Football teams that have been backed into a corner by opponents, fans and critics often fall back on the popular "Us vs. The World" theme. Ohio University did just that by banding together when its problems became much more complicated than winning or losing.
FIU is expected to announce today that it is reassigning athletic director Rick Mello and replacing him with UM senior associate athletic director Pete Garcia, according to two officials close to the situation.
University of Tulsa men’s basketball coach Doug Wojcik returned to his hometown during the weekend to speak at the OVAC Coaches Basketball Clinic held Sunday in Wheeling Jesuit University’s Alma Grace McDonough Center.
JONESBORO — “Sixty minutes to play. A lifetime to remember.” Those words were on shirts made for a reunion of Larry Lacewell-era Arkansas State football players who gathered to share some of those memories during pre-game tailgating Saturday outside Indian Stadium.
JONESBORO — Introductions aren’t necessary when Jack Curtis visits Bastrop (La.) High School. Curtis has been recruiting Bastrop players for more than a decade, first for Northwestern State and now for Arkansas State. He certainly knows his way around the north Louisiana town.
Some big-time prospects might push the Hokies' recruiting class near 30 players. Tydreke Powell cringes a little bit every time his cell phone rings. He loves talking to newspaper and television reporters, but hates the pressure of making a college decision.
JONESBORO — Arkansas State University officials originally talked about having a reunion to honor the 1986 team that was the Division I-AA runner-up. Former Indians head coach Larry Lacewell thought that didn’t go far enough.
Duke has one of the prettiest campuses in America, a solid academic reputation, men's and women's basketball programs that contend for the national championship year after year, a women's golf team (led by senior Anna Grzebien of Narragansett) that won back-to-back NCAA titles, tennis teams that can compete with anybody and first-rate facilities.
A former Alabama assistant coach who's now an NFL executive believes the current Alabama head coach will succeed long-term in one of college football's most demanding jobs - provided administrators and fans will remain patient.
