No. 24 Florida State (21-7, 11-6 ACC) forced No. 9 Maryland (22-6, 13-4 ACC) into a less than ideal last-second shot and held on for a 72-71 win Thursday night at the Tucker Center in Tallahassee, Fla. Terrapin freshman center Malina Howard, who is a good shooter from pretty much anywhere on the … [Read more...]
Archives for February 2013
Citrus Classic Tops This Weekend’s Softball Action
This week's top destination appears to be the Citrus Classic in Orlando, Florida. The 26-team field includes six ranked squads: Texas A&M, Texas, LSU, Oregon, Michigan, and Louisville. Spy Softball provides a more detailed preview. … [Read more...]
The Weekend’s Best Track and Field Matchups
What to watch for in the coming weekend, in chronological order+ACY-hellip+ADs Distance Medleys vs the Bubble Alex Wilson Invitational Loftus Center, South Bend IN Friday, 8:00 PM ET Qualifying to the NCAA Indoor Championships is by time, the same as always, but it+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s a little less murky this year. … [Read more...]
Roundup Roundup - February 4, 2013
The Power of One Sentence: Heterosexism in Coaches’ Biographies
If you peruse professional biographies for coaches, administrators and other staff on collegiate athletic department websites, you will notice a common characteristic of the vast majority: At the end of the description of each staff member???s professional accomplishments, a one sentence paragraph … [Read more...]
USF looks to take a big leap forward in final weekend of WCC play
On paper, it might not look like the San Francisco Dons have made very big strides from the second to third year in the Jennifer Azzi era. Even their upset win over the BYU Cougars this season was somewhat muted due to the fact that they had accomplished the same feat last season in Provo, Utah - … [Read more...]
Atomweights Featured at Made for War April 5
Rael A pro atomweight bout have been announced for the upcoming Made for War MMA card in Castle Rock, CO April 5. +ACM-8 Unified ranked Diana Rael will take on+ACY-nbsp+ADs-Ashley Aguirre.+ACY-nbsp+ADs-Rael (4-3) just snapped a two fight win streak defeating Darla Harris by submission this past October. Before she was … [Read more...]
Princesses of Pain Returns with Muay Thai Card in New Zealand
Princesses of Pain is back bringing female fighting to New Zealand. The promotion announced a Muay Thai event in Auckland, NZ April 6 with an eight woman 55 kg tournament. Among the participants are Bonnie Porter, Freya Thomson, Leighann Banham, Angela Newton, Gaela Nixon, Natasha Bevan, Tairi Ford, … [Read more...]
Members in the News & 24 Join @NACWAA
Author:+ACY-nbsp+ADs NACWAA NACWAA Board of Directors member and NCAA Vice President of Women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s Basketball Championships Anucha Browne was featured on the cover of the January 2013 edition of+ACY-nbsp+ADs-Coaching Women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s Basketball. The feature story reveals Browne+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s thoughts … [Read more...]
Mystics STH event notes from February 27, 2013: Natalie Novosel’s in town along with Coach Thibault
I wasn't at this event for the whole thing since I was there for the Wizards game primarily and focused more of my energy toward that so I wasn't there for the whole event. Here are the notable things I saw. 1. There is a new business staff just focused on the WNBA team. Monumental Sports has … [Read more...]