Category Archives: Education Sport Minute

The great life of students in sports starts here, everyone knows that true professionals came from colleges, and also could you, learn here best colleges for sportsman.

K Kast: Message to the message boards — grow up!

After a brief hiatus, the K Kast is back. This week we expand on my story that looked at why some of Washington’s top recruits have decided to spurn the Huskies and leave the state. We also discuss the maturity of this year’s Blue Chip prospects and the immaturity of the anonymous people who disparage [...]

Barclays puts up £1.25m for parents starting free schools

Barclays funding will help parents set up schools under Michael Gove’s flagship policy. Oli Scarff/Getty Images Since the coalition came to power, parents, charities and businesses have been allowed to establish their own “free schools”. The schools are state-funded and are accountable to the education secretary, rather than their local authority. Critics claim that in [...]

Aim for the stars in science – but don’t ask for more money

The idea is part of an eight-step action plan to “high-tech growth” set out in a speech today by Mr Willetts, the universities and science minister, who said the government wanted Britain to become the “best place in the world to do science”. He said the idea for a new university had been partly inspired [...]

Penn State recruits facing questions about future

COLUMBUS, Ohio Two prized Penn State recruits have already backed away from their verbal commitments and will go elsewhere, due to the Jerry Sandusky sex scandal hanging over the football program and the uncertainty over the Nittany Lions’ next head coach. More decommits may be on the way. Until the focus shifts to the future [...]

Simon takes over Mercyhurst College tennis programs

Jerry Simon, the only coach the Fairview girls tennis team has ever known, will take his soft-spoken passion for the sport to the next level. Simon, 60, announced his resignation more than a month after Mercyhurst College hired him to guide its men’s and women’s teams. Fairview compiled a 273-125 dual-meet record since Simon’s first [...]