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Pa., NCAA Close to Lawsuit Settlement
A settlement in the NCAA may be in the offing, NBC Sports reports. At issue? The $60 million fine Penn State must pay as part […]
Trial Will Challenge NCAA’s Sandusky Penalty
If you hate the NCAA’s punishment of Penn State following the Jerry Sandusky scandal, next year may be the year for you: AP reports that […]
Let Penn State’s Punishment Stand
Suddenly, Penn State football fans have some hope. Maybe, just maybe, they’re going to get their bowl games back. Maybe, just maybe, Saturdays in Happy […]
There Is No Reason “Amateur” Athletes Shouldn’t Be Paid
Like Kurtis Blow, basketball is my favorite sport. I, too, like the way they dribble up and down the court. Basketball’s a sport I enjoy […]
Vegas: Villanova Tied for 11th Best Odds of Going All the Way
The Wynn Race and Sports book in Las Vegas has released the betting lines for the first two rounds of the NCAA basketball tournament. On […]
Notre Dame’s Hypocrisy Fits Well With NCAA System
Eddie Vanderdoes might some day become a standout football player for UCLA, but last week he learned that there is one opponent he’ll never overcome. […]
Fire Rutgers President Robert Barchi Now
Fire Robert Barchi. Now. Don’t waste time with internal meetings and conference calls. Or hearings and debate. Barchi has to go. The Rutgers president is […]
High-Paid, Winning College Football Coaches Are Worth Every Million
Last week, Deadspin published an infographic revealing that the highest-paid state employees in 80 percent of the U.S. are college football and basketball coaches. […]
Mike Rice Was Just a Cog in the NCAA’s Bullying Machine
In its treacly ads that have been airing incessantly throughout the men’s basketball tournament, the NC2A has tried to convince unsuspecting sports fans that it […]
Rutgers Needs to Fire Out-of-Control Coach Mike Rice. Now. [UPDATED]
[UPDATE 11 a.m. 4/3/13: Rutgers announced they were firing Mike Rice a few hours after this post published.] I know nothing about college sports—I should […]
CBS Handled Kevin Ware’s Leg Break Well. Did You?
Aside from the miracle runs by Florida Golf Coast University and Philly’s own La Salle Explorers, this year’s NCAA mens’ basketball tournament had been relatively […]
The Southwest Philly Floater and 5 Other Sports Moves That Should Be Named After Philly Neighborhoods
It’s Cousin Bern’s world, we’re all just living in it. A quick recap: La Salle, by far the smallest of the city’s Division I colleges, […]
La Salle Alum Suddenly Thinks College Basketball Isn’t Boring
Look, I admit it. I was dead wrong about college basketball. And to all my friends to whom I whined about college sports not […]
Why Corbett Wants to Sue the NCAA for Penn State Sanctions
Penn State boasts the largest dues-paying alumni base of any school in the U.S., and one would imagine that many of them are registered voters […]
Villanova’s Departure From the Big East Proves That College Sports Are in Shambles
It would be great if the presidents of the seven former Big East schools that defected Saturday held a press conference soon to declare their […]