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USA Today
28-05-2025
- Sport
- USA Today
Iowa basketball returning to Des Moines in 2025-26 season
Iowa basketball returning to Des Moines in 2025-26 season While the 2025-26 campaign is still over five months away, Iowa basketball announced on Wednesday that the program will make a return to Des Moines, Iowa, this season for a non-conference game vs. Bucknell at Wells Fargo Arena on Dec. 20. The trip to Des Moines will be the program's second visit in the past three seasons. The Hawkeyes have won seven of their last eight games in Wells Fargo Arena since 2013, with an 88-52 victory over Florida A&M on Dec. 16, 2023, in the Hy-Vee Hawkeye Showcase, serving as their most recent appearance. We are excited to bring our team to Wells Fargo Arena in December to showcase our players to our fan base in the Des Moines metro area,' said Iowa head coach Ben McCollum. 'This is a great opportunity to play a strong Bucknell team on a neutral court and to continue to build excitement for our program.' Returning to Des Moines should also provide a "homecoming" feel, as much of the Hawkeyes' roster and coaching staff spent the previous season with the nearby Drake Bulldogs program. Bucknell was co-regular season champion of the Patriot League last season, posting a 13-5 conference record along with an 18-15 overall mark. The Bison are led by third-year head coach John Griffin III, who is a 2008 Bucknell graduate and was a guard on the team's 2005 and 2006 championship teams that won NCAA Tournament first-round games over Kansas and Arizona. Iowa is 1-0 all-time vs. Bucknell, as the Hawkeyes won 91-52 during the Bison's visit to Iowa City during the 1997-98 season. The Hawkeyes are also 14-0 all-time against current programs from the Patriot League. Although specifics regarding the start time and broadcast information will be announced later, tickets for the non-conference clash will go on sale on Friday, June 6, at 11 a.m. (CT), exclusively via Contact/Follow us @HawkeyesWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Iowa news, notes, and opinions. Follow Scout on X: @SpringgateNews
Yahoo
30-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Alabama Lands Major Transfer Portal Addition on Wednesday
When the 2025-26 college basketball season begins, one of the teams to keep an eye on is the Alabama Crimson Tide. Nate Oats and his squad have been flirting with cutting down the nets for the ultimate prize of winning an NCAA Tournament title. The last two seasons saw the Crimson Tide fall short, first in the Final Four, and then last season in the Elite Eight. After winning 84 games over the past three seasons, Oats and his staff remain determined to assemble the best roster in college basketball. Advertisement Oats got great news out of the NCAA transfer portal news on Wednesday as he picked up his fourth transfer of the spring. Brett Greenberg of 247 Sports announced the latest addition to the Crimson Tide, Keitenn Bristow. Bristow, who comes to Tuscaloosa from Tarleton State, was named the Western Athletic Conference Freshman of the Year after averaging 11.3 points per game across 23 appearances. The 6-foot-8 forward led all freshmen with 10.1 points per game during conference action. Before going to Tarleton State, he played high school basketball in Holliday, Texas. Alabama head coach Nate Oats.© Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images Bristow joins three other spring transfer additions: Noah Williamson (Bucknell), Taylor Bol Bowen (Florida State) and Jalil Bethea (Miami). Each brings unique experience and production to Alabama's growing roster. Advertisement Williamson is a center out of Bucknell, and he was the first portal pickup for Oats and staff. He played three seasons with the Bison and appeared in 81 games. In his final season with Bucknell, he scored 17.6 points per game. Bol Bowen comes to Alabama from Florida State. He played 24.9 minutes per game for the Seminoles last season. During that time, he scored 8.0 points per game and picked up 5.2 rebounds per game. Bethea comes from the University of Miami. With the Hurricanes, he made 16 starts over 31 games during the 2024-25 season and scored 7.1 points per game. Oats is ready to start his seventh season at Alabama. The Crimson Tide are 145-63 in his tenure and have five straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament. Advertisement Related: Kentucky's Mark Pope Makes Move on Five-Star Recruit Related: No. 1 College Basketball Recruit Reacts to Major Transfer Portal News
USA Today
23-04-2025
- Health
- USA Today
College athlete died after collapsing at practice. How can these tragedies be prevented?
College athlete died after collapsing at practice. How can these tragedies be prevented? Show Caption Hide Caption Jordan Love gives thoughts on Packers drafted a wide receiver Green Bay QB Jordan Love shares his thoughts on what the Packers should do in the NFL Draft this year. Sports Seriously Calvin 'CJ' Dickey Jr. was a college football player who had many interests outside the game. He loved to cook, travel and go to museums, said his parents. They also said their son loved history and science and wanted to be a pharmacist. 'He was more than just an athlete,'' his mother, Nicole, told USA TODAY Sports. However, Dickey had a condition that has afflicted other athletes over the years. He was diagnosed in 2024 with the sickle cell trait, which has been linked to the deaths of 14 college football players since 2000, according to the National Registry of Catastrophic Sports Injuries (NRCSI). The death toll is 30 on a list that dates to 1963. Dickey was an 18-year-old freshman when he collapsed July 10, 2024, on the first day of the Bucknell football team's workouts. He died two days later in a hospital, and a medical examiner's autopsy and a private autopsy both cited sickle cell trait as a cause. Questions about negligence and how to prevent similar deaths among college athletes have emerged since then. The genetic disorder is found in about one of 12 Black Americans and in about one in 500 white Americans. Dickey was Black. On April 3, an attorney representing Dickey's parents filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Bucknell. They allege the school knew Dickey had sickle cell trait but failed to take action that could have prevented his death. The risks are greatest when players overexert themselves in high temperatures. But sickle cell experts say that by following universal precautions, such as adequate hydration and rest, athletes who have the trait can still safely compete. What is sickle cell trait? For those with sickle cell, red blood cells can lose their natural shape and become crescent-shaped sickles that block blood flow. But sickle cell trait should not be confused with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease is more serious and can lead to problems such as organ damage, strokes and anemia. By contrast, those with sickle cell trait 'typically live normal lives,'' according to the American Society of Hematology (ASH). But for people with sickle cell trait, ASH also reports, 'Rarely, extreme conditions such as severe dehydration and high-intensity physical activity can lead to serious health issues, including sudden death …' However, neither the NCAA nor ASH regard sickle cell trait as a condition that should disqualify athletes from competing. 'Based on the data and the rigor that we see, we continue to hold the position that universal interventions to reduce exertion-related injury and death is effective in all athletes, including those with sickle cell traits,'' said Chancellor Donald, an active member of ASH and an assistant professor at the Tulane University School of Medicine. Though ASH asserts sickle cell trait does not lead to exertional-related death, it cites a study that showed sickle cell trait was associated with a 54-percent higher risk of rhabdomyolysis. Exertional rhabdomyolysis, triggered by physical activity, can be fatal, breaking down muscle tissue and causing damage to the kidneys, liver and heart. Dickey suffered from rhabdomyolysis, according to his parents' lawsuit, which said he went into cardiac arrest at least five times before he died. Protecting a family's 'treasure' On June 28, 2024, Dickey completed the NCAA-mandated sickle cell testing, according to his parents' lawsuit. The test revealed he had sickle cell trait, and his medical records were uploaded electronically to Bucknell's medical reporting platform, per the lawsuit. Two weeks before Dickey reported to Bucknell's campus in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, according to the lawsuit, a school trainer called Dickey's mother, Nicole, 'to discuss CJ's positive sickle cell trait test. Nicole was assured that adequate precautions would be taken to accommodate this condition." Induced by heat and overexertion, athlete deaths associated with sickle cell trait have almost always occurred at practices or workouts. But some coaches have found creative ways to take precautions with players who have the trait. Under former Kansas football coach David Beaty, players with sickle cell trait wore different colored jerseys and helmets at practice so they could be easily identified and protected from overexertion. In 2006, Beaty was an assistant coach at Rice when Dale Lloyd II, then a 19-year-old freshman defensive back, died from complications of sickle cell trait after he collapsed during a workout. "I vowed that if I ever was in control of it, that I would take every measure possible and then some from that point,'' Beaty, who was the head coach at Kansas from 2015 to 2018, told USA TODAY Sports. "So there was no excuse for anybody, anybody, to not be taking great care of somebody else's family treasure." At Miami, athletes with sickle cell trait wear red armbands during practice to alert coaches and support staff, according to Carter O'Toole, the school's executive associate athletic director for strategic communications/chief of staff. He said those athletes are also listed on injury reports provided to coaches during the season. But according to the Dickeys' lawsuit, Bucknell did not take the necessary precautions before their son joined the offensive linemen on the first day of workouts. "The death of a student is always a tragic loss," Bucknell University said in a statement provided to USA TODAY the day the Dickeys' lawsuit was filed. '...While the University will not comment on pending litigation, we again extend heartfelt sympathies to CJ's family, and we will continue to focus on our most important priority — the health and safety of all Bucknell students." Role of the NCAA in athlete safety Mike Caspino, an attorney representing Dickey's parents, said they're not suing the NCAA because the organization has "no duty of care" – meaning no legal obligation to protect athletes. The NCAA, responding to a lawsuit filed by Lloyd's parents after their son died at Rice in 2006, wrote, "The NCAA's Constitution confirms that member institutions expressly retained the responsibility for the conduct of intercollegiate athletics..." However, that argument has not spared the NCAA from criticism for failing to police health-and-safety performance by its member schools. 'Even if you look at the NCAA Constitution, health and safety doesn't fall under the realm of enforcement,'' said Brian Hainline, who served as the NCAA's first chief medical officer from 2013 through May 2024. 'So there's a shortfall there, if you will. It's like, 'OK, member schools, this is what you're supposed to do. Make certain that you do it.' '' A legal settlement between Rice and Lloyd's parents after their son's death led the NCAA to require all athletes have their sickle cell trait status confirmed. The hope was that schools would be better-prepared to help the athletes. Attorney Eugene Egdorf, who represented Lloyd's parents, said the case is the highlight of his 35-year career. "Because it made that difference,'' Egdorf told USA TODAY Sports. The NCAA-backed sickle cell testing began in August 2010. In the prior decade, 10 football players died of complications from sickle cell trait. But in the decade after the testing was introduced, and as educating athletic trainers and coaches about the disorder increased, there were only two such deaths. But Dickey's death is the second fatality related to sickle cell trait in four years – despite the fact that it's '100-percent preventable'' when schools know an athlete has it, as required by the NCAA, said Scott Anderson, a leading researcher of sickle cell trait in college football deaths. 'My hope would be that everybody is just incensed,'' Anderson, a former athletic trainer at the University of Oklahoma, told USA TODAY Sports of Dickey's death. "That everybody at the NCAA is incensed … That all the stakeholders are just incensed.'' What can be done? James Borchers, chief medical officer for the Big Ten, has started the U.S. Council of Athletes' Health (USCAH) in hopes of preventing deaths like Dickey's. 'Historically in these situations, I think there is usually two types of failures," Borchers told USA TODAY Sports. 'One is an individual failure, and it can be an individual that's doing something that's inappropriate. But there's also usually a system failure somewhere. You have to look at both of those. 'And I think my guess is that you'd find failures in both cases, in both the individual and system approach here similarly to historically where you find in other places." The plan, Borchers said, is for USCAH to audit and accredit systems in place at schools –designed to prevent deaths and also provide education. The USCAH already partners with more than 20 conferences and more than 280 of the NCAA's approximately 1,100 member schools, according to Borchers. He has the backing of Hainline, the former NCAA chief medical officer, who joined USCAH as a senior advisor. 'I think it can become a third arm that is really going to be beneficial to the NCAA,'' Hainline said. The NCAA has endorsed recommendations for schools to prevent catastrophic injury and death. But the organization has drawn scrutiny for a lack of enforcement. A key recommendation is for each sports venue to have an Emergency Action Plan (EAP), a written document outlining procedures for responding to an emergency. "These things need to be rehearsed,'' said A.J. Duffy, the president of the National Athletic Trainers' Association. According to the Dickeys' lawsuit, Bucknell did not have an EAP in the facility where their son collapsed. With an event like Dickey's death, Borchers said, the USCAH tries to highlight best practices that also address similar deaths, such as those resulting from heatstroke and cardiac arrest. (Since 2000, in addition to 14 deaths associated with sickle cell trait, 13 college football players have died from cardiac arrest and seven have died from heatstroke, according to the NRCSI.) Anderson, who spent 26 years as an athletic trainer at Oklahoma, did not address the specific situation at Bucknell but did say, "There has to be a change in the way we train and condition these individuals. There has to be a change in coaching. We can't emergency-treat our way out of this.'' Remembering CJ Not long before he died last summer, Dickey boarded his family's boat, joining his sister, Patrice, 20, and their parents near the family's home in Land O' Lakes, Florida, the Dickeys recalled in their interview with USA TODAY Sports. 'He helped me launch it and unload it,'' Calvin Sr. said. 'CJ really knew how to do everything,'' Nicole said. The name of the boat: Just 4 Us. Now it's just the three of them as their legal fight ensues. During a recent interview, however, the Dickeys seemed less interested in the legal battle than in sharing memories of their only son. "He loved to eat,'' Nicole Dickey said, adding that CJ planned a family vacation to New Orleans. "We hit every joint for crabs and crawfish and lobster, and, yeah, that was CJ.'' She also said CJ got the family to create accounts on LinkedIn. "He was like, 'Yeah, Mom, I'm going to start making my network,' " Nicole Dickey said. "He was already thinking beyond football.'' CJ's LinkedIn account still reads, "Student Athlete at Bucknell University.'' Along with 2024-2028, the time he planned to stay.
Yahoo
20-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
State runner-up wrestler commits to major college program
GROVE CITY, Pa. (WKBN) – Grove City junior wrestler Hudson Hohman has committed to Bucknell University wrestling to further his academic and athletic careers after graduation. Hohman announced the commitment on social media on Saturday, April 19. The Grove City standout medaled in the 2025 PIAA Individual Wrestling Championships for Second Place in the 145 lbs weight class in March. Hohman is a three-time PIAA State Medalist throughout his high school career. He also earned placements as a Fargo All-American and Powerade All-American. This past season posted a record of 47-3 and owns a career record of 121-23. Bucknell is a Division I program that competes in the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA). The Bison had five individual wrestlers qualify for the 2025 NCAA Championships. Bucknell as a team finished 5-12 on the season and fifth at the EIWA Championships. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
13-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Bucknell's campus shop transforms student visions
LEWISBURG — When most people think of entrepreneurship, they picture tech startups, venture capital pitches and Silicon Valley innovators. But entrepreneurship often starts closer to home, with grassroots efforts, creative passion projects and small businesses that weave themselves into the fabric of everyday life. Bucknell is embracing this vision with the Campus Shop — a new retail space launched by the Perricelli-Gegnas Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation (PGCEI) and housed at the Campus Theatre in Lewisburg. The shop provides Bucknellians an opportunity to sell their products and market their services directly to consumers, providing students with a hands-on understanding of entrepreneurship. Waina Ali, a junior a political science major and student fellow with the PGCEI, has firsthand experience with the transformative power of entrepreneurship. When her family relocated to Bloomsburg in 2021, her parents took a leap of faith and opened a small grocery store. "It taught me that entrepreneurship isn't just about knowing everything from the start; it's about figuring things out as you go," she said. "My parents didn't even have high school diplomas, but they built something meaningful by taking a chance." Her family poured its energy and determination into the venture, creating not just a business but a hub of connection within the community. Watching her parents navigate challenges, adapt and build something from the ground up taught Ali the value of risk-taking and resilience. Now, Ali is channeling her insights into helping others. She's passionate about making the Campus Shop a space that welcomes all students, especially those who might not see themselves as traditional entrepreneurs. "The shop shifts the focus and shows students that entrepreneurship is for everyone," Ali said. "If you braid hair or knit scarves or make art, you can sell your pieces here. If you've come up with an innovative new product and want to test your prototypes with real consumers, you can do that here too." Erin Jablonski, director for the PGCEI, plays a key role in empowering students as they pursue their ventures. She provides hands-on coaching in areas like production and cost analysis, supporting students as they navigate the complexities of bringing their products to market. Once products hit shelves, Jablonski will review sales data and trends with the students to help them make strategic decisions to refine and grow their ventures. Students profit directly based on their pricing strategy, with 10% of sales going to the Campus Shop to fund its general operations. Beyond students, the Campus Shop hosts entrepreneurs-in-residence, showcasing the work of Bucknell-affiliated artisans alongside the student vendors. Intertwining commerce and philanthropy offers students invaluable hands-on experience in managing, marketing and profiting from their creative endeavors, all while supporting the broader Bucknell community. "This space isn't just about products — it's about empowerment," Ali said. "As I talk to other students, I keep hearing, 'I have an idea, but I don't know what to do with it.' The Campus Shop is here to help with that. You don't have to know everything to start something." * Lyric Abdul-Rasheed '26, chemical engineering, hand crafts lip products that provide nourishment and protection from the elements under her brand, Lyric's Lip Candy. * Jaycee Birkemeier '27, biology, is using the Campus Shop to get her art in front of buyers. * Freeman College of Management student Sofia DelGrosso '27 sells her collection of astrological cat stickers, Zodicatz. * Alexa Helmke '27, undeclared, crochets accessories including hats, mittens and handbags under her brand, the Crochet Wizard. * Freeman College of Management student Scarlet Kashuba '27 owns Scarlet's Stitchery and produces a variety of crocheted items. * Dani Kuck '27, undeclared, creates artistic stuffed animals. * Becca Lipsky '25, music education, markets vocal lessons for solo and choral singers. * Peace by Piece, a nonprofit organization led by Bucknell students, sells individual students' creations to support humanitarian causes. Kate Williard is a member of the Bucknell University Marketing & Communications team.
