The NCAA announced today that the number of athletes graduating from college has increased one percent since last year. According to the ESPN article, the NCAA released figures showing that 77 percent of student-athletes will graduate this year. Being a former student-athlete, I knew many teammates and other members of Read more…
One of the most publicized scandals in athletics in the past year was at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The team in question was the Duke Lacrosse team. Duke, a highly ranked team in the NCAA and have won several titles, had some of their student-athletes involved in an Read more…
What is in a statement? You see them all over the place– from spokespeople of a large corporation to a person in a middle of a crisis or scandal. One thing is for certain– they are short and simple– and if you read in between the lines, you get more Read more…
We will never forget those that lost their lives in the World Trade Center, in the Pentagon, and the passengers on the hijacked flights. We will never forget those brave firefighters and policemen, risking their lives to save others in New York City. We will never forgive those that are responsible for the horrific Read more…