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Fizz — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 09:03:44 -0800

Rutgers Fires Basketball Coach After Video Goes Public: [New York Times] Rutgers fired Mike Rice, the coach of its men’s basketball team, on Wednesday, a day after a video [ESPN] surfaced showing him berating his players during practices, throwing balls at them, kicking them and taunting them with slurs.

If Only T. Boone Pickens Had Died

reenum — Sun, 07 Oct 2012 17:04:11 -0800

T. Boone Pickens and other wealthy, elderly Oklahoma State alums decided to participate in a scheme named "Call of a Lifetime", where they would allow the university to take out $10 million life insurance policies on them. What could go wrong?

The Education of Dasmine Cathey

naturalog — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:14:40 -0800

A recent article in the Chronicle of Higher Education tells the story of The Education of Dasmine Cathey, a 23-year-old football player for the University of Memphis. Writer Brad Wolverton met Cathey, who taught himself to read his second year of college, while doing research on student-athletes with severe reading, writing, and learning problems.

Rain delays bring out the best in all of us

fijiwriter — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 07:09:30 -0800

What do in-state college baseball rivals do when there's a rain delay? Two words: dance off. The April 3 college baseball game between the University of Southern Mississippi and University of Mississippi encountered a rain delay. Since the players had a little free time on their hands, they start a dance off as well as perform various skits. (SLYT)

Ridiculous game winning play from Div. III football

tdstone — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 13:46:25 -0800

Trinity University won their football game this Saturday on a crazy play, (somewhat reminiscent of "The Play" minus the mayhem of the fans and band rushing the field.) This one looks more like a grade school game of keep away. What happened to the defense??

By George! and other puns

kyleg — Sun, 26 Mar 2006 16:28:45 -0800

March Madness: 11th seeded George Mason upset UConn in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament this afternoon, continuing their unexpected streak of upsets. Their wins validate not only their inclusion in the tournament, but the rising status of mid-major conferences. The most prominent critic of the inclusion of these smaller schools has been CBS analyst Billy Packer, who verbally assaulted the head of the selection committee on live TV just two weeks ago, and has yet to apologize for his obvious error.

Go, Nads!

Vidiot — Mon, 04 Aug 2003 13:05:20 -0800

Interesting list of college athletic teams' nicknames. [More inside.]

emptybowl — Tue, 02 Apr 2002 05:59:42 -0800

Not surprisingly, police were needed to break up celebrating students at UM last night, though it wasn't as bad as what happened over the weekend. (I guess the Saturday riot really wore them out.) As Bobcat Goldthwait used to say: "If your team wins a major sporting event, you can legeally do anything within the next 24 hours." And this is the school I should be proud to call my Alma Mater?

Pick a dawg, any dawg.

Karl — Tue, 26 Feb 2002 06:41:01 -0800

Pick a dawg, any dawg. Mine's Dawgspeare. I find this subculture fascinating. Pathetic but fascinating.

How attached are you to your alma mater?

MAYORBOB — Sat, 10 Nov 2001 05:59:07 -0800

How attached are you to your alma mater? I heard about this on Bill Geist's "It's Just a Game" this morning and said to myself, "talk about being a longterm fan." The owner of the company says he's considering getting the licensing from professional sports teams. After all, once you're a Cub fan, you're a Cub fan forever.

Weak leg?

owillis — Tue, 03 Oct 2000 12:24:16 -0800

Weak leg? A female kicker is suing Duke University because she was cut from the team. She says it was because she's a woman, the coach says she wasn't as versatile as other kickers on his roster. With colleges passing illiterates through based on football skill, I'm skeptical that a coach would make a roster decision based on sex.