NCAA allegations of major violations by the men’s basketball program at Memphis during former coach John Calipari’s tenure surfaced last Wednesday. The charges against the Memphis Tigers include “knowing fraudulence or misconduct” on SAT exam by a player. The NCAA’s letter to the school, which was sent on January 16, claims that an unknown person […]
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The Billy Gillispie era at Kentucky was short lived. Only two years into his contract, a historically powerful SEC team was struggling tremendously, and Kentucky had seen enough. Gillispie out, Calipari in. But it looks like Gillispie’s presence will still be felt around the town of Lexington for quite some time. Billy has filed a […]
Unless you live in the state of Florida, you might have never heard of Florida Coastal School of Law. However, Rick Karcher and others at the institution are doing their best to change that. Florida Coastal is quickly becoming known nationwide as a law school that offers a rich sports law program. In fact, it […]
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Who’s Paying the Tab?
Earlier this year, The Wall Street Journal announced that they would expand their sports section from its once-a-week appearance to an everyday section, and I’ve been following the online version since. Last week I came across a very interesting article by Allen Barra, and I wanted to explore the possibilities of an idea he proposed. […]
I was born in Florida, raised in Florida, earned a Bachelors of Arts degree at the University of Florida, and I am going into my third and final year of law school at the University of Florida. There are many reasons for my choosing to go to UF for law school, one of which being […]
Congratulations to everyone behind the inaugural CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. 312 Media put together a video highlighting some of the tournament’s big players including Dynasty‘s Jason Belzer and one of its top coaching clients, Horace Broadnax, who served as a Color Analyst for the Championship Game. Jason, come down to Miami and get yourself a tan!
If the championship game of the inaugural CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament can come close to last Monday night’s Bradley-Oakland quarterfinal match-up, the tournament is here to stay. On Tuesday, March 31 at 8:00 p.m. EST Fox College Sports presents LIVE coverage of the tournament championship game between Bradley University of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) and […]
Earlier this week, Andy Katz of ESPN wrote about a subject that I have covered many times on this blog: the proliferation of runners in the college basketball community. The main subject of the article was Blake Griffin, who every analyst and self-proclaimed analyst has being picked by whatever team ends up with the #1 […]
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School Is in Session
It may be the off season, but some NFL players are stilling putting in hours. Almost 100 NFL players enrolled in the 2009 NFL Business Management and Entrepreneurial Program, part of the NFL and the NFLPA’s efforts to prepare players for their post-playing careers. Since the program’s inception in 2005, over 400 players have participated […]
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UB School of Law Sports Institute
Calling all undergraduates and others interested in Sports Law and earning a Juris Doctor. The University of Baltimore School of Law has decided to create a new institute specifically focused on law and sports. At Thursday’s Rookie To Retirement sports law symposium, the school’s Dean, Phillip Closius, made the announcement as many great agents, faculty and […]