• We've discussed whether or not beach volleyball will ever be an NCAA-sponsored sport, but at this time, it's still classified as an emerging sport. Either way, there are a lot of college kids playing beach volleyball, so a collegiate championship is conducted outside the NCAA's purview. Last weekend, Texas totaled 14 points to claim the national team title, finishing just ahead of San Diego. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics continues to look at beach volleyball and other sports to increase future opportunities for female athletes.

• Just a follow up on our top post from Tuesday - Trinity (Connecticut) dominated Eastern Connecticut State that night 17-2, improving to 28-0 overall. I played both of those teams twice each season during my college years and Eastern Conn was always the team to beat. If Trinity can beat the Warriors that badly, they are absolutely a contender for the Division III national championship.

• If Webster's had pictures, a smiling photograph of Tabitha Yim would be adjacent to the definition of resiliency. Since 2001, the Stanford gymnast has suffered a broken leg, a fractured toe, a knee injury, a hamstring problem, a partially torn Achilles tendon and a completely torn Achilles one day after finishing fourth at the 2004 Olympic trials. Now a senior, Yim was the Pac-10 all-around champion this spring and is a contender for individual national titles in the all-around and balance beam disciplines. The national championship meet begins today and Yim is hoping to lead Stanford to its first-ever title in the sport.

• Valorie Kondos Field has been the head coach of the UCLA women's gymnastics team since 1990. Her biggest fan? John Wooden. Although Wooden has suffered through a tough stretch with his health recently, he is hoping Kondos Field can lead the Bruins to their sixth national title in the sport. "If Val's team performs to their abilities this week, that would put a smile on my face," Wooden said. Kondos Field says if she'd never met Wooden, she might not even be coaching right now. Instead, she has the support and friendship of the greatest college coach of all-time.

• How long has baseball been around? Well, the Cubs won their 10,000th game last night. If Chicago had won 100 games a year for 100 years, it would total 10,000 wins. A billy goat told me that hasn't happened, so we can recognize that baseball has been America's pastime for a long, long time.

• The Columbia graduate program in sports management is hosting a sports ethics symposium tonight at the NFL headquarters in midtown Manhattan. Speakers include award-winning sports journalist Robert Lipsyte, CSTV co-founder Chris Bevilacqua and St. John's Director of Athletics Chris Monasch. Kudos to Wesley Harris for spearheading the effort.