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May 13, 2020

Lawsuit seeks Zion Williamson to admit family was paid for his Duke tenure

Former Duke star basketball forward and current NBA rookie Zion Williamson is caught in the middle of a lawsuit for receiving financial benefits from the Blue Devils, as well as Nike and Adidas. According to a story from The Washington Post, the l...

May 11, 2020

ACHA announces guidelines for return of college sports

New guidelines have been laid out by the American College Health Association (ACHA) for how to safely return to sports in the college athletics world amid the COVID-19 pandemic. On Wednesday, May 7, the ACHA announced additional guidance for insti...

May 8, 2020

New Title IX regulations set to take place Aug. 14

The U.S. Department of Education announced new federal regulations on Wednesday, May 6, that promises to bolster Title IX sexual misconduct investigations. The new regulations will change how colleges must respond to sexual assault and harassment ...

May 7, 2020

Nebraska’s sports psychologist focusing on mental health training

University of Nebraska's director of sports psychology Dr. Brett Haskell is encouraging student-athletes to partake in mental health training during the COVID-19 pandemic. With Big Ten Conference schools extending the start of team activities unti...

May 7, 2020

Transformational over transactional coaching

Recently I heard the phrase “be a transformational coach” as opposed to being a “transactional coach.” What is the difference between the two? Transformational coaches try to impact the lives of the individual student-athlete in all a...

May 6, 2020

NAIA, NFL launches plan for women’s flag football in college

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and the NFL took a giant leap towards adding women's flag football as a sanctioned collegiate sport. On Monday, May 4, the two organizations announced their future plans to have the spor...

May 4, 2020

US gymnastics coach suspended for 8 years

A former US Olympic gymnastics coach has been suspended for eight years for verbal abuse and mistreatment of athletes, according to various media reports. Maggie Haney, 42, owner of MG Elite Gymnastics in Morganville, New Jersey, trainer 2016 Olym...

April 29, 2020

NHSACA, NCA postpone 2020 convention and clinic

The National High School Athletic Coaches Association (NHSACA), in conjunction with the Nebraska Coaches Association (NCA), announced this week that its annual national convention and multi-sport clinic is postponed in light of the COVID-19 pandemic....