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March 5, 2015

Survey: Nearly half of college athletes lack social media training

Fieldhouse Media this week released the results of its third annual social media survey, examining the use of social platforms by collegiate athletes. The information provides some insight into how student-athletes use networks like Facebook and Twit...

March 5, 2015

UMass to retire jersey in honor of Calipari

The University of Massachusetts announced Wednesday that next season it will retire a basketball jersey in honor of former coach John Calipari, who now leads the Kentucky Wildcats. Few other details have been announced, but here is the release from t...

March 4, 2015

Girls hoops team banned for uniforms wins appeal

A California high school girls basketball team that was booted from the postseason for wearing illegal uniforms will be reinstated. Narbonne High School won its appeal and will play on Saturday for the section championship. However, the team will...

March 4, 2015

California prep girls team reinstated after uniform infraction

A California high school girls basketball team that was booted from the postseason for wearing illegal uniforms will be reinstated.Narbonne High School won its appeal and will play on Saturday for the section championship. However, the team will not ...

March 3, 2015

Seth Davis offers ideas for college basketball makeover

College basketball has been in an offensive rut for years, sending some into a panic as they frantically search for ideas on how to increase scoring. [caption id="attachment_11233" align="alignright" width="200"] College basketball is having the ...

March 3, 2015

Seth Davis offers ideas to rejuvenate college basketball

College basketball has been in an offensive rut for years, sending some into a panic as they frantically search for ideas on how to increase scoring.Sports Illustrated's Seth Davis wrote this column this week, examining this issue. As he notes, the 2...

March 2, 2015

Illegal uniforms get basketball team booted from Calif. playoffs

A southern California girls high school basketball team has been removed from the playoffs after wearing uniforms that were not in compliance with the rules. During Saturday's game, Narbonne (Harbor City) wore jerseys with pink around its numbers,...

March 2, 2015

Guidelines set for IDing mental health issues in young athletes

Leaders in youth sports want programs to be capable of identifying mental health issues in athletes the way we're now able to address concussions. Monday, they made a significant step forward. The National Athletic Trainers' Association and the Y...