FAMU suspends all football activities after locker room rap video
Over the weekend, Florida A&M University (FAMU) suspended all football activities after the release of an unauthorized locker room rap video that uses team apparel. Rapper Real Boston Richey, whose name is Jalen Foster, released the vid...
Kitna enters transfer portal following plea deal on child pornography charges
Jalen Kitna, a former Florida Gators quarterback, entered the transfer portal just days after taking a plea deal that dismissed charges of child pornography stemming from a November 2022 arrest, according to various media reports. Kitna was instea...
Northwestern head coach Pat Fitzgerald fired amid hazing scandal
Northwestern has fired longtime head coach Pat Fitzgerald amid the hazing scandal within Wildcats' football program that broke over the weekend. President Michael Schill released a statement earlier in the week announcing Fitzgerald's departure fr...
Study: Multidirectional Sports Lead to Stronger Bones
According to a recent study, young athletes develop more robust skeletons playing multidirectional sports — like soccer and basketball — than unidirectional sports like track and cross country. The study was conducted by the University of Indi...
Minnesota Athletics announces gymnastics performance center
At its June 2023 meeting, the University of Minnesota Board of Regents approved for Athletics to proceed with the construction of a new gymnastics performance center. The new performance center will be built in the Athletes Village footprint, whic...
University of Findlay announces upgrades to football facilities
The University of Findlay Department of Athletics recently announced plans for a new multi-purpose practice facility located in the heart of campus. Dick Strahm Champions Field will provide 83,000 square feet of turf that will be utilized primaril...
Chiefs ATC inducted into NATA Hall of Fame
Kansas City Chiefs head athletic trainer Rick Burkholder earned yet another award last week. After earning a Super Bowl title with the Chiefs in February, Burkholder — along with six others — was inducted into the National Athletic Trainers' A...
Researchers find new link between sleep and concussions
A new study led by Flinders University points to the importance of sleep quality in the aftermath and recovery process of sports-related concussions, a common form of mild traumatic brain injury. Results from a study published in Nature and Sci...
UNC Wilmington student-athletes complete nearly 4,200 hours of community service
The University of North Carolina Wilmington has announced that student-athletes contributed 4,197 hours of community service in the local area during the 2022-2023 school year. Even with unparalleled success during the 2022-23 athletic year, UNCW ...
Heather Arabitg’s love for the profession shines through her commitment
Since high school, Heather Arabitg knew she wanted to be a physical therapist. An avid soccer player at an all-girls high school, she was introduced to the idea of athletic training by her soccer coach. “My soccer coach said to me, ‘You play...
