It’s not too often that Division II gets a good run in the media, but today is that day. The NCAA Division II Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships qualifiers were announced Wednesday. Student-athletes qualified for the championships […]
Month: February 2012
NCAA reinstates Miami’s Reggie Johnson
Miami center Reggie Johnson has been at the center of attention the last few days. A story surfaced that his family received impermissible benefits from a Miami assistant coach. Well, the NCAA has ruled in his favor, and he will […]
Big Ten debates playing baseball season over summer vacation
An interesting idea was pitched by the Big Ten recently. The dean of Big Ten baseball coaches offered an opinion that the league should move it’s baseball season to the summer months. At the very least, it would free up […]
UCLA Responds to SI Article
From the L.A. Times: Chancellor Gene Block: “It is disheartening for our Bruin community to be confronted with the type of assertions contained in the Sports Illustrated story. We take seriously any challenge to who we are and what we […]
Sports Illustrated reports UCLA basketball in disarray
Ryan Finney, the Assistant Sports Information Director at UCLA in charge of Men’s Basketball probably wishes he hadn’t gotten out of bed this morning. Or skipped that extra cup of coffee. That’s because a Sports Illustrated report is painting the […]
Roz’s Weekly Roundup: Rock Chalk Jayhawk and Mid-Major Madness
We are less than two weeks away from Selection Sunday, can you believe it?! All excitement aside, this week features the start of Championship Week as well as teams fighting for seeding and tickets to the Big Dance. But first, […]
LSU hires Corey Raymon as DB coach
LSU hired Nebraska defensive backs coach Corey Raymond on Tuesday. He will fill the same role with the Tigers. LSU coach Les Miles made the announcement Tuesday afternoon. Miles said Raymond will replace Ron Cooper. Cooper resigned last week to […]
Stephen Strasburg next Todd Van Poppel?
Please consider this for the sake of argument, comparison and, well, fun: Could the Washington Nationals’ Stephen Strasburg be the next Todd Van Poppel? Consider the similarities: Blazing fastball, first-round pick and both are about 6’4 and 215 pounds. Both […]
Darnell Walker joins Tulsa staff
Just a few weeks after Darnell Walker Jr. signed to play for Tulsa, His father Darnell Walker Sr. signs to help coach the team. The former NFL cornerback will start as an assistant coach at Tulsa with hopes he’ll be […]
NFL does something for first time in 60 years
For the past week in Indianapolis, the NFL crowd is watching as soon-to-be NFL rookies test their skills at the NFL Combine. And Tuesday, in an unrelated story, the NFL did something historic. The NFL did something it hasn’t done […]