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Weekend Track & Field Preview: Colleges
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted May 11, 2012 at 1:40pm

This is Conference Championship weekend for almost every team in the country, which makes it the biggest meet (and last meet) of the season for 90% to 95% of the teams and athletes. Let’s take a look at some of the bigger meets on the docket. The ...more

Baylor star Brittney Griner breaks wrist
by They're Playing Basketball
posted May 10, 2012 at 7:29pm

Baylor center Brittney Griner broke her right wrist skateboarding. Picture. Guess it all worked out that she opted out of the Olympics.......Other NCAA news:The NCAA has established a new position - the vice president of women's basketball championships. ...more

Results are in: Farther 3-point line makes a (small) dent in scoring
by Fair Game News
posted May 9, 2012 at 2:34pm

By Ashleigh Sargent One foot might not seem like a major difference – unless it’s on a basketball court. And unless it’s the three-point line you’re talking about. Last year, the NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel decided to move...more

Dual Meet Hall of Fame: USC-UCLA Rivalry
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted May 8, 2012 at 12:41am

Yesterday I announced the creation of the College Dual Meet Hall of Fame, an attempt to honor its history and traditions. Today I’m announcing the initial honoree. It’s not an athlete or a coach, but a rivalry. There could only be one such ...more

Pat Summitt and the power of personality
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted May 7, 2012 at 5:07pm

Tweet The sport that Pat Summitt helped transform is going through a massive upheaval just as she steps away from the sideline. The designation last month of the Tennessee Lady Vols legend as “head coach emeritus” added to the more than 60 h...more

The NCAA basketball coaching hires that just won't stop
by They're Playing Basketball
posted May 1, 2012 at 12:59pm

Georgetown assistant Keith Brown will be elevated to head coach.Former Wisconsin coach Lisa Stone is expected to be named St. Louis coach.Tasha McDowell joins Cincinnati as an assistant, coming from Western Michigan.Beth Cunningham returns to Notre Dame a...more

More and More College Hoops Coaching Shifts
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 28, 2012 at 11:53pm

St. John's associate head coach Joe Tartamella is now the head coach.Longtime Oral Roberts assistant Misti Cussen takes the reins as head coach.Two North Dakota State assistants have resigned.WNBA:The New York Liberty have hired Norm Ellenberger as assist...more

Kyra Elzy to Become New Assistant at Tennessee
by Swish Appeal
posted April 27, 2012 at 7:19pm

Image: UKAthletics.com According to a source at Tennessee, Kyra Elzy has left her position as Associate Head Coach at Kentucky and will become an assistant at her alma mater.   This is a wonderful hire for Tennessee as Elzy is recognized in basket...more

Tartamella named St. John's women's hoops coach
by Swish Appeal
posted April 27, 2012 at 6:56pm

Image: Vinny Dusovic/St. John's Tartamella named St. John's women's hoops coach See thoughts on Tartamella here, from earlier today: Potential Candidates for the St. John's Head Coach Vacancy ...more

NCAA Provides Model Policy to Prevent Athlete-Coach Relationships
by Title IX Blog
posted April 27, 2012 at 6:53pm

The NCAA has come out with a very clear position on sexual relationships between coaches and student-athletes.  They are wrong.  They are a serious problem.  And they must be "unambiguously and effectively prohibit[ed] to ensure that sport ...more

Alzheimer's Association Honors Pat Summitt for Promoting 'Greater Understanding' of The Disease
by Swish Appeal
posted April 27, 2012 at 6:51pm

Tennessee Lady Vols Head Coach Emeritus Pat Summitt and her son, Tyler Summitt, were honored on Tuesday at the National Alzheimer's Dinner. The Summitts received the Alzheimer's Association Sargent and Eunice Shriver Profiles in Dignity Award, "which r...more

Potential Candidates for the St. John's Head Coach Vacancy
by Swish Appeal
posted April 27, 2012 at 6:49pm

With the stunning and unexpected move of Kim Barnes Arico filling the head coaching vacancy at the University of Michigan, St. John’s finds itself in the midst of looking for a new women’s basketball coach. Here is a list of potential Candida...more

Recruiting and evaluation periods a matter of perspective
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 26, 2012 at 9:53am

This story, on ever-changing NCAA summer recruiting/evaluation regulations, ran last weekend as the recruiting season took full flight. UConn Coach Geno Auriemma, and others, are quoted as being dismayed by what they call a shrinking window of time to be ...more

Big Blue, Big News: Examining the Significance of Michigan Hiring Kim Barnes Arico
by Swish Appeal
posted April 25, 2012 at 12:04am

I really don't think the hiring of Kim Barnes Arico at the University of Michigan solidified for me until I actually watched the press conference yesterday with her in front of a backdrop of maize and blue block M's. In short, it was hardly even clear ...more

Track & Field College Athletes of the Week
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 24, 2012 at 11:58pm

Men Athlete of the Week: Cam Levins, Southern Utah Levins won the 5000 meters at the Mt. SAC Relays on Friday, defeating Arizona’s Lawi Lalang in the process. No collegian has beaten Lalang in a race of 3000 meters or longer since last June’...more

Q&A With Tennessee Lady Vols Freshman Cierra Burdick About Pat Summitt
by Swish Appeal
posted April 23, 2012 at 11:54pm

After Pat Summitt's announcement that she'd be stepping down as head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols, many responded with reflections on her career, her role in the growth of women's basketball, and her legacy as one of the greatest coaches in our nati...more

Maryland cuts competitive cheer
by Title IX Blog
posted April 21, 2012 at 5:00pm

The first DI school to raise the issue of cheerleading as a sport, Maryland decided last week to cut the team now known as acrobatic and tumbling or acro for short. The acro team is one of 8 varsity teams being cut at Maryland which is suffering from huge...more

Chamique Holdsclaw's open letter to Pat Summitt
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 19, 2012 at 11:50pm

The picture on this link is priceless, too:Dear Coach Summitt,I'm sitting here exhausted in my hotel room in Nashville, Tenn., after a whirlwind day of book signings and speaking engagements. Just when I thought things couldn't get much busier and I didn'...more

Reactions To Pat Summitt Announcement: From SB Nation To The U.S. Senate Floor
by Swish Appeal
posted April 19, 2012 at 11:42pm

Pat Summitt's announcement that she is stepping down as head coach of the Tennessee Lady Vols might have been expected, but definitely made an impact in the sports world and beyond. Chris Pendley of SB Nation's Rocky Top Talk writes that Pat Summitt i...more

Legendary Coach Pat Summit Steps Down
by Pretty Tough
posted April 19, 2012 at 11:11pm

 Doug Bec/Getty Images Although not surprising, the announcement that legendary Tennessee Lady Vols head coach Pat Summitt resigned marks the end of an era. Summit, who was diagnosed with early onset dementia last year, will no longer pace th...more

Meghan Maiwald and the San Jose State University Women's Soccer Team
by BAWSI Drea
posted April 19, 2012 at 11:50am

Support Meghan Maiwald and the USA Women’s Deaf National Soccer Team on their journey to the Deaf World Cup and Deaflympics....more

It Gets Better? Not For Women Coaches.
by Pat Griffin's LGBT Sport Blog
posted April 18, 2012 at 10:35am

Here is an excellent article that explores the state of women in coaching and discusses the disturbing statistics that tell us the number of women coaching women’s teams has declined even as the numbers of women athletes participating in college spo...more

Dual Meet Rivalries in T&F - Need Some Help Here, Folks
by The Track & Field Superblog
posted April 15, 2012 at 6:19pm

As you undoubtedly know, I think scored competition should be a very important part of college track. With rare exceptions (such as relay-heavy meets like Penn or pro-heavy meets like Mt. SAC), I think all college meets should be scored. And I think dua...more

One writer says Kim Mulkey "dropped the ball"
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 15, 2012 at 6:11pm

The comments on my previous entry on the Baylor recruiting scandal are running 3-1 against Coach Kim Mulkey. Today longtime Washington Post writer Sally Jenkins added her two cents, and she's on the side of the three: she says Mulkey dropped the ball on p...more

How will NCAA's new eligibility rules effect student athletes?
by They're Playing Basketball
posted April 15, 2012 at 6:08pm

The NCAA Division I Board of Directors' decision last fall to allow universities to give additional scholarship money to student athletes, for cost-of-living expenses, was well-documented. Additional initiatives passed on eligibility were less-talked abou...more

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