Your Views Wisconsin State Journal :: FORUM :: B1 Last week, we asked readers what they thought about proposed changes to Title IX, the federal gender equity law in education that has vastly increased women’s participation in sports. Here is…
By Don Pigeon At Downingtown’s Bishop Shanahan High School, the westernmost institution of the Philadelphia Archdiocese, student activities are grouped into three categories. “First of all, we want to give students opportunities to grow spiritually, “explained Shanahan athletic director Hank…
FIRST-PERSON: Wrestling girlsby Tim Ellsworth JACKSON, Tenn. (BP)–A Washington man is upset because some wrestlers at private schools won’t wrestle the girls on his daughter’s team. The boys are choosing to forfeit their matches rather than wrestle a girl. According…
By NANCY CLARK and NANCY CLARKREGISTER COLUMNISTNANCY CLARK It’s high time to be done with Title IX.The Title IX label, that is. It comes with too much baggage. Let’s drop the incendiary Title IX tag and call this federal guideline…
Hawk programs on watch listBy Steve Batterson Under revised data released this week, the men’s basketball program at Iowa has been added to a list of programs that could lose a scholarship in future years for failing to achieve minimum…
Three teams could lose scholarships, including men’s basketball. By TOM WITOSKYREGISTER STAFF WRITER The Iowa men’s basketball team appears to have no margin for error if it is to avoid losing at least one scholarship next season under the NCAA’s…
SI article features PHS athletics By JODY MURPHY PARKERSBURG – There was never really any doubt Parkersburg High had the best high school athletic program in West Virginia. According to this week’s Sports Illustrated, which hits newsstands today, the Big…
Question EMU faces: Will it cut sports?BY JIM CARTY Craig Willis did a good job of walking a fine line Tuesday. On one hand, the interim president sent a clear message that there is no immediate threat of Eastern Michigan…
By Mitch VingleSports Editor West Virginia University has landed a $1.2 million gift to expand the wrestling room at the school’s Natatorium. And the expansion could bring more than extra space. Offers have gone out to members of wrestling’s elite…
By Linda Shaw Seattle Times staff reporter Girls who wrestled for several Puget Sound-area middle schools this year easily won their matches against boys from two private schools. The girls stepped onto the mat. Their opponents from Tacoma Baptist and…
