Coaches Approve of California’s 18-Hours-a-Week Rule
One could assume that if any programs would sweat out abiding by the 18-hours-a-week limitation on student-athletes’ sports participation, it would be the elite football programs in the college-like...
View ArticleProfessional Golf Association awards Donald Trump
Billionaire Donald Trump, committed to creating the world’s finest portfolio of golf courses has been awarded a double gift by the U.S. Professional Golf Association (PGA) only two days after...
View ArticleSelect NCAA coaches to join panel discussion on leadership at Pentagon
A renowned group of USA Basketball and college champion basketball coaches will visit the Pentagon on Wednesday for a strategy seminar with military officials and conduct a panel discussion on...
View ArticleWorld Baseball Softball Confederation Presidential candidate drops out last...
In a dramatic twist here on the eve of the first-ever World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) Congress, Presidential candidate Don Porter has decided to pull out of tomorrow’s election, leaving...
View ArticlePresident Diack announced the next five years of IAAF (Track and Field)...
The next five years of the IAAF Diamond League are guaranteed following a new agreement announced here today by Lamine Diack, President of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF)....
View ArticleNBC averages more than 15 million viewers of the Kentucky Derby for fourth...
Averaging 15.3 million viewers, NBC Sports’ coverage of the 140th Kentucky Derby marked the fourth time in six years (2009, 2010, 2013, 2014) that NBC’s Kentucky Derby coverage averaged more than 15...
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Asian Beach Games will go ahead despite political problems, insist Thai...
Sporting officials in Thailand have insisted that, despite the cancellation of a beach volleyball World Tour event last week, other events including the Asian Beach Games later this year will be...
View ArticleLewiston High School rejects proposal to raise money for more sports
Lewiston High School athletes will not pay to play sports next year after the Lewiston School Committee Monday night rejected the proposal as a way to raise more money for sports. Several School...
View ArticleBubba Watson earns monthly U.S. Sports Academy award
Former Faulkner State golfer Bubba Watson has been chosen as the United States Sports Academy’s Male Athlete of the Month for April. Watson won the Master’s for the second time on April 13, when he...
View ArticleMLB Commisioner and Executive Council announce formation of a succession...
Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig and the MLB Executive Council have announced the formation of a succession committee, whose work will include the selection process of the game’s next...
View Article2014 Modern Pentathlon World Cup Final and Opening Ceremony
The 2014 Pentathlon World Cup Final will be held on June 5-8, 2014, in Sarasota Bradenton, Fla. This unique event will feature the world’s top competitors in fencing, swimming, riding, running and...
View ArticleNFL Teams Put Greater Emphasis on Green Stadiums
Once upon a time, a professional football stadium was a place to take in a sporting event. Not anymore. Today’s stadiums must be a multi-purpose entertainment palaces complete with luxury suites, club...
View ArticleCoe asks USADA: “What ‘assistance’ has Tyson Gay provided to have ban reduced?”
Sebastian Coe has asked the hard question of the US anti-doping authorities following their reduction of Tyson Gay’s doping ban in exchange for what they described as the “significant assistance” he...
View ArticleNCAA lawsuit could transform college athletics
The Ed O’Bannon lawsuit against the NCAA goes to court June 9 and could forever change the look of intercollegiate athletics. Personally though, it was already real. Real personal, in fact, when EA...
View ArticleFIFA sponsors fear backlash against own brand for allegations surrounding Qatar
The decision by a number of leading World Cup sponsors – Sony, Adidas, Visa, Coca-Cola and Hyundai-Kia – to express concern publicly about allegations surrounding the election of Qatar as host of the...
View ArticleHealth and safety to be considered in all future playing rule changes
The Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports urged sport and playing rules committees to carefully consider the safety consequences of proposed playing rules HIGHLIGHTS WHAT...
View ArticleFederal judge denies Lance Armstrong’s request to dismiss fraud lawsuit
A U.S. federal judge has denied Lance Armstrong’s request to dismiss a 100 million Dollars fraud lawsuit filed against him last year by the U.S. Government. In an 81-page ruling, Judge Robert Wilkins...
View ArticleNATA Issues Heat Guidelines, Research at Conference
At NATA’s 65th Clinical Symposia & AT Expo in Indianapolis today, leading health care professionals advance released an executive summary of the association’s exertional heat illnesses position...
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Rupert Murdoch Bets a Half Billion Dollars That the Next World Cup Will Be...
No matter what happens on Tuesday in the World Cup game between the United States and Belgium, soccer is not going to be going away anytime soon on American television. Since the 1994 World Cup in the...
View ArticleFan caught sleeping at Yankees game sues MLB, ESPN for $10 million
One New York Yankees fan who was shown on camera taking a snooze during an early season Yankees-Red Sox game has filed a defamation lawsuit against ESPN, commentators John Kruk and Dan Shulman, Major...
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