| By Marc Tracy, www.nytimes.com | SAN ANTONIO — Long before a 98-year-old nun became the biggest star of the 2018 N.C.A.A. men’s basketball tournament, Immaculata, a small Catholic college outside Philadelphia, won the first three de facto national women’s basketball championships. The Mighty Macs’ titles in the early 1970s, Bill Russell’s breakout success at the University […]
An NCAA for Esports? Rivals Angle to Govern Campus Video Gaming
By Zach Schonbrun, www.nytimes.com Zynab Makki, a junior at Champlain College in Burlington, Vt., had driven 90 minutes from her home for the chance to meet Tyler Schrodt, the young founder and chief executive of the Electronic Gaming Federation. Since he started the E.G.F. out of his dorm room four years ago, Schrodt has branded himself as […]
College Football’s New Secret Weapon: Coaches Who Don’t Coach
By Marc Tracy, New York Times When Nick Saban, Alabama’s football coach, decided to replace his offensive coordinator, Lane Kiffin, in the run-up to last season’s national championship game, he had an experienced former head coach ready to step in. Actually, he had several. Not including Saban, there were five former top-tier head coaches on the […]