Knoxville Dives into Olympic Fun
Visit Knoxville is extremely excited to announce that there will be two USA Diving events that will take place right here at home! USA Diving AT&T National Diving Championships will take place at...
View ArticleSenator McCaskill Releases Findings of Campus Sexual Violence Survey
The findings of the campus sexual violence survey, released by Senator Claire McCaskill on July 9, assess how institutions report, investigate, and adjudicate sexual violence. Overall, the findings are...
View ArticleIf you’re LeBron James, you can go home again
“All that he knew was that the years flow by like water, and that one day men come home again.” Thomas Wolfe’s protagonist in his posthumously published 1940 novel “You Can’t Go Home Again,” George...
View ArticleU.S. Air Force Academy launched investigation of its athletic department
The U.S. Air Force Academy has launched an investigation of its athletic department following reports by the Colorado Springs Gazette that cadet athletes have flouted the academy’s “sacred honor code...
View ArticleCollege Bassletes Find Fishing Pays Off Without NCAA’s Oversight
Jacob Nummy had trained all year to defend his title. Now, on the breezy eve of the national championship, the 23-year-old political-science major was soaking up tips from a pro. Use rock salt to calm...
View ArticleNFL Hypocrisy on Display in Scotland and Greenland
There is not a more unlikely spot on the globe than Qaqortoq, Greenland to explore the hypocrisy of the National Football League in the group’s absolute scorched earth policy against legal sports...
View Article“New York Times writes “Racism in the United States is as virulent as ever”"
Racism in the United States is as virulent as ever”, Willliam C. Rhoden writes in The New York Times in connection with the National Basketball Association for the second time since April being rocked...
View ArticleWhat a Horrific Mess
There is nothing positive about domestic violence. For me the act seems to get worse when the one who is committing the violent act is an NFL running back, admittedly 10 times more powerful than the...
View ArticleNCAA’s Emmert: Domestic Violence a School Issue
NCAA president Mark Emmert believes it’s the responsibility of individual schools to handle issues of domestic violence and sexual assault, and that a spate of recent cases reflect greater societal...
View ArticleBus Driver Shortage Puts Custodians on Sports Trips
Regional School Unit 9 has a shortage of bus drivers, but it is not the only school district needing help. The problem is statewide, David Leavitt, director of support services, said. “We are three...
View ArticlePhelps’ second DUI arrest should draw harsher penalty
Police arrested Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps on a DUI (Driving Under Influence, the editor) charge early Tuesday, and officials say he was speeding and failed field sobriety tests when officers...
View ArticleVirginia Tech Latest to Join NCAA’s $30M Concussion Study
Virginia Tech researchers announced this week they will be joining universities across the country as part of a venture the NCAA is calling “the most comprehensive study of concussion and head impact...
View ArticlePhelps to enter six-week program after second DUI
Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps is entering a six-week, in-patient treatment program following his arrest last Tuesday on a drunken driving charge for the second time. In a statement posted...
View Article2015 Tour de France Announced
Designed with the intention of breaking away from tradition, the route of the 2015 Tour de France was announced in Paris, with more than 4,000 spectators attending at the Palais des Congrès. “The...
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Morocco refuse to host African Nations Cup over Ebola fears
A big question mark has been placed over next year’s African Nations Cup after Morocco announced they would not stage the tournament in January because of fears over the spread of Ebola. The country,...
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