California Chrome, Ky. Derby & Preakness champ
We congratulate California Chrome, winner of Baltimore's most famous horse race, the 139th Preakness Stakes. [...]Read More... from California Chrome, Ky. Derby & Preakness champ
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Md. to make football safer
Football players at several Maryland high schools will use a new tackling method next fall, aimed at reducing the number of concussions they suffer. [...]Read...
UConn star says he sometimes goes to bed hungry
What can be done to help college athletes with expenses above and beyond the scholarships they receive? Some say they starve frequently. [...]Read More... from...
US ED orders a Mich. school to take down new bleachers
When athletic boosters raise funds to improve bleachers on a baseball field, do they have to make similar improvements at the softball field? [...]Read More......
A few U. of Ariz. students riot after Elite Eight loss
Students rioted at the University of Arizona after a basketball loss and at the University of Dayton after a basketball victory. [...]Read More... from A...
Some college athletes, with diplomas, still can't read
A disturbing report by HBO Sports suggests that elite athletes are graduating from college without getting much of an education for their efforts. [...]Read More......
Northwestern's athletes win right to unionize
Northwestern University football players have won the right, for now, to form a union and collectively bargain for their rights. [...]Read More... from Northwestern's athletes...
IL basketball state champs
Illinois high schools, seven of them, have won the state championship series in basketball. Here they are. [...]Read More... from IL basketball state champs
HR 895 would challenge a 7th Circuit broadcast ruling
An Illinois House resolution would urge public hearings on the now-private operations of the IHSA, which can be lucrative for the IHSA and its vendors....
Uplift dominates Senn in Round 1 boys' b-ball
Due to IHSA rules violations, three Chicago boys' basketball teams are playing in the state tournament without their head coaches. They did well in Round...