college sports
Powerline: Dangerous Dog Days for Student-Athletes
As I’m writing this column for the June publication, no one is sure when training athletes will resume at colleges and high schools. When schools take the locks off weight rooms and training does resume, strength coaches need to be especially caref...
Climate Control: Handling Heat Acclimation in Athletes
The entire sports world hopes and prays for a return to normalcy by the Autumn of 2020 following a spring and summer rife with cancellations and disappointments. A return to the former status quo would mean that fall athletes will be gearing up for t...
4 Tips for Balancing Basketball with Life & Studies
It can be stressful for student-athletes balancing success on the hardwood with success in the classrooms and everyday life. But the importance of being well-rounded cannot be denied — it's great preparation for whatever their future holds. And wh...
Univ. of Houston Suspends Workouts Following 6 Positive COVID-19 Tests
Just 11 days after the University of Houston resumed voluntary workouts for student-athletes, the Cougars have suspended those activities as six student-athletes from various sports have tested positive for COVID-19. The announcement, according to...
NCAA to allow student-athletes to resume activities June 1
Collegiate student-athletes across the country rejoice! The NCAA Division 1 Council announced that all student-athletes can resume voluntary activities in their respective sports starting June 1. The decision came on May 22 — two days after the ...
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...
Matt Doherty’s advice on coaching success
With his collegiate coaching career seemingly in the rearview mirror, Matt Doherty has turned his attention to offering advice and tips to the next crop of coaches at varying levels. Doherty made a national name for himself leading the Notre Dame ...
UNH opens up rec center amid COVID-19 outbreak
With the campus closed due to the coronavirus outbreak, the University of New Hampshire (UNH) offered up some of its facilities to healthcare workers in the state last week. According to a story posted on the university's website on Tuesday, March...