Quantcast

You are here: SportsPLUS : Student-Athlete : College

COLLEGE Articles and Blog Posts

Fired University of Hawaii basketball coach files retaliation suit
by Title IX Blog
posted April 14, 2009 at 12:06pm

Via Helen at WHB I learned that Jim Bolla, the former women's basketball coach at the University of Hawaii, recently filed a lawsuit challenging his termination as unlawful retaliation under Title IX. UH fired Bolla for cause last week after investigatin...more

Maya Moore 2009 Wooden Award winner
by Pretty Tough
posted April 13, 2009 at 7:59pm

A final exclamation point was added to Maya Moore’s season of accomplishment Friday, when the University of Connecticut sophomore was named winner of the John R. Wooden Award as the top player in women’s college basketball. Moore was presented with ...more

A Husky Parade! UCONN Women’s Parade Plans Set
by Pretty Tough
posted April 12, 2009 at 4:43pm

According to media reports, Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell says a date has been set for a parade to honor the University of Connecticut women’s basketball team for winning the NCAA national championship. The parade will be held next Sunday, April 19, a...more

The Alt Games - Collegiate Action Sports
by Pretty Tough
posted April 10, 2009 at 9:10pm

You’ve heard of the X Games, the Dew Tour and NCAA Championships. But how about The Alt Games? CBS Sports and CBS College Sports Network created The Alt Games (formerly known as the Collegiate Nationals) to provide a stage for competitors in action spo...more

Bigotry Is Irrational
by Women's Sports Blog
posted April 10, 2009 at 12:50pm

In a review of "Training Rules," the new documentary about Rene Portland's reign of terror at Penn State, David Hiltbrand of the Philadelphia Inquirer takes the film to task for not delving further into the 'causes' of Portland's homophobia. Because it ...more

The Saugus versus The Swedish: The Frozen Four Battle No One Is Talking About
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted April 9, 2009 at 11:59am

Of all the storylines heading into tonight’s Boston University versus University of Vermont Frozen Four semifinal matchup, one has been overwhelmingly ignored: the fact that UVM’s Viktor Stalberg and BU’s Jason Lawrence are currently tied for fourth...more

Sports Fieldtrip - Take in an NCAA Event
by Sports Girls Play
posted April 7, 2009 at 2:53pm

Courtney Kupets, NCAA Champion Gymnast and former Olympian Looking for ways to keep kids in the sport longer? Try this one - coaches take your team (or parents take your athlete) to a college level game or competition in their sport. Seriously! Whil...more

Pretty Tough Tuesday Fastpitch Weekly Round Up
by Pretty Tough
posted April 7, 2009 at 2:49pm

The Florida Gators (39-3) are holding strong at the number one spot on the ESPN.com/USA Softball Collegiate Top 25 Poll for the fifth straight week. Check out the rest of the poll here. Last week, the ASA selected the twenty-five finalist...more

Size Matters: Big Girls on the Court
by One Sport Voice
posted April 7, 2009 at 12:27am

The Women’s NCAA Final Four basketball games aired Sunday night, April 5. I enjoyed the games, but was distracted by the constant focus on the weight and weight loss of the athletes. Based on water cooler talk and Twitters, many others noticed this tr...more

David vs. Goliath: NCAA one step closer to its champion
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted April 6, 2009 at 11:25am

As of last night, there are now two teams left in the greatest basketball tournament of the year: University of Connecticut Huskies and the Louisville Cardinals. Yesterday, UConn seemed to easily handle Stanford, winning 83-64, and Louisville squeaked by...more

UMass Cuts Skiing
by Title IX Blog
posted April 3, 2009 at 11:45pm

In an attempt to deal with budget woes, University of Massachusetts has cut its men's and women's ski teams. The teams, which did not offer scholarships, will become club teams. Rumors swirled at the Amherst campus that it was baseball in jeopardy. But y...more

Getting to know your new WNBA
by Pretty Tough
posted April 3, 2009 at 2:47pm

With the Final Four upon us and the WNBA draft taking place next week, it’s time to take a look at the new class of professional ballers. Last year was considered the deepest class in WNBA history. This year there isn’t as much depth but with roste...more

WHOW
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted April 3, 2009 at 10:22am

WHOW … Women Helping Other Women. These were the opening words spoken by Judy Sweet at the NCAA Women’s Leadership Symposium in Boston, MA on March 20th and 21st. (I apologize for the delay in this blog!) Let me just start by saying there is no w...more

Duke is Out!
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted March 25, 2009 at 12:10pm

So now Duke lost! Ahg…there goes our brackets all to pieces! I am starting to hate that I got involved in this bracket-picking contest at all. It is keeping me form concentrating on the more important issues, such as the selection committee back East, w...more

Practice makes Perfect
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted March 25, 2009 at 11:23am

Uncharted waters for the Lady Vols. Tennessee suffered a first-ever, first round loss to Ball State 71-55 on Sunday. Tuesday afternoon, the women were back at Tennessee, and back on the court. Pat Summit discusses her reason for holding practice, h...more

Women’s Tourney Update
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted March 25, 2009 at 11:15am

Down to the wire basketball games, defensive battles to the end, physical battles, gotta love march madness! just a recap of some impressive victories over the last two days: UConn remains undefeated beating Florida 87-59 California scored a crazy 99 p...more

Well, I Can Honestly Say It Was Better Than the Championship Game - the 2009 Hockey East Annual Mascot Game
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted March 22, 2009 at 11:02pm

It’s the post you’ve all been waiting for - my pictures from the cheap seats of the Annual Hockey East Mascot Broomball Game, held during the first intermission of the Boston University - Boston College semifinal game. And they are off! Sam the Mi...more

There’s a lot to like about Lowell, but hopefully more to like about BU - 2009 Hockey East Championship Live Blog
by ...On Being a Sports Girl
posted March 21, 2009 at 6:48pm

Your Crackberry addicted reporter reporting from the Garden last night with AWESOME HAIR. We are back for Night #2 of the Hockey East Championship, where Boston University will be taking on the Riverhawks of UMass Lowell, the most improbable of opponen...more

Tennessee Women Take Team Title, Individuals Impress at NCAA Indoor Track & Field Champs
by Pretty Tough
posted March 15, 2009 at 5:33pm

The #2-ranked Lady Vols of Tennessee stormed into College Station and fearlessly took the title away from hosts and #1-ranked Texas A&M; at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships this weekend. The Vols scored 42 points and had clinched their title...more

A cinderella story… The College of New Jersey advances to the elite eight!
by ...Because I Played Sports
posted March 14, 2009 at 1:14pm

I can’t help but think that this might just be the year that we actually do it. As a former player for The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), for as long as I can remember, my teammates and I dreamed of winning the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) and ...more

PAC-10 Tourney
by C and R's Stanford Women's Basketball Blog
posted March 14, 2009 at 1:00pm

Okay, C and R will spare you our rant about the women’s PAC-10 tournament NOT being on TV, because if you are reading about women’s basketball, then you probably feel the same way about women’s basketball, it needs to be seen more to get more people...more

Tennessee Women run World Record Distance Medley Relay at NCAA Indoor Track & Field Champs
by Pretty Tough
posted March 13, 2009 at 11:02pm

Here are the notes I took as I watched the race live at http://espn360.com (you can still watch the replay): First leg: 1200m: BYU and Univ of Washington leading, wish Christine Babcock (UW) would get out of lane 2! She could have tucked in behind B...more

UConn-Syracuse 6 OT Instant Classic
by Pretty Tough
posted March 13, 2009 at 1:12pm

The men’s game gets more than enough attention so we don’t generally add to the plethora of print, but last night’s game between Syracuse and UConn is worth mentioning on so many levels. The Syracuse 127-117 upset victory over fourth-ranked UConn,...more

Jump to page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35