The Pinstripe Bowl bans vuvuzelas

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Leave your vuvuzela at home

For those of you planning to attend the upcoming college football games at Yankee Stadium to include the inaugural Pinstripe Bowl, have no fear, the drone of the vuvuzela will not be welcomed. Stadium officials have quickly banned the annoying plastic horn buzz-makers that are incessantly buzzing all throughout World Cup matches. Yankee Stadium is already enforcing this rule as one fútbol loving Yankee fan, who snuck in the annoying buzz-maker, was quickly pointed out when blowing his vuvuzela....

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Bring it on

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If you don't think cheerleading is a sport, think again.

Yesterday marked the start of a long journey for the Quinnipiac University women’s volleyball team and cheer squad that will certainly end up at the doorsteps of the U.S. Supreme Court. A federal court in Connecticut must decide whether or not cheerleading is a sport that can be counted towards meeting the gender-equity requirements under Title IX. This case garnered so much attention that last month it became a class action for all present, prospective, and future female ...

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Cardinals swoop up Dorsey

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The Cardinals nab top recruit Damer Dorsey who was unable to gain admittance to the University of Michigan

Highly recruited five star athlete Demar Dorsey has finally found a home that will accept him and his legal and academic issues. The 6’1, 175 lb Boyd Anderson High School star will be showing off his speed at the University of Louisville come 2010. Dorsey originally gave his verbal commitment to the University of Florida; however, his cousin and Wolverine QB Denard Robinson convinced him to come to Ann Arbor. Dorsey agreed and signed a letter of intent with U of...

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Traveling man

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Alonzo Lawrence is leaving Southern Miss

  Alonzo Lawrence was once a Parade All-American and the southeast region’s 8th ranked recruit according to the Mobile Press-Register.  In 2008 Lawrence signed a letter of intent and headed off to Tuscaloosa to play college football for the Alabama Crimson Tide. Expectations for the defensive back were high in ‘Bama country, but Lawrence redshirted his first year on campus and never saw playing time for the Tide. After that, things went downhill for Lawrence and ultimately ended with him transferring...

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Top Ohio State recruit, Jamel Turner, gunned down

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Top high school football player Jamel Turner is in critical condition after being gunned down this past weekend

Some sad and disturbing news is coming out of Ohio State. Top recruit Jamel Turner was gunned down and listed in critical condition after suffering multiple gunshot wounds early yesterday morning in Youngstown, Ohio. According to sources, when police responded to a 911 call, they found Turner hunched over at the corner of Manchester and Oakwood barely hanging on to his life. Police then found a 17 year old female, Tracy Banks, shot to death inside a nearby home....

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Two Ducks shot down by NCAA

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Tyrece Gaines was supposed to be the next Oregon star wideout, now he is ruled academically ineligible and will not play in 2010

Chip Kelly and the Oregon Ducks continue to have an unpleasant off-season. Today we learned that the Ducks’ aerial attack took a hit as WR Tyrece Gaines and WR Diante Jackson have both been ruled academically ineligible by the NCAA. The pair of receivers cannot play in 2010 and as a result will more than likely seek to transfer out of Oregon. Though Gaines and Jackson were not listed as starters, the standout recruits were poised to fill in...

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Ben Hill Griffin Stadium gets new profile

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Tim Tebow’s Heisman pose will forever remain

The home of the Florida Gators, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, is getting a new face, actually three new faces. The University Athletic Association approved to honor the Gators’ 3 Heisman Trophy winners by memorializing their accomplishments in individual life-like statues. Tim Tebow (2007), Danny Wuerffel (1996), and Steve Spurrier (1966) will be forever bronzed on the west side of the Swamp. In the words of AD Jeremy Foley, “Any time you have that type of tradition, we want to make...

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