After Boston College football pulled out an exciting, well-fought victory against Syracuse, about a quarter of the BC student section finally trickled out of their place in Alumni Stadium. Where were the rest? Already gone, and had been gone for a while. Those empty stands were antithetical to the turnout at the previous night’s hockey game against Maine, featuring a line wrapping around the back of Conte Forum and a student section that was full and rowdy until the very end of the game.
Boston College track and field has been on a generational run. But somehow, nobody knows about it. On a campus with a fan culture dominated by revenue sports like football, basketball, and hockey, it’s unsurprising that track and field has been excluded from the hype.
As NCAA athletics quickly become a major player in entertainment, questions around athlete compensation are increasingly relavent.
With under two weeks left until opening kickoff, Boston College Football is focusing on perfecting the fundamentals.
After seven months of waiting, the NCAA approved the waiver of Notre Dame transfer quarterback Phil Jurkovec today, giving him eligibility for 2020.
The NCAA’s top decision-makers voted unanimously on Tuesday that the association would start to consider modifying its rule that currently exempts student-athletes from profiting on the commercial use of their identity. The NCAA is starting the process of providing student-athletes “the opportunity to benefit from the use of their name, image and likeness in a…
The all-time winningest coach in college hockey, York became just the fifth college coach to be elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame.
The NCAA’s commission on changing college basketball, headed by former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, ultimately pointed fingers at everybody but themselves, putting forth unhelpful recommendations.
Lesley Visser has written for the best sports section of all time, been inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame, and carried an Olympic torch. Plus, she’s been drinking with Barrett Bryan.
