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I'll be headed out for the holidays momentarily, but before I go, I wanted to pass along the very sad news that bothNorwich University(which also cut Men's tennis) and Lawrence University have dropped their men's wrestling programs.
At Norwich, it seems that friends of the program are determined not to go without a fight and are starting a letter ...
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While the administration at the University of Delaware decided to ignore NCAA President Myles Brand's edict not to blame Title IX for the end of the Men's Indoor Track program, the folks who run the student newspaper don't seem to mind resorting to Orwellian twists of the language to cover up what happened:
University President Patrick Harker, Edgar ...
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From the Chattanooga Times-Free Press:
UTC men’s golf coach Mark Guhne spent Thursday night in a condominium without running water or electricity.
“It had a couch,” he said, describing his accommodations on a recruiting trip. “I’m staying with a friend tonight in Orlando and another friend in Miami tomorrow.”
The coach is doing everyth...
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From John Huckaby in the Centre Daily Times:
Wrestling is gone from Susquehanna University, a victim of Title IX. And long-time SU wrestling coach Charlie Kunes, a State College native, has been deceased for more than two years.
Some former wrestlers and alumni at the Selinsgrove school don’t want Mr. Kunes to be forgotten. With that in mind, a ...
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Congratulations to Oklahoma State University Men's Wrestling Team, the winner of college bracket of the 2008 Reno Tournament of Champions. Click here for the results. Here's the rest of the top 10:
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Oklahoma State
146.5
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Edinboro
132.5
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North Carolina
94.0
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Cal State Bakersfield
87.0
5.
Navy
79.0
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Ar...
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From Bill Archer at Big Soccer, some unfortunate facts about the college game:
As for more scholarships, let's start with getting colleges to stop dropping programs.
I'm not about to open the whole Title IX can of crap here, so I'll just say this: to add more male soccer scholarships would mean adding more female scholarships in some sport or other, ...
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If you look hard enough, YouTube inevitably yields some very interesting and historic footage. A few minutes ago, I tripped over this vintage footage of Dan Gable of the University of Iowa and Larry Owings of Washington University in the 1970 NCAA Men's Wrestling Championships. It would be the only loss of Gable's collegiate career.
There's no audio, as ...
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Texas Swimming shows us how.
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Texas Swimming takes a closer look at some of the dust getting kicked up in the comments thread of a US News and World Report blog post about Myles Brand and his edict on public statements about Title IX.
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