According to the Charleston Daily Mail, after LSU stomped an overrated and outclassed West Virginia team 47-21, Mountaineer fans decided to take out their frustration on random LSU fans. A 22-week pregnant female was driving her vehicle out of the purple lot in bumper-to-bumper traffic right outside Milan Puskar Stadium when an unknown individual threw a rock into her car, which landed on her lap. Her husband, Marcus Mason, who was sitting in the front passenger seat was irate...
For Pitt fans, coach Michael Haywood was a short lived memory as he was fired by Pitt Executive Vice Chancellor Jerome Cochran 17 days into his supposed five-year tenure. Haywood returns to Pittsburgh with a complaint in-hand suing the University if Pittsburgh for $3.75 million dollars for breach of contract. On September 19, 2011, Haywood filed his civil suit in the U.S. District Court of Pennsylvania (Western District). In his nine page complaint, he claims, among other things, that...
The utterance of the term “student-athlete” induces a chuckle from those who are familiar with what really drives the highest levels of college athletics — money. With so much at stake for the universities beyond just the publicity that comes with having a winning football or basketball program, the gatekeepers have conveniently snoozed on the corruption that has blatantly occurred over the last few decades. Some of the most notable manipulators of the system from the last 20 years...
Wright State University is spending approximately $4 million for a new sports complex which boasts a $450,000 synthetic turf football field. The Rinzler Student Sports Complex football field is the new home for the Wright State Raiders football club. Typically, the Raiders plays all home games at a nearby high school, but thanks to a new field fans can experience Raiders’ football on campus. Students and athletes are excited about the sports complex and watching their team at home,...
For as arrogant as professional athletes can appear, their strong belief in superstitions suggests they don’t have as much faith in their abilities as they’d like us to believe. Most athletes have some kind of ritual they go through before playing a game, which can be as simple as putting on their equipment in a certain order or eating a specific food. But some people take their compulsions to an extreme, whether it’s a player, a team’s fans, or...
Buckeye booster and local businessman Robert DiGeronimo came forward and took full and complete responsibility for giving $200 payments to three Ohio State football players that ultimately led to their suspension. Jordan Hall, Travis Howard and Corey Brown were all suspended for the first two weeks of the season for receiving improper benefits at the hands of DiGeronimo. At February’s Cornerstone of Hope fundraiser (a charity led by his son-in-law), DiGeronimo handed Terrelle Pryor three envelopes filled with cash. Pryor...
The Miami Hurricanes are tightening access between players and boosters thanks to ponzi schemer architect Nevin Shapiro claiming to have provided 72 players with extra benefits during an eight-year span. Beginning this Saturday when Miami hosts #17 Ohio State, boosters are no longer allowed on Miami’s sidelines during home football games. Field access passes will be restricted and only handed out on a very limited basis. Administrators, donors, trustees and even former Miami players, on certain occasions, will be...
