Miners Head For Spain: Texas-El Paso left for Spain and the Canary Islands, where they will spend the next eight days. During that time, they will play four games in the Canary Islands against foreign clubs, and head coach Doc Sadler cited the importance of new players like transfers Edgar […]
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Creighton: Bluejays Name Muhleisen Manager
Bluejays Name Muhleisen Manager: Creighton head coach Dana Altman has announced the hiring of Jake Muhleisen as a graduate manager. Muhleisen, a Lincoln, Neb., native, spent the past four seasons as a starter for Nebraska and graduated in May with a degree in Finance. He’ll be taking classes toward his […]
Connecticut: Price Arrested at Uconn
Price Arrested at UConn: The career of Connecticut sophomore point guard A.J. Price remains unstable as police arrested him for charges of larceny and lying to police. Price denied he knew that four stolen computers were in his room, but incriminating text messages show that he and two others tried […]
Buffalo: Bulls Add Heck to Staff
Bulls Add Heck to Staff: Buffalo hired Kevin Heck as an assistant coach after he spent the past three seasons as an assistant at Rutgers. This will not be Heck’s first stint in the MAC, as he spent five seasons as an assistant coach at Kent State and two at […]
Kentucky: Wildcat Accused of Rape
Wildcat Accused of Rape: A Lexington, Ky., woman filed a criminal complaint stating that she was raped by a former Kentucky basketball player at the university’s Wildcat Lodge in April. The woman is accusing the former player of drugging her and then raping her on the afternoon of April 20. […]
Florida State: Florida State Strikes Back
Florida State Strikes Back: Baffled and angered at its inclusion on a list of schools with “hostile” or “abusive” nicknames or logos, Florida State responded to the NCAA Executive Committee by issuing an ultimatum for the committee to repeal the decision. School officials sent a notice to the NCAA committee […]
Montana: Krystkowiak to Coach Chinese Team
Krystkowiak to Coach Chinese Team: Montana head coach Larry Krystkowiak is coaching the Beijing Ducks, a Chinese team planning an exhibition game in Milwaukee on August 9. Joining him is former New York Knicks head coach John McLeod, as the team prepares to take on the Midwest USA Team composed […]
Ohio: Former Ohio Big Man Killed
Former Ohio Big Man Killed: Former Ohio University two-sport athlete Fred Cluff was killed in a two-vehicle accident Monday morning. He was 59. Cluff, a 6-7 hoops forward and right-handed pitcher on the baseball squad, played three seasons for the Bobcats from 1965-1968 and averaged 10 points and seven rebounds […]
New Mexico State: Aggies Lasso New Logo
Aggies Lasso New Logo: As part of a larger marketing campaign, New Mexico State will unveil a new mascot this fall – Pete. The mascot, plain ol’ Pete, replaces Pistol Pete because school officials decided to remove the firearm in favor of a lasso. The mascot formerly known as Pistol […]
NCAA: Mascot Ban Begins in February
Mascot Ban Begins in February: The NCAA will begin its ban on Indian mascots in its tournaments in February of 2006. The executive committee decided it did not have the authority to take further action against the schools. Florida State, one of 18 schools with mascots the NCAA deems “hostile […]