Student-Athletes: Win $20k

A student-athlete is not an anomaly, they exist in even great numbers today due to the fact that more kids are growing up playing organized sports.

Lady Foot Locker, in conjunction with Foot Locker Scholar Athletes, is looking for you to nominate student-athlete that is well rounded both on and off the field.  Shoot, you can even nominate yourself to enter to win 1 of 20 scholarships for $20k.

Applications can be submitted until January 9, 2012, and for more information about the program click here.

Laying the Smack down: Holy Cross fires Coach Kearney

Father Michael McFarland must have been feeling the heat and thus Dick Regan was feeling it, too!

Holy Cross has decided to fire first-year men's basketball coach Sean Kearney.

Who says athletics don't matter to the folks high atop Mount St. James?

The College has to keep us with the Jones' now that tuition, room and board for the 2010-2011 academic year will surpass the $50k-per-year mark. (Take solace that the full nut is currently $49,342.)

Absolut Boston

Well, looky here! Since the Boston Tea Party is a thing of the past, Boston is now being toasted with vodka instead.

The good folks at ABSOLUT have attempted to capture Beantown in a bottle by creating a black tea-infused concoction which has elderflower infused vodka.

The unveiling of the "Wall of Pride" and toast will take place tomorrow at 11 AM at Boylston Plaza, which features quotations from famed Bostonians. After Los Angeles and New Orleans, Boston is the third US city to get its own themed alcohol.



I wonder if the "unveiling" was purposefully schedule for late August when many of the college students are moving in? My bet is "Yes", and what better way to build a buzz than having a bunch of college-aged adults roaming around Boston slamming down shots of ABSOLUT Boston Vodka?

God Bless the great folks in higher education and residence life that have to deal with these students, and, no, I don't miss the field.