Commentary: Impropriety in college sports is not new
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&quot;Colleges are presenting themselves to the public, educated and uneducated alike, as places of mere physical sport and not as educational training institutions,&quot; the quote goes.
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The US House ethics committee&#39;s rebuke of Majority Leader Tom DeLay this week focused on an issue never raised publicly before: the appearance of impropriety created by an exclusive
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In the month since the NCAA prohibited players from attending prep schools to improve their grades after high school, the rule remains a mystery to those in directly affects.
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The statement seemed innocuous enough, but in the supercharged atmosphere surrounding No. 1 Ohio State vs. No. 2 Texas, all statements can have hidden agendas.
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INDIANAPOLIS -- With a package of academic reforms in place, the NCAA&#39;s next crusade will address what its president calls a dangerous drift toward professionalism and sports entertainment.
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CONSIDER THE SOURCE. That&#39;s always good advice when evaluating a dispute, and never more true than in recent football developments.
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While professional leagues and Nascar appear to be taking the threat of terrorism seriously, officials worry that not enough is being done at college sports events.
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The purpose of the BCS is to reduce variation.
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One of the best events in sports is happening this weekend, but I&#39;d be surprised if many of you know about it because I&#39;m not talking about a marquee college football matchup or the Yankees-Red Sox series.
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In a society of instant gratification, we don&#39;t like to be bothered with waiting on anything -- including the development of young college quarterbacks.
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Last month&#39;s melee in Auburn Hills, Mich., between NBA players and spectators leads us to wonder if it is inevitable a ban will be implemented to prohibit college fans from rushing the court to celebrate big victories.
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For a lot of people, sports is all about ego. It's fine to get into the pursuit of excellence. I don't think that in itself is pathological. But we go overboard and lose sight of everything else, and that pursuit of excellence becomes obsessive-compulsive. When your self-confidence is entirely...
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It is not as though they need any more reminders. It is not as though they are not aware of the consequences. Boston College has Rutgers and Mississippi State and, to an extent, Pittsburgh as prime examples of what can happen to a Division 1-A team on any given day against a Division 1-AA opponent.
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Many athletes exude ideals of Games, from embraces in the pool to a fencing timeout. By Mark Sappenfield | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor.
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Awareness of the problem is growing, but few sports are taking vigorous, systematic steps to counteract it.
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They are ranked No. 2, which isn't bad. But after last season, when they were called one of the great teams of all time before hitting a two-game skid that knocked them into the also-ran category, they now carry a big attitude that embraces the &quot;no respect&quot; mantra often heard around college football.
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Perhaps the biggest fallacy in sports is the hoary notion -- repeated time and again by athletes and coaches -- that they don&#39;t read the newspapers or watch TV.