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LOTS OF STUFF. ... LIKE ACC AS WELL AS U.VA. SHOULD SAVE QB FROM NO-LONGER-RELEVANT NCAA

  Here, there, and just about everywhere ... So Virginia QB  CHANDLER MORRIS  was denied a  seventh year of eligibility. He should take the NCAA to  court over the decision … which makes no sense given  the body’s arbitrary, subjective approach that has resulted  in some athletes getting favorable response despite asking  for as many as 10 years (and more) to complete their  college “careers.” Besides, the NCAA no longer is the guardian of amateur  sports because, frankly, they no longer exist … and surely  is about to go out of business, hopefully sooner than later.  College athletics (notably football and basketball), where  everyone is a free agent and operating with no salary cap,  have become more professional than the pros. A product of the transfer portal … who proved a perfect  fit for U.Va., off as well as on the field … Morris deserves  better, and the ACC as well as the school should cha llenge th...
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AT LEAST ONE ACC TEAM DESERVES APPLAUSE

  Briefly told … quickly ... So, howabout them Hurricanes? Guess they belonged in  the playoffs after all, eh? Win or lose in the final, Miami  gave the ACC much-needed respect … If only, if only …  coach  MARIO CRISTOBAL  hadn’t given his team an  instant excuse by making sure everyone understood his  players were ravaged by the flu. Oh, and take that Ole  Miss! By the way … what was all that stuff about SportsCenter  anchor  SCOTT VAN PELT  and asking Cristobal a  question he didn’t want to answer? Then making a  shallow inquiry that sounded more like a sideline reporter.  “What are you most proud of … tonight?” Yuk! A 6-6, 322-pound offensive tackle,  LOGAN  HOWLAND , is coming to Virginia Tech via the transfer  portal from Oklahoma. He has two-year’s eligibility  remaining. Manchester United, unaccustomed to being an also-ran  nin the English Premier (Soccer) League, dumped coach ...
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JONES CALLED UP AGAIN BUT DOESN'T PLAY ... AND SABRES ALMOST BLOW 4-0 LEAD

  Of Things Hockey and Football ... Their franchise-record-tying 10-game winning streak  ended 5-1 by Columbus, the Buffalo Sabres should be  active in the trade market, still hoping to prove the critics  wrong by snapping an NHL record of 14 straight years  without qualifying for the playoffs. Who knows, they  might even move Richmond’s  ZAC JONES  who leads  AHL Rochester in scoring (30 points, 28 assists in 28  games)… as a defenseman, believe it or not. Jones was recalled by the Sabres Tuesday (Jan. 6) in time  for a night game at home with the Vancouver Canucks. It  marked the third time the 5-11, 190 pounder had been  summoned … and he still hasn’t suited up for the parent  club.  In two previous callups, Jones spent the entire time as a  healthy scratch – Oct. 19-21 and Nov. 7-14. He signed a  two-way contract with Buffalo as a free agent July 3. The  Sabres put Jones, 25, on waivers Sept. 2...
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