A fan of the University of Alabama’s football program has allegedly poisoned two live oak trees at historic Toomer’s Corner on the campus of Auburn University last week as an apparent act of retribution for the Tigers’ regular season win over the Crimson Tide and eventual NCAA Division I national championship. The Atlanta Journal and Constitution’s Web site ajc.com reported that … Read more
Senior OL Is Much More Than Your Typical Jock Adam Bennett, a senior offensive lineman from Romeo High School in Bruce Township, Mich., has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend Ferris State University and play for their football program. Bennett led a 2010 RHS offensive line which paved the way for 1,872 rushing yards, 1,464 passing … Read more
There are downsides to social media and this fact became evident recently. We have learned that this past week four girls from Stillwater (MN) High’s hockey team were handed one-game suspensions for posting on Facebook a hanged teddy bear wearing jersey number 34 with the caption, “Another successful bear hunt.” In their subsequent game against … Read more
Coaches Dream of Finding These Hard-working Student-athletes Which “handle” do you want attached to a description of you as an athlete? Smart? Not bad. Athletic? That’s good, too. Team player? Another good one. But, when you add the word hustle to those descriptive terms, you have put the icing on the cake for college coaches. … Read more
Storied Rivalry to Reignite in Durham Tonight Follow college basketball? If so, you are in for a treat tonight as the North Carolina Tar Heels hop on a chartered bus in Chapel Hill and travel all of seven miles to Durham and Cameron Indoor Stadium to tangle once more with their hated, but highly respected, rivals, … Read more
An athlete’s statistics or numbers don’t tell the whole story, but they help give coaches a little perspective on a possible recruit. It’s especially noticable to college coaches if an athlete is padding their stats or abilities. Don’t Lie About Your Statistics Want to do yourself, and college coaches a huge favor? Don’t fudge on your … Read more
Good Intentions Aside, Your Coaches Can’t Get the Job Done “Our coach is handling all that for us.” How many times have we heard that sad recruiting story? Too many to count. And then, when those same parents and kids look up as the senior year arrives and nothing has been done, it’s a pitiful thing … Read more
With all the Super Bowl brouhaha over, thankfully, we turn our attention to basketball and tournament season. Although still a couple to a few weeks away, teams are nonetheless already scrambling for higher seeds. In high school hoops, tournament basketball is arguably the most exciting event of the year. The air becomes thick with fan anticipation as the regular season winds down. Must-win games … Read more
Success Rests on a Prospect Possessing Four Characteristics It could be easily argued that earning a college basketball scholarship is one of the toughest of all undertakings for an aspiring high school athlete. It’s akin to finding a hair on the top of Dick Vitale’s head — it’s hard baby! Hundreds of thousands of American kids, not … Read more
Facing True Life Can Be Too Much for the Overindulged Every day our local newspaper posts digest versions of college athletic department press releases. These little ditties, about a sentence in length, throw news out to us freakish sports nuts who want to know a little bit about everything going on without being bothered with all … Read more
