Chicago Flame, University of Illinois, IL
3 days ago by Andrew Smothers
It's no longer about establishing a winning program. 2006 and 2007 were the stepping-stones necessary for coach John Trask's UIC soccer team to be realistically considered contenders for the 2008 College Cup by the national audience, even if the program believed for the past two years that they could win it all.
The Observer, University of Notre Dame, IN
8 hours ago by Lorenzo Reyes
How Notre Dame was able to have a 3-9 record last season and still retain arguably the top recruiting class in the nation has boggled the minds of many across the nation. If anything, it is a testament to the effort and skill that head coach Charlie Weis and the rest of the Irish coaching staff has to bring in top talent.
The Observer, University of Notre Dame, IN
2 days ago by Dan Murphy
Notre Dame was recently ranked fifth among Div. I schools for student-athletes by the National Collegiate Scouting Assoication. The Irish were 12th overall in the sixth annual NSCA poll.
"It's a point of pride," Senior Associate Athletic Director John Heisler said.
The Cougar Chronicle, Chicago State University, IL
3 days ago by Tiffany Grant
Dozens of returning and newly recruited CSU student athletes will suit up in the coming weeks to compete in any one of the university's several Division I sports for men and women, a process that comes on the heels of a season last year that was filled with discontent on the part of some athletes, financial difficulties, scandal and highly publicized firings.
Chicago Flame, University of Illinois, IL
4 days ago by Andrew Smothers
Two weeks ago, I wouldn't have been able to tell gold medalist Nastia Liukin from Natasha Bedingfield. I would have tried to buy an Usain Bolt from the Home Depot on Roosevelt. Handball would have only brought to mind a penalty in soccer, and I would have guessed Shawn Johnson was a governor and candidate for John McCain's VP spot, not a perky 16 year-old Olympic champion.
The Observer, University of Notre Dame, IN
5 days ago by Bill Brink
On the morning of Aug. 21 in the JACC, a receptionist spoke on the phone, updating magazine subscriptions. She changed the addresses, then made another switch.
"I'd like to change the name on these as well," she said. "Can you change it to Jack Swarbrick?"
In the grand scheme of the Notre Dame athletic department, that means almost nothing.