Alcohol/Drugs/Gambling
November 2011
 FANS    Beer at the games, Missouri style   Beer generates big money, and money talks. So beer sales are being reconsidered in many college stadiums.   Columbia Tribune, 11-17-11
 
August 2011
 PARTYING    Drunk Support   “Drunk support” refers to the social nature of the college drinking scene, in which students push each other through the party with drinking games and gifted shots, but also help each other with bagels and water and escorts home.   Inside Higher Ed, 8-3-11
 
 RANKINGS    Princeton Review college rankings released   The 2012 Best Colleges guide has been released.  Let the frenzy begin anew…. Chronicle of Higher Education, 8-1-11
 
July 2011
 POT    Marijuana not the scourge it used to be?   The prevalence of marijuana use has forced athletics officials and NFL recruiters to reassess their procedures.   Athletics Business, Aug. 2011
 
June 2011
 ALCOHOL    Beer for Thought   West Virginia considers a policy change that would allow beer to be sold inside its athletic venues.   Athletic Business, June 2011
 
April 2011

 PEDs   Bonds Verdicts: Perjury? Obstruction? Who cares?    Bad Boy Barry Bonds got a mixed verdict in San Francisco. [Insert yawn here.]   Clips eFLASH by Nick Infante, Clips Editor, 4-14-11
 
 GAMBLING    Is there a disproportionate (pick one) interest / disinterest in the threat of sports gambling?   Clips Commentary   Will a point-shaving ploy among former University of San Diego players bring on nothing more than a collective yawn?  Nick Infante, Clips Editor, 4-12-11
 
March 2011
 GAMBLING    Las Vegas: Kentucky favorite to win tournament   Oddsmakers think that VCU is due to lose, but they’re reluctant to bet on it.   ESPN.com, 3-27-11
 
ALCOHOL  It Takes a Village    A new report from national College Alcohol Study reveals the not totally surprising revelation that juniors and seniors binge drink more than freshmen and sophomores, and that legal-age students drink more overall than underage students.   Inside Higher Ed, 3-3-11
 
February 2011
Sports gambling meets opposition   Many people in the sports world are opposed to the establishment of sports gambling saying it could threaten college football and basketball.  Tulsa World, 2-6-11
 
January 2011
Bottoms Up: A Beer Revolution Is Brewing    Part of the stadium/arena draft beer drinking experience is waiting in line to buy the stuff. A new bottoms up dispensing system pours beer nine times faster. Dan Wetzel, ThePostGame, 1-18-11
 
Beer pong a brewing success story    Emphatically not categorized as a club, intramural or emerging sport, beer pong (of dubious athletic challenge) has nonetheless exploded in popularity. By Mike Trask, ESPN Page 2, 1-11-11
 
December 2010
BCS Football Program Drug Policies Revealed    A FanHouse study details the substance abuse policies of 60 universities through public records requests or from the school's official websites.   FanHouse, 12-22-10
 
Grant Money helps to improve fan choices   Two D1 schools are using NCAA grant money from the CHOICES program, to better instill fan behavior with alcohol education programs.   NCAA.org, 11-29-10
 
November 2010
Four Loko marketer sends letter to 300 colleges    After being pummeled by scathingly negative publicity, Phusion Projects has reached out to college presidents and student life deans in a (belated?) effort to combat alcohol abuse and underage drinking on college campuses.   Beer Business Daily, 11-9-10
 
What’s all the fuss about Four Loko?   Caffeine and alcohol are not a new combo, but now they’re packaged and marketed in new and potentially dangerous ways.   Beer Business Daily, 11-5-10
 
October 2010
Original Old School: Hard Knock Life    Clips Guest Commentary   What could cause the ruination of the game?  Not drugs, not guns, not money, but gambling.   Rus Bradburd, SLAM, 10-6-10
 
Scientists make advances in testing for drugs in sports   New measures are being taken to restrict cheating in professional sports.   New York Times, 10-10-10
 
August 2010
Nothing will get NCAA's attention like gambling   Clips Guest Commentary    The proliferation of state lotteries and casinos from coast to coast has mainstreamed gambling ever the more into our culture.  Our guest author warns of the danger of letting gambling become mainstream in sports, especially college sports.  Joe Biddle, The Tennessean, 8-28-10
 
'Scoreboard, Baby'    Clips Interview    An interview with the authors of a book about players, coaches, U-Washington administrators, media, donors, judges, police, and prosecutors that allowed the Huskies' to pursue football glory on the field — regardless of what they were doing off it.   Serena Golden, Inside Higher Ed, 8-20-10
 
May 2010
UVa murder will shift the line between vigilance and tolerance   The murder of a women’s lacrosse player will change attitudes toward abuse and stalking.  Sports Illustrated, 5-17-10
 
A Dangerous New Drug   A new synthetic drug (known as K2, King Krypto and Spice) is causing concern throughout college athletics.   theledger.com, 4-30-10
 
April 2010
Bet On It   Legislators in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware are weighing the pros and cons of allowing sports betting. Philadelphia Inquirer, 4-7-10
 
January 2010
Resentment grows amid steroid revelations    Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author discusses “secret management,” in this case, the delayed admissions of pro athletes who have used performance enhancement drugs. By Lee Igel, New York University professor, 1-25-10
 
There is no hope when athletes decide to dope    A study done by the New England Journal of Medicine proved that those who dope are at a greater risk of getting a heart attack.  NY Times, 1-20-10
 
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