To celebrate its bicentennial in 2018, Bentley University in Waltham, Massachusetts, built a 76,000-square-foot arena that meets the needs of its Division I hockey program while also serving the entire campus community. More...
1 août 2018
1 août 2018
Legalized betting will confound college sports
The last thing the NCAA needs now is to worry about legalized betting and how to inoculate college athletics from the lucrative temptation of cheating. The association that governs college sports has its hands full, among other things, with a federal investigation of basketball coaches said to have been getting paid to steer top players to advisers to represent them in the pros. Similar payola allegations involving an Adidas executive chased Rick Pitino — among the most successful coaches in college basketball history — from his perch at the University of Louisville. More...
1 août 2018
Urbana’s new sports complex part of multi-million dollar investment
Urbana University hopes to finish a new athletic facility by the end of July, just in time for students to celebrate the grand opening when they come back to campus in August. More...
1 août 2018
USM beach volleyball facility set
The indoor season will get underway, as usual, in late summer, when USM hosts the Southern Miss Classic at Reed Green Coliseum on Aug. 24-25. More...
30 juillet 2018
Football, éducation et jeunesse : une équation gagnante
Le football ne doit pas se limiter pas à la compétition (masculine) et à l’obsession de fabriquer des champions. Il ne doit pas non plus incarner le projet de canaliser la violence ou l’énergie, par « essence » débordante selon certaines représentations, des gamins de banlieue. Ces schémas-là ont vécu et rares sont ceux qui en ont la nostalgie. Plus...
25 juillet 2018
Humboldt State, Facing Deficit, Drops Football
By Greg Toppo. Humboldt State University will discontinue its football program after the 2018 season to help trim its deficit, the university announced on its website. Humboldt, one of 23 campuses in the California State University System, said on Wednesday that the move is part of an effort to cut spending by $9 million and balance its budget by the 2020-21 academic year. More...
24 juillet 2018
Pennsylvania Universities Seek Fees Tied to Sports Betting
By Doug Lederman. Universities that play big-time sports and professional sports franchises are asking Pennsylvania officials to give them a share of any revenues from sports gambling, which is poised to become legal in the state, The Morning Call reported. Pennsylvania State University and the University of Pittsburgh were among the entities that responded to a request for public comment from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board in the wake of the Supreme Court's May ruling striking down a federal law barring sports betting in most states. More...
24 juillet 2018
Into the Hands of Athletes -- Kind Of
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Critics of the NCAA say its new transfer rule will help players but is still quite flawed. More...
24 juillet 2018
University Set to Hire Recruit’s Guardian as Coach
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. The legal guardian of one of Western Kentucky University’s top men’s basketball recruits will potentially join the coaching staff there and be paid a six-figure salary. More...
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