News & notes

 Overshadowed by all the drama surrounding Shedeur Sanders in the NFL draft, 2 UAlbany alumni have found NFL homes for now.

Receiver Seven McGee has received an invitation to the Atlanta Falcons mini-camp, while lineman Ozzie Hutchinson was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens. Best wishes to both.

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Late last week, Glens Falls basketball legend Jimmer Fredette retired as a player. Today, we're learning that Fredette has been hired as managing director of USA Basketball ahead of next year's Summer Olympics. While Fredette, drafted out of Brigham Young, never really stuck in the NBA, he found his greatest success playing overseas until announcing his retirement last week.

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Well, that didn't take long.

Shenendehowa grad Ian Anderson is back in the Atlanta Braves organization after the Braves claimed him off waivers from the Los Angeles Angels on Sunday afternoon.

File photo courtesy The Daily Gazette.

Anderson has been assigned to the Braves' Class AA affiliate in Rome, Georgia.

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Shaker alum Jeff Hoffman picked up the save Friday as Toronto beat the Yankees, but the Bronx Bombers swept a Sunday doubleheader from the Blue Jays, with Hoffman not being used in either game. He'll make one final trip to the Bronx with the Jays later this summer.

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Ahead of the Belmont Stakes in June at Saratoga, Stewart's is renaming their mint crunch crumble ice cream, the Bel-Mint Stakes. The final leg of the Triple Crown will be contested June 7, and Stewart's is hoping to move plenty of ice cream before then.

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While Troy High & Holy Trinity will take the field at 7 pm tonight, the Lady Horses' flag football game vs. Schenectady has been moved to Schenectady High on Saturday. Start time is 10 am. No reason for the late change, as the track teams will be in Colonie that morning. Sounds like they may have a security staffing issue on Saturday.

The Albany Times-Union had the Troy-Holy Trinity game listed for 4:25 pm today, but were never notified of the time change. Nothing new.

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We're learning that the reason ex-Firebirds Darius Prince & Dwayne Hollis didn't play against their former team on Friday was because the Corpus Christi Tritons are having money issues (no surprise), and Prince & Hollis are among the players who haven't gotten paid.

Well, that, plus the fact that other Tritons skipped the game, explains why the Tritons were treated like a college tomato can in a 100-12 rout.