"college athletics"

Fork Union’s NFL Alumni: A Long and Deep Roster

Many college athletics fans know some of the military boading schools for their prowess in preparing athletes for collegiate athletics and academics. Radio and television announcers enjoy tossing in a player’s background after the play. I know from my own boarding school experience that strong athletes have been a part of the boarding school equation [...]

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Ohio State’s Jim Tressel Would Make a Great Boarding School Teacher

In a quiet, but very public first (unconfirmed), Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel addresses- in a thoughtful, human, and understanding way- what is, essentially, the ‘third rail’ in college athletics- gay athletes. I’ve seen Tressel’s interview with Outlook Columbus noted at Yahoo Sports and at ESPN.com. Writing for Yahoo Sports, Dan Wetzel captures this [...]

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Trinity-Pawling Alumnus Dillon Quinn Joins the Boston College Defensive Line

Just a couple of months removed from Trinity-Pawling School, Dillon Quinn fights to learn the techniques and discipline of becoming a sound, major college defensive lineman. Boston College defensive coordinator Bill McGovern told the Boston Globe (Quinn Could Offer Eagles Raw Power): “He’s an interesting kid. Obviously, he’s physically imposing. But like any young guy [...]

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