It seems like we’re constantly hearing about the trouble that college athletes manage to find themselves in, with athlete scandals and arrests as a hot topic in news and sports blogs. If you think that college athletes seem to get in trouble more than anyone else, you’re not imagining things: The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that arrests of college athletes are more than double that of professionals, an impressive number in all the wrong ways. We’ve found 15 of...
Say what you want about Joe Paterno, but when he passed away on January 22, 2012, the college football world lost an icon. The Penn State alumni magazine finally took appropriate action by paying tribute to the legendary coach. The March/April 2012 issue of The Penn Stater is fully dedicated to coach Joe Paterno and all the lives he positively affected. In the words of former PSU QB Todd Blackledge, “no one individual has ever done more for a university...
Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson fired correctional officer Rodricus Hurst for releasing truthful information about a player arrest that embarrassed the Mississippi State football program. Earlier this year, a reporter contacted Lee Country Jail once word got out that 22-year-old star MSU wide receiver Chad Bumphis was in jail for his involvement in a physical altercation during a friend’s birthday party at a Tupelo bar. Hurst told a North Mississippi Daily Journal reporter that Bumphis was arrested but released on...
For generations of kids who grew up rooting for their parents’ alma maters, the dulcet tones of the school’s radio man piped into the living room or the car and became synonymous with college game day. The old school guys who survived the decline of radio made it because of their trademark catchphrases, their knowledge of sports, and the simple fact that people loved listening to them call games. These seven immortals of radio broadcasting are our picks for...
For those enrolled at Colorado State University, first-year head coach Jim McElwain is opening the doors to current students for football tryouts. McElwain is in bad need of linemen and hopes to fill the enormous void as he is trying to turnaround a program in the midst of three 3-9 seasons. Colorado State hired McElwain, who is coming off a national championship as Alabama’s offensive coordinator, with the hopes to bring much needed success to Fort Collins. Students are...
If it’s not Michael Vick headlining the police blotter, it’s his brother Marcus Vick making the front page. Newport News Circuit Judge David Pugh issued an arrest warrant earlier today for the former Virginia Tech football star Marcus Vick for failing to turn himself in to the Newport News City Jail. Vick was court ordered to report to jail by 5 p.m. on Monday to serve his 10 day sentence for contempt of court. However, Vick never showed up....
Ricky Williams was one of the greatest running backs and most decorated player to come out of Texas winning the Heisman Trophy (‘98), Doak Walker Award (’97 & ’98), Jim Brown Trophy (’97 & ’98), Walter Camp (’98), Maxwell Trophy (’98), and the AP College Player of the Year (’98). His accomplishments will forever remain at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium as the university will erect an 8-foot, 1000-pound bronze statute to memorialize Williams’ success. The statue will be unveiled during...
