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March 12, 2021

500+ College Student-Athletes to NCAA: Support Transgender Athletes

More than 500 collegiate student-athletes unified to send a joint letter to the NCAA on Wednesday demanding immediate action against states with bans on transgender student-athletes. A total of 545 student-athletes from at least 85 schools in ever...

March 10, 2021

Les Miles Out as KU Football Coach After New LSU Allegations

by Wesley Sykes

Les Miles stepped down from his post of head football coach at the University of Kansas, according to the institution Monday. In a statement, the university said Miles and KU "mutually agreed to part ways effective immediately," and the search for...

March 9, 2021

Iron Sharpens Iron: Motivation They Need to Hear

by Ken Mannie

A very good psychologist friend of mind relates a hard-hitting analogy when speaking of motivation: “The lion doesn’t need to be motivated when on the hunt. Motivation courses through his veins – it’s in his DNA. He is self-motivated. H...

March 8, 2021

Creighton Basketball Coach Suspended for Racially Insensitive Comments

by Wesley Sykes

Creighton University men's basketball head coach has been suspended for making a racially offensive analogy to his players last week. Greg McDermott faces disciplinary action after telling his players to "stay on the plantation" after losing to Xa...

March 5, 2021

Texas UIL Updates COVID-19 Risk Guidelines Following Mask Update

by Wesley Sykes

The Texas University Interscholastic League (UIL) recently shared updates to its risk mitigation guidelines following Governor Greg Abbott announced an immediate rollback of its statewide mask mandate. Earlier this week, Gov. Abbott announced he's...

March 4, 2021

Hudl Launches New Smart Camera Tech for Football

by Wesley Sykes

To empower outdoor sports teams at all levels to prepare, compete and livestream, Hudl today announced the launch of Hudl Focus Outdoor, a hands-free smart camera that automatically captures and uploads games and practices to Hudl and sends video to ...

March 2, 2021

VA Girls’ Basketball Team Disqualified for Not Wearing Masks

by Wesley Sykes

A Virginia high school girls basketball team is they had a championship opportunity 'stolen' away from them after the team was disqualified from a tournament for not wearing personal protective masks. According to a report from WUSA-9, the Word of...

February 26, 2021

Preparing Your Team for Every Problem During the Season

by Randy Hisner

Early in my 40-year coaching career, a colleague told me something that has proven to be true. He said, “If you stay in coaching very long, you will have teams that you don’t think are going to be very good, but they will shock you with how ...

February 25, 2021

High School Athletes Get Noticed & Recruited with New App

by Wesley Sykes

Student-athletes across the country are using Sports Thread 6.0, a free social networking app, announced today, to raise their online visibility and connect with college coaches in hopes of securing roster spots and college scholarships. Youth ath...

February 23, 2021

A.D.ministration: 10 Ways for Working with Difficult Parents

by Dr. David Hoch

When one thinks about the tasks and responsibilities involved with an athletic administrator’s position, many revolve around athletes and coaches. This would be normal and understandable. But there is another group of individuals whom you also have...