Brad Vering a Sullivan Award Finalist

University of Nebraska Sports Information Lincoln — The Amateur Athletic Union has announced that former Nebraska wrestler Brad Vering is a finalist for the 2007 James E. Sullivan Award, an honor given each year to the nation’s top amateur athlete.…

Wrestling coaches need to be more quotable

John Huckaby Imagine if Robert Montgomery Knight would have been a wrestling coach. Think about the quotes we would have enjoyed. Love him or hate him, there’s no doubt Knight, who resigned as head basketball coach at Texas Tech, filled…

Colleges: Four NCAA divisions would be a crowd

by Catherine Guiles Thirty-five years after creating the nonscholarship Division III, the National Collegiate Athletic Association is surveying division members about adding a fourth division, citing rapid growth and policy disputes. But athletic directors at several Chicago area Division III…