By President Obama made news in the sporting press today for his explicit concern about catastrophic injuries among football players. In one of the lighter passages of an interview published today in the New Republic the President singled out the NCAA with regard to concussions among its football athletes: You read
Coach Mike Moody on Colorado State’s Decision to Drop Water Polo
Colorado State women’s water polo coach Mike Moody has been aware of tentative plans to drop water polo for several months, he told TWp in a phone interview today. Athletic Director Jack Graham informed Moody during a late-summer 2012 meeting that water polo was under a “review process” and “may not
Stanford’s Jeff Nesmith Takes Los Alamitos Boys’ HS Job
The helm of one of the premier boys’ high school jobs in the country has been turned over to Stanford grad and two-time NCAA champion Jeff Nesmith. He took over for Dave Carlson at Southern California’s Los Alamitos High School as reported by Dan Albano today. Nesmith, who formerly coached down the
USC’s Vavic Picked to Lead US Men, Operations Chief Yet to be Hired.
The lull in news coming from USA Water Polo after the disappointing performance of the men’s national team at the London Olympics has ended. Jovan Vavic, who has built dominant programs at University of Southern California, was tabbed as interim Head Coach of the US Men’s National Team. Vavic, who
Interview with Rockford High School (MI) Girls’ Water Polo Coach Scott Voltz
The girls of Michigan close out the 2011-2012 interscholastic high school water polo season with state championships June 1 and 2 where top ranked Rockford hopes to upend 2011 champions Okemos. With only one loss to a Michigan squad (Zeeland) this season, and a challenging non-Michigan schedule, the Rams are
Interview with Enumclaw High School (WA) Girls’ Coach Bob Averill
For the past couple years the girls water polo team at Gig Harbor (WA) has been the state’s best. On April 25 Enumclaw, with only nine girls on the roster, ended Gig Harbor’s 46-game winning streak and placed themselves among the favorites to win the state championship. Coach Bob Averill keeps fans
