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June 21, 2021

Title IX Protects Trans Student-Athletes, DOE Says

Last week, President Joe Biden's administration announced the rights of transgender and gay students are protected at school by Title IX, reversing GOP-authored guidance that those student-athletes weren't protected by any federal laws. A report f...

June 11, 2021

12-Team CFP Proposed for NCAA Football

A sub-group of the College Football Playoff's (CFP) management committee this week presented a proposal to change the current four-team format to a 12-team event. The proposal was made to the full CFP management committee and is the first step in ...

June 9, 2021

Proposal to FHSAA Wants to Block Middle School Athletes from Varsity Sports

The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) brought forth a proposal to its board of directors that would prohibit middle school athletes from competing on high school teams. The proposal, submitted by Merritt Island athletic director Jef...

June 8, 2021

NCAA Approves Use of In-Game Tech, Other Rule Changes

Changes are coming to the rules for NCAA men's basketball games for the 2021-23 season. The NCAA Playing Rules Oversight Panel approved allowing the transmission of live statistics to the bench area for coaching purposes in men’s basketball, amo...

June 7, 2021

Why ATCs Are a Good Fit For Occupational Therapy

There is no denying the wide array of things an athletic trainer has to know in order to do his or her job correctly. Simply put, they are the jack-of-all-trades of the sports medicine industry. A recent article from the Center of Occupational ...

June 7, 2021

The Color of Sports Drinks May Keep You Running Faster & Longer

According to a recent study, there may be a connection between motivation and the color of sports drinks we choose to consume. The study, published in Frontiers of Nutrition and shared through TheBeet.com, found that pink sports drinks increase...

June 4, 2021

Coach K To Retire From Duke; Jon Scheyer Named Replacement

Duke men's basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski, who has won more Division I men's college basketball games than any coach in history, announced Wednesday that the 2021-22 season will be his final year of coaching. In 46 years as a head coach at Ar...

June 4, 2021

How Syracuse Uses Technology in Recruiting Process

In the world of competitive athletics, everyone is looking for an edge. For many collegiate programs in 2023, that edge is found in the form of technology. Syracuse University's athletic programs are no different in its approach to finding future ...