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Selling Your Athletes Short With Running As Punishment
What are two of the top complaints about teenagers today? Their command of the English language is suspect at best and they are becoming overweight and lazier by the day. So, why are teachers continuing to punish out-of-line students by forcing them ...

Prevention Is The Best Policy To Police Storming Students
It's March 1995 in downtown Milwaukee, Wis. I'm a freshman at Marquette University, and a group of us head down to the MECCA Arena to watch our recently turned Warriors-to-Golden-Eagles play South Florida in an NIT game for the privilege of moving on...

Remove Statue Of Delusional Paterno
I'm confused why the statue of Joe Paterno still is standing on the Penn State campus. Maybe I'm delusional but glorifying enablers of child molesters seems like something a university might want to shy away from. Paterno actually is the one who r...

Getting Tough On Abusive Coaches A Difficult Task
My first sports writing job out of college brought me to a regional Little League tournament in western Kentucky. As a casual observer, only in attendance to snap a few photos, I got my first taste of over-aggressive coaching. It started with name...
Scott Brooks Last Huddle Speech from NBA Finals Game 5
Oklahoma City's Scott Brooks huddled up his team in the waning moments of Game 5 of the NBA Finals to deliver this powerful message to his team....
Summer Camp Contests Are A Great Way For Players To Improve, Have Fun
At our summer camps, daily contests are a big part of motivating the players and keeping the atmosphere fun. At the end of camp, the contest winners are given awards and championship posters. The posters are used throughout the camp to keep track of...
Purdue men’s basketball coach Matt Painter
Purdue men's basketball coach Matt Painter discusses his approach to recruiting:...

Mid-Range Games Means More Points Part II: Improve your team’s shooting accuracy
This is the second of a two-part article on developing your players' mid-range game. Part I ran in the last issue of 94 Feet on April 28. Accuracy consists of only two categories — left/right and distance (long/short). What affects left/right is ...


