The Austin Bruins and Head Coach Steve Howard have rounded out their coaching staff, announcing the hiring of Justin Fisher as the team’s new Assistant Coach. 27-year-old Fisher comes to Austin after spending a season as an Assistant Coach with Adrian College. Before coaching, Fisher played five seasons for the Bulldogs and served as one of […]
Continue Reading
Musing on why sports broadcasting makes a great vocation. This post is actually an essay I wrote for a class I am taking as part of the graduate program I am in. I just copy and pasted exactly what I wrote. It’s very honest and straightforward. I hope you appreciate my vulnerability and commentary here. […]
Continue Reading
The University of Iowa is cutting four varsity sports programs after the 2020-21 academic year. The University said in a press release that the move is a direct result of the cancellation of the fall football season and the COVID-19 pandemic. Men’s gymnastics, men’s tennis, and men’s and women’s swimming and diving will be discontinued, Iowa […]
Continue Reading
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine announced Tuesday that he will sign a new Ohio Department of Health order that permits contact sports, including the fall sports of field hockey, soccer and football, to move forward with games against other schools. The Governor confirmed support for Ohio’s coaches to inspire their student-athletes to continue following safety precautions […]
Continue Reading
The MHSAA staff has been working for months with the Governor’s office and health department officials on return to activity plans during the COVID pandemic. On June 30th, Governor Whitmer released the MI Safe Schools Roadmap and it tasked the MHSAA with creating and publishing the guidance for the reopening of school sports. For the […]
Continue Reading
The Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association decided Friday to move forward with high school sports. The vote was 25-5 in favor of allowing the fall season to proceed. The PIAA put out a press release on their website immediately following the decision. The PIAA Board of Directors voted to permit fall sports to begin on Monday, August […]
Continue Reading
A crowd of over 10,000 gathered in Owensboro, Kentucky on this day to watch the last ever public hanging in the United States. Reporters from around the country traveled to cover the event. 22-year-old Rainey Bethea, a young black man, had been found guilty of raping a wealthy white widow, 70-year-old Lischia Edwards. A neighbor […]
Continue Reading
The Big Ten Conference announced the postponement of the 2020-21 fall sports season, including all regular-season contests and Big Ten Championships and Tournaments, due to ongoing health and safety concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In making its decision, which was based on multiple factors, the Big Ten Conference relied on the medical advice and counsel […]
Continue Reading
Coaches and players are fighting back in the face of potential cancellation of the Big Ten football season. Reports broke on Monday morning that the decision had been made and an announcement would be coming on Tuesday. The Big Ten features Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Ohio State, Penn State, Rutgers, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, […]
Continue Reading
The Great Midwest Athletic Conference Presidents’ Council has postponed the fall championship segments in football, men’s soccer, women’s soccer and volleyball, as decided on Monday morning. The conference schedule and championships in each of these high contact risk sports, as defined by the NCAA Resocialization of Collegiate Sport guidelines, will be moved to the spring […]
Continue Reading
Notre Dame’s full 2020 schedule been released. There are several notable changes to the docket. Notre Dame will not be playing Navy. Notre Dame’s non-conference game will be a September 19th matchup against Western Michigan. That means Notre Dame will not be playing any of its long-time rivals this season. Keeping the Clemson and Notre […]
Continue Reading
The Crossroads League’s Commissioner, Larry DeSimpelare, has issued a statement addressing the league’s plans for the upcoming fall sports seasons. The statement came following the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Council of Presidents voted on Tuesday, July 28th to postpone the national championships in cross country, men’s soccer, women’s soccer, and women’s volleyball to spring 2021. […]
Continue Reading
