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Larry Owings vs. Dan Gable at the 1970 NCAA Wrestling Championships

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 colleg... More

Help Men’s Swimming at Arizona State

Texas Swimming shows us how. More

Not Buying the Myles Brand Line on Title IX

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. More

Decoding Title IX Doubletalk at Delaware

As we noted last week, while we were cheered that most of the track and field program at the University of Delaware was spared the axewhen the school announced its new long-term plan for athletics, we would be remiss if we didn't mention that the cuts were kept to men's indoor track thanks to the imposition of roster ... More

Another Blogger for Title IX Reform

Vere Loqui is wondering out loud about Myles Brand and Title IX. More

CSC Supporter Arno Niemand Inducted Into National Wrestling Hall of Fame

Congratulations to Arno Niemand, a long-time supporter of the College Sports Council, upon his induction to the National Wrestling Hall of Fame: Niemand wrestled at Cornell from 1952-54 and was a varsity starter at 137 pounds, where he helped the Big Red to place second at the EIWA tournament and third at the NCAAs in ... More

Title IX Scuttles High School Basketball Booster Club’s Plans in Pennsylvania

The parents of the boys who play for the Elk Lake (Pa.) High School Basketball Team want to be able to send their kids to a basketball camp. The problem: money. So the parents approached the school board to ask if they could charge admission to games to raise the funds. Their plan: students would be charged $1, adults ... More

CSC Chairman Takes on Myles Brand’s Code of Silence on Title IX

Over at Inside Higher Education, the Web site is running a piece from College Sports Council chairman Eric Pearson on NCAA President Myles Brand's recent statements on how member schools shouldn't blame Title IX for future cuts in men's athletic programs. The entire text of the article appears below: Myles Brandâ... More

The WIU Title IX Option …

... Gets some more attention in this article, as does our friend Allison Kasic. More

NCAA 2008 Men’s Fencing Final

One of the great sports that often gets cut thanks to Title IX enforcement is men's fencing. Earlier today I found the footage from the 2008 Men's NCAA Final between Andras Horanyi from Ohio State and Ron Berkowsky from University of Pennsylvania. The bout comes in three parts, and while there's an interruption in Part ... More