Penn State senior QB Matt McGloin is ready to battle QB Braxton Miller and the Ohio State Buckeyes. The two best teams in the Big Ten conference are pitted to play each other this Saturday night. Despite their dominance on the field, both teams are ineligible for post season play because of NCAA sanctions dubbing this marquee match-up the Probation Bowl. Even though Ohio State is 8-0 and ranked 9th in the country, Penn State is the hottest team in...
The Randy Edsall experiment has taken another tumultuous turn. Freshman quarterback Perry Hills tore his ACL and is done for the season. Hills was knocked out of last week’s 20-18 loss to N.C. State after an attempted tackle following an interception. Hills was the back-up to C.J. Brown, who also tore his ACL in August. As a freshman, Hills was showing improvement each week. He even earned the ACC Rookie of the Week award for his 36-27 win over...
With the winter running season just around the corner, there is race for the ages set to take place in Washington D.C. The Half and Half Marathon is scheduled for Saturday, November 3, 2012. This race has a unique twist in that participants will run 6.55 miles, eat a world famous half-smoke with chili and chips from Ben’s Chili Bowl at the turn, then run the remaining 6.55 miles to the finish line. Though consuming the half-smoke is optional,...
Last week, a federal judge preliminarily approved an antitrust claim against Electronic Arts (EA) for monopolizing a partnerships with the National Football League, the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and the Arena Football League with respect to its branded interactive football games. The settlement amounts to $27 million and EA must release its exclusivity rights for certain football games. With its marketing exclusivity, EA was able to gauge customers by hiking up the prices without facing any competition from other...
The NCAA Division I Committee on Infractions is citing Texas Southern for lack of institutional control stemming from recruiting violations, academic issues, the use of ineligible athletes, and exceeding scholarship limits. As part of the punishment, the football program is banned from postseason play for 2013 and 2014 and will face a five-year probationary period and scholarship limitations. For over a seven-year period, Texas Southern was violating multiple NCAA rules in 13 Division I sports. During that time, over...
Beverly J. Morgan is suing Nebraska head coach Bo Pelini’s charitable foundation (Bo Pelini Foundation, Inc.) for injuries sustained during an annual football clinic for women called Football 101. Back in June 2, 2010, Morgan, who was a participant in the Football 101 clinic, was partaking in a common football drill called the gauntlet (where a running back carries the ball through two-sided wall of defenders trying to strip the ball using blocking pads). As such, when Morgan ran...
If you don’t know the name William Walters you are not a true sports gambler. Walters is arguably the most revered gambler in the business who makes frighteningly accurate bets raking in hundreds of thousands of dollars at a time. Well the world’s top sports gambler is making another bet that will surely land him a significant financial gain. Earlier this week, Walters sued Cooper’s Picks, LLC and its owners/operators for unlawfully using his name and image to lure...
So you want to be a college sports star? If you’ve got the goods, an athletic scholarship can be the ticket (or at least part of a ticket) to a fantastic education. Since you’re reading this article, we’ll assume you’re not the next Cam Newton. You’re a solid lineman or shooting guard or golfer who doesn’t have coaches beating down his door. While the odds of landing a scholarship to an NCAA program are not in your favor, these...
