“I expect to be back at practice soon. I’m doing fine; tell everyone not to worry about me.”
— JOE PATERNO, 84, Penn State’s football coach after suffering a hairline fracture when a player collided into him during practice (via ESPN)
“I expect to be back at practice soon. I’m doing fine; tell everyone not to worry about me.”
— JOE PATERNO, 84, Penn State’s football coach after suffering a hairline fracture when a player collided into him during practice (via ESPN)
Long live the trees.
What are a few free tattoos—and maybe a few free cars—in the grand scheme of college sports scandals? Well, not a lot, it turns out.
Monday night, Sports Illustrated ran a story on its website detailing its own investigation of Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel and adding scope to the Ohio State football scandal.
What do you get when you remove pompons, sidelines, megaphones and actual cheering from cheerleading? A new type of stunt and acrobatic hybrid that could become the next collegiate sport.
When the military code-named the bin Laden mission ‘Geronimo,’ Native American groups were less than pleased. But it’s just one of many tiffs over co-opting Native American names.
Who’s the most talked-about basketball player of the week? UConn’s Kemba Walker, perhaps. Who really is basketball’s player of the week? Definitely Texas A&M’s Danielle Adams.
After the buzzer sounded, confetti fell from the rafters of Reliant Stadium in Houston, marking a national championship won by the University of Connecticut. But people will quickly forget it.
Rise and shine, NewsFeeders. Is it Monday already? We hope you enjoyed a tuned-out weekend – but now it’s time to catch up on what you missed.
TIME’s Sean Gregory traded his notebook for a camera to provide a rare off-court look at the electric atmosphere at Reliant Stadium.
The men’s college basketball national semifinals tip off this evening from Houston. VCU battles Butler at 6:09 ET, and Kentucky squares off against Connecticut after. Here are the key players and trends to look for from each team:
On Sunday VCU, out of Richmond and the Colonial Athletic Conference, whipped top-seeded Kansas, 71-61, to make the Final Four.