakers +35.5. @EmoryAthletics +38. It's a four-way tie for the individual lead with another player just one shot back.
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Four teams are still undefeated in @NCAADII women's basketball #d3hoops . @CNUathletics (18-0).@TransySports (17-0).@GorlokSports (17-0).@WLCSports (17-0). DII Glenville State (20-0) is only other unbeaten WBB team in NCAA.
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Trying to picture this same press conference after a FBS game. 🤔. Congrats to @RPIAthletics and @ECGulls. Class personified. #d3fb #whyD3.
❤️ SHOW LOVE 💚. This act of sportsmanship from @vmac_2 (@RPIFootball) during yesterday's press conference is what sports are all about. Thank you for the kind words about Sam Opont & @EndicottFB, Vinnie. You're a special student-athlete too. @NCAADIII @D3FBHuddle @d3football
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Perfection. Ellie Barney wins a national championship for @MiddAthletics. She ends the longest game in @NCAADIII women's hockey final history with a goal to down @GustieAthletics 3-2 in OT. It is the first undefeated, untied season in DIII women's hockey history (27-0). #d3hky.
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And then there were four. Congrats to our semifinalists and remember to vote on Thursday for your favorite fight song!
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A reminder that a #whyD3 experience can lead to great things. A graduate of @RowanAthletics, John completed his first season as TV play-by-play voice of the @Reds #d3b.
Thank you @Reds for a dream-come-true opportunity & a season full of fun moments. Thank you @BallySportsCIN. Sports TV is a team effort & we have a great squad, in front of and behind the camera. Thank you all for your warm welcome & generous kindness. I can't wait for 2022.
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🏐 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! 🏐. @carthagesports wins their first-ever @NCAADIII MVB title with a five-set victory against @BenUEagles1887 . #d3vb @avca
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Important for @NCAADIII in particular. Athletic communication offices need support to deliver all that is expected/demanded by coaches, administrators, parents, alumni and fans #d3hoops @CoSIDAnews.
If you think that having a creative team in your college athletics department is optional. if you think that having videographers, photographers, editors, designers and broadcasters is just a "nice to have". you really have to stop, look around, and reconsider your priorities.
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Wait . you mean one of the highest paid guards in the NFL played @NCAADIII football @UWWAthletics?. #d3fb #TheMoreYouKnow #whyD3.
The Belly breaks the bank: . The #Broncos and standout G Quinn Meinerz have agreed to terms on a massive 4-year, $80M deal, per me and @MikeGarafolo, making him one of the highest paid guards in the NFL. The extension includes $45M guaranteed. At last, the Belly can breathe.
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Thank you for your support of @d3Playbook throughout the year. Your donations and words of encouragement have been invaluable. Wishing you and yours a safe, happy and healthy holiday season. #whyD3.
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Middlebury College drained its ice-hockey rink so that it can be used as a pop-up hospital, if the coronavirus causes a patient surge.
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The power of sports.
A moment those kids will never forget 🥰. Third grade teacher Ms. Fitz promised her class hot chocolate if she made this shot ☕️. Way to go, Ms. Fitz!.🎥: htsgeorgetown/IG
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👏👏👏.Well deserved.
National Association of Division III Athletic Administrators gives Charlie Titus Lifetime Achievement Award | @UMassBoston
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Yep. Caught our attention.#D3Playbook #d3hoops.
Some days, records are meant to be broken. Today is one of those days! 💪. Seth Stanley drops a record-breaking 61 points in a 106-82 rout of Rhodes in just 34 minutes! . The sophomore shot 13-of-18 (72.2%) from three-point land in the final game of the regular season! #d3hoops
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Congrats to our semifinal winners. Now there can only be one. @BergAthletics .🆚.@AdrianBulldogs . Take the weekend off. Rest. Rally the troops. And get ready to vote on Tuesday in the final of @NCAADIII Fight Song Madness. To all those who participated - a heartfelt thank you
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Just an observation . but how often does a @GorlokSports pitcher best a two-time Cy Young Award winner in a game? Asking for a friend #d3b #whyD3 @JoshRFleming.
FINAL: Rays 2, Mets 1. W: Josh Fleming.L: Jacob deGrom.SV: Nick Anderson. 👀 deGrom was fantastic, but he wasn't perfect, so there goes that. But he still has a shot in the Cy Young race. 📊 Record: 24-30.📉 Streak: L2.🏃♂️ Pace: 27-33.
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So let me make sure I understand . Meinerz could enjoy being a college student while also playing top-level football? 🤔. #d3fb #whyD3 #TheMoreYouKnow.
Quinn Meinerz went from D3 Athlete to NFL Starter & $80,000,000 contract extension. But that's none of our business.
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A #whyD3 for #D3Week. Davis is a @Beloit_College graduate who was a four-year letterwinner on the @BeloitBucs football team. #d3fb @BeloitBucsFB.
The new voice of the World Series, per @nypost:. Joe Davis 🎙. Also the voice of the LA Dodgers, @Joe_Davis will replace Joe Buck at Fox, who ended his 24-year run after leaving for ESPN.
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Believed to be 1st non-kicking points by a female.
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