NCAA Double-A Zone: Trend-setting journalist, recruiting budgets and stadium souvenirs September 23, 2008

Trend-setting journalist, recruiting budgets and stadium souvenirs - Sep 23, 2008 | 9:45:18

posted by: Howard Smith

Yesterday, we mentioned the serious spinal injury that occurred to Ball State football student-athlete Dante Love during Saturday's game against Indiana. The school said yesterday that Love should recover and be able to "live a normal and healthy life," although his football career is likely finished. Best of luck to Dante in his recovery.

"Miss Mary" Garber, a longtime sports writer who is the only woman to receive journalism's prestigious Red Smith Award, died Sunday at age 92. The 1938 Hollins graduate was a pioneer for female journalists and will be remembered for helping women become mainstream journalists at a time when they often were held back. According to David Kaszuba, a professor at Susquehanna, Garber "broke the mold."

According to a study from the Chronicle of Higher Education, 21 Division I athletics departments have annual recruiting budgets of at least $1 million. NCAA President Myles Brand talked about this issue in a recent Mondays with Myles. Do you think athletics departments spend too much on recruiting?

Boston College, the 2008 Division I men's hockey national champion, is the preseason No. 1 ranked team in the country. The Eagles are joined by Michigan, Notre Dame, North Dakota and Colorado College in the top five.

Yankee Stadium hosted its final game Sunday night, and as you might expect, fans and players are eager to collect souvenirs from the historic stadium. For instance, Johnny Damon expressed an interest in getting the foul poles and Andy Pettitte said he would like to take the pitching rubber home. However, at this point, the Yankees are going to make all fans and players purchase these kinds of souvenirs. What memento would you want from your favorite sporting venue in the country?

We neglected to mention this yesterday...on September 22, 1990, Illinois' Howard Griffith set a Division I FBS single-game scoring record with 48 points on eight rushing touchdowns versus Southern Illinois.

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David Sherwood, the assistant athletics director for sports information and game operations at Wingate, shared his thoughts about 'Miss Mary' Garber with us:

"I did not have too many interactions with ???Miss Mary??? Garber, but I count it as a blessing from God I had the opportunity to work with her on a few occasions. Mary Garber is one of the all-time greats.

In an era when women were not encouraged to follow this career path, she flourished. Thanks to her trail-blazing efforts, generations of women to follow will have the chance to work in sports journalism.

Mary Garber worked tirelessly behind the scenes to insure everyone received a fair shake. She made sure everyone (red, yellow, black and white) was treated equally. Her impact in the world of athletics will never be fully measured."

posted by: Howard | 09/23/08

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