(TA News, Mexico City) OOM .. the Olympic Organization of Mexico, is announcing that it plans to introduce a new sport: WALL SCALING. Years after it was first promised and at a cost of more than $10 million per linear mile, President Donald Trump is confident that his newest stretch of a strengthen[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Athletics’
July 29th, 2020 - 9:45 pm § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Mexico Introduces New Sport .. WALL SCALING
April 27th, 2020 - 1:36 am § in The Ave Scene, UW
A FACEBOOK DIALOG: Student Athletes .. a full boat proposal
On FB Charlies James and I were discussing the problem of low success rates in college for African American students. I suggest that one small part of the problem might be to rectify the the misuse of African American student athletes. Low admissions requirements and dubious academic programs by cre[...]
How the UW Could Fix the Emmert Mess
The scandals surrounding former UW President Mark Emmert began before he came here and were deepened before he left for his real job as NCAA commissioner. The Washington Post calls NCAA President Mark Emmert “the lord of a feudal state that knows its time is over. “ My two cents: Colle[...]
February 21st, 2019 - 2:21 pm § in Misc.
What Should Zion Do?
Zion Williamson,a likely NBA superstar, hurt his knee while playing … for free .. for ohso wealthy private college, Duke. Now what? The consortium of the NBA and NCAA has a “one and done rule” that says a player needs to start playing while in college. So, Mr. Williamson has a c[...]
May 23rd, 2017 - 9:05 pm § in The Ave Scene
Will Kaepernick Come to Seattle?
Colin Kaepernick to work out for Seahawks Free-agent quarterback Colin Kaepernick will work out with the Seattle Seahawks on Wednesday, the NFL Network reports[...]
April 25th, 2017 - 12:00 pm § in Hypocrisy, The Ave Scene
Athletic Hypocrisy
Texas football player’s story prompts probe of Garfield High School recruitment Seattle is investigating possible recruitment violations tied to the Garfield High School football team in light of allegations made by a youth from Texas who arrived in Seattle without any family here and played as a [...]
March 10th, 2017 - 1:31 am § in UW
Huskies Corrupt Sports at Seattle High School
“More galling details: Porter was given a $300,000 salary, which according to Caple’s story makes him the highest-paid assistant coach on the staff by $100,000. In whose world does that make sense?” By JIM MOORE, SPECIAL TO SEATTLEPI.COM STAFF Nathan Hale forward Michael Porter Jr.[...]
Why doesn’t my time playing Basketball count towards recreational experience?
Why doesn’t my time as a scholarship athlete at both the University of Washington and Portland State University count towards recreational experience on a job application? The amount of time put into the game of basketball should count for some type of experience other than, being able to list tha[...]