Category archives: Sports
Big East football and why it’s important to be who you are
If you follow major college sports, you’d know there’s a great deal of shifting going on. Schools are changing conferences more than ever before, often without regard for traditional rivalries or even geography. While most of these tectonic shifts have… continue reading »
National signing day is a fraud
Aah yes, national signing day. Future college athletes get sized up, measured and predicted to be the next big thing for their school. What is it, you ask? National Signing Day is always on the first Wednesday in February. It… continue reading »
Alaska-Fairbanks hockey intro
Alaska Nanooks 2010 Hockey Intro from Szymon Weglarski on Vimeo. As if being named the Nanooks wasn’t already cool enough, they went and produced this intro video for home games. This alone should get them into the WCHA so they… continue reading »
Save our logo?
Brand New reports a tiff going on at a proposed rebrand of Michigan State University’s athletic logo. Rather swiftly, message boards rallied to boycott the proposed logo in various ways, including chanting “Keep our logo — clap-clap — Keep our… continue reading »
Going for broke: The ethics of major college athletic spending
Image by avinashkunnath via Flickr Here’s a story in the NY Times today about major college athletics in the New York State system. The article does raise a broader question about spending on athletic budgets when colleges and universities are… continue reading »