The Next Antonio Gates?: A pair of forwards will have an opportunity to earn a living playing professional football. The New York Giants signed former George Mason star Jai Lewis, giving him an opportunity to earn a roster spot as a tight end or offensive tackle. He has not played […]

Gators Replace Assistant: Florida coach Billy Donovan has hired Notre Dame assistant coach Lewis Preston to fill a hole on his staff created by Anthony Grant’s departure. Grant accepted the head coaching job at Virginia Commonwealth. Preston has been an assistant under the Fighting Irish’s Mike Brey for the past […]

NCAA Handles Mascot Appeals: The NCAA proved that it is serious about enforcing its ban on hostile and abusive mascots. Illinois, North Dakota and Indiana University of Pennsylvania all lost their second appeals, in which they claimed that their mascots were not hostile and abusive to American Indians. As part […]

Walters Replaces Doherty: Florida Atlantic has promoted associate coach Rex Walters to head coach to replace recently departed Matt Doherty. The former North Carolina coach left the Owls to lead SMU. He had hired Walters to the Florida Atlantic staff after taking the reins last season and leading the team […]

Lowry Strengthens PG Ranks: The NBA Draft had been lacking in talented point guards until the final week or two before the deadline for early entrants to declare. First, Connecticut’s Marcus Williams made his intentions official. Now Villanova’s Kyle Lowry has entered the draft. The sophomore point guard averaged 11.0 […]

Gray Tests NBA’s Height Infatuation: Pittsburgh junior center Aaron Gray has entered the NBA Draft in hopes that a team will fall in love with the 7-footer. Gray was a walking double-double last season for the Panthers, averaging 13.9 points and 10.5 rebounds per game. Gray did not hire an […]

Hoosier Has High Hopes: Indiana freshman center Cem Dinc has entered the NBA Draft. Dinc played only 12 minutes this past season, scoring three points. He was injured for much of the season and did not progress enough to earn playing time under former coach Mike Davis. When he arrived […]

Balkman Hopes NIT Counts in Draft: South Carolina junior forward Renaldo Balkman has decided to enter the NBA Draft, hoping that his strong play in the NIT will catapult his stock. Balkman averaged 9.6 points and 6.3 rebounds per game for the Gamecocks, but his production increased toward the end […]

New Blue Hens: New Delaware head coach Monte Ross chose R.C. Kehoe and Stephen Stewart and retained Ryan Iversen as assistant coaches. Kehoe spent last season as an assistant coach at Maryland – Baltimore County. Stewart served as an assistant under Jimmy Patsos at Loyola, Md. Iversen played for the […]

New Coach, New Staff: Cleveland State’s Gary Waters made his first appointments to his staff with Jayson Gee and Jermaine Kimbrough. Gee spent last season on St. Bonaventure’s staff and will join Water’s staff as an associate coach. Kimbrough spent last season at IPFW and will be an assistant coach. […]