Author: Michael

In collegiate athletics, it’s not often you see a university push back against a student-athlete. After all, we’re talking about young adults who chose to represent that university who are still considered amateur athletes despite many being paid. 
This is what makes the UNLV situation involving now-former starting quarterback Matt Sluka unprecedented, because the university isn’t giving the student-athlete the benefit of the doubt. Instead, it’s pointing the finger right back at him.

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I think hockey fans know this, but casual fans may not: there may be no team more under a microscope than the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Yes, the Cowboys deal with it, and so do the Yankees, but has a reporter ever asked their brand–new coach if it’s time to panic after they lost their first two preseason games?
Because that’s what Craig Berube is dealing with.

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