Archives for: July 2008, 18
Quarterback to transfer to TSU from Missouri
Dominic Grooms, a backup quarterback last season for Missouri, is transferring to Tennessee State.
The 6-foot-1, 195-pound native of Tampa, Fla., said he wanted to be closer to home and since he is transferring to a Football Championship Subdivision… more »
Montana to Replace Football Stadium Surface
The University of Montana will replace the synthetic playing surface in Washington-Grizzly Stadium this summer. The move will allow Sprinturf, the manufacturer, to install the latest technology offered by the company.
Removal of the old surface begin… more »
New Head Coach Augur An Interesting Year in Rhode Island
Forecasters are calling for one of the hottest weekends of the summer, so I offer this touch of fall to cool you off.
On Aug. 3, the University of Rhode Island football team will report for preseason training camp. The Rams will not kick off until Au… more »
Richmond's Surgery Subjects Coming Along
First-year football coach Mike London reports that Spiders who required offseason surgery -- and there were more than 20 -- are all likely to be ready for summer camp. That group includes two of UR's finest players, defensive end Sherman Logan (foot) an… more »
With no games until 2010, Lamar coach takes different approach to recruiting
BEAUMONT - Without any of those pesky games to get in the way, Lamar football coach Ray Woodard said he'll spend more time this season on recruiting players than anything else.
Why? Because it has to be.
The Cardinals are just seven months away fr… more »
Citadel AD Leckonby Has High Expectations
Larry Leckonby's diploma from Duke University sits propped against a wall in his new office on the second floor of The Citadel's McAlister Field House. On his desk and bookshelf are mementos from various stops in his career — a stuffed Cougar from Houst… more »
Former Griz star Betters named to Dolphins Ring of Honor
The Miami Dolphins announced recently that former University of Montana Grizzly football star and member of the Grizzly Sports Hall of Fame Doug Betters will be inducted into the team's Ring of Honor.
Betters, who played for the Dolphins from 1978 to… more »
Ex-Ivy Leaguer Reggie Williams travels rough road to Hall of Fame
How do you get to Carnegie Hall?
Practice, practice, practice.
How do you get to the College Football Hall of Fame?
"Go due west toward Toledo," Reggie Williams said.
He was heading down Interstate 80 from New York City on Wednesday. Destina… more »
Boyer On His Way at Sacramento State
Well, that didn't take long.
On May 3, the Sacramento State University Hornets football team held its annual Green-Gold Spring Game.
On the first play — the very first play, the kickoff — Nate Boyer lined up at end, sprinted 60 yards downfield, do… more »
Incoming Brown WR Saros Showed All the Right Moves
When Jimmy Saros pulls off his Grosse Pointe South football helmet for the final time in the Michigan High School Football Coaches Association All-Star game July 19 in East Lansing, it’ll mark the end of one of the most prolific prep careers in the Blue… more »
Grand Jury to hear former EKU Football Player's Case
The bond for a suspended Eastern Kentucky University football player was lowered Wednesday from $200,000 to $20,000 cash or property, and his criminal case was handed up to a Madison County grand jury.
Davin Walker, 22, was arrested July 3 on robbery… more »
Mathieu’s Tenure at Grambling Was Defined by Coaching Hires
GRAMBLING — Grambling State, which had just five athletics directors over its first century, will be searching for its fourth since 2004.
In many ways, it’s no surprise that the well-regarded second-year AD Troy Mathieu is already looking elsewhere.… more »
Nicholls State Athletic Training Students Take Part In NFL Training Camps
Thibodaux, La. – When NFL training camps begin in late July, four different franchises will be accompanied by a Nicholls Athletic Training student as a part of the NFL’s internship program.
The New Orleans Saints will welcome Brett Chaisson, a senior… more »