Scholarship facts: Between the numbers

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Facts don’t support reasons for AIA changes

Let’s see — when the Arizona Interscholastic Association did away with the former conference/region configuration and replaced it with a division/section alignment a year ago, the reasons given were the new arrangement would save transportation money, cut down on travel time and limit student athletes’ time out of class. Sounds reasonable, but let’s check it out. For the upcoming Division III ...

Will soccer star Barton be the first tweeter accused of contempt? Footballer investigated over John Terry tweets

Premier League footballer Joey Barton is being investigated by the Attorney General over tweets about the John Terry racism case. The Queens Park Rangers captain gave a robust view of the incident that led to Terry being accused of using racist language against Barton’s team-mate Anton Ferdinand last October.

Egyptian Soccer Riots Ignite Tahir Square

Soccer rioting in Port Said left more than 70 dead, the AP reports, and 10,000 protesters have taken to the streets in Tahir Square to demonstrate their anger over reported police inaction. In response, Egyptian police have fired tear gas on Thursday.

Charlie Adam, Bob Bradley, Artists and Journalists Saddened by Egyptian Soccer Disaster

On Wednesday, over 70 people were killed and hundreds more injured at a soccer game in Port Said, Egypt. The circumstances behind the violence remain cloudy, but it has prompted an outpouring of grief for the victims and worldwide condemnation for the attacks. Prominent figures in the world soccer community expressed their sympathies on various social networks. Liverpool midfielder Charlie Adam ...