Entries from June 2008

June 30, 2008

CoSIDA Convention Notes

In case you were wondering what exactly CoSIDA is and what I’ve been referencing the past few weeks, allow me to explain.
CoSIDA is the College Sports Information Directors of America, the folks that are overworked, underpaid and generally unappreciated by the general sports fan. They are the liason between intercollegiate athletics and the media. They’re [...]

June 28, 2008

Four Points (kinda): June 27

Tee Gee Eye Eff. If those weren’t true words, I don’t know what would be. It’s a warm and muggy Friday here in Lancaster County and I’m going deeper into the heat with a trip to Tampa for the next five days.
I saw “Wanted” last night at the midnight showing at our local Regal Cinemas. [...]

June 26, 2008

Breaking Point: Division I Qualifier Allocation Update

Instead of jaming this into the Four Points, it’s going to get its own breakout point. The news is coming from the NCAA Championship/Competition Cabinet meetings in Illinois which voted on the NCAA Wrestling Committee qualifier allocation proposal.
The proposal, as you might have remembered from previous news items here, asked for an additional 30 qualifiers to the [...]

June 26, 2008

June 26: Four Points

I’m pretty disappointed in my ability to throw a stupid frisbee. My round yesterday stunk, I stopped keeping score around hole 15 … yes, I’m again talking about disc. One thing that did go well over the weekend that I neglected to mention was the Angels three-game sweep of the Phillies. I was in Citizens [...]

June 25, 2008

June 25: Junior Pan Am’s through the eyes of Coach Rob Prebish

By Rob Prebish
Greco-Roman Coach
2008 FILA Junior Pan Am Games 
My only experiences in international wrestling prior to 2008 were through the eyes of a young Greco-Roman athlete, trying to leave his mark on the wrestling community. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would ever have the chance to lead a group of wrestlers [...]