NCAA
February 28, 2022
NCAA Adjusts Cannabis Threshold for Student-Athletes
The NCAA is changing its cannabis testing policies. At its Feb. 22-23 meeting, the Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports (CSMAS) increased the THC threshold and recommended a reconfiguration of the penalty structure for st...
February 22, 2022
Nebraska Women’s Basketball Assistant Suspended, Player Dismissed
Chuck Love, the University of Nebraska women's basketball associate head coach, was suspended over the weekend. The university's athletic department issued a statement citing the suspension of Love as a personnel matter and no additional informati...
February 21, 2022
Univ. of Akron Donors Zip Up Athletic Improvements
Entering 2022, the University of Akron (UA) Athletic Department announced a series of new initiatives made possible through the generous commitment of pledges and gifts totaling $4.7 million from key donors. These donations make possible the establis...
December 20, 2021
NCAA Board Approves Constitution Amendments; Vote in January
The NCAA Board of Governors agreed Thursday to accept the recommendations for a new constitution to govern college sports, sending the revised document to a vote by the association’s full membership in January. The NCAA released an initial draft...
October 4, 2021
Louisville MBB Involved in More NCAA Allegations from Mack Era
The University of Louisville men's basketball team is once again caught in the crosshairs of the NCAA amid more allegations stemming from the time when Chris Mack had the reins of the program. The allegations come in the form of an amendment to Lo...
August 4, 2021
Big 12, Pac-12 Leaders Meet to Discuss Possible Merger
With the news of Big 12 perennial powers like the University of Texas and Oklahoma University trying to leave the conference in favor of the SEC, the Pac-12 Conference has also been in talks with the Big 12 about a possible merger or re-alignment. ...
August 3, 2021
CIF Allows NIL Profits for High Schoolers
The recent interim adoption of name, image, and likeness (NIL) rules by the NCAA has already muddied the waters for soon-to-be collegiate student-athletes on whether they can earn NIL profits at the high school level. Earlier this week top high sc...
July 6, 2021
Wagner Breaks Ground on New Athletic Facility
Wagner College recently broke ground on a new $3 million athletic facility that is set for completion in the spring of 2022. Wagner College President Joel W. Martin, CFO John Carrescia, Senior Vice President Angelo Araimo, Athletic Director Walt H...
Teach kids to pay attention to their bodies and their own thirst, and to “drink to thirst”—that is, drink enough water so that the thirst recedes. Rehydrate between sports events/practices.
The telltale signs of heat-related illness in student-athletes
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Each year, an estimated 240 people die from heat-related illnesses, an...