Prof Points – What’s bugging me about sports this week: the WNBA

When the WNBA debuted in 1997, the founders of the league had high hopes. The league’s promotions featured big names, Olympic gold medalists and, most importantly, likable stars like Rebecca Lobo, Sheryl Swoopes and Lisa Leslie. It even had a clever tag line: “We Got Next.” Thirteen seasons later, the WNBA is not even close [...]

Prof Points – What’s bugging me about sports this week; NFL players’ prison sentences

Last week, Cleveland Brown’s wide receiver Donte Stallworth was suspended indefinitely by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell after he pleaded guilty to DUI and manslaughter charges. Being unable to play professional football is perhaps the harshest sentence Stallworth has received since the incident back in March, when Stallworth, with a BAC of .12 (Florida’s legal limit [...]

Freshman Dies in Automobile Accident

Shannon Newell, a Rowan freshman from Westmont, N.J. died Friday morning in a car accident on Rt. 55. Newell, a 19-year-old music education major, was driving with passenger Bridget Shannon when she allegedly became distracted by the radio and lost control of her car. Newell was declared dead on the scene. Shannon, 18, of Burlington, [...]