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RodeoHouston canceled again due to COVID-19 pandemic Chron 2/3/2021 © Jon Shapley/Staff Photographer Rusty Wright competes in the saddle bronc riding event at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo on Thursday, March 5, 2020, at NRG Stadium in Houston. The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, originally pushed back to May, has been canceled again, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Last year's rodeo was shut down after eight shows due to the emerging pandemic. To try to avoid a similar situation, the event's organizers pushed the schedule back a couple months with it scheduled to start May ...

Former Moc Nick Davison Named Defensive Line Coach One Of Five Former Mocs Now On Staff Friday, January 15, 2021 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga head football coach Rusty Wright named former Moc Nick Davison the program’s defensive line coach today.  Davison replaces Landius Wilkerson who recently accepted the same position at South Alabama.   “We are exited to bring Nick back to Chattanooga,” stated Wright.  “Out paths did not cross here while he playing, but I have gotten to know him through coaching.  After talking to (defensive coordinator) Coach Ward, we felt lik...

Roy Exum: Malone’s 2nd Chance? Sunday, January 10, 2021 - by Roy Exum Roy Exum For all intent and purposes, there are three things I would love to see happen this week. First, I would like to witness a lesson in forgiveness. A UTC assistant football coach, Chris Malone, was too-quickly fired last week after he fell prey to an idiotic “brain spasm” and tweeted a deplorable racist laugh to his buddies. UTC athletic director Mark Wharton promptly fired coach Malone rather than seeking a better solution, and in doing so, offended some university donors and further crippled ever-saggin...

Terrell Owens Praises UTC For Firing Coach Over Vile Tweet, 'No Room For Racism' Terrell Owens Praises UTC For Firing Coach 'No Room For Racism' 9:57 AM PT -- Terrell Owens -- the most famous player in UT Chattanooga football history -- is commending the program for taking swift action against Chris Malone. "As a proud @UTChattanooga alum, I stand by the decision of Mark Wharton, Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics along with my former teammate and our Head Coach, Rusty Wright, to remove OL Coach Chris Malone...

'Hateful' tweet about Stacey Abrams costs university football coach his job Neil Vigdor, New York Times Jan. 8, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail An assistant football coach at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga lost his job after smearing Stacey Abrams and the state of Georgia in a Twitter post that perpetuated unsubstantiated claims of election fraud, university officials said Thursday. The coach, Chris Malone, was in his second season as an assistant and offensive line coach for the Mocs, according to a biography that was removed from the university’s athletics website. Malone made the ...