Blog Title: NCAA Double-A Zone

VIDEO: Billie Jean King exclusive interview

Wimbledon will finish this weekend and what better way to kick off your celebration than with the legendary Billie Jean King. I had the opportunity to sit down with King...

PHOTOS: American style sports

On a weekend filled with British sporting civility and Wimbledon formality, the United States brings you the Nathan's hot dog eating contest. USA! USA! For a trip down memory lane,...

Should student-athletes be banned from using Facebook?

Clay Travis has a really interesting blog on Fanhouse, asking if it's time universities ban their student-athletes from using Facebook. He makes a lot of great points including: I'm waiting...

Room for cheerleading in intercollegiate athletics?

The move to elevate cheerleading to a varsity sport in intercollegiate athletics has stirred up controversy from across the country for years and has been brought to the forefront yet...

Chowan joins the CIAA and makes history

After a year as a football-only member in the country's oldest historically black athletic league, the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA), Chowan University announced it would become a full member...

Energy drinks used by athletes pose serious concerns

USA Today reports that overuse of energy drinks by college and high school athletes is a growing concern among health professionals. At the SUNY Youth Sports Institute's first national symposium...

Head butts, softbrawls and stupidity

Does fighting solve anything? Nope. I learned that lesson long ago. Fighting is ridiculous at any level, but it's particularly pathetic when it involves parents and sports. A couple weeks...

Wimbledon church allows parking on graves

As if Wimbledon hasn't been attracting enough negative media attention this year--see Marta's post yesterday--St Mary's Church in Wimbledon Village has formally apologized for charging spectators £20 and allowing them...

Duke coach quashes NBA rumors

Will Mike Krzyzewski bolt the Blue Devils for the NBA? The latest rumor had Coach K heading to the Lakers to replace Phil Jackson. That's not going to happen. And,...

Washington shines on the track

Former NCAA champion and Washington student-athlete Ryan Brown is headed to the 2009 World Track and Field Championships in August. Brown finished third in the 800-meters on the final day...

Smith to chair Division I Men's Basketball Committee

Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith has been appointed chairman of the Division I Men's Basketball Committee for 2010-11. Smith will succeed UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero, who will be...

Chris Bates to head Princeton men's lacrosse

Princeton announced yesterday that Chris Bates will become head coach of its men's lacrosse program and replace Hall of Fame coach Bill Tierney who surprised the lacrosse world by accepting...

Economic downturn, finding the positives

At this year's National Association of College and University Business officers (NACUBO) annual meeting the economy was a hot topic. But even in this period of downturn, not all conversation...

Hotties make for good Wimbledon coverage, according to the BBC

Take a look at this headline from the UK's Daily Mail: Babe, set and match: Why looks count for more than talent when Wimbledon decides which girls will play on...

VIDEO: Gators give back

We're a little late to this party, but the Web site Causecast has a really cool video of the Florida Gator's visit to the White House where the President praised...