BG News, Bowling Green State University, OH
2 days ago
The Falcons' starting quarterback, Tyler Sheehan, who threw for over 3,000 yards and 23 touchdowns last year, shows the BG News how to properly throw a football.
Photos by John Lopez | Reporter
The Parthenon, Marshall University, WV
17 hours ago by Marlowe Hereford
Tournament runs did not put an end to baseball for four players on the Herd roster.
Rising seniors Nate Lape and Adam Yeager are playing with the Brewster Whitecaps of the Cape Cod Baseball League in Brewster, Ma. Sophomores Chad Johnson and Ian Kadish are members of the Vienna Senators of the Clark Griffith League in Vienna, Va.
Ball State Daily News, Ball State University, IN
1 day ago by Ryan Wood
With the days of patrolling the Worthen Arena paint in her past, former women's basketball player Lisa Rusche wasn't willing to leave the Ball State athletics department just yet.
Rusche, who has helped design media guides and posters for the athletics department during the past year and a half, will work as a graduate assistant in the Cardinals' athletics communication office.
The Lantern, Ohio State, OH
1 day ago by Brad Hehmeyer
Since arriving on campus June 16, things have been quiet on the Terrelle Pryor front. This is a good thing. This means he is getting down to business and putting in a lot of time in the film and weight rooms. Remind you of anybody? How about 2006 Heisman Trophy Winner, Troy Smith.
The Parthenon, Marshall University, WV
1 day ago by Marlowe Hereford
Former Herd softball catcher Rachel Folden joined the Chicago Bandits in May, the same team U.S. Olympians Jennie Finch and Vicky Galindo play for.
In a May 27 interview by Andrew Phillips on chicagobandits.com, Folden said, "I'm looking forward to being able to call myself a professional athlete.
Ball State Daily News, Ball State University, IN
2 days ago by Ryan Wood
More than 15 months after hosting its first-ever Women's National Invitation Tournament game, Ball State University's women's basketball coach Kelly Packard accepted an invitation to participate in the preseason WNIT.
The Cardinals, who released the first piece of their schedule Tuesday, will play Indiana University in the first round of the 2008 preseason WNIT.
KY Kernel, University of Kentucky, KY
2 days ago
Track athlete, coach join Olympic team
UK track and field coach Erin Tucker and hurdler Mikel Thomas have been invited to the Olympics in Beijing, joining several other Wildcats.
Tucker, the assistant spring coach will join the Venezuelan Track and Field National Team as a guest coach for Jose Acevedo, a UK track member already dubbed for the Olympics.
KY Kernel, University of Kentucky, KY
2 days ago
KY Basketball Museum moves to campus
Kentucky Basketball Museum's board of directors and UK have decided to relocate the museum to an on-campus location this fall in an attempt to resolve the museum's financial debt.
The museum, which was housed in the Lexington Convention Center next to Rupp Arena, has received a $100,000 annual contribution from UK for the last several years, according to Rob Mullens, Deputy Director of Athletics at UK.
BG News, Bowling Green State University, OH
2 days ago by John Lopez
Avid BG sports fans may have noticed a "countdown to the big game" on the Bowling Green Athletic home page. But before the home opener versus Minnesota, which according to the "countdown" is 54 days, eight hours and six minutes away, coaches and players are gearing up for three weeks of training camp.
The Pitt News, University of Pittsburgh, PA
2 days ago by Tony Ferraiolo
The Pitt men's basketball team acquired a special talent Monday when 6-foot-8-inch power forward Dante Taylor, of National Christian Academy in Fort Washington, Md., gave Pitt coach Jamie Dixon a verbal commitment for 2009.
Dixon had reason to smile at the Pittsburgh Pro Am Summer League Monday night, as Taylor is regarded as a five-star athlete and one of the top players in the class of 2009 at his position.
BG News, Bowling Green State University, OH
3 days ago by Gina Potthoff
Three former Bowling Green women's basketball stars are trying their hands at coaching.
Ali Mann, Liz Honegger and Megan Thorburn, all part of the senior class that took the Falcons to the first-ever Mid-American Conference team appearance in the NCAA Sweet 16, have landed coaching positions at three different levels of women's basketball.
The Pitt News, University of Pittsburgh, PA
3 days ago by Zack Chakan
After watching Josh Hamilton's astonishing 28-home run display in the Home Run Derby Monday night, I couldn't help but think that a Pittsburgh Pirate was on the mound for it.
It was 71-year-old Claybon Counsil instead. Still, the Pirates might benefit by giving the batting practice hurler a tryout.
The Pitt News, University of Pittsburgh, PA
3 days ago by Nick LaMantia and Jay Huerbin
Staff Writers
July 1 marked the opening of free agency in the NHL, and the Pittsburgh Penguins might be the franchise hit hardest in the first week.
Star winger Marian Hossa turned down lucrative contract offers from both the Penguins and the Edmonton Oilers to sign a one-year deal with the defending champion Detroit Red Wings.
The Lantern, Ohio State, OH
3 days ago by Brad Hehmeyer
Jim Tressel already has an impressive resume in his 22 seasons as a head coach including 208 career wins, nine national title game appearances, four Big Ten titles, seven bowl appearances, national championships in 1991, 1993, 1994, 1997 and 2002 and the 2002 NCAA Coach of the Year.
The Lantern, Ohio State, OH
4 days ago by David Sokol
It's coming. Brace yourselves. The 2008 Ohio State Buckeye football season is fast approaching with less than two months left until the season opener versus Youngstown State on Aug. 30. Although OSU has played many of the schools on its schedule in the past year, there are many unknowns about each and every team down the line.
Michigan Daily, University of Michigan, Mi
4 days ago by Alex Prosperi, Daily Sports Writer
Inside the Mirage Hotel & Casino at the hit show "LOVE," is a familiar face to the Michigan women's gymnastics program. The show, in which Cirque du Soleil performs Beatles songs, is the home to former Michigan gymnast Elise Ray. She's not tumbling across the floor or elevating off the vault, but Ray loves performing in Las Vegas, where she's been living for more than a year and a half.
Ball State Daily News, Ball State University, IN
5 days ago by Ryan Wood
The combination of losing two graduate assistants and a thinned communications branch of the Ball State athletics department left a couple sports lacking a sports information director this summer.
Those positions were filled last week from within the department when associate athletics director Joe Hernandez assigned the men's basketball and baseball programs to sports information director Matt McCollester.
Michigan Daily, University of Michigan, Mi
5 days ago by Dan Feldman, Daily Sports Editor
We're closing in on a week since Michigan football coach Rich Rodriguez settled the lawsuit West Virginia filed against him. Do you feel better now? After so many people complained about Rodriguez dragging Michigan through the mud and unnecessarily distracting the Wolverines, are we really better off now that the lawsuit is over? I don't think so.
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