E. Gordon Gee, the president of Ohio State, is disappointed but happy to finally have closure. Gene Smith, his athletic director, is also disappointed and surprised. Apparently the thought that the NCAA might actually ban his school from a bowl game next season never crossed his mind. All of which illustrates two things very clearly: Almost every school that gets in trouble with the NCAA expects to get off with a wrist-slap because history shows the punishment is rarely more severe. And Ohio State was arrogant enough to believe the NCAA wouldn’t dare mess with a program that has a license to print money every fall. Read full article > >

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Ohio State’s shock at NCAA penalties demonstrates its arrogance

If you watch college football or basketball on television, chances are you’ve seen the ad : a men’s tennis player strokes a forehand, then morphs into a construction engineer in a hard hat. As a woman emerges from water-polo practice, her swimsuit changes into photojournalist togs. “There are over 400,000 NCAA student-athletes,” a voice intones, “and just about all of us will be going pro in something other than sports.” Read full article > >

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Maryland’s plan to cut 8 varsity teams shows its true colors

The University of Miami announced Sunday that it is barring its football team from bowl consideration this year as it remains under investigation by the NCAA over allegations that a booster showered dozens of players with cash and jewelry, and supplied prostitutes for players.

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You may have noticed that the people in college football are the tiniest bit obsessed with money, from light-fingered bowl executives to numb-voiced university presidents droning about “impermissible benefits” while pocketing seven figures. Alabama’s $4 million coach, Nick Saban, looks like he should be cruising on a yacht sipping Bacardi to the soft throb of a marine engine. No wonder players are preoccupied with compensation, and the answer to every NCAA scandal or controversy lately amounts to, “Pay us.” Read full article > >

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College athletes deserve respect more than money

If the late Supreme Court Justice Byron White were here to see the predatory greed and market panic in college football , he would bring down a gavel on someone’s head. Then he’d say, “I told you so.” White foresaw it all, the cannibalizing and the cowardly defections for TV cash, and the gummy toothlessness of the NCAA. He predicted it 27 years ago in a case called NCAA v. Oklahoma Board of Regents, which is compulsory reading for those who wonder how we got to this point . Read full article > >

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NCAA lost its teeth in court in 1984, and no one’s been in charge since

If the late Supreme Court Justice Byron White were here to see the predatory greed and market panic in college football , he would bring down a gavel on someone’s head. Then he’d say, “I told you so.” White foresaw it all, the cannibalizing and the cowardly defections for TV cash, and the gummy toothlessness of the NCAA. He predicted it 27 years ago in a case called NCAA v. Oklahoma Board of Regents, which is compulsory reading for those who wonder how we got to this point . Read full article > >

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NCAA lost its teeth in court in 1984, and no one’s been in charge since

As a title, “ The Art of Fielding ” does double service: for this engaging first novel by Chad Harbach and for a baseball manual cherished by its protagonist, Henry Skrimshander. The book within the book was written by the fictitious Aparicio Rodriguez, a Hall of Fame shortstop for Henry’s beloved St. Louis Cardinals. So closely does Henry emulate Rodriguez that at Westish College in rural Wisconsin, where Henry plays ball, he is closing in on his mentor’s NCAA record of 51 consecutive games without an error, and the Cardinals themselves are scouting him. Read full article > >

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Book World: Chad Harbach’s “The Art of Fielding,” reviewed by Dennis Drabelle

When Mark Emmert was named NCAA president in April 2010, the natural question to ask was this: Who will he choose to emulate in his new role? We now know the answer. He is Don Vito Corleone. Earlier this month, Emmert called for a meeting of the five families — also known as the 50 university presidents — to discuss the seemingly out-of-control cheating going on in college football. With both schools from last season’s championship football game (Auburn and Oregon) joining Ohio State, USC and North Carolina in running afoul of NCAA rules, it was time to put an end to this war. Read full article > >

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Fixing college sports requires less talk, more action

Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel resigned Monday after a Sports Illustrated investigation revealed his players were trading memorabilia for tattoos and even marijuana. Tressel had been known throughout the NCAA for his sterling reputation-he even…

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Tressel’s Tenure Ridden With Abuses

It’s a really long story, warns Maryland women’s lacrosse player Sarah Mollison, when asked earlier this week to explain the process that brought her from Melbourne, Australia to College Park. Her journey, which involved a two-year wait as the NCAA clearinghouse determined which of her credits from Australia could transfer, didn’t end even after she arrived on campus in January 2008. The NCAA “didn’t accept my physical education, which is like an introduction to kinesiology here,” said Mollison, the 2011 ACC player of the year. “So I got into a kinesiology class here and I was like ‘Are you kidding? I already learned this stuff and you didn’t even accept it.’ ” Read full article > >

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Women’s lacrosse Final Four: Maryland’s Sarah Mollison arrives just in time

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Virginia men’s lacrosse Coach Dom Starsia set an NCAA record with his 327th victory in Division I play in a 13-9 victory over Cornell in an NCAA quarterfinal before a record crowd of 13,447 at Hofstra University on Saturday. In the first half, Starsia showed why he has those wins. Virginia used a 9-0 run spanning the first and second quarters to erase an early deficit. On offense, the Cavaliers used a four-attackman set, a five-attackman set and went directly at Cornell’s standout longstick defensemen. All three tactics resulted in goals. Read full article > >

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Virginia vs. Cornell lacrosse: Cavaliers reach Final Four with record-setting win for Coach Dom Starsia

HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Virginia men’s lacrosse Coach Dom Starsia set an NCAA record with his 327th victory in Division I play in a 13-9 victory over Cornell in an NCAA quarterfinal before a record crowd of 13,447 at Hofstra University on Saturday. In the first half, Starsia showed why he has those wins. Virginia used a 9-0 run spanning the first and second quarters to erase an early deficit. On offense, the Cavaliers used a four-attackman set, a five-attackman set and went directly at Cornell’s standout longstick defensemen. All three tactics resulted in goals. Read full article > >

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The University of Connecticut won its third NCAA men’s basketball title on Monday after defeating Butler 53-41. The team can thank its defense: Butler went just 12-for-64 shooting, the worst ever for a championship game. At 68, UConn coach Jim Calhoun…

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UConn Wins NCAA Title

HOUSTON — When Kentucky Coach John Calipari looked at Connecticut’s Kemba Walker this week, he saw Danny Manning, the former Kansas star who carried the Jayhawks to the 1988 national title. “Danny and the Miracles” own a special spot in NCAA tournament lore.

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NCAA Final Four: Connecticut stops Kentucky to advance to the final

College basketball upstarts Virginia Commonwealth and Butler will join blue bloods Kentucky and Connecticut for Saturday’s NCAA Final Four at Houston’s 71,000-seat Reliant Stadium, which has been festooned for the event with a giant banner that proclaims, “The Road Ends Here!”

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Final Four spectacle in Houston traces its roots back to the ‘Game of the Century’