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ISU panel recommends ‘life skills assistant’ for football team

AMES Iowa A faculty committee has recommended that Iowa State University create a position to offer football players counseling or religious guidance.

NCAA to review text messaging legislation

INDIANAPOLIS The NCAA will reconsider three rules, including one that bans coaches from sending text messages to recruits, at its Aug. 9 board of directors meeting.

Trainers warn of risks to athletes with sickle cell trait

COLUMBIA Mo. The growing number of exercise-induced deaths among athletes with sickle cell trait can be curtailed with proper treatment and greater awareness among team doctors and athletic trainers, a national medical group said in a report released Wednesday.

Leadership & Policy

Sporting a new look – Historically Black colleges and universities promote sports

There is a new dimension to athletics that is taking shape at some of the nation’s historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

Leadership & Policy

Central State University: what happened? – financial crisis in Central State University, Ohio

WILBERFORCE, OHIO Dr. Herman B. Smith Jr. stepped onto Central State University’s campus in early 1995 with hope, ambition and a clear idea of the task he faced.

College World Series: Thousands welcome home repeat national champion Beavers

CORVALLIS Ore. A fan hoisted a sign that said it all: Sweet Repeat.

UW-Madison athletic administrator dead at 46

MADISON Wis. Services have been scheduled Wednesday for Douglas Beard, a Maine native who became one of the senior administrators of the University of Wisconsin-Madison athletic department.

Hard Road to Draft for USC Star Young

LOS ANGELES By all rights, Nick Young wasn’t supposed to be a college basketball star. He flunked out of two high schools. His oldest brother died in a drive-by shooting. Now, the Southern California player is set to be chosen in this week’s NBA draft and earn millions of dollars.

Nebraska volleyballer is female college athlete of year

OMAHA Neb. Nebraska’s Sarah Pavan on Monday won the Honda-Broderick Cup as the nation’s female college athlete of the year. The award came six months after she and the Cornhuskers won the national volleyball championship.

Barney says CWS enjoyment comes in short bursts

OMAHA Neb. Oregon State players are finding plenty of ways to pass the time away from Rosenblatt Stadium during their trip to the College World Series.

Retired Army General takes control of D.C. public schools – Lt. Gen. Julius Becton’s appointment as CEO

As president of Prairie View A&M University, retired Army Lt. Gen. Julius Becton earned respect as a starched-shirt leader who demanded accountability in academic and financial affairs and didn’t mind challenging the status quo to achieve his goals.

Sports medicine given new prescription: team work – includes related article on careers in sports medicine – special report: health sciences

Sports medicine used to be the sole responsibility of athletic trainers and team doctors, whose only emphasis was treating injured athletes.

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